Fixing Up the Fringe

"This was going to be a real library with real hours and a real librarian, if it killed me."

"...This is the first in a series of articles by Josh Medsker..."

May 9, 2003 Books Feature by Josh Medsker

It's the Thoughts That Count

The folklore of love

"...The Folklore of Love Anthropologist Betty Mindlin reaches deep into..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Books Feature by Rachel Feit

Holding Venus

"...Much of the world's true beauty escapes us. We simply don't look..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Review by Robert Faires

By the Book

Reviews

"...The Question of Bruno: Storiesby Aleksandar Hemon..."

July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Scott Blackwood

Off the Bookshelf

The Wedding Jester

"...by Steve Stern Graywolf Press, $14 paper..."

July 23, 1999 Books Review

Off the Bookshelf

How to Do It

"...No Mom.com. No Girlfriends' Guides. Instead, you might consult The Treasury of Good Health (1586) or the Compendium of..."

April 30, 1999 Books Feature

Year of the Comet

"...without a trace, so I hate to even stir the waters by detailing how inept it is. Sufficient to..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Fourth Animation Celebration

"...fourth animation celebration from Expanded Entertainment proves my long-standing theorem that an animated piece without a decent story to..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...Queer TV Theory 101..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...Being the Other and Between..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

A bitter-sweet farewell to the MCU's dysfunctional found family

"...The films generated out of the Guardians of the Galaxy..."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Lovecraft and Rest Stops: Rebekah McKendry Takes to the Road for Glorious

Inside the pandemic roots of the new cosmic horror comedy

"...H.P. Lovecraft. Master of the uncanny. Godfather of cosmic horror. And funny. After all,..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

George Kinney, Who Helmed the Golden Dawn’s Early Psych Rock Treasure Power Plant, Has Died

Homegrown psychedelic trailblazer passes at 75

"...George Kinney – singer, guitarist, and lyricist for the Austin-based psychedelic rock act the Golden Dawn, whose 1968..."

July 18, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson's candy-colored tribute to The New Yorker

"...in quarantine for more than a year, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is at long last in wide circulation...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Jesus Music

Christian music doc is just singing to the choir

"...There is a moment in faith-based documentary The Jesus Music..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Adrienne Hunter

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...Austin City Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the first federal stimulus, the CARES package, for local music..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Newly ambulatory, Lazlo leveled up to the turntable – perfectly positioned for someone two-and-a-half feet tall...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Photograph

Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets

"...sure. Instead, Everything, Everything director Meghie (who also wrote the intricate generation-hopping script) explores in granular detail the budding..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...her guitar down to emphasize one moonlit ballad in the full-band set. Now, behind a debut headlining tour for..."

Oct. 5, 2018 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

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of their era peers between the late Sixties and the original..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Last Word

A young writer has to pen a woman's obituary before she dies

"...away from playing difficult and somewhat unlikable women onscreen. The pinnacle of the archetype is her portrayal of Aurora..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bye Bye Man

A group of teens unleash the bogeyman

"...The borderline campy The Bye Bye Man is a horror..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Niche Streaming Sites for the Holidays

Give the gift of worlds of entertainment just a click away

"...be reigning supreme as far as internet bandwidth goes, there is a wide array of niche streaming sites that..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Water Diviner

Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama

"...actual events”) that involves multiple continents, 17 million dead, the Battle of Gallipoli, forbidden love, brothers (literally) in arms,..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Duke of Burgundy

This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.

"...rendings, and endings. So too, it turns out, are the romantic foibles of those who would corset their emotions..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On Polish Screens, the Past Stays in the Picture

Films from the past and present screen at the Austin Polish Film Festival

"...The ninth annual Austin Polish Film Festival promises to be..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...and Héctor Tobar. Well, hold onto your bifocals, Bud, the full author list is out, and its 275 names..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Carl Reiner: The Interview

On 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Mary Tyler Moore, and Mel

"...signs of slowing down. On this Tuesday, March 18, the comedy legend is making phones calls around the country..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Tangible Pleasures of Cinema

The Sprocket Society gets hands on with film

"...film preservation, we usually think of efforts to salvage the content of old movies. But what about preserving film's..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

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