The Devil's Double

Saddam Hussein's decadent and monstrous eldest son Uday forced Latif Yahia to serve as his body double, and this movie recounts his experience.

"...Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda, Philip Quast and Nasser Memarzia. The devil in this story is Uday Hussein, the notoriously..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Playland, Now the World

Texecutioners finish out 2010 home season

"...It was the win the Texas Rollergirls needed: A 209-35 defeat of..."

Aug. 25, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Keeping beat for the Monsters of Folk at a sold-out Stubb's on a..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up some dust in Waterloo Park while Carlos Santana sets up shop in the Warehouse District

"...Dust in the Wind..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Greening of VH1

"...Anyone out there remember VH1 in its first incarnation? Yes, I can..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Like a Boss

Texas Rollergirls take the Governor's Cup to kick of 2010 season

"...Call it the Texas derby derby: Four flat track roller derby teams..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Buster's Mal Heart

Rami Malek's newest and strangest, plus more home releases

"...Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" posits the impossibility of following two..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers Make International Festival Waves

Watch out Chicago (and Montreal, and Edinburgh, and London)

"...The autumn film festival season isn't quite with us yet...."

July 17, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Freddy. Jason. Dracula. The Wolfman. Icons of horror, all. But is there anything..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...holds up a 7-inch vinyl EP to be admired. The way it rests in his hands, he may as..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Austin's godfather of funk Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne share the same..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Live Shots

Cowboy Junkies

"...It couldn't have been just a coincidence that the Cowboy Junkies show opened with only siblings Michael and..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...The New Millennium. Same as the old millennium...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pink and Black Threepeat

Hotrod Honeys keep the Texas Rollergirls title

"...There's only one way to sum up last night's 2010..."

July 26, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sidesteps Cancellations

Modest Mouse replaces Death Cab for Cutie

"...“We’re pretty confident they’ll show,” said Fun Fun Fun Fest booker Graham Williams..."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Beck and Phoenix Make Every Moment Count at Breathless Moody Center Co-Headline

Dancing through three decades of songs from the two indie pop giants

"...With 21 albums between them, Beck and Phoenix had a lot of ground to..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow Returns

We're gonna need a bigger summer

"...you thought it was safe to go back into the water – because, you know, there isn’t any –..."

May 21, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Roller Derby Update 1/22/14

From recruiting wranglers to world cups, start filling your schedule

"...all those empty dates? Yeah, get ready to fill them all up. The 2014 Roller Derby season is just..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 6/25/11

TXRD Lonestar bouting tonight and Texas Rollergirls warm up for July

"...It's a banked track weekend as the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, while the Texas Rollergirls take a..."

June 25, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 1/16/11

Local leagues prep for big seasons

"...Pull on your gaskets and tighten your bearings: The 2011 Roller Derby season is bearing down like an..."

Jan. 16, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Final Four Preview

Busted brackets and Britney Spears

"...If you’re like me, then your bracket is probably crumbled up and waiting to..."

April 3, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...its lazy days this way, it's difficult to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and call. So..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Rhythm Devils

"...Percussionist extraordinaire Mickey Hart describes the spontaneity of Rhythm Devils as "a big rhythmic entrainment,"..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...change Fastball FASTBALL: All it took was a song, "The Way," and Austin's previously ignored power pop trio Fastball..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...It's the Fifth of July at Trailer Space Records, and nobody..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fast Cars, Strip Bars, and Elvis, Even

What's new, Pussycat? Onetime Russ Meyer leading lady Tura Satana comes to town for the first annual Alamo Drive-In.

"...In the mid-Sixties, Russ Meyer's seminal exploitation flick Faster, Pussycat! Kill!..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...PATTI SMITH/THE ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO ORCHESTRA: Frankly, I'm a little scared. This..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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