The Company Men

Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner star in this drama about what happens to company men after they part company with the company.

"...Eammon Walker. This drama is about what happens to company men after they part company with the company –..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In the Company of Men

"...no better movie this year than Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men. As disturbing as it is well-made,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...Boomers, unite. Amid the fictional superheroes about to swarm into movie theatres this..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dangerous Men

Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique

"...In the fall of 2005, a strange movie called Dangerous Men..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company

In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep

"...In sharing the program of her company's June concert with other choreographers,..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Big Kahuna

"...Peter Facinelli. He's directed (Albino Alligator), he's starred in the Academy Award-winning American Beauty, and now Kevin Spacey dons..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...Two men and a town. That pretty much sums up the..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man on the Train

"...to get some aspirin for his headache. While leaving the shop, another customer offers him a glass of water..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men in Tights

The Rigors of a Career in Ballet

"...On most any given day, they can be found in the top floor dance studio..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

The Shape of Things

"...Weller. Playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute describes his latest, The Shape of Things, as a sort of retort to..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bridesmaid

Claude Chabrol's latest film is based on a Ruth Rendell novel and, though not one of his best films, is still a good reminder of the madness that sometimes lurks in plain sight.

"...by: Claude Chabrol. Starring: Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Bernard Le Coq, Solène Bouton, Anna Mihalcea, Michel Duchaussoy..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...to Rainey, Fifth and Lavaca stalled. Almost all of the establishments on the corner, including Rebel's Saloon and Hudson..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...2009, Colin Denby Swanson's most successful play so far, The Norwegians, was only 10 minutes long. "They were doing..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Insider

"...Mazar, Colm Feore and Rip Torn. Walking out of The Insider the other day, I couldn't shake the feeling..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ISHIDA Dance Company's Beginning / αρχή

This contemporary dance troupe's dynamic debut with "small bites" whetted the appetite for a full meal

"...Prior to the beginning of Beginning/ αρχή, the first public showing by..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...March 22 was a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season, not..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Raped by the Players

A lawsuit against an Austin dot-com firm reveals a world of fast times.

"...The jury's verdict was succinct, but contradictory: Yes, Lisa Capece..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...Richard Buckley knows a thing or two about the opera Of Mice and Men, and not just because..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The History Book on the Shelf Is Always Repeating Itself

'Mad Men' hits reset with midseason finale "Waterloo"

"...The first half of the last season of Mad Men..."

May 27, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...to mistake Craig Hella Johnson for a mad scientist. The founder of the professional choral ensemble Conspirare and its..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Big Move

Blogging revolutionary Mena Trott outlines her company's latest advance

"...The brain child (and love child) of San Francisco dot-commers..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Sauce Boss

Lauri Raymond looks back on – and forward to – the life and times of SASS dressing

"...son, Ben Raymond-Henshaw, was born at home at 1:22pm. The exact time of the birth of Sisters & Brothers..."

June 11, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sym the Prole

A radical takes on the practical in the fight against HIV stigma

"...As the gloaming settled on a sultry June evening, a throng..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by David Estlund

Tapestry Dance Company's April Fools

This remount of the tap troupe's valentine to vaudeville brought the old art form back with delights in abundance

"...That would be Tapestry Dance Company, which in its show April Fools summoned the spirit..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Great Texas Holiday Pie Migration

Bud Royer's plan to deliver pies from the heart of Texas to people displaced by Superstorm Sandy

"...appeal to and inspire him are plastered all over the interior walls of the tiny Royers Round Top Cafe,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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