Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Turns 20

Viva cine!

"...Programming a film festival that covers the entire Spanish- and Portuguese-language world sounds challenging. But according..."

April 28, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Free speech: Do we have to spell it out for you? Plus, a farewell to a great American filmmaker.

"...abruptly he takes Natalie Wood into his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?" – Jean-Luc Godard..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Gift guide

"...Milestone, $29.95Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM

We have replaced our concept of the heroic with the superheroic, and the sense of the possible with the impossible.

"...Something sinister has happened to the idea of being human. The most blatant examples are,..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...I Luv Video, Vulcan Video, and Waterloo Video for their help in providing videos, laser discs, and DVDs.)..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Scanlines

Virtual Graceland

"...The length to which Elvis Presley has been immortalized reached..."

June 6, 1997 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In response to "Ignorant Design at the SBOE" [July 25] and a subsequent letter of praise:..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...Brothers and sisters of the Lone Star State, on the..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

Film News

Linklater maps out our 'Fast Food Nation'; plus, Andrew Shapter, Dante James, and a Mitchum among us

"...like autumn will bring Richard Linklater's unique take on the nonfiction hit Fast Food Nation to Austin. Eric Schlosser's..."

May 13, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Stones Throw Showcase

SXSW showcase reviews

"...funk, and disco platters: "We're playing all 45s tonight!" The mantra proved a good one as a stellar lineup..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

A Beautiful View

For much of Daniel MacIvor's A Beautiful View, its two characters keep finding and losing each another, but in the end, though something is lost, something beautiful is found again

"...The Off Center, through Feb. 3..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Letters at 3am

Obama won the election through a uniquely American combination of inspiration and cash

"...two boys, maybe age 8 or 9, cavorting on the lawn of an elementary school – a school that..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Short Third-Degree Sessions

Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.

"...about your new book, coming out in February, Under the Skin...."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Grand Old Mess

Can Travis County Republicans Ever Get It Together?

"...Has anyone checked in on the Travis County Republican Party lately? What a mess. You..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Record Reviews

"...Pulp's Jacko-bothering Jarvis Cocker has consistently grown as a writer over..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3