Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...dies, those of us left behind reassure ourselves that the departed's spirit persists through the work of others that..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"..."I'm a man of the world," declares John Doe, singer/bassist of seminal Los Angeles..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Council: Tuesday Work Session … & Then Some

Grove public hearing and briefings extend the working agenda

"...a special-called meeting to consider a second reading of the Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development. The public..."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Michael King

DVDanger: 'Scum'

What's scarier than Ray Winstone? A young Ray Winstone.

"..."The only thing you are is a number, boy. Four..."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Even if you're not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries

"...I have never been a fan of war-themed entertainment. The last ones that captured my attention were..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

All Good Thoughts, All Good Food

The symbolism and celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

"...expanding number of excellent restaurants. But as prevalent as the local Vietnamese culture is becoming, if you're not familiar..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Austin @ Large: Vote, With Your Feet

This week's elections set the stage for years of citizen butt-kicking to come

"...a few months back that Saturday's elections, particularly for the Austin ISD board of trustees, would involve the most..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Twenty Years Ago Today

The 2001/2002 Austin Music Awards

"..."Set the Way Back Machine, Sherman."..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Out of Left Field

Tim Walker looks at this abysmal year in Texas baseball.

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Sports Feature by Tim Walker

Grave Matters

The Cost of the Longest Vacation You'll Ever Take

"...The last piece of property you'll ever need will probably..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Picnic in a Cemetery

Food and Festivities of Dias de Los Muertos

"...Brightly-colored flowers and ribbons strewn throughout the little cemetery near the Art Carved ring plant caught..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Food Feature

Come Out and Play

Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.

"...Based on a novel by Juan José Plans and the Spanish film Who Can Kill a Child?, made from..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kingdom Come

"...A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Loretta Devine, Toni Braxton, Cedric The Entertainer and Whoopi Goldberg. For several reasons, it comes..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cemetery Man

Zombie movie based on an Italian comic book.

"...Mickey Knox, Clive Riche and Fabiana Formica. Based on the wildly popular Italian comic book Dellamorte, Dellamore from Tiziano..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Shot

"...drama that, interestingly, takes place in Hong Kong of the early 1970s. The Hong Kong police force is rife..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gift

"...Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli, Teri Nunn and Jane'S Addiction. There is a scene in this film that may be..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Full Circle

Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world

"...to weave my life into a narrative that's sitting there in front of me at all times. The way..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Page Two

Our Top 10s give you another chance to laugh, and rail, at us; Republican dominance and a state budget crisis bode ill for government services, and for Austin; we bid a fond farewell to "Dancing About Architecture" and chart a new course, a bit.

"...This is our first issue of the new year. As is tradition, this is our Top..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Brain Donors

"...De La Pena. Executive producers David and Jerry -- The Brothers Zucker -- best known for the Airplane! and..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Art Acevedo to Leave APD for Houston

Tenured police chief expected to formally accept HPD job today

"...Art Acevedo is apparently out at APD. The tenured police chief, who came to Austin in 2007..."

Nov. 17, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Invoked, Unseen, Everywhere

Krewe de Bisoux brings NOLA style to Dia de Los Muertos celebration

"...The same krewe that brought 12th Night Austin to the..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Drunken Angel

"...Mifune and Takashi Shimura. Decades before Lucinda Williams turned the phrase “drunken angel” into a beautifully elegiac song for..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice

There's a lot of life in this show about death

"...versions of successful films are often less like gilding the lily than sewing wings on a donkey. But for..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

To Dust

Two men and a pig become more than porcine comedy in this tender and cunning discussion of death

"...Directed by: Shawn Snyder. Starring: Géza Röhrig, Matthew Broderick, Sammy Voit, Sarah Jes Austell and Bern Cohen...."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

“Anne Siems: Weaving” at Wally Workman Gallery

The disembodied heads that populate this solo exhibition suggest departed women but are still beautiful and empowered

"...head is ringed by her tightly formed, bejeweled hair, then a crown, followed by an immense white collar spreading..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Collateral Beauty

Will Smith mopes around in this preposterous drama

"...holiday slush and you’ll leave disappointed. (I, at least, departed dry-eyed.) So manufactured and preposterous is the sentiment in..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Vegas

Did the Social Security set finally get their The Hangover?

"...Although Last Vegas apparently aspires to be The Hangover for the Social Security set, there are fewer..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Insidious: Chapter 2

All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.

"...learned from director Wan and screenwriter/actor Leigh Whannell over the past (very lucky, for them) decade? Since the duo..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where Do We Go Now?

This Lebanese film looks at what might happen to the area’s ancient religious conflicts if women ruled the region.

"...Winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...That would be “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park, wherein sweet,..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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