The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...McDowell. Has it really been almost a decade since the Hughes Brothers released a film? Apparently, yes. The sibling..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The End of the World as He Knows It

Richard Kelly does decadence plus dystopia in Southland Tales

"..."The future is just like you imagined," goes a tagline..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Through the Weeds of Hemlock Grove

Famke Janssen, Landon Liboiron talk going off-book for season two

"...When Famke Janssen wrapped up season one of Hemlock Grove, her situation looked dire. Her character Olivia,..."

July 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Levitation's three-day bacchanal honoring sounds and philosophies wrought at the Vulcan Gas Company, Congress Avenue's patchouli-soaked den of all..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...There’s nowhere we humans go without carting our baggage along..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Incredibles

Animated take on the superhero genre overflows with wonderfully silly shenanigans and knowing insight into modern parenting.

"...Directed by: Brad Bird. An order-of-magnitude leap forward in animated storytelling, this seriocomic take on..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

The Royal Tenenbaums

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hoax

Playing the con artist Clifford Irving, who notoriously forged the autobiography of Howard Hughes, Richard Gere has one of the best roles of his career.

"...Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delpy, Eli Wallach and Zeljko Ivanek. This is the story of..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Football Prophecies

NFL week two

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...On a March evening in 2016, inside the Dahlia Woods Art Gallery in San Marcos, a mixtape..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

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

'NFL Analysis 101': Fiendish Fish, Frolicking Amphibians, and the Fancy Lads of Fitzgerald

"...What the New England Patriots are doing this offseason is astonishing...."

March 19, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...As Austin haunts like Hole in the Wall push 50, the scene soldier handing out artists'..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: Not for the Gun-Shy

Tracing the origins of the Gatling gun

"...It seems like the American inspirational parable. A farm boy follows his dreams..."

Feb. 14, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

DVDanger: Building The Iron Giant

Tim McCanlies talks behind-the-scenes of the animated classic

"...There are few American animated features more beloved than The..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: The Fever

Megan Abbott novel outfits high schoolers in a fetching shade of noir

"...day when you can curl up with a good book – let's call it Lit-urday. Perhaps you could use..."

July 5, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Cinemapocalypse at the Alamo Ritz: Die, Nazi, Die!

Quentin Tarantino premieres Inglourious

"...definitely a movie for cinema-lovers and Nazi-haters alike," said Eli Roth, by way of introducing Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds,..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...Have you read the one about corporations planning to charge you hundreds of..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Texas Book Festival 2018

"...2018 Texas Book Festival on October 27, 2018..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Photo Gallery

The Son Rises With Philipp Meyer

Austin author on adapting his award-winning novel for AMC

"...when he decided to adapt his epic Texas novel The Son for the screen...."

April 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Werewolf

Brian McGreevy wants to ruin your workday

"...What with the saturation of glittery-torsoed vampires and Jane Austen-chomping zombies in..."

April 6, 2012 Books Feature by Sarah Smith

Ghibli Goodness, Bike Stories, Poetry Readings, and More Events for the Week

Just because it's a weekday doesn't mean you can't get into some art

"...A more thematically dedicated writer might have written this whole listing in..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Fight

The ACLU heads into battle to protect your constitutional rights

"...Directed by: Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg...."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...burned forever into my brain -- not so much the ones of horror, of heinous atrocity, but the ones..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...photograph by Jason Kaplan Divorce. The dissolution of a relationship. Personal or professional, when the..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

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