Texas on the Brink UPDATED

Sixth edition ranks Texas nationwide

"...On Monday morning, the Legislative Study Group, a Texas House Caucus issued the..."

April 15, 2013 News Post by Michael King

The Brink

On the road with Steve Bannon as he tries to dismantle the world

"...Steve Bannon faces a dark curse. The man who thinks he is reshaping the world will..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas on the Brink

El Paso Sen. Eliot Shapleigh got the Internet going nuts.

"...El Paso Sen. Eliot Shapleigh recently released Texas on the Brink, a numerical snapsnot of how the state stacks..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Texas on the Brink of Enjoying Beer Like Every Other State in America

Beer-to-Go passes Texas Senate as TABC Sunset Bill amendment

"...“What is dead may never die,” as they say in Westeros and apparently in the war room..."

May 23, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

"...Directed by: Monte Bramer. One imagines that even in the direst moments of his slow death from AIDS, the..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Formula One on the Brink?

Work stopped while F1 factions feud

"...fall – may be in peril, as construction on the new Circuit of the Americas track near Elroy has..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Loud, abrasive, and featuring performances seemingly calibrated to be heard over the cacophonous roar of Travolta's mad, bad overacting, this is an unnecessary and ill-advised remake.

"...and featuring performances seemingly calibrated to be heard over the cacophonous roar of Travolta's mad, bad overacting, this unnecessary..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tito and the Birds

Brazilian animation goes for the throat of Late Capitalism

"...enhancement, it creates a world just a hair over the brink of insanity from where we currently live: The..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Blind Side

John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story.

"...Ray McKinnon and Kim Dickens. Maybe you flinched at the mawkish trailer. Maybe you already know the story –..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...in a public pool in Pittsburgh. With her are Panther Bior and Daniel Abol Pach, refugees since childhood from..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg’s magical tale of the Christmas Eve re-education of a Santa-doubting adolescent gets the motion-capture treatment.

"...and Charles Fleischer. Chris Van Allsburg’s magical tale of the Christmas Eve re-education of a Santa-doubting adolescent teetering on..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock the Kasbah

Bill Murray is a music promoter who finds his next client in Afghanistan

"...What with his tendency to pop up in the most unexpected place these past few years – weddings,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

An insular father-daughter relationship comes apart in writer-director Rebecca Miller's drama, which also stars her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis.

"...Directed by: Rebecca Miller. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Beau Bridges,..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Out-of-Towners

"...attitudes about Neil Simon can be plotted somewhere along the vast arc between indifference and near-religious zealotry, this remake..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Slaves to the Underground

"...platitude, young director Kristine Peterson shows us some of the endless ways in which the political is personal. The..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Kull the Conqueror

"...Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein, Karina Lombard and Edward Tudor-Pole. The large-screen debut of Kevin Sorbo (television's Hercules) is a..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New Sobriety

SXSW Interactive Conference photos and panel reviews

"...Ah, the new media boom. Fast money! Business plan? Schmizness plan!..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

It's in the Water

"...Herd tells a story that's sure to click with the droves of gay and lesbian Austinites who migrated here..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The AggreGAYtor: October 17

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...is back, Gloria Steinem is sharp, and Fox Nation blithely ignores the facts, as your AggreGAYtor returns from the..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Netflix Coming to the Wii

Second rate-movies, streaming soon

"...now all you Wii owners have been pushed to the brink of insanity as you watch PlayStation3 and Xbox..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Wednesday Rewind: On the Download

Free releases by Centro-matic, Leatherbag, and Zeale

"...On the brink of Judgment Day, Zeale dropped what he’s calling..."

May 25, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Luv Doc: Cabin Fever

Maybe we should backpedal a bit from the materialism-will-save-us rhetoric

"...– and we are all about to murder each other. There is only so much Netflix binge-watching a family..."

March 27, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: A Drunken Sailor

If you're looking to avoid a shark attack or a tsunami, Kansas is the place to be

"...terrible with money. It wasn't a big problem back then because her parents had a lot of money. They..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Sundance-ing With the Stars

Ten days, 90 hours' worth of shifts, and a whole lot of movie watchin'

"...I'm back from my first Sundance Film Festival, and the experience was lovely. Having grown up in Texas, I'm..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

May We Suggest Some Music to Chill Out Your Dog During the Fireworks?

New Austin music to drown out the booms

"...dog will be trembling petrified, if not jumping on the couch and barking at 120 decibels. You recall that..."

July 1, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Panel Recap: The $7 Billion F-Word

Technology & empathy are key to eradicating the current hunger crisis

"...for history – this [panel and audience] could be the game changer on global hunger,” said the energetic moderator,..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

The Luv Doc: What in the Hell Is Going on at the Statesman?

More of the outlandish factual assertions, needlessly hyperbolic language, and gratuitous profanity that undermines true, legitimate journalism

"...What the hell is going on at the Austin-American Statesman? For..."

June 18, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

AFS And Sundance Add Judas and the Black Messiah to Drive-In

How It Ends, Censor also added at Pioneer Farms

"...Living up to their promise of bringing great new films from Sundance Festival..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru" at the UT VAC

Edi Hirose's documentation of massive construction projects altering Peru's landscape can put the viewer in a state of visual shock

"...Lima, Peru, where high-rises are being constructed. Each of the photos is untitled. One, however, is particularly ominous, largely..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Fantastic Fest Review: The Girl With All the Gifts

A post-apocalyptic world that really grows on (or in) you

"...fate as ghastly as that suffered by ants at the mercies of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. That's a fungus that grows..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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