Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

"...Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain), Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk marches in formation but stirs little awe...."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Walk in the Woods

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir

"...writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 book about his experience hiking the Appalachian Trail with his old friend Stephen Katz (a..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...[From the Editor: Last week, aerialist Raven Hinojosa spoke with tight-rope..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Kill the Irishman

The life of Danny Greene, an Irish mobster in Cleveland during the Sixties and Seventies, is recounted in this film.

"...Hensleigh. Starring: Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini, Robert Davi, Vinnie Jones, Bob Gunton, Tony..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: The 16th annual AIDS Walk

11th & Congress, Sunday, October 19, 2003

"...AIDS Walk as a name doesn’t really convey the sense of..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?

Bikin’ down the highway

"...being used by most pedestrians or nonathletic cyclists for either transportation or recreation. When not congested at rush hour,..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Legacy of BT2 and Beyond

Owners recall 30-plus years in Austin gay bar business

"...When I first reached Tino Calderon, the BT2 co-owner was busy packing up an icon of..."

May 16, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Hanging Up the Torches

After 20 years of juggling fire and other foolery, the Flaming Idiots are calling it quits.

"...Most of the time, people want you to stop being an idiot...."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Wild Bunch

"...O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez, Ben Johnson, Emilio Fernandez, Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones. “Let's Go.” “Why Not? Then,..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...here will most likely continue to be an issue. The city is too big, too populated, for driving around..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Make a Difference Edition

Best queer-grrrl-tastic events this weekend and every weekend

"...Do the things we do to make a difference, make a..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...in a number of ways, but it plays to the international film community elite. Telluride is film-centric, but it..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The AggreGAYtor: September 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• The Democrats ratify their new super-duper homospectacular platform...."

Sept. 6, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...7-week-old kitten weighs about a pound; its veins are the size of vermicelli. So if you're administering a lethal..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Beergardigans Return: Austin Kids Grade Local Breweries

The second installment with your beer garden friends

"...For those of you just now being enlightened to the existence of Austin's premier pint-sized brewery critics, the Beergardigans..."

May 27, 2022 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...Your tax dollars at work: What do they sound like? All the myriad tasks of maintenance and..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Record Stores Move the Needle on In-Person Shopping

You may now commence thumbing through the stacks again (provided you follow the new safety rules)

"...set foot in a record store in seven months. The last time I'd gone that long, my favorite musical..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Walk and Draw Along the Lake

Help create a people's field guide to the South Central Waterfront

"...The South Central Waterfront Initiative will kick off a “very..."

Aug. 26, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.

"...Kathleen Munroe, Julian Richings, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick and Athena Karkanis. Remember the scene in Romero’s original Dawn of..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Song

Miley Cyrus steps out of her Hannah Montana comfort zone to play a rebellious teen in this Nicholas Sparks melodrama.

"...waves goodbye to her Hannah Montana tween-star identity with The Last Song, the latest Nicholas Sparks-penned romance to be..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Step Up 2 the Streets

Romantic sparks fly (again) among students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.

"...Scott and Janelle Cambridge. In case you weren’t aware, there’s an epidemic plaguing our cities. I’m not talking about..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...In Monterey Pop, renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured the 1967 pre-Woodstock rock festival oozing good vibrations and California..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting father to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

"...Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, William Forsythe, Cathy Moriarty, Julianne Moore, Faye Grant and Xander Berkely...."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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

The Death of Dick Long

A redneck comedy takes a tragic, compassionate turn

"...Rule one. When your best friend says, "Hey, y'all motherfuckers want to get weird?" just say no, kids. You..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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