The Station

"...Starring: Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy and Ennio Fantastichini. In the language of movies, there's nothing so desolate as a..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Where in Austin to Watch the World Cup

And get food and drinks while you do

"...Every four years, soccer fans rejoice in the global sporting union that is the World Cup. This..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Sports Post by Leena Alali

47 Nonstop, Unsleeping, Possibly Hallucinatory Hours of Improv This Weekend

The Hideout is doing that wild thing they do every year

"...It’s not just that the action is nonstop, with so many troupes from the..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Finest Hours

Perfect effects and performances made this sea-rescue movie a dandy

"...It may not be the finest seagoing adventure/rescue film ever made, but director Gillespie..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Casey Cep solves the mystery of the true crime book that Harper Lee never wrote

"...There's usually a bit of mystery about a murder. It..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...becomes officially “James Cameron-Lite” with this fifth installment in the painfully self-perpetuating Paramount/Hasbro summer franchise that, at nearly two-and-a-half..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Travis County Voting Hours Extended

Votes after 7 considered provisional

"...The Travis County Clerk has announced that voting hours in..."

March 4, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Art of the Steal

This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.

"...documentary makes no bones about where its allegiances lie. The Art of the Steal bills itself, after all, as..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bridge

An emotional and aesthetic whirlpool of horror, fascination, beauty, and resignation gives Eric Steel's Golden Gate Bridge suicide documentary an eerie power.

"...Directed by: Eric Steel. One minute into The Bridge, a rotund, middle-aged man in sunglasses and a..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Slow Burn

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...is believing. But it's our lying eyes that become the background and text of a documentary, Waco: The Rules..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Feature by Dick J. Reavis

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

"...Lee Browne, Griffin Dunne and David Johansen. At three hours and one minute, this (along with Leni Riefenstahl's recently..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rooster Teeth Goes Big With the Extra Life Fundraiser

Streaming event for children's hospitals goes 24 hours this weekend

"...What's the worst thing that Jack Pattillo has eaten for charity?..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...inexplicable symptoms. As it happened, a relative visiting at the time was a doctor of physical therapy, and he..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed

Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz

"...Every year we are invited to my mother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving (in Dallas) and even though we..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The Raid 2

This breathtaker is a relentless wall of action filmmaking that sets a new, bloody standard.

"...There’s a scene late in Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2,..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Johnny Depp sails the seas once again.

"...and Richard Griffiths. It's a Herculean task to steal the thunder from a Johnny Depp performance, but Richard Griffiths..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Mr. Dante Remus Lazarescu of Bucharest descends into a distinct rung of hell when he calls for an ambulance and is subsequently schlepped through Romania's uncaring medical system.

"...Bratila and Monica Barladeanu. AFS@Dobie After feeling poorly for hours, Mr. Lazarescu calls for an ambulance. His stomach hurts,..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Legend of Suriyothai

"...Plengpanich, Johnny Anfone and Mai Charoenpura. Exotic and epic, The Legend of Suriyothai brings to life events that occurred..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the Pretty Horses

"...Colon, Bruce Dern and Sam Shepard. This much-storied and long-in-the-making film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's widely cherished Western novel..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex: The Annabel Chong Story

"...Some say, “Ouch”; some say, “Wow.” Your response to the following proposition will most probably color the reaction you..."

June 2, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. On May 5, 1993, the horribly mutilated and abused dead bodies of three eight-year-old..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Re-Education of Molly Singer

Back-to-school comedy updates the curriculum for modern laughs

"...himself into a grade school chair for Billy Madison, the "aren't you too old for this?" subgenre of crude..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Turkey Chronicles: Roasted

How to roast a perfect turkey

"...Roasting is the most conventional of the turkey cooking methods and probably..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Fixing Up the Fringe

The Austin Zine Library Saga, Part V: Alive, authentic, and real

"...This is the fifth and final in a series of articles by..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Josh Medsker

Sisters Under the Scrim

Six of the finest theatrical artists in Austin discuss their work behind the curtain designing lighting schemes, mixing sound, and creating and constructing sets and costumes and how their careers have been affected by the fact that they're women.

"...I'm sitting in the atrial calm of Mother's Cafe, studying the hands of..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...illustration by Robert Faires I could spend hours agonizing about a lead sentence or I could just..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Literacy Is a Problem for Austin Kids. To Fight the Summer Slide, Libraries Have Incentives.

Librarians recommend kids read 10 hours each summer

"...back to school this week, teachers may be on the lookout for the effects of what is known as..."

Aug. 16, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...The first in-person South by Southwest since 2019 came to..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

A joyous historical document of the Harlem Cultural Festival

"...culture at large. In his filmmaking debut, which memorializes the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, the rapper-producer-DJ-instrumentalist-journalist puts all of..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

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