Joker

This joke isn't funny anymore (and wasn't to begin with)

"...Make no mistake, Joaquin Phoenix is one of the most talented and empathetic actors currently working in Hollywood...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...contains multitudes. Initially created as a throwaway character in the Nineties for Batman: The Animated Series, Quinn has come..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...Chin Han. Being Batman is a drag. One day there are nipples on your body armor, the next, zero..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Joker: Steve Miller

Classic rocker clears the air tonight on public education

"...In the pre-SXSW insanity, I spoke to Steve Miller, who’s in..."

March 5, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...Everything is Batman in this boisterously entertaining cousin of the awesome The LEGO Movie, which snuck under the radar..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...It's not the darkest of Dark Knight sagas, yet this high-camp thriller..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Looking Back at the Corporate Comedy Classic Office Space

Mike Judge's defining depiction of corporate America enters the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...The Nineties were the decade when everyone realized they hated..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic

"...As the tributes to Frank Sinatra in his centennial year continue..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

Fantastic Fest Review: The People's Joker

Transgressive trans satire of superheroes is a victory for good

"...The People’s Joker has traveled a long road since its..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

The People’s Joker

Trans coming-of-age story filtered through superhero homage

"...The purpose of fan films is to play in someone..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...The world's greatest detective and the world's greatest criminal mastermind..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Looking at the Big Picture

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large

"...Come hear the music play."..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

KGSR’s Blues On the Green: Antone’s All-Star Revue

"...The Antone’s house band’s chairman of the board, Derek O’Brien..."

June 4, 2015 Photo Gallery

The Hightower Report: McDonald's Desperately Seeks Love

McDonald's preaches "lovin'," but does that gospel extend to its treatment of its employees?

"...McDonald's, the burger behemoth, pushes its product with an advertising slogan..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Who

When the album becomes Immersion

"...The WhoQuadrophenia: Director's Cut (Polydor/Universal)..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Fans Behind the Mask: Inside the World of The F13th Fan Film Mixtape

AGFA archivist Joseph Ziemba explores the world of discount Voorhees

"...Did you know it's been 13 years since the last official Friday the 13th film?..."

May 13, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Anthea, Terry Allen, the Greeting Committee, Hellfury, Dorian Electra, and Olson St. Clair

"...Anthea..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Powerhouse Animation Assembles Cosmic Stars for Masters of the Universe

Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Henry Rollins join cartoon reboot

"...For a generation of cartoon fans, there's only one true Joker, and that's Mark Hamill. Now..."

Feb. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christening the Waterloo Music Festival

Welcome to the jamily

"...at sleepaway camp. He found his counselor crying over the death of Jerry Garcia. “I was like, ‘Who’s Jerry?’”..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

August Month for the Daze

If the Straitjacket fits...

"...After the premiere of Bandslam tomorrow night at the Galaxy Highland..."

Aug. 3, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Attack of the Cybermen

Activism empowered by the Internet

"...and 2000 AD's Judge Dredd? Seriously, have you seen the hypermilitarized riot gear the long truncheon of the law..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...by Jason Stout It is now some days since the death of Frank Sinatra. The frenzy of hyperbole is..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Luv Doc: Shoeless Joker

A pair of shoes makes a decent funk fence

"...Saturday night, I went with some friends to the Alamo Drafthouse to watch Joker. I know Joaquin Phoenix..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Batman

A new, brilliant, and bleaker caped crusader

"...The world’s greatest detective. That’s who Batman is. Look at..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Coming Correct

It's a wonder Jesus didn't crucify himself

"...everything I say. He contradicts me on some of the most ridiculously minor things. Yesterday I couldn't find my..."

June 8, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Help! I've Been Set Up!

Maybe you were meant to date a complicated genius with a neck tattoo

"...out on a date with her boyfriend's best friend. The date went OK, but I came away from it..."

April 15, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

Mott's Workers Make a Stand; and It's Raining Overdraft Fees

"...Who'll take a stand for America's founding ethic of the common good? You won't get such leadership from Washington..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Night Alive

Hyde Park Theatre captures five lonely Dubliners in all their broken humanity in Conor McPherson's drama

"...man. Or woman. Its violent riptides swirl chaotically through the peaks and valleys of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive...."

July 17, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

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