When That Bump in the Night Becomes Flesh and Blood

Pondering pure evil in Cropsey

"..."It was one of the longest criminal cases in New York City history," said..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: The Sporting Scene

It's just a Hail Mary pass from Memorial Stadium to Formula One

"...I heard that Texas was about to move to the Pacific coast, I immediately began worrying about my styling..."

June 18, 2010 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Film: Family Matters in The Overbrook Brothers

Austin filmmaker John Bryant draws on his own childhood traumas

"...Austin filmmaker John Bryant has either directed ("Momma's Boy"), crewed (the Duplass brothers' The Puffy..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Beside the Point: Game Over

How to win friends and influence budgets

"...Recently, I was chatting with Richard Whittaker, the blogging British bruiser we keep chained to one of..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Chapman out the door, off the hook

A surprise retirement spares the APD assistant chief.

"...turn of events, Austin Police Department Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman on Dec. 18 filed the necessary paperwork to retire..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Outfitting the Stars

It's all in a name: suiting up the stars at Star Costume and Clothier.

"...It may not be the best slogan in town, but you've got to admit..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...There's never an excuse, in 2006, for men to wear..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Blue Streak

"...by: Les Mayfield. Starring: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, William Forsythe, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene and Nicole Parker. Call this..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Margin Call

A high-powered cast drives this fictional depiction of what might have occurred in a top investment firm in the hours leading up to its collapse.

"...Unlikely to be either the tea party or Occupy America's first pick for..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

September Previews

"...Rose Troche, the director of Go Fish, at last returns with her..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Razor Girl

by Carl Hiaasen

"..."Florida Man attempts to smoke crack in ICU, almost burns down..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...Following is the complete list of all the films released for theatrical..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Soul Searching

Asleep at the Switch

"...The party fell victim to the complacency that came from..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...League, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema bigwig and prime mover behind the third annual Fantastic Fest, which opens at the Alamo..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

(don’t Go back To) ROCKVILLE

R.E.M. Accelerates

"...“R.E.M. was at the Hole in the Wall [last] night and two-thirds of..."

March 12, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Your Word Is Your Bond

Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused, but commercial bondsmen say it will never work

"...a cinder-block-walled courtroom tucked into a basement corner of the Travis County Jail. This is the magistrate court, where..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Do a Little Dance

"...is it possible to define independent filmmaking by its aesthetic, attitude, or sensibility? Maybe the form is predicated by..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up Too Early

Google Streetview fashion critique from Rainey Street

"...you can ever look on a Segway. Seriously. This woman is bringing the style so hard it is actually..."

July 16, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Bedside Manner: Got Opium?

Getting High and Low with Steven Martin, Nick Tosches, et al

"...be an opium addict, I can't claim that as the reason I went to China." -- Emily Hahn, "The..."

July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Dangerous Touch

"...Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kate Vernon and Max Gail. There's no delicate way to say this: Hands off Dangerous..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rescue Dawn

German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.

"...Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat, Marshall Bell and Toby Huss. Herzog, the German arthouse film director (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...MR. LIF5:30pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores In these days of political conservatism, few MCs are willing to..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Vengo

"...Canales. I saw some video footage once of a man playing flamenco guitar with such feverish intensity that by..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2 Fast 2 Furious

"...South Beach neon and carbon fiber fins than all the fish in Finding Nemo on a gill’s night out..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Discrète, La

"...Truffaut, newcomer Vincent has a razor keen eye for the tiny, seemingly trivial details that most people never even..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Die Mommie Die!

Charles Busch's campy send-up of Fifties melodrama falls flat.

"...Die Mommie Die! wishes to spoof Hollywood’s melodramas of the Fifties, those women’s weepies of luxurious sets and household..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hancock

Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head and Johnny Galecki. From its..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brothers

This psychological drama from Denmark is interesting and well-performed, but it's no Cain and Abel.

"...and Solbjørg Højfeldt. Like her previous film, Open Hearts, Brothers is a psychological drama minus the psychology, and is..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lightning in a Bottle

Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.

"...films go, this is heady stuff, full immersion in the blues bath via a February 2003 megaconcert at Radio..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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