Into the Wilds With Hundreds of Beavers

Is this the first Dogme 96 snowstick comedy?

"...(Noun): Any physical comedy that takes place all in the snow...."

April 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Yard: Austin Winery

Pretty much surpassing all your grape expectations

"...Look: Here’s an interview with Matt Smith of the Austin Winery at 440 E. St. Elmo Rd...."

May 12, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...There have only been two lineups of Texas blues-rock institution..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Cobalt Cracks the Crust

Enigmatic metallers make a rare Austin appearance

"...force in extreme metal, Colorado duo Cobalt emerged as the blackened doom-prog act behind masterpieces Eater of Birds (2007)..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...Here in Texas, the small, plucky craft brewers and the overdetermined parade of..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...Graham. Legends of Terpsichore. And now … Rick Perry. The former governor of Texas and two-time GOP presidential primary..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Internet’s Most Sensational Hot Sauce Brand Stakes a Claim in ATX

Truff enough for the city

"...It's a relief, almost, that the Truff brand of truffle-infused condiments tastes so good...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spread Your Wings With The Peanut Butter Falcon

The story behind an unlikely filmmaking adventure

"...professional wresters are. "Mick Foley and, of course, Jake 'the' Snake Roberts," he said...."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Watergate Break-in to a Broken News Media

Key players in All the President's Men reflect on what 35 years have wrought

"...This month marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Alan J. Pakula's..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...nervous. And it's certainly more than enough to justify the geek-chic culture. But while Chris Ware reigned through the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...Falls finally lost its Marble. Sixty years after opening, the Marble Theatre -- a one-screen icon of picture-perfect Main..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

The Verde Report: Austin FC Is Proving Its Critics Wrong With Each Win

Latest win lifts the club into a tie for fifth place in the West

"...FC delivered its fans a win straight out of the 2022 scrapbook with a 2-0 home triumph over the..."

May 3, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Fantastic Fest Review: The Toxic Avenger

Troma hero gets a joyfully idiotic big budget remake

"...The moment that Peter Dinklage, submerged in a vibrant green..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The First Annual Texas Wine Auction

A fun and classy start to a new tradition

"...The inaugural Texas Wine Auction took place on Saturday, April..."

May 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Wyldz

French rock & roll trio settles in locally

"...The Wyldz’ lightning-fast licks arrive straight out of Eighties metal,..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

On the Santa Trail

Ace reporter Jordan Smith is hot on the trail of Austin's own Santa.

"...Or that he is an award-winning chili chef in the off-season? Or that, aside from that North Pole workshop,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Into the Wolf’s Mouth with Orange Goblin Frontman Ben Ward

Singer puts Roky Erickson’s The Evil One on his all-time Top 10

"...Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997), Time Traveling Blues (1998), The Big Black (2000), Coup de Grace (2002) – blasted..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: It Is the Worst of Times, It Is the Worst of Times

It is the age of little wisdom, it is the age of foolishness

"...We are living in strange times, the most exaggerated and distorted of my life. Much of..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother, his dad's second wife, her daughter, the family's animals...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Armstrong Lie

What's a filmmaker to do with all the footage shot during Lance Armstrong's inspirational bicycling comeback in 2009 but reshape it into a documentary about a sports hero who couldn't stop lying?

"...People think that their inner bullshit detectors are finely tuned instruments that protect..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Inside Looking In

The meta world of Outside Industry, Alan Berg's new documentary about SXSW, coming soon to SXSW

"...Alan Berg got a phone call from Roland Swenson, the managing director of South by Southwest. The Music/Film/Interactive Festival..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The World Needs Our Leadership

"...blindness of objective moral and intellectual reality. And you further tarnish yourself by overtly pretending that those immutable truths..."

Aug. 19, 2010 Postmarks

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...The God-Wheel of Fate has stopped for all these kiddies..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

John Grisham's The Rainmaker

"...legal interests effortlessly crush scrappy underdogs who naïvely believe their passion for justice can overcome the bad guys' money,..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The 15:17 to Paris

Eastwood cast innovative to re-create the Paris train attack.

"...wonder Clint Eastwood gravitated toward bringing this tale to the screen, given its camera-ready elements. It’s a story made..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"..."I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you … F..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The AggreGAYtor: October 23

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...onerous law yet, and Neil Patrick Harris gives us the most terror-filled Halloween photo yet, as your AggreGAYtor decides..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Best of Chris Isaak

Stylish, Orbison-esque crooner hits the Moody

"...is enough to make even a seasoned writer giddy. The native Californian shot to fame in 1990 with his..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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