Notorious

In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, assumes the shape of the standard biopic formula.

"...Marc John Jefferies and Julia Pace Mitchell. In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Protocols of Zion

Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin investigates the reasons for the recent renaissance of American anti-Semitism; sadly, the end result is scattershot and never really elucidates or poses solutions to the problem.

"...Marc Levin (Slam) tries to "go do good" as the inscription on his grandfather's tombstone says, with this investigative..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Celsius 41.11

Reactionary film claims to reveal the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11.

"...hard to know what to make of this documentary, the conservative rejoinder to Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11: At any..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

#ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion

Media pundits come clean on closet likes and dislikes

"...on a daily basis: air opinions and factoids on their favorite musical acts that they generally keep out of..."

Aug. 8, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW Film Review: Moonwalkers

Smart, silly comedy about a fake Kubrick faking the moon landing

"...Conspiracy theorists are always there when we need them, hyperbolizing on..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Fine Print

Texas Book Festival brings some of the best and brightest literary minds to the Capitol

"...Suck it, naysayers. The rumors of printed word's demise have been greatly exaggerated...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Monica Riese

No One Can Change Men but Men

"...and exploitation; I have also taught human sexuality in the Department of Education Psychology at the University of Texas..."

Sept. 13, 2010 Postmarks

Experiential House of L Brings Global Style and International Glamor to SXSW

Art, style, music, and more is very on-brand with the fest

"...If we were conspiracy theorists – always a fun thing to get into in..."

March 9, 2019 Arts Post by W. A. Brenner

From Dada to Dogme

Julian Rosefeldt’s ambitious Manifesto showcases the prowess of Cate Blanchett

"...are rarely useful in encapsulating, much less adequately conveying, the former's intentions, often coming off as excessive. Managing to..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Everything Went Black: I Was Dead Before Dead Was Cool

Shoot him in the head. He's dead, he's all messed up

"...I have watched the zombie media apocalypse overtake American pop culture with a..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009

The loss of preeminent queer scholar will be felt.

"...I'm in the midst of studying for my Ph.D. exams right now,..."

April 14, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

OilBash

Literate, greasy ladies throw down on the Eastside

"...event that started with a hifalutin conversation about French theorists, reality television, and the debatably revolutionary qualities of MySpace..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Book Reviews

Jay Trachtenberg reviews Robert Kaplan's Warrior Politics, which is now in paperback.

"...With American troops poised to attack Iraq and the whiff of imperialism in the air, this thought-provoking essay..."

March 14, 2003 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

City Manager Finalists Named: All Outsiders (Updated)

Jelynne Burley, Marc Ott named

"...City Council just named the interview finalists for the position of Austin's city manager,..."

Jan. 10, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Curling Up

Gift guide

"...$19.99 (paper) Anyone possessing a twinge of nostalgia for the heady, innocently sex-positive cultural melange of the late 1980s..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

SXSW Panel Recap: Does Satire Still Matter? Eh, Sure

The Onion writers question what's left to mock

"...caricature whose remarks and behavior are so beyond insanity they resemble something closer to parody than real-life? What do..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Mary Tuma

DVDanger: 'Ginger Snaps'

The Fitzgerald sisters unleashed in the werewolf classic

"..."Out by sixteen or dead in the scene, but together forever."..."

Aug. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Conspiracy

The short happy life and quick assassination of ASK

"...During its early years, when the SXSW Festival was still only about music, during the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Features Feature by Louis Black

Page Two: Going Places

A metaphysical jumping-off point for a return to the good fight

"...They came to God in secret..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Fact-Free Follies

More fun from the wacky world of right-wing zealots

"...(Perception and reality, as well as the distance between them, has become the modern metaphoric Bermuda..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Column by Louis Black

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...Ah! The conspiracy theorists were right! Argh! Pres. Obama wants kids..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Hymn to My Own

The untalented, the ungifted, the slow, and the lost

"...There are a lot of ways to live, goals to..."

March 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Keep Not Silent

The fourth Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Before Marc Levin embarked on the series of confrontations with anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists of various..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Naked City

The "AA-S' Chastity Patrol

"...dumping a foreign substance -- maybe saltpeter -- into the water supply down on Town Lake, or wherever Austin..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...Day with a meat hangover, consider instead freedoms, like the First Amendment: a right to free speech, but not..."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Manufacturing Innovation

Will the next big thing be a product of inspiration, perspiration, or just dumb luck?

"...Among the panels at this year's SXSW Interactive, there are roughly..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

DVDanger: Advice to Young Journalists

What cinema tells us about what we expect from the news

"...drops dead at his desk, and Jon Stewart quits The Daily Show...."

Feb. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrated astrophysicist, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...A few months ago, the City Council's Public Health and Human Services Committee held..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two: Scary Monsters

Election season raises the specter of undead ideologies and devilish strategies

"...usually encounter without having spent serious time lost in the desert. More than being born out of political ideology,..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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