A Road Trip to The Unknown Country With Director Morrisa Maltz

How a long commute became a drive into America's heart

"...The driving force of Morrisa Maltz's hybrid docu-drama The Unknown..."

Aug. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Unknown Country

Reality proves more compelling in this mixt of journalism and fiction

"...unique intersection of journalism and fiction, Lily Gladstone is the only hired actress. She plays Tana, a young woman..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Dina Barrish

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

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...Actually, Sesame Street as well, but that’s way beside the point. It’s fitting that PBS’s local channel, KLRU, will..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...likes Bill Carter's big silver skull ring. It's from the set of Pirates of the Caribbean he tells her...."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Flight of the Innocent

"...Jacques Perrin. Ten-year-old Vito (Colao) lives in Calabria, in southern Italy, a place where the sun bakes sleepy villages..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eye in the Sky

Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare

"...Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tsotsi) is, alas, one of the last films from the wonderful Alan Rickman (that’d be..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After the Flood

Israel Nash emerges from the Hill Country like a train coming through town

"...Standing on the dirt road in front of his house, located just..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Austin Film Critics Association Calls Killers of the Flower Moon Top Film of 2023

But Oppenheimer dominates in multiple categories

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has announced its awards for..."

Jan. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Killers of the Flower Moon

Scorsese at his best for a true tale of hideous heartland crimes

"...is bad at storytelling. By this, he meant that the director of Goodfellas and Casino is more interested in..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...If there's been a single defining image of the ongoing strikes..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wine Enthusiast Picks Texas Hill Country as One of the 10 Best Wine Travel Destinations of 2014

All we can say is "It's a about time!"

"...“Wine Enthusiast is committed to travel and wine is the ultimate entrée into the world’s most amazing destinations,” says..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Cum On Feel the Noize

The New Dessau Music Hall

"...George Devore photograph by John Carrico The Dessau Music Hall used to stand in the middle..."

April 24, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...White begins his new biography of Jimmy Buffett with the transcript of a 2012 hearing before the Nevada Gaming..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

The Problem of Wrongful Conviction

New registry details nearly 900 cases

"...A joint project of the University of Michigan and Northwestern law schools has created..."

May 21, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin --..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Dec. 8

In-stores and icons. XBRMNT's Top 10.

"...It won't be long until the Christmas spirit overcomes us and all we can hear..."

Dec. 8, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...We felt we had to ask. Because, before the election, we asked Why Would Anyone Vote For Donald..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

By the Time I Get to Austin

Q&A with FFFF headliner Chuck D of Public Enemy

"...Fun Fest Friday headliner Chuck D of Public Enemy, the guy who coined the term "Black CNN" for hip-hop...."

Nov. 1, 2011 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ColdTowne Theater’s Bigfoot, The Musical

ColdTowne brings the rarely seen creature into the spotlight for a show that’s rarely without laughs

"...feared; he's simply misunderstood. I, for one, feel for the guy. Life can't be easy when folks have made..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms that ransack..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...Hopin' for the best..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Framing the Border

Photography of the Region Between Mexico and the U.S.

"...Snapshot of a moment in the cultural life of Central Texas. On a sunny Thursday..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The San Francisco Sound

Celebrating the San Francisco Sound, 1965-1970, if not Rhino Records anthology thereof

"...The first music piece I ever wrote was on the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Louis Black

Unknown Territory

Writer-director John Sayles on why he returned to the border for his latest film, 'Go for Sisters'

"...once her closest friend – so close, folks said the two could "go for sisters" – to help her..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

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