Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...Burka, senior executive editor and lead political reporter for the magazine. "But Evan Smith, though ... that's an interesting..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...Now is the winter of our... literary classics on film...."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: The Big Book of the Continental Op

All of the Dashiel Hammett PI's cases in one energetic volume

"...In the late 1930s, when the fangs of fascism were getting..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

South-of-the-Border Speculation

Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF

"...The notion of Mexican science fiction may, to some minds,..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...José R. Ralat has maybe one of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco Editor..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing

The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation

"..."In my hour of darkness, in my time of need," as Gram Parsons..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its greatest heroes, but..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"...-- an "alternative" writer, a "Texas" writer, and some other kind of writer. ("Serious," I think, was the designation.)..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in dank silence;..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...by William Leach..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...trying to pick a winning team in Fantasy Football, there are just too many variables. That's what makes wine..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Sound of Thunder

Abandoning any pretense of respect for the Ray Bradbury source material, this film manhandles the author’s delicacies into a lumbering and bewildered mess of grade-Z sci-fi clichés.

"...Directed by: Peter Hyams. Starring: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Jemima Rooper, Wilfried Hochholdinger, August Zirner, Corey Johnson..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...We remember the Alamo. Agnostics in the Church of the Alamo had..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Some Stories

The best books of 2008

"...I didn't plan it this way, of course, but two of my favorite reads of the..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...For more than 100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...with its untidy sprawl and tart, doomy observations about American life. And speaking of: When a colleague and I..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...A history of Texas is not something that should be entered into..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...Well, Austin is once again locked in one of our emotionally brutal and seemingly endless civic disputes, this..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...THE NEWTON PLAYERS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

FotoATX: Pics and the City

This new arts festival celebrates Austin as seen through the lenses of local photographers

"...Click! The Houston and Texas Central Railroad depot, bringing the Iron..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Imagine record store day, but for comics. Oh, and they're free. The massive annual event for the comics industry..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...Every year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every year, there are..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...Some of you have had this experience: You walk into a..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new book out from..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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