The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: The Super Secret Show

Sinbad can still bring the house down

"...The advance billing for SXSW Comedy’s Super Secret Show left..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

The Last Five Years

Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.

"...The Last Five Years is a film about a loving..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...The year Sister Helen Prejean published her bestselling book Dead..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Polly Parsons' late-model Maxima rolls up under the iron Hickory Wind Ranch sign. The storm-gray car noses..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Syrian Bride

This story about an arranged marriage taking place in a remote outpost of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights will be familiar to anyone ever caught in an avalanche of red tape.

"...Adnan Tarabshi. AFS@Dobie Matrimonial comedies are a staple of the cinema, bringing, as they do, divergent family members into..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Every Woman Everywhere

UT, ALLGO, and Resistencia honor the life and work of the late Gloria Anzaldúa

"...or taught us well in spite of ourselves. In the U.S., an apple is an old-fashioned way of showing..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Gong Show

Anything goes at the Alamo's Open Screen Night.

"...It's Open Screen Night at the Alamo, and the audience is squirming. In the short..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Territory Schedule

"..."My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts" (Torill Kove, Canada, 10:35 min.,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature

The Chaperone

The fascinating true story of Louise Brooks falls out of focus in this anachronistic fiction

"...by: Michael Engler. Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Géza Röhrig, Miranda Otto and Robert..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...Fisher sat at a picnic table, visibly working out the best way to articulate her experiences as an Austin..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Feel the Burn

Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire

"...of interesting jobs. She's worked in construction, and with the Texas Council for Family Violence. She is a women's..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Good Eye: Girl, Illustrated

The fine lines between the lines

"...A white-haired woman wades across a kitchen in a pink dress, waist-deep..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Snitch Cartel

This Colombian film is based on the true story of Andrés López, a drug trafficker who later worked with the DEA.

"...Colombia’s mid-Nineties drug trade, during which time the country produced 80% of the world’s cocaine, provides the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moms the Word

Whoopi Goldberg on the black woman comic who started it all

"...inside Whoopi Goldberg. You can see for yourself when the multitalented, what-hasn't-she-done comedian/Oscar-winning actress/co-host of The View/drinkslinger on the..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman

UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April

"...UPDATE: A Dallas judge this afternoon halted the impending execution of Kimberly McCarthy, who would have been..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Uses of Joy

When Conspire Theatre helps incarcerated women, it's all in the game

"..."In a very serious world, we must not forget the importance of play."..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...just Peter, his two dogs, a fire burning in the fireplace, and me on the other end of the..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag contained the pipe, the knife, five latex gloves, and Penny Scaggs'..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Boys On the Side

"...Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, James Remar, Matthew McConaughey, Anita Gillette and Estelle Parsons. To call Boys..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...Other Worlds Austin, the dedicated sci-fi film festival, is coming..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trapped and the War on Women's Health Care

Doc highlights impact of anti-choice laws in the South

"...have to turn this young girl away … And there was nothing I could do to save her,” Marva..."

March 11, 2016 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

The Sanctity of All Life?

Notes on David Joseph's death

"...“We do value the sanctity of all life here at the department. So..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

The Academe Is an Actress

Does Shakespeare pass the Bechdel test? and other feminist inquiries

"...How is it possible that the same man who is celebrated for the creation of..."

May 8, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Luv Doc: A Certain Lack of Sophistication

Even the most vigilant grammarian is prone to the occasional slipup

"...recently told me he stopped going out with a woman because she didn’t know the difference between “you’re” and..."

May 3, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Girlfriend Experience

Steven Soderbergh directs this DV-cam look at the life of a high-end Manhattan call girl (played by porn star Sasha Grey).

"...diamonds may have been a girl’s best friend, but these days a woman might find it better to invest..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Secret Lives of Girls

AFS Documentary Tour presents the six-part Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

"...discovered that she'd run aground, at age 42, on the shoals of the very same modern female predicament she'd..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...40 years under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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