Checking In: Akina Adderley Misses the Before-Times

“The hugs and real-time raucous laughter and ‘careless closeness’”

"...Adderley wrote ‘Broke’ before this summer’s social protests, but the song finds its moment this election season,” wrote Doug..."

Dec. 2, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

It's a Family Affair for the Hurleys in Strictly Confidential

How Elizabeth tried (and failed) to keep son Damian out of the film biz

"...There's a famous song by Noël Coward called "Mrs. Worthington"..."

April 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events

Hit the town with these non-SXSW events

"...After two years creating a space for “making and strengthening community and creative critical action today and tomorrow in..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Human Tragedy of The Iron Claw

Sean Durkin on telling the story of the Von Erichs, the troubled gods of Texas wrestling

"...There could be no more perfect place for the world..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Unity Show, Swass Nites, a King Crimson offshoot, and more recommended shows

"...The Unity Show w/ Heartless Bastards, Deezie Brown Haute Spot,..."

March 3, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Ballet Austin II Launches Fables of the World Series

A more inclusive happily ever after with Maria and the Mouse Deer

"...For generations of young people, the wide world of fables was actually quite small –..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Leila Saidane

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Universal: Mary Gauthier

Louisiana truthsayer plays twice at the Cactus Cafe Saturday

"...a difficult listen. It’s raw and intense, staring down the debris of heartbreak without pretense. Yet the new disc..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Feeding the 'Afflicted'

Clif Prowse and Derek Lee have a new angle on found footage

"...genre. Afflicted does it twice. One is found footage. The other … co-directors/stars Clif Prowse and Derek Lee want..."

Sept. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...vegans through sushi savants to connoisseurs of deep-fried turkey. They pursue their gastronomic passions with singular concentration, and it’s..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

The Frank Erwin Center: 1977-2023?

UT Medical School will likely shut down tenured arena

"...Wednesday morning, KUT News reported the proposed $334.5 million development of the Dell School of..."

May 8, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

King of the Hill

It's lights, camera, action for the Hill Country Film Festival

"...If diving headfirst into the beautiful mayhem of the South by Southwest Film Festival..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Bedside Manner: The Book of Levi

Alaskan redneck meets Greek tragedy

"...How the hell do I explain this? Yes, this is a..."

Oct. 3, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

The Game Report

What's on the Boards With Austin's Game Companies

"...You've seen it on television. You've read it in the zines. And, of course, you've browsed it on the..."

May 30, 1997 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...tanked in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful is the drama every comic probably wishes he had made. In this life-affirming Italian "concentration-camp comedy," Benigni uses the Holocaust as a backdrop for telling a heartfelt story about a father who protects his son from the gas chambers by the use of the only weapons at his command: his quick imagination, outlandish buffoonery, and scrappy determination.

"...Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Marisa Paredes and Horst Buchholz. Life Is Beautiful is the drama every comic probably wishes..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beautiful Boy

Steve Carell soars above this overly-earnest addiction biography

"...As America continues to fail to tackle not just the opioid epidemic, but addiction in general, it feels like..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...Directed by: Marielle Heller. Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper and Tammy Blanchard...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Chaos of Eros

Isabel Coixet's 'Elegy' for a dying animal

"...what it is." – Yeats in Philip Roth's The Dying Animal..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Beautiful Mind

"...Ed Harris and Austin Pendleton. So many things come together so beautifully in this movie based on the life..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crazy/beautiful

"...far as movies marketed at a youthful demographic go, crazy/beautiful is a surprisingly mature and delicately rendered entry into..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beyond the Closet Door

Gay/Lesbian Filmmakers Find New Inspiration

"...The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) is..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Screens Feature

Still Life

Jia Zhangke’s 2006 masterpiece on a changing China finally reaches America

"...from American screens, Jia Zhangke’s 2006 docu-narrative fusion Still Life has had a restoration, just in time for Jia’s..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Christmas Candle

This inspirational film is as picturesque and beautiful as a holiday card but equally two-dimensional.

"...Directed by: John Stephenson. Starring: Hans Matheson, Samantha Barks, Lesley Manville, John Hannah, Susan Boyle, Sylvester..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...The most subversive pop singer of the Eighties, Boy George..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Review: Most Beautiful Island

Poverty and immigration power this taut thriller

"...There's a key image that unlocks the central metaphor of..."

March 14, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...The article "Bohemian Rhapsody: Patti Smith's 12-Year Take," about photographer..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Married Life

This film's wonderful, amoral resignation makes Married Life so deliciously different from other period-set crime stories, and its terrific cast keeps thing percolating.

"...love, sex, and indigestion are all swirling around one another in Married Life, Sachs’ adaptation of the 1955 John..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Beautiful and heartfelt fantasy anime tackles death and family

"...The inevitable fate of anyone that lives is that those..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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