Starting From Something

After an eight-year break, Shane Black is back with 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,' taking himself in a different direction

"...Shane Black joked from the Paramount Theatre stage as he introduced Kiss Kiss, Bang..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: Winter Reveries

No matter the season, no matter the climate, when I write I write in winter

"...gray eyes – but I may be wrong about the eyes. What she wore didn't flatter her. You never..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Cold Mountain

Swoony kisses and true grit mark this Civil War epic from the director of The English Patient.

"...Minghella. Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Kathy Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Open Hearts

"...Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann and Niels Olsen. Open Hearts begins with what..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...The Austin Film Festival announced today that the recipient of..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Norman Lear to Receive AFF Award

Norman Lear will get AFF Outstanding Television Writer Award

"...It’s never too early to begin the announcements. The Austin Film Festival, which takes place October..."

April 9, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Thing Called Divine Fits Part 2

More Q&A with Spoon's Britt Daniel

"...Before Divine Fits, the last time Britt Daniel appeared in a band outside..."

Aug. 23, 2012 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...too many think that it is revolutionary to damn the present, to attack the government, to heap scorn on..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

A Smoke Shop Queer

A day in the life of Getty, the smoke shop fop.

"...Getty schedule includes purveying lil' cancer sticks to all the downtown Fourth Street foot traffic, the same pitter-patter of..."

Sept. 4, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...of well-known Austin icon Leslie Cochran fittingly debuted at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival. The instantly recognizable figure roamed..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broadway Leading Lady Carolee Carmello on Taking Over Dolly!

Hello, Dolly prepares for run at Bass Concert Hall

"...Carolee Carmello is probably the most prolific Broadway leading lady you’ve never heard of...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blair Witch

Stay out of the (noisy) woods

"...There’s something creaky in the woods, and splintery, booming, and..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...The post-Halloween season is supposed to be all mist and..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...Who can turn the world on with a smile? Besides Mary Tyler Moore,..."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...Noble. A record label signs a band and puts their new CD in mall store racks. An acquisitions company..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

"...Directed by: Donald Petrie. Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Robert Klein,..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dancing About Architecture

In the Jailhouse Now

"...Historically speaking, prison and country musicians have had their share of encounters, but it was still a shock..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Punky Tonk Blues

Wayne "the Train" Hancock

"...twangs in his rubbery North Texas drawl. "But about the mid-Seventies, I started getting very pissed off at country..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions

"...even remotely knows how much I respect and admire the talents of artist, author, and filmmaker Clive Barker. So..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Float

A Type-A doctor-in-training enjoys a summer romance in small-town Canada

"...Romance is in the air, and it's not just the last whiff of..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place's Top 10 Queer Doin's 2007

All the doors that opened from the closet to the men's room

"...1) While peckers like the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Features Feature by Kate Getty

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

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...Method Man. "I am thinking it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

See Reverse Side for Title: Part I

If English first-wavers had trouble getting ahold of American roots music, Americans themselves weren't much better off, piecemealing together the foundations of today's national scene

"...but was Jeff Beck, this new guitarist playing for the Yardbirds, anywhere near as good as the Blues Project's..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

On Bomb Defusions and Boner Ghosts

MacGruber's cast and crew tell all, or at least a lot

"...Some girls learn about womanhood with the help of health videos. As Kristin Wiig explained during..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Shakespeare-ouette

Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills has a deft touch at getting the Bard to the barre.

"...Kate comes out swinging. She's not about to suffer the indignity of this smarmy lout Petruchio hitting on her..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Cruel, Cruel Midsummer

Despite weathering many hot messes – climate and otherwise – Austin’s queer scene keeps the cool events coming

"...Now is the midsummer of our discontent – the dead center of..."

July 15, 2022 Column by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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