The Night Alive

Hyde Park Theatre captures five lonely Dubliners in all their broken humanity in Conor McPherson's drama

"...man. Or woman. Its violent riptides swirl chaotically through the peaks and valleys of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive...."

July 17, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Keep Date Night Alive With Our Al Fresco Dining Checklist

You have the time, why not make it special?

"...insecurity. My prescription to anyone who wants to beat the rumination and get away from devices is to get..."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Alex Detmar

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...By Wednesday night, most of Austin was dealing with four overlapping crises:..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Capital T Theatre had a reason to crow at the Austin Critics..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For anyone feeling down about the state of our city, the 24th edition of the..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The “world’s first Iranian feminist vampire spaghetti western” is a spooky doozy

"...First came Jim Jarmusch’s hypnotically sanguine Only Lovers Left Alive; then Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Austin music history: Guitarist Johnny Copeland lived here in the early Seventies. The Louisiana native spent formative years of..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Statement

The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator on the run for four decades (Michael Caine) is as listless as the justice system that pursued him.

"...Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Ciarán Hinds and John Neville. The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...watered down to its point of broadest possible appeal, then you might take some solace in Drew Goddard’s Bad..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Other Worlds is Back With a Return to the Galaxy

Genre fest is back with an in-person horror all-day minifest

"...Other Worlds, the local celebration of all things SF and..."

April 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Page Two: After the Flood

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

"...– "After the Gold Rush," Neil Young..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Year in Movies, and in Moments

What didn’t make my Top 10

"...finger at a worst film. But what about, well, the weirder stuff?..."

Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Homesman

Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones point their wagon east while confronting the myths of the Old West.

"...as a director is no conventional Western. Look no further than the direction traveled by the film’s characters –..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The Dead Girl

The filmmaker and an all-star cast create this somber murder mystery that has little mystery but is filled with a deep foreboding about the anguish that dominates some women's lives.

"...you; please don’t take my sunshine away.” So goes the refrain from the popular song that can be heard..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Addiction

"...Christopher Walken, Edie Falco, Kathryn Erbe, Paul Caldeon and Father Robert Castle. The movies of Abel Ferrara (Ms. 45,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The ATX Arts Scene Will Fill Your Saturday but Good

So much to do in this town, and here are just a few excellent ideas

"...Last Saturday's journey started with the reception for Penny Van Horn's "You Lookin' at ME?"..."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Greatest Train Movies Ever

Before "Snowpiercer" opens, a ticket for the best films on track

"...weekend we'll be getting a sneak cinematic peak at the joys of life on the rails...."

June 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...Fear and loathing of The Other is always with us, but much more rare..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"..."Good morning," she says, flashing me a smile, setting the container on the box-office counter. "We're going to have..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Guess Who's Coming to Terrorize Your Night

UT alum Bryan Bertino's nerve-shattering debut, 'The Strangers'

"...Real horror, anyway, as opposed to reel horror (the latter of which is all-too-often as random as, well,..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...Our reporting has taken us everywhere from the Supreme Court and death row to up and down..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Crime Month: In the Dark Podcast

Why did a boy's murder go unsolved for 27 years? Just listen.

"...Stranger Things has it right: The Eighties really were a hard time for kids. Murderous..."

July 11, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...A welcome sign at the end of Beau Reichert's driveway greets visitors to Sekrit..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...You've probably never heard of Man of the Century. Of all the trailers you've sat through and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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