A Deep Dive Into Play

Austin is about to become an R&D lab for interactive stories

"...Got a little time to spend learning about and taking part in interactive story experiences..."

Oct. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lost Art of Being Offensive

Swimming in satire with cartooning documentary Mr. Fish

"...That's why the seasoned documentary camera operator made Mr. Fish: Cartooning from..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Want to hear some good drinking stories? Ask theatre people. Between their research for playing soused characters, work..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

The anti-harem anime gets a suitably heartwarming resolution

"...often emphasized very straightforward and oddly prudish romances, so the fact that Japanese animation often deals with sexuality can..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...A lingering pain or mysterious twinge deep inside comes alive and our mental doors fly open..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...and man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...life was supposed to deliver a thrill around each bend. Streets were wide and white, studded with restaurants and..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Thompson and the Loren: A Tale of Two Hotels

One long weekend, two impressive but different vibes

"...When your Canadian girlfriend comes to visit Austin for the first time, and..."

Jan. 27, 2024 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...true villain, a monster who relishes delivering pain? Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sorcery and Special K: The Neuroplastic Visions of Zoë Shulman

How ketamine therapy helped the Austin artist transmute her psychedelic insights into gallery gold

"...John Dee, the demon-haunted alchemist and court astronomer to England's Queen Elizabeth..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...Like the twinkly septuagenarian bank robber in the title, The Old..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Lady in the Water

The performances are bang-on, and there are moments of great beauty throughout, but Lady in the Water ultimately capsizes under the weight of its own goofy story.

"...cinematic depictions of film critics, those unsung heroes of the war on fun. First Rob Zombie pointedly mocks Gene..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...On the evening of October 17 -- while much of the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

On the Bus

In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.

"...Bridgforth thought she was writing a play about riding the bus. The celebrated Austin poet/playwright initially approached con flama,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson forgets to imbue his living characters with emotional weight, and instead focuses on this story's visually stylized netherworld between life and death.

"...Rose McIver, Reece Ritchie and Carolyn Dando. After helming The Lord of the Rings film triology, Jackson will forever..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...by: Alex Gibney. It would hardly be surprising if the most brazen and incisive words ever spoken by Hunter..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

After the Wedding

An expat Danish aid worker in Mumbai returns to Copenhagen to meet with a benefactor, only to discover that the world is even smaller than it seems.

"...Ida Dwinger and Mona Malm. What is it with the Danish and their suffocating domestic dramas? In Breaking the..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two: Feels Like the First Time

On onion rings, barbecue, and the never-ending "Best of Austin" debate

"...The first time I visited Austin, we drove down from..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Doom Generation

"...and Jordan White (Duvall), who get mixed up with the manipulative and violence-prone drifter Xavier Red (Schaech), contains images..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: The End of Us

Quarantine-made movie proves it can be done

"...a similar feeling produced by those billboards that, in the midst of a national tragedy, broadcast empty phrases like..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Charting an Earth-Based Trajectory Among the Stars in It's Quieter in the Twilight

All Earth’s voyagers must meet their end of days

"...There's nothing we've made that's farther from home than the..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Here Comes the Pain”: Slipknot Invokes Catharsis En Masse

Iowa nü metal legends celebrate 25 years in ATX

"...hall visible outside a doorway off to one side. There’s a pole smack in the front-middle of the space..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Tracking the Next Big Things at SXSW Gaming

Beyond playtime: where the developers and designers will be at SXSW

"...of people regularly coming into contact with games and the communities surrounding them. But this is also a period..."

March 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...At the movies, our eyes stay locked on the screen. That's..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Audra McDonald Interview

Tony winner's rescheduled concert hits Dell Hall Tuesday

"...One of the most eagerly awaited events on last fall's arts calendar..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...The strategy was supposed to solidify power for Tom DeLay...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Across the Great Divide

Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band

"...It begins, like all great tales, having already begun. The fade-in of "Across the Great Divide," which opens the..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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