The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...nose into my wrist and inhaled deeply, pondering for the first time in years the perfume I’d rotely put..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Road to Degradation Is Painted Gold

"...tell – at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning - there is one fundamental problem with human beings: We are..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The High Art of Low Comedy

"...know you’ll protest that Shakespeare’s language, though elegant on the page, becomes heavy and purple onscreen and that otherwise..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Suffer the Little Children

Is Southwest Key providing child care at the border, or collaboration?

"...It turns out there is a prominent local connection to the latest wrinkle..."

June 8, 2018 News Column by Michael King

The Last Ramone

Onetwothreefour, cretins gonna hop no more

"...The meme spread like a rash across the Internet, telling..."

July 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Breaking Chains, Bending the Knee

'Game of Thrones’ complex consideration of freedom and slavery

"...In modern popular culture, the depiction of slavery usually involves stories set in the..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Austin And the Wider World

State department visit puts global spotlight on tech center

"...Many Austinites already know that their city is one of the more truly international urban..."

May 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking the Waves

"...me of Tom Wolfe's statement that few artists find their calling because they have Big Ideas to express. More..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Wacky Web We Weave

Multimedia Mayonnaise and Other Condiments on the Net

"...Condiments and the Internet. My, how they go so well together. Of..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Screens Feature

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...at Warner Bros. Records. It's dated 8/22/84, and at the top of the j-card is written "Shangri-La." There are..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...1) Annexation Frustration. The kingdom of Austin has not witnessed such tearing of..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Electronic Destination Kingdom Nightclub Rises Again

Dance music venue reopens off Red River after abrupt 2018 shutter

"...a new location in Downtown's Red River Cultural District, Kingdom Nightclub has risen from the ashes of an abrupt..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kingdom of Heaven

Ridley Scott's Crusades epic is a historical spectacle on the order of Gladiator and a dissection of war, as gritty and illuminating as Black Hawk Down, that takes flight when it becomes a canvas for ideas and ideologies in action.

"...Scott. Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, Ghassan Massoud and..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Once-fresh aquatic superhero series smells like day-old fish

"...Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It’s no secret that superhero movies..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...In 2015, Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World became the surprise hit of the summer, taking in more than..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...If the new Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom doesn't set your..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...“Crooks always come undone, always, one way or another,” says J (Frecheville) during the opening moments of Animal..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kingdom Come

"...A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Loretta Devine, Toni Braxton, Cedric The Entertainer and Whoopi Goldberg. For several reasons, it comes..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A United Kingdom

A film on love, race, and royalty

"...A sense of respectability stifles A United Kingdom, the biographical romantic drama about the then-shocking marriage between..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

A Ghanian American scientist makes findings about herself

"...“The thing I will never forget is that people were..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

The Florida Project

Life in the happiest place on Earth

"...Sean Baker trades in the iPhone that he used to great acclaim to shoot..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...With the clock ticking (eight days and counting, folks), Fantastic Fest..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Forbidden Kingdom

There are plenty of comic moments and some seriously kickass fight scenes in this film that co-stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

"...and Li Bingbing. If you've shelled out dough for the last half-dozen films by the grinny, battered Chan –..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kingdom Come

"...illustration by Jason Stout The reader's letter was brief, just two sentences: "Would you..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin

High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound

"...Handed the limp remains of a party mecca, Kelly Gray and..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...fedoras and curly bob haircuts sip from lowball glasses, the plumes lingering, hanging, dancing in the air to great..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Cinema Comes to Pinballz Kingdom

Arcade opening its first drive-in this weekend

"...If you think of Pinballz, you'll probably think of the zap of video games and the cling-cling-ping of ball..."

Aug. 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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