Letters at 3AM

The stakes were suddenly higher. There was more possibility in the night and in their lives than they'd yet considered. The work of art itself gave them the energy to fulfill its expectations...

"...we'll call her Jane -- was living in Amarillo. The city had three, maybe four, single-screen movie theatres and..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Mattox is Back

Former AG Rises From the Ashes

"...Is Jim Mattox the Comeback Kid? Although his race appeared to be slow..."

March 6, 1998 News Feature by Audrey Duff

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015 festival...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Post Marks

Muddying the Waters

"...MUD No.1, I sincerely appreciate Kayte VanScoy's attention to the issue of annexation and the history of MUD districts..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Residential Address: Mac McIntosh

At an age when most perferformers are preparing to take a bow, jazz singer Mac Mcintosh is hitting the stride.

"...Walking to the club on a cold, rainy Tuesday, during yet another..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!

This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea

"...She may be the prettiest patchwork of plastic to swim the Seven Seas..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: Antique Rose Emporium

Independence is home to a beautiful nursery

"...It is rose planting time in Texas. The planting season can easily stretch from fall into early..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

EAST Eats: King Bee Lounge

Classic pizza meets frozen cocktails

"...Billy Hankey is glad to be back on the Eastside. The mixologist helmed the Good Knight bar on..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Food Post by Amira Jensen

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Very Superstitious

Do certain foods have supernatural powers?

"...I’ve compiled a list of some of the more bizarre food superstitions from all corners of the..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Food Post by Ria Nevada

Sandra Adair's New Calling

A master editor steps behind the camera

"...When Richard Linklater's Boyhood, a decades-in-the-making project, finally surfaced at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

How I Got Hitched

Richard Whittaker on Hitchcock when he was so very British

"...There are two Alfred Hitchcocks. There was the British export..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Hair, Big Stars, and a Mechanical Bull

Previewing the 2008 Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...The key word when considering the Austin Film Society's docket..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...Charles Ng and Leonard Lake. The Beauty Queen Killer. The Southside Strangler. The 1970s may..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny. For once, the hype is right on the money. Kids is an..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Ask Questions First, Shoot Later

In 1967, Hobart Ison shot and killed Hugh O'Connor, who was filming a documentary on Ison's property. In her documentary Stranger With a Camera (showing at the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday, November 1), Elizabeth Barret examines the context that brought these two men together -- one with a gun and one with a camera.

"...Elizabeth Barret's film Stranger With a Camera revisits a 33-year-old Letcher County, Kentucky,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...Lost Western flick Red Headed Stranger never made it to DVD. Following a limited national..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

It

This Stephen King adaptation floats with the best of them

"...say? A Stephen King movie adaptation that actually lives, breathes, and renders you insensate from lack of sleep, just..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...as commonplace in Texas lore as horses and bad weather. Yet modern-day readers -- with appliances, air conditioning, cable..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2021

Which films did you care most about as the pandemic rolled on?

"...Cinema, the real in-person theatrical experience, was back with a vengeance..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Friday Night

A woman has a fling with a stranger in this thoughtful French import.

"...Denis. Starring: Valérie Lemercier and Vincent Lindon. Friday Night, the latest film by French filmmaker Claire Denis, shows us..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

Truth or dare? We say pass on this demonic schlock.

"...Jason Blum chose to affix his company’s name to the title of this particular production instead of, say, last..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All I See Is You

A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently

"...I was a bit bummed to discover there’s some false packaging wrapped around “drama/thriller” All I See..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Without Limits

"...Directed by: Robert Towne. Starring: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter and Jeremy Sisto. Winning a race was..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Clearcut

"...Michael Hogan and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Aside from the obvious ecological sermon about the evils of clearcutting forests,..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Night On Earth

"...Bankolé, Béatrice Dalle and Roberto Benigni. Migratory souls in the dead of night... these are Jarmusch's people, his drawing..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Official Secrets

True story of a whistleblower who saw the lies behind the Iraq War

"...Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Adam Bakri, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, MyAnna Buring, Jack Farthing, Indira Varma,..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Miss You Already

Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette co-star as best friends facing crises

"...Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke. Starring: Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...it's September, it must be Fantastic Fest. And, with the home release schedules of independent and genre movies being..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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