The Genre Regenerator

South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all

"...In darkness there is profound beauty, and no other living director commingles..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Keeping beat for the Monsters of Folk at a sold-out Stubb's on a..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...The Shape of What's to Come..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The State We're In

Yep, it is broke, and Turk Pipkin wants us all to fix it

"...The new advocacy documentary One Peace at a Time opens..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...Mitchell Hurwitz knows the rules. A TV writer since 1990, he learned the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...On the Road Again..."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...The edge of the whirl was represented by a broad..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Where the Pyramid Meets the High

Long lost 13th Floor Elevators founder and visionary Tommy Hall – found!

"...is decorated with cobwebs and Sixties posters. Stacked to the ceiling are cassettes and videotapes – not a CD..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Trybyszewski

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...On the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Way They Get By

Spoon ladles up another winner

"...early. When Soundgarden's song title finally arrives, just after the apparently unrock & roll hour of 11am Saturday morning,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Words on the Wall

The Mexic-Arte Museum exhibition "Brazilian Visual Poetry" is an ambitious attempt to trace a history of visual poetry among Brazilian artists since the Fifties, but the show feels fragmentary, defining poetry in the broadest of terms and presenting the work in an inconsistent manner.

"...So, what is visual poetry? To tell the truth, after seeing the exhibition "Brazilian Visual Poetry," I'm..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Merchant Adams

The Girls on the 50-Yard Line

Documentarian Mylène Moreno always wanted to be a professional athlete. Instead, she made True-Hearted Vixens, a film about women who did. Moreno brings Vixens, documenting the attempt to create a women's professional football league, and her short "Cormac's Trash" to the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday.

"...and moved to El Paso for a year and then on to California. At the time, I thought I..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum

An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.

"...Near the door of Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas Music on..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Life of the Party

"...his major label debut for Warner Bros. Nashville when the record company deemed it not commercially viable. So they..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Kill the Wabbit

"...If you grew up in front of the television set in the Sixties, you know who your..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Crossing the Lines

Women Comic Strippers

"...The close-up is of a mottled beard, flecked with feathers..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...In all the drama of Election Day, some of the drama of..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 17-19

AND YOU TOTALLY WON'T BELIEVE THE FOURTH ONE!

"...Well, OK, tbh you may very well believe the fourth one. And the other four as well. We’re..."

Nov. 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...1) LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (National Theatre of Scotland/Texas Performing Arts)/THR3E..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Can Schlotzsky's Be Saved?

John Wooley and the battle to bring Schlotzsky's back to life

"...On the morning of June 17, John Wooley peered out the..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...As you read this, millions of copies of the newly released Microsoft game Halo 2 are flying off..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Oye Como Va

This trio of brothers from San Angelo aren't gonna be lonely for long.

"...It's particularly amusing to watch Ringo Garza, youngest of the Los Lonely Boys siblings, work the Antone's anniversary crowd..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Six (Not So) Easy Pieces

Eight local filmmakers team up to shoot DV shorts in and about Austin.

"...A double-timing young woman sends her love letters to the wrong boyfriend. A cynical whore smirks in bed as..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...regulars back and forth across town. That's hard enough; the AC in her van, one of 155 cabs in..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Building Buzz, One 'Bag' at a Time

The Duplass Brothers buck New York and Los Angeles to premiere 'Baghead' here in the town where they started it all

"...Let's start at the beginning...."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Killing Demons and Blasting Sabbath: 15 Years of Supernatural

Austin stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki look back on the CW smash show

"...a black 1967 Chevy Impala far, far away, two brothers started on a road trip that would eventually turn..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Feature by James Scott

Son, You Got a Baggie on Your Head

An almost-exclusive report from the set of the Duplass Brothers' follow-up to 'The Puffy Chair'

"...The editor is the first to speak up. "I never..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...to Brown and Dillard. For a couple of hours, the four young men drove around the city, cruising local..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...Jason and Ryan Enright are brothers, homegrown Austinites with an eye on the future. Jason,..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...The moves are familiar. You've seen those feet rocket around..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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