A Heavy 'Heart'

HBO adaptation makes the case for rage

"...about watching Ryan Murphy’s film version of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart. The play had always been a personal..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Brandon Watson

Blood in the Face

"...Renato Carpentieri. Without a zombie in sight, this is the best horror film in years. Co-directors Anne Bohlen (Roger..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The AggreGAYtor: November 16

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Matthew Mitcham goes down memory lane, Tony Kushner gets historical,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...The Inheritance, Part 1 is stunning. It’s the kind of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Hamilton's Return Still Lives Up to the Hype

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash returns to the Bass refreshed and revitalized

"...It's been said that when the Renaissance artist Michelangelo was asked about the process of..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Chain Drive and the Rumor Mill

A gay Austin institution holds its last hoorah, again and again.

"...The little stucco bar with the infamous tree will soon..."

June 13, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The Raw Deal

A survival guide to the raw-foods movement

"...Nothing gets a diet craze going like the movie-star stamp of approval. Once America hears that celebrities..."

May 5, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Road

Cormac McCarthy's bleak, end-of-days novel survives the transition to the screen with remarkable veracity.

"...by: John Hillcoat. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and Molly Parker. I'm not..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hills Have Eyes

This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.

"...Drago and Robert Joy. Wes Craven is best known these days as the man behind the inventive Nightmare on..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature 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

SXSW Film Review: Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound

Band doc ends up being breathtaking look at community building

"...Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound is a music documentary that’s..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Wine of the Week

New releases from Talbott and Bonny Doon

"...Every year, I look forward to the new release of wines from two of California’s most..."

June 6, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Speak the Speech

"...But that doesn’t mean that other, mere mortal filmmakers can take the storyline of a..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Making the House of Torment a Home

After a shuttered year, Austin's oldest haunted attraction reunites the family

"...Normally, the warm scent of batter and thick syrup is..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...grew up in a family riddled with alcoholism. My mother was an active alcoholic, and left the family when I..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Mayor's Story

Three contenders try to write a personal tale that will convince the voters

"...a limited amount of time and space to reach the voters and create a "message" – that message being..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"..."The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere" was originally published..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

A chat with Meg Bodi, master of esthetics

"...Along with a dozen or so other part-time degenerates, Meg and I tubed the San Marcos..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Leaving Normal

"...Dohlen and Patrika Darbo. What interest was generated by the presence of Lahti and Tilly is tempered by this..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

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

The House of Tomorrow

Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.

"...his new – and only – friend Jared (Wolff). They’re not even really pals at this point, actually, more..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eat Your Heart Out: A Three-Day Meal Plan for ACL Eats 2022

Paramore, Lil Nas X, and SZA aren't the only acts to watch for

"...Another year, another Austin City Limits Music Festival in the..."

Oct. 6, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas

Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty

"...as Arcade Fire’s fifth album, last year’s Reflektor, remains, the Canadian outfit’s show Thursday night at the Circuit of..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Appeal Filed for Fran Keller: The Oak Hill Daycare 'Ritual Abuse' Fiasco

Appeal cites outdated medical evidence and Brady violation

"...was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and has spent the last 20 years behind bars for a crime that..."

Jan. 14, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Machinist

Christian Bale lost 60 lbs. in order to play the unsettling title character, a man who has maybe shed his sanity along with his weight.

"...his skin, Trevor is as angular and jagged as the letters of his name. He is an industrial worker,..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital. A device..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Into the Storm

The tornado may be bad, but the movie is not.

"...Disaster movies over the last decade or so have evolved from catastrophe-specific invocations..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Define 'Normal'

Debra Monroe on the families we're born with and the families we build

"...I've known Debra Monroe since the early 1990s, when I was a student in her..."

May 14, 2010 Books Feature by Scott Blackwood

The Sounds of Silence

"...you may have thought, if you were one of the 700 or so people packed into Emo's on a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

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