Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...sneak peek at titles that won't hit screens for another year. So here's a quick rundown of some of..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tests of Mettle in Austin Hip-hop

Stop passive-aggressive and aggressively-passive mediocrity

"...as noted by this publication in January. In comparison, the product isn’t on the same level. I listen to..."

March 3, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Of Comics and 'Immortals'

'Kabuki' creator David Mack talks about Tarsem's new epic

"...There is something divinely inspired about letting Tarsem – the..."

May 29, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. VI)

Ags worse than Bears?, Tech misses Leach, etc.

"...It's the midpoint of the college football season – as Sports..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Sports Post by John Razook

Crock of Love, Too

Scouring the wreckage of Rock of Love 2.

"...VH1's Rock of Love 2, Daisy was one of the last two Rockettes standing in the reality show allegedly..."

April 21, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Top Chef Texas, Week 13: Life on Two Wheels

The chefs go mobile in an homage to "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"

"...My people! My apologies for the radio silence. Would you believe that I have been..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 10: Restaurant Wars

This restaurant war needs more spies and razor wire.

"...This week’s episode begins with very little fanfare. The chefs saunter into a dead-empty Palm Door, which is..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Sore Winners

The GOP seems determined to make representative government a game of 'winner-take-all'

"...The new Republican order promises to be entertaining, in a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Exhibitionism

The Mojado Brothers Comedy Festival: Aaayyeeeee-aye-aye-aye!!

"...Paramount Theatre April 26..."

May 2, 1997 Arts Review

Pete's Principle

Ex-Chamber Head Winstead Takes Us to the Toll Road

"...Pete Winstead has seen Austin's path to the future, and it's a toll road. The former chair..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Postmarks

Emory & Young Not Conservative

"..."The most relaxed person at Palmer Saturday night may have..."

May 16, 1997 Column

Made

"...Peter Falk, Vincent Pastore and Makenzie Vega. Made marks the first reunion between actors Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Piece of My Heart

For me, Women’s History month means Janis Joplin

"...if we need a 31-day window to pontificate on the achievements of women. Regardless, these last few weeks let..."

March 28, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

School for Scoundrels

Although it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and is jam-packed with multitalented comedians and stars, School for Scoundrels is just not funny.

"...While it’s not uncommon for Hollywood to completely defy the laws of probability, sometimes the absurdity of a misfire..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.

"...Root, Justin Long, Joel David Moore and Chris Williams. There’s a place in life for movies like this –..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Necessary Roughness

"...-- an innocuous sports comedy about a team of losers who have to pull together to become a successful..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mississippi Grind

Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds co-star as gambling buddies

"...Friendship can be as fickle as the roll of the dice or the flip of a..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Low Down

John Hawkes plays junkie jazz musician Joe Albany in this film based on his daughter's memoirs.

"...(Hawkes) was a talented jazz pianist who played with the likes of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis and helped..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Never Adult Moment

Artist Michael Sieben ollies his skater years into the Visual Arts Center's vaulted elegance

"...Sieben, tall and lanky and chill, is approaching 40 the way a seasoned skater on a vintage Powell-Peralta deck..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Undefeated

This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.

"...school football team of underdogs contains so many of the things we love to see in our movies that..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.

"...Jenkins, David Rasche and J.K. Simmons. Burn After Reading, the new film from the Coen brothers, won’t be mistaken..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Out of Sight

Soderbergh adapts Elmore Leonard in this caper movie that features great performances, gritty milieus, and clever creative flourishes.

"...Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen and Isaiah Washington. Finally, a film..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pin Gods

"...Directed by: Larry Locke. Pin Gods opens theatrically in Austin following its previous run during the SXSW.97..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Death in Brunswick

"...pay to clean up your life and grow up. The day Carl Fitzgerald finally stumbles out of his trashed-out..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Beethoven's 2nd

"...I never made much of an effort to catch the first Beethoven film -- after K-9, Bingo, and assorted..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Heart

"...a clean life with a 14-year-old son in tow. Their life is one of rent-by-the-week flophouses, mattresses on the..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's story of salesmen caught in their unique form of hell also offers a cornucopia of fine performances.

"...in hell, four men, salesmen, twist and turn on their spits, longing for the right leads, for the one..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Redistricting 2001

The new census numbers are out, and here's what to look for in the Lege's plans for redistricting.

"...As you've heard, the 2000 U.S. Census numbers are out, which kicks the..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: For All Their Wins, Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton Have Lost So Much More

A Texan reflects on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad GOP leadership

"...As an election clerk (for the first time ever!) during the early voting in late..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Al Lindsey

Bottoms

The Shiva Baby team reunite for a ridonkulously horny queer comedy

"...Man, Emma Seligman just gets it. The teen experience, the teen gay experience, the gross and..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

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