The Time of Their Lives

Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane reflect on the 12 years they spent making 'Boyhood'

"...busy. So busy, in fact, that even though he lives in the Austin area, the only chance we have..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

SXSW Film Review: 'The Times of Their Lives'

A lovely and unflinching documentary look at aging

"...sleep for good,” as Hetty puts it, but in the meantime they’re quite adept at entertaining themselves wholeheartedly. As..."

March 18, 2009 SXSW Post by Nora Ankrum

Dar Williams, In the Time of Gods

Mythic themes – Pete Seeger as ‘Storm King’ – in everyday life

"...hasn’t played in Central Texas since 2008. That was the last time she toured with a new album. Sunday..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

In his account of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the New Yorker writer reports the killers are off the leash

"...The pandemic has not ended...."

June 4, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael King

Page Two: It's the Time of the Season for Absolute Moral Certainty

The "Anybody but Hillary" movement makes strange bedfellows of the progressive left and the hard right

"...more a given that Bernie Sanders will not receive the nomination, though many of his followers still believe it..."

July 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Long Center’s Soundtrack Series continues Friday & Saturday

"...Zach and I were driving through Charleston, SC., on the tail end of a road trip up the East..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'

Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers

"...Elegantly mannered and exhaustively researched, the writing of Anya Seton has captivated readers for decades...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...How many musicians can say they played the Hole in the Wall and headlined Carnegie..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...But as time went on..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

The Edge of Seventeen

Teen dramedy gets the growing pains right

"...all you want about genre fatigue, but I say the world can never have too many movies about mouthy..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Sanctity of All Life?

Notes on David Joseph's death

"...“We do value the sanctity of all life here at the department. So..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

The Language of Light

The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary

"...There's a slide projector beaming an image onto the white..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature

From the Journals of Jean Seberg

"...Jean-Luc Godard supposedly described film history as a history of boys photographing girls. For American actress Jean Seberg --..."

June 21, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Aftermath of the Big Headline: Stronger

David Gordon Green talks about the unlucky bystander to history

"...During the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, Stronger..."

Oct. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Edge of Heaven

This Turkish film is a transgenerational, transborder microcosm of modern cultural melding.

"...Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska and Nursel Köse. In the opening scene of Crash, Paul Haggis’ 2004 Academy Award-winning..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

An insular father-daughter relationship comes apart in writer-director Rebecca Miller's drama, which also stars her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis.

"...Directed by: Rebecca Miller. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Beau Bridges,..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

On The Banality of Evil…

In the Rainbow Lounge incident, unlike so many, there are clear winners and losers. The winners get to walk away.

"...It's been almost a week since the Fort Worth police and TABC decided to raid the..."

July 2, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Pevensie kids are summoned back to Narnia for yet another mystical adventure based on C.S. Lewis' series of fantasy books.

"...Peter Dinklage and Warwick Davis. When we last left the Pevensie siblings – Peter (Moseley), Susan (Popplewell), Edmund (Keynes),..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bridges of Madison County

"...Clint Eastwood was grandly given credit for single-handedly reviving the moribund genre of the film Western. Such hyperbole may..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...The 911 call that sticks with Lili Eguia more than..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Fall of the American Empire

Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary

"...The title of veteran French Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s latest..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Look of Silence

Getting personal with Indonesia's bloody past in follow-up to The Act of Killing

"...to be almost unbearable to watch, and yet watch them we must. Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, which chronicles the horrific,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Q&A Hole: What's the Use of Owning Original Artwork?

With Chris Cubas, Jill Schroeder, Shannon McCormick, and more.

"...Here's the latest of our weekly Q&A Hole series, wherein your..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Story of the Weeping Camel

A story about a Mongolian camel and her newborn calf becomes a transfixing lesson about the rhythms of life.

"...wrote, "Music has charms to sooth a savage breast," there’s no way he could have had this little Mongolian..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Myth of Fingerprints

"...Directed by: Bart Freundlich. Starring: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Julianne Moore, Noah Wyle, Hope Davis, Laurel Holloman,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

"...McGraw, Richard Sanders and Rutger Hauer. Egypt, Maine is the other Maine, the part of the state that doesn't..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Music of Chance

"...and Joel Grey. Chance abounds in this intriguing adaptation of Paul Auster's novel, and there's a chance you may..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

In the Shadow of the Stars

"...Directed by: Irving Saraf and Allie Light. Starring: The San Francisco Opera Chorus. Mention the world of opera..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

SXSW Film Review: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Charming doc reflects on the 50-year-old phenomenon

"...How did The Rocky Horror Show grow from a minor stage musical..."

March 13, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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