Longhorns' Million Dollar Bash

Texas beats New Mexico 45-zilch

"...Saturday’s 45-0 victory over the New Mexico Lobos, a team that has won four..."

Sept. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Less Is Still Less

A session budgetary snapshot reflects some progress, dim prospects

"...Thus far, the state budget headlines have been dominated by the potential..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Indelicate Balances

Political compromise depends on who's holding the cards

"...It's a commonplace of political commentary (often nearby in these pages) that the U.S. Constitution and the American political..."

March 13, 2009 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

The End of the Cardigan-Clad Wise Man as We Know Him

"...sweeps. Current series are coming to an end, while others are soon to launch for summer runs. Now that..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Christian Peacemakers

Texan activists worry about their abducted colleagues in Iraq

"...deadline: Liberate all detention centers in Iraq or mourn the deaths of Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney, and..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Pardoned by Satan

If Texas can't kill the insane, where will the madness end?

"...to what? State what? I am not guilty of the charge of capital murder. Steal me and my family's..."

May 28, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Shoot Or Be Shot

"...Harvey Wilkes (Shatner), a lunatic who had escaped from the asylum and wants to be a screenwriter in the..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

Memorial notices for actor and talk radio pioneer Harv Morgan and UT art historian Marian B. Davis.

"...would, in most instances, be an insult. But when the actor in question is Harv Morgan, "all talk" is..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Funny Games

Austrian moralist Haneke fashions a tense drama from the sadistic games people play.

"...and Cristoph Bantzer. “Fiction is real,” offers one of the the young psychotics in Austrian moralist Michael Haneke's visceral..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

"...Produced by art-house fave Pedro Almodovar, the passionately off-beat Accion Mutante marks the debut of Spanish..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Craft beer has begun its redemption arc. Out are the big bourbon barrel-aged confectionary stouts, the biting quintuple IPAs,..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest from Minneapolis that's opening..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Stretching Toward a Sunset

Don't praise the Senate GOP for working quickly to pass what's needed

"...On Tuesday, the Texas Senate wasted no time fast-tracking the two vital..."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Mary Tuma

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...Two years ago, a packed Alamo Drafthouse was ripping the roof off at the U.S. premiere of You're Next...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...are busy, and a bright, warm equilibrium exists between the interior and exterior. The light is pristine. Two girls..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...film program yesterday, and a handful of Texans made the cut, including Park City regulars the Zellner Bros...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...combat in a nearby neighborhood, two officers cautiously approached the scene. As they came in sight, one of the..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Charlie Wilson's Chair

When the legend becomes fact, endow the legend

"...be creating a newly endowed chair, to be called the Charlie Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies – in honor..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek is an accomplished Aussie version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; it's also a viscerally told slasher film that manages to do an awful lot with very little.

"...The first horror picture to be released by the Weinstein..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

News 8 at 5

Can Austin's little news station that could survive the grim reapers at Time Warner?

"...explain why his 24-hour news channel is different from the other local TV news operations. He pulls up a..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Babies Behind Bars

In the mirror world of TDCJ, life goes on

"...Last year in Texas prisons there were 399 attempted suicides – 16 successful – and..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

It's a Conspiracy!

The landowner alleges vile collusion between City Hall and Stratus Properties -- but not actual citizens.

"...The 1996 settlement agreement governing development on the site of..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

Being president of America is not good for one's health.

"...The first Gore/Bush debate was followed the next night by..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Five Steps to a Sluttier You

Online smut shopping: a fashion emergency of the sexy kind

"...no secret, Adam & Eve were only found in the Bible, and ecommerce was nothing more than a typo...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Throughout the five-week trial of the Branch Davidians' case against the federal government inWaco, the ghosts of 84 people killed at Mount Carmel haunted the courtroom.

"...Throughout the four-week Branch Davidian trial in Waco, there were ghosts...."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Agent Sage

Retired FBI agent Byron Sage is still defending FBI's role at Waco.

"...He's not being paid to care. He retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation 13 months ago. He has..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Extra Credit

Grading the Governor

"...As the current legislative session enters a critical period in which..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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