The Crucible

"...how to film a drama about mass hysteria without the end product becoming shrill and hysterical? It's a problem..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible

The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws

"...A small, unassuming insert is tucked into the program for the University of Texas Department of Theatre..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Master Builder

The impeccable craft and enduring genius of Arthur Miller, as explained by Tony Kushner

"..."Arthur Miller's was a great voice, one of the principal voices, raised in opposition, calling for resistance, offering..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...Now is the winter of our... literary classics on film...."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...in its darkest, most debauched hour could possibly justify the penance we're paying that allows Harlin to continue directing..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Gallows

Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound

"...Consider the found-footage horror film. Scoffed at by some as a..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...When Frank Kozik passed away this week at the age of 61, he was remembered as the founding..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...January 2022. She'd ask, with a smirk, who had the time to cook such old-world things. Like many emerging..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...Robert Schenkkan had no time to waste. The playwright couldn't afford the years it took to craft..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...The stage may be empty, but that does not keep..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Incredible Hulk

Finally, the Hulk is truly incredible. As of right now, it's Marvel's universe; we just live in it.

"...movie could be (an example that tanked disastrously at the box office), the big green gamma-guy returns to the..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Across the Universe

Julie Taymor takes the timelessness of the Beatles' music and yanks it earthward into a minefield of literalism.

"...Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy and T.V. Carpio. If you aren’t fed up..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...pace. Multiplying faster than partridges in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jurassic Punk: Inside the Tempestuous Career of FX Revolutionary Steve Williams in Spaz

New documentary spotlights the maverick who added CGI to cinema magic

"...In the unreal realm of movie special effects, there are artists..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Whole Ten Yards

This Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, and Amanda Peet sequel falls several yards short of its mark.

"...Directed by: Howard Deutch. Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Natasha Henstridge and Frank..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic

"...I suspect I will always remember the first time I saw Avatar...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

McDonald Knows Exactly What the Founding Fathers Were Thinking

"...neo-leftist bias. His recent “Page Two” [May 16] is the latest example. While his explanation of constitutional authority protecting..."

May 19, 2008 Postmarks

The Many Faces of Tom Parker, 1978-98

"...Parker as Haskell Harelik in The Immigrant Nat Moyer I'm Not Rappaport `98, `89..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Feature

Now Is the Time to Be Reasonable

"...tangled with Austin Bay almost three years ago, in the editorial pages of the San Antonio Express-News. Taking him..."

Aug. 23, 2006 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: Bonging Molly

The latest drug craze not threatening America's youth

"...Dear Luv Doc, You’re obviously a man of the world, so riddle me this: My friends and I..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...Toward the end of the Obama era, Slow Pulse was a..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

Austin Terror Fest Drops the Big One

Third year comer triples down at Empire & Barracuda June 7-9

"...Like The Big Lebowski, Austin music abides – especially its festivals,..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lit-urday: The Fever

Megan Abbott novel outfits high schoolers in a fetching shade of noir

"...of all places – in a dense suspenser part Crucible, part Play It As It Lays...."

July 5, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Actors of the World, Unite

"...26, 1913, in response to centuries of exploitation at the hands of unscrupulous producers. Until Equity came along, theatrical..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Falling for The Fall Guy and the Joy of Practical Stunts

Powerhouse moviemaking couple David Leitch and Kelly McCormick team up with Ryan Gosling

"...The greatest magic of the movies is making you think..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Best New Year’s Eve Concerts Happening in Austin

Eleven live music options to ring in 2024, from Snail Mail to Gary Clark Jr.

"...with earnest love songs on her 2018 debut Lush, then bested it with 2021's streamlined, electronic-tinged Valentine. A recent..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Uncover the Forgotten Wartime Heroism of Marcel Marceau in Resistance

Jesse Eisenberg and UT student-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz find strength in silence

"...In strife, we find ourselves. That's the story of Resistance, which sees two men revealed in..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

These Are the Days

Extolling an Exciting New Era of Austin Theatre

"...It's the end of an era. The phrase is uttered so..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...The four members of AVATACO, a newly formed association of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

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