Jeffs Makes FBI's Big Top 10

Jeffs' oblong mug now alongside the likes of Osama Bin Laden, and Mafioso murderer James "Whitey" Bulger

"...Polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, the fugitive leader of the Fundamentalist Church..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jeffs Faces Justice

Polygamist sect leader will return to Utah

"...Polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, the fugitive leader of the breakaway Mormon..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dheepan

Cannes Palme d'Or winner about Tamil refugees in France

"...Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Dheepan..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Midnight Special

Is a boy with special gifts a savior or a weapon – or neither?

"...Writer/director Jeff Nichols launches onto the national stage with Midnight Special, his fourth film, which..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frank

Arthouse comedy amuses yet disappoints.

"...crueler yet is to be adjacent to genius, breathing the same air, but with none of that brilliance transferable...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Swanning Into 2011

But first, a look back at the films of 2010

"...Among The Austin Chronicle's three film critics, Black Swan earned a..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Surfwise

This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.

"...studies in this revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Would Jesus Buy?

The good Reverend Billy is on an agitprop mission to convince his fellow Americans that our heedless consumerism will be their spiritual undoing.

"...one of history’s most famous temper tantrums (right up there with the siege of Troy), kicked all the money..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Southland Tales

Six years after Donnie Darko, filmmaker Richard Kelly returns with this incomprehensible, self-indulgent mess of post-apocalyptic anxiety, political paranoia, and pop-culture references.

"...Directed by: Richard Kelly. Starring: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

FLDS Sect Thriving in West Texas

Despite leader Warren Jeffs' legal woes, group's gated compound in Eldorado reportedly growing

"...The future isn't exactly looking too bright for our favorite..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lawless Disorder

Top 10 crime and justice stories

"...of inappropriate, insensitive, and callous comments – beginning with the now infamous "burn baby, burn" – delivered via patrol-car..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The MGM Grand is indeed grand, and cancer-sniffing dogs

"...to buy Danish pastries in Iran, be aware that the country's confectioners' union has renamed the flaky dessert Roses..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Chuck Loves Tacos

Wrapping up 2009

"...of random thoughts before I turn into Santa for the rest of December. Sunday night Sarah Jarosz was transcendent..."

Dec. 17, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Luck Reunion Announces Lineup for 10th Anniversary Return

Daylong fest to feature Willie, Chuck Prophet, Lucero, Weyes Blood

"...Over the past decade, the Luck Reunion out at Willie Nelson’s..."

Feb. 17, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Hightower Report: Mormon or Narcissist?

Could Romney ever reconcile Mormonism's egalitarianism with his plutocratic narcissism?

"...And, lo, Samuel the Lamanite decried the greedy habits of the inhabitants of..."

May 11, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

AFCA Backs 'Black Swan'

Local film critics pick year's best

"...The Social Network has been dominating the awards season something..."

Dec. 22, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Die With Your Boots On

"...The clean-cut young twentysomething stood over a garbage can near..."

Sept. 25, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Underground Zero: Part 2

"...Directed by: Various. One week after the events of September 11, San Francisco-based independent filmmakers Jay..."

Sept. 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Underground Zero: Part 1

"...Directed by: Various. One week after the events of September 11, San Francisco-based independent filmmakers Jay..."

Sept. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...will be able to speak to animals in 2019. "The pigs will become brothers to man," wrote the prophet...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Wail

Gale Theatre Company's new devised work manages to feel as cathartic and personal as it does vague and mysterious

"...The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.galetheatre.org Through Nov. 15..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...DeLay uncharacteristically bolted past a crowd of reporters in the hallway on his way to the bathroom. Finally exhaling..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature

Committee Considers FLDS Raid

Invited testimony today related to last year's raid in Eldorado

"...The Texas House Human Services Committee today will hear invited..."

April 14, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

More-Bizarre-Than-Usual FLDS Update

"Prophet" sued again; and West Texas crematorium rumors

"...Utah state court filings as "M.J." is suing fugitive "prophet" Warren Jeffs, the leader of the breakaway sect of..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away

The complicated present of a one-time future of rock & roll

"...In the new documentary Peter Case: A Million Miles Away, concert..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Bob Dylan’s Devil Complex and Mysterious Stage Pose

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour satisfies at Austin stop

"...What is the Pantone of Hell? Whatever color code you might apply..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...now stands less than 120 days away, so expect the announcements to roll out on a regular basis from..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

2012

Big. Dumb. Fun.

"...with unprecedented perils on a scale never before seen, the characters in his disaster epics manage to reaffirm their..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Che: Part Two

Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.

"...Rasuk, Joaquim de Almeida and Lou Diamond Phillips. At the start of Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic about the life..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Texas Supreme Court Backs FLDS Mothers

Children reunite with parents in wake of Supremes' decision

"...After reviewing the evidence and testimony proffered during hearings in district court,..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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