Orphan

A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.

"...Fuhrman, Aryana Engineer, Jimmy Bennett and CCH Pounder. Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of this relatively effective entry into..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...When you're a university theatre department with an alumnus who has a Pulitzer Prize..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hollywood Babble On

The Silver Screen in Black & White

"...It's no big secret that during its heyday from the Twenties until the late Fifties, Hollywood was dominated by..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

DVDanger: June

Supernatural scares meet adoption drama (again)

"...taught us anything, it's that children are awful. From the prenatal peril of Rosemary's Baby to Carrie's graduation gore,..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Untapped Festival Austin Untaps Beer List

Check off your brewery bucket list in one convenient location

"...Indie music and craft beer are the most natural of companions, with their proletariat attitudes, conflicted..."

March 30, 2015 Food Post by Eric Puga

Post Grad

Bland to the point of pointlessness, Post Grad follows the inane highs and lows of a perky young optimist.

"...Jane Lynch, Bobby Coleman, Carol Burnett, Rodrigo Santoro and Catherine Reitman. Bland to the point of pointlessness, Post Grad..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Genius and Jive

My roller-coaster relationship with Daniel Johnston

"...Johnston's story is now so well-known, at least to the greater creative community, that it seems almost generic to..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...wasn't just that it was pouring applause, somehow producing the mirage of a confetti snowstorm swirling down from the..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 National

"...4) Ty Segall Band, Slaughterhouse (In the Red)..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...gubernatorial endorsement [Endorsements, Feb. 24]: Chris Bell? A touch of Republican lite? Oh fie, and shame...."

March 3, 2006 Column

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...who has survived two heart attacks and a history of anemia-related illnesses, and her fading vision has taken in..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Luv Doc: Small Tweaks

The devil is in the details

"...friends. January is always a real barn burner, but then by Valentine's day, I am back on my couch..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Column

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...Compassion kills in dire times. That’s the widdershins message of Krisha director Shults’ sophomore feature, a..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...you just have to accept your nightmares and know they're part of you," Ava Aldrich (Melora Walters) warns the..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, Nicky Guadagni, Elyse Levesque, John Ralston, Liam..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...always been as much a family as a festival. The second wave of films has just been announced, with..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live to Tell

Madonna Live Shot, Houston's Minute Maid Park, 11.16.2008

"...any closer, cracks Groucho Marx, I’d be in back of you…...."

Nov. 17, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

88 Minutes

Al Pacino stars in this dull and formulaic procedural.

"...Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie, Deborah Kara Unger, William Forsythe and Neal McDonough. Attica! Attica! Everyone involved in the..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Becoming Jane

Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.

"...Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility) frequently expose impostors and the trouble they cause. As a result, Austen would not..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...Through March 22, Hyde Park Theatre..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering …

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s vast culinary scene, as the..."

June 23, 2021 Food Post

Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts

Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus

"...Haus concerts are like a block party out in the country. Neighbors and friends gather around the rustic, open-air..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cece Winans, Reluctant Star

Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath

"...first album in nine years on Feb. 3, Let Them Fall in Love, the Detroit gospel star tapes Austin..."

Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...Last weekend's Other Worlds Austin has returned to its home planet, but..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...Ambrose, the surly, blind, widower/werewolf killer of Late Phases, doesn't get..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...The real-world catacombs beneath the streets of Paris are an..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...Everyone loathes the catch-all term “mumblecore,” but I still think “mumblegore”..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...and Norbert Leo Butz. If this is "real life," then count me out. It's not that there's anything terribly..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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