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

AFF Review: The Get Together

Shakey Graves and friends grow apart in this Austin dramedy

"...Alejandro Rose-Garcia (better known as Shakey Graves) stars in The Get Together, an ensemble comedy centering on three separate..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

An Open Letter to Jamaal Charles

"...Charles? You certainly earned my respect. You can run the ball up the middle. You proved it when you..."

Oct. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Fanning the Flames

Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?

"...into a house north of Hyde Park. His dour-faced mother stood a few steps away and watched. She had..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer

Get in the Ring

Scott Weiland calls Andy Langer out

"...According to Google, the colorful phrase "kiss-ass pussy sycophant bitch" appears on the..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...Southwest, so we've brought South by Southwest to you," the guard captain told the inmates huddled inside the chapel..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mouthing Off

Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.

"...Lowell Bartholomee ... yeah, the name's a bit of a mouthful -- and the..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Loving Courtney..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Column

Eternity and a Day

"...Directed by: Theo Angelopoulos. Starring: Iris Chatziantoniou, Isabelle Renauld, Achileas Skevis and..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Making It Right

Austin-based Students of the World strives to make it a better one

"...The editing bay just off East Fifth Street is small..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...rarely do we see it actualized - especially in the movies. Double Happiness, the wonderful first feature from the..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time

In the early Nineties, for women and girls looking for an alternative to waxy, vanilla-scented teen mags, there was really one choice

"...How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time..."

July 6, 2007 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Roll 'Em

March

"...goes to see a psychiatrist. Sounds awfully similar to the premise of HBO's The Sopranos; however, this movie stars..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...Braslaw, Lindsley Allen, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Mark Proksch, Courtney Pauroso, Charlyne Yi, John Gemberling, Tim Robbins and Susan..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...1995. It wasn't the best year in book publishing: Martin Amis - genius..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Happy F---ing New Year

"...I don't suppose I expected anything out of the holidays except what I ended up getting; a long,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Column

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrity Crush

We've all got 'em, crushes on celebrities. At least, that's the premise of Refraction Arts' Celebrity Crush, and a bunch of talented artists reveal theirs in some quite entertaining ways.

"...Celebrity Crush: Got Love?Blue Theater,..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Lioness in Winter

Eliza Gilkyson finds her roar

"...described as an intimate scene, Eliza Gilkyson with him, the love of her life. They cuddle on a living..."

April 30, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Scare Package Heading to Shudder

Austin-made horror anthology acquired by horror streamer

"...Hospital") and through its local premiere last December at Other Worlds Film Festival. Now Shudder has announced that it..."

May 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Plan Your Psychedelic Weekend With These Levitation Picks

Nearly two-dozen choices ranging from the Flaming Lips to Elephant Stone

"...Middle Eastern sitar drone, and heavy synth exploration. From the swirling epic "Dripping Sun," wah-wah meditation "Nazo Nazo," and..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Texas Platters

"...rock favorites Vallejo fail to do just that on their sophomore effort -- cut loose. At the go-for-broke point..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE PLUTONIUM CIRCUSD: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

The Scarlet Letter

The Vortex Repertory Company's retelling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter feels like it's coming from a fitful, troubled sleep, a hazy dreamscape in which director Michelle Fowler and her cast create a society of suffocating morality and the cruel reprisals that await any who violate its rigid rules of conduct.

"...The Scarlet Letter: A Recurring Nightmare..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two

SXSW Presents – a new series on KLRU that features beginning, independent documentaries – is the latest development in the vibrant Austin film scene

"...Currently, the Austin film scene is so impressive because it is..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Reflections

"...Robert Rodriguez handles his digital camera during the "Guerrilla Filmmaking" workshop photograph by Jana Birchum..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny. For once, the hype is right on the money. Kids is an..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...BEST OF THE YEAR..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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