Silent Hill

Eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.

"...Jodelle Ferland, Deborah Kara Unger and Kim Coates. Imagine the town of Dante's Peak as envisioned by H.P. Lovecraft..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Changing Lanes

"...L. Jackson and Ben Affleck. Roger Michell's previous film, the romantic comedy Notting Hill, gave no indication that the..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

"...Patricia Wettig, Eddie Jones, Alexandra Holden and Wayne Tippit. There are so many captivating characters, so many funny moments,..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Snowjob

Was It Sleet or Chicken Little That Fell From the Sky?

"...According to the Austin Police Department, the brief bout of winter weather..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Column

Ferrari

Adam Driver as the man behind the racing giant

"...A Formula One driver – I believe it was the great Michael Schumacher – was asked if he ever..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What Happens Later

Ryan and Duchovny ponder the road not taken in magical rom-com

"...There’s a moment near the beginning of the bittersweet What..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Devotion

Airborne biopic finds warm friendship across the military's racial divide

"...easy to compare Devotion to Top Gun: Maverick. As the second fighter pilot drama to star Glen Powell released..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Industry Celebrates as Delta-8 Stays Legal, but for How Long?

Cannabusinesses try to keep up with laws concerning the THC product

"...At the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Leander, a vending..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics

"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”

"...Tillie Walden, that Ignatz-winning author of the new graphic novel Spinning, will be at the Texas..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACL Review: Ought

Montreal post-punks rouse Saturday morning slumber

"...proclaimed Tim Darcy brightly late on Saturday morning at the HomeAway stage. The Ought frontman’s lyrical admission came abruptly..."

Oct. 8, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...dead, done and gone. But we'll be living with the legacy of its film festivals for months to come...."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Fixing What Ain't Broke

Does city want fair hiring, or to break the union?

"...public solidarity last Thursday, several hundred Austin firefighters and their supporters showed up at the City Council meeting to..."

May 23, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Melancholia

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier brings his vision of human annihilation to the screen in this visually stunning and thematically rich film.

"...Lars von Trier. Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...Douglas Sirk made Chinese martial arts movies instead of the fabulous Fifties melodramas that he did, they most probably..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exhibitionism

The Cyclical Night: Puzzles in Moonlight

"...From all appearances, The Cyclical Night is a work of obsession for choreographer..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Review

We Have an Issue: What’s Next, and How Fast Can We Get There?

In this week's issue, the rallying cry to defund police catches on, and Republicans try to quash vote by mail for good

"...rock – or a white hood – you've seen the footage. Peaceful protesters gassed, clubbed, shoved, shot at, and..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Dance Repertory Theatre's Fortitude

In this spring concert, a profound and moving tribute to a missing member of the Theatre & Dance Department community

"...over a chest. Such a simple gesture, and yet the one made onstage captured what was taking place inside..."

March 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two: I Am Trump, You Are Trump

The dangerous cancer of a charismatic populist demagogue leader

"...In the devil town"..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Utopia Fest Ignites

Musical campout burns bright

"...pop ... pop-pop-pop, blazing chemical reactions flowered high above the stage, lighting up the already starry panorama...."

Sept. 8, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Judas Priest Pounds Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

Some heads are gonna roll

"...months before its usual unveiling, Transmission Events just announced the cull for Fun Fun Fun Fest’s ninth annual edition,..."

May 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Letters at 3AM

How to be and not to be.

"...not meant for publication is a discipline that frees the spirit to go where it needs to and speak..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...his fifth album in four years. Come early January, the 34-year-old country soul singer will undergo open-heart surgery...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Tom Gimbel Takes Austin City Limits Global

Sky’s the limit for the ACL brand

"...Last month at Arlyn Studios, representatives from KGSR and the Austin City Limits television franchise officially flipped the switch..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

DVDanger: Mohawk

Ted Geoghegan on blood and lessons in his historical drama

"...Bava and bloody Catholic angst. Every horror auteur has their own distinctive tick. For Ted Geoghegan, it's period pieces..."

April 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Allen Toussaint: Yes He Did Did

New Orleans’ house pianist called us to the stars and back

"...There are so many musical artists who stroll into your..."

Nov. 12, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Working in Stereo

Sean Ripple on "Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective" and the rising role of the artist-curator

"...Entering the Contemporary Austin's Downtown location these days, one immediately sheds..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Great World of Sound

David Wingo's success scoring film fuels his band Ola Podrida

"...The field across the street from David Wingo's house rises..."

May 24, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...onstage and off, over meals lavish and sandwich, on the very last question of an intensive two-day interview, Sonny..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Exhibitionism

The Whimsy:dream on

"...The Public Domain, through March 28 Running Time: 1 hr,..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Review

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