Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...Rotoscoping is dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Holy Mountain and Red 7 in Danger of Losing Leases

Could the Red River Cultural District be losing two of its landmark live music venues?

"...In Downtown Austin, cranes, condos, and new hotels aren't the only sky-high dwellers. So are rents...."

May 15, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Treeless Mountain

So Yong Kim is an astute observer of young people as demonstrated with this film whose story is mostly told on the expressive faces of its two very young protagonists. Never overly sentimental or forcibly cute, Kim’s austere shooting style and scarcity of narrative accouterments provide a nice counterbalance to the sweetness of her young stars.

"...Kim, Mi-hyang Kim, Song-hee Kim and Soo-ah Lee. Kim, the Korean-born and American-bred director of In Between Days, shows..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Race to Witch Mountain

In this updated remake of the beloved Disney series of family movies, two siblings with supernatural powers seek refuge with a cabbie and a UFO specialist.

"...Ciarán Hinds and Garry Marshall. Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain, released in 1975, was one of the first films..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...Like Iron Maiden and Megadeth before them, Atlanta’s Mastodon spew epically proportioned tales led by the..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

A self-appointed game warden and his ragtag band of volunteers cross some treacherous Chinese landscape in search of poachers who are decimating the Tibetan antelope.

"...Tibetans are a deeply spiritual and nonviolent people, but they can still kick ass, as this international co-production from..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Alpinist

Climbing doc has trouble keeping up with its enigmatic subject

"...Marc-André Leclerc is one of the most extraordinary athletes that you’ve likely never heard of...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

How to Climb a Minnow Mountain

The Austin animation studio resurrecting Rotoscoping with Richard Linklater

"...at keeping a secret. Last November, he was in the offices of the animation studio he co-founded, Minnow Mountain,..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Mountain

The case against mountaintop mining in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia in made in this passionate documentary.

"...Directed by: Bill Haney. The land, mountains, and timbers of West Virginia have been..."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mountain Men

Estranged brothers exchange truths while stuck in the woods

"...Mountain Men, a family dramedy about estranged brothers who get..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc: The Fur Garden

What could be more masculine than crawling out of a dumpster?

"...when my husband decided to grow a beard for the first time. I had always wondered how handsome he..."

May 31, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...In the halcyon days of alt.country, say ten or so years..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...How do you get to the moon? Well, first, you have to decide to go...."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Emily Wolfe at Holy Mountain

Home grown indie pop sensation

"...to be a part of your summer jams playlist. The release show is this Saturday at Holy Mountain along..."

May 22, 2013 Events Post by Joe Layton

Black Mountain Lullaby

Catching Up With Caroline Herring

"...debut Twilight made her a local darling, and landed the singer-songwriter a Best New Artist plaque at the 2002..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Climb

"...Vaughn and Jason George. This well-intentioned drama, produced by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, leaves no cliché unturned as..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

"...girls are hardly commonplace and that, sadly, is virtually the only aspect of Gold Diggers that could be regarded..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

"...would end up snuggled into blankets and pillows on the couch, fortified with Saltines and ginger ale, eagerly awaiting..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...Red Elk. This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Can You Draw? Then Minnow Mountain Needs You!

Austin animation house looking for artists

"...While TV and film are struggling with working out the next steps forward for production under coronavirus conditions, one..."

Aug. 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Minutes at Holy Mountain

A trio of locals under the lens

"...Three bands, three distinct styles. Friday night at Holy Mountain marked a crash course in Austin eclecticism...."

July 24, 2013 Music Post by Derek Van Wagner

BANFF Mountain Film Festival

Action, Suspense and Dudes Doing the Impossible

"...The absence of mountains and ocean normally force active Austinites..."

April 12, 2013 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

Jeremy Nail Survives Cancer, Scales Mountain

Austin Music Awards performer previews May LP live

"...Jeremy Nail continues prepping his Alejandro Escovedo-produced My Mountain. After surviving cancer, Nail says, “What keeps me going..."

Feb. 23, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Living on the Edge

"...One of the ironies of the birds-vs.-bikes debate on Forest Ridge is..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

The Tunnel

Fire in the mountain in the Norwegian disaster flick

"...If Scandinavian cinema has taught us anything over the last few years, it's that Norway will try to..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Live Shot: Black Mountain, Kikagaku Moyo, Stonefield

Sci-fi stomp with hair blowback

"...through recent servings off Bent, a fitting prelude to the cosmic and heady three-hour venture that took place Friday..."

Nov. 9, 2019 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

The Other Sister

Multiple Personalities

"...The Bull Creek watershed is fairly neatly contained within the..."

July 2, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips: Exotic Wildlife Tours, Mountain Home

Excursions to the wildlife habitat give a look at a Texas legend

"...Exotic wildlife tours at the Y.O. Ranch Headquarters west of Kerrville are a continuation..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Where the Wild Things Are

The 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival features more female athletes, more mindfulness, and more emotion

"...Like an epinephrine shot, the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival is set to rev..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Derek On the Spot

Free Week Interviews with Megafauna and Whiskey Shivers

"...After spending the week going to free shows all over town, I..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

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