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The Flower Boy
"...The Flower Boy: A Novel..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy
The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy
"...Even after his Marilyn Monroe homage at the Oscars, the Barbie star proved he definitely is not..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Sweet and funny story of a talking shell will fill your heart
"...The easiest way to describe the irreverent, sweet, moving, and..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Outfit
Gangster flick is well-tailored but somehow still a little saggy
"...The last time I saw Mark Rylance was in Don’t..."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Ride the Eagle
Jake Johnson gets his head straight in this comedic kin to Walden
"...“I wish I had dog brains half the time,” aging slacker Leif (the inimitable and always charming..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Sleepless in Springdale
The problem with neighbors is that some of them are unneighborly
"...I live in what used to be a quiet neighborhood in East Austin. In January a couple moved..."

March 12, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

News of the World
Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western
"...To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Secrets We Keep
War crimes revisited in suburban America
"...World War II under our belt, one might assume there are no new stories to tell. Then again, America..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Blech Effect
The case against the king of biotech investment indicts corporate culture
"...your name is synonymous with a horrible day on the stock marker, but that's September 22, 1994, is forever..."

Aug. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Starting Out in the Evening
In this contemplative meditation on the pained aging of literary lions, Frank Langella delivers a brilliant performance as the story's elderly New York City novelist.
"...and Adrian Lester. At first glance, Starting Out in the Evening appears to be one of those hoary May-December..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Surrender
A grieving family messes with magick to bring back a loved one
"...Anyone who has seen the process of dying knows that it's not like someone..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: The Greek Bar Offers Quiet Mediterranean Confidence
East Oltorf spot is casual yet stylish
"...“Give the people what they want” is a common piece of..."

May 16, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

The Girl With the Needle
Psychological horror based on real events is set at an adoption agency in 1919 Denmark
"...It’s often said that the greatest incentive toward crime is desperation. If that were..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Colors Within
GKIDS animated film from the director of A Silent Voice
"...But is she really staring at her, or at the blue haze that emanates from within her? In The..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Handling the Undead
The newly dead are mysteriously resurrected in this Oslo-based arthouse horror
"...Directed by: Thea Hvistendahl. Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist,..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Saw the TV Glow
Probes the mystery behind an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like children’s show
"...How old were you the first time you felt like a piece of media..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse
Trying on four local personifications of fest success
"...Did you hear that? As globe-trotting suits confirm their hotel reservations, Austin’s most music-loving, hard-partying locals let out..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

The Unknown Country
Lily Gladstone takes a road trip through small, meaningful stories
"...Hybrid docu-drama The Unknown Country is a contemplative film. Following the journey..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Ol' Webhead's latest adventure is a breathtaking masterpiece
"...Before you ask, yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (the sequel to 2018 animated smash Spider-Man: Into..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog
Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy
"...The most overbearing character in The Power of the Dog..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Souvenir Part II
Second part of Joanna Hogg's chronicle of loss
"...familiar restaurant. It's a view from a window. It's the L on the door to the flat that young..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Warrens are back at it again ...
"...Chaves. Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard, Charlene Amoia and Sterling Jerins...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Inheritance
Legacies in the Black community through a French New Wave lens
"...The Inheritance begins with a trunk, stuffed with books penned..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Wanting Mare
Enigmatic and beautiful futuristic drama speaks in dreams
"...sure why we want what we want, we recognize the constant absence, like the air between the fingers of..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dark and the Wicked
Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror
"...If you were besieged by the forces of evil, and all that kept you there..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Attack of the Demons
Animated horror creates a new genre: cardgore!
"...a tough sell, animation is a medium that has the power to dramatically translate nightmarish imagery – and explicit..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted
"...The radical left. It's a term that the American legal..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wild Goose Lake
Chinese noir stumbles over its own remarkable style
"...As gangster flicks go, The Wild Goose Lake is more elegiac and restrained than..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia
UtopiaFest's triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape
"...Smoke signals welcome me to the future site of UtopiaFest. It's early October – more..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music
After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time
"...Abby Solomon dropped out of college, she picked up the hobby of so many meandering Austinites in their early..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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