The War Room

"...Spin doctoring and strategic planning seem at odds with the documentarian's reveal-all approach to filmmaking. Given these inherent tensions,..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...Two Union soldiers deliriously scout in advance of the infamous march of William Tecumseh Sherman, which set the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

War Room

Christian melodrama likens prayer to war against the devil

"...home renovation. How many of us have looked at the master closet and thought, wouldn’t this make a cozy..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hidden Room Theatre's Henry IV

Beth Burns' latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard

"...programs to page one. This evening's lesson, provided by the Hidden Room Theatre, is on how to produce, direct,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

SXSW Panel: The War at Home: Trump and the Mainstream Media

How to report and consume news under siege from the White House

"...Four all-stars of TV journalism gathered Thursday afternoon at the JW Marriott to consider the..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War

Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time

"...Sitting on the porch of the Evins Mill resort just outside of..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Bringing the War Home

No More Victims works for peace, one wounded child at a time

"...At the time of this writing, 2,157 Americans have died since..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Opinion: The War on Drugs Got It Wrong

“No one is disposable,” writes David Johnson of Grassroots Leadership

"...my first drug offense, I was 19 years old. The War on Drugs told elected officials that Black people..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by David Johnson

The War With Grandpa

DeNiro back on the "wacky gram-gram" schtick (hope the check cleared)

"...The intergenerational pranksters in this family comedy based on Robert..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Trapped and the War on Women's Health Care

Doc highlights impact of anti-choice laws in the South

"...have to turn this young girl away … And there was nothing I could do to save her,” Marva..."

March 11, 2016 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

The Railway Man

Colin Firth stars with Nicole Kidman in this memoir about a WWII POW in Burma who, in the present day, still suffers repercussions.

"...Colin Firth starts The Railway Man with a mustache, and the resemblance to..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...January 2022. She'd ask, with a smirk, who had the time to cook such old-world things. Like many emerging..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...There is a new prayer to God above, howling up..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Analyzing the Texans Draft: Part 1

In what will be remembered as the 'Phillips draft'

"...The Houston Texans 2011 NFL draft will most likely be..."

May 10, 2011 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Texas on the Brink of Enjoying Beer Like Every Other State in America

Beer-to-Go passes Texas Senate as TABC Sunset Bill amendment

"...“What is dead may never die,” as they say in Westeros and apparently in the war room..."

May 23, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Control Room

A timely documentary look at Arab news network al Jazeera.

"...Jehane Noujaim. When we listen to Donald Rumsfeld and other Bush administration mouthpieces, we are led to believe that..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...The Love of the Nightingale In stature she was very..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...and don't mind spending an hour locked in a room with a crew of collaborators who share your mission:..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...shortly after midnight on Monday, Oct. 22. On Sunday, the temperature had peaked at nearly 90 degrees, before beginning..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Night at the Rio

Checking in and checking out the most infamous night spot in Austin.

"...A tall, thick palm tree sprouted from the black concrete and its leaves bounced up and down..."

Sept. 17, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts exposed in the Alaskan wilderness

"...Evans and Jeremy Saulnier, moviegoers have struggled to make their peace with the platform’s release strategy. On one hand,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Aftermath

Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård are stuck inside of Hamburg with the Casablanca blues

"...A love triangle emerges amid the ruins of 1945 Hamburg, Germany, in this well-appointed but..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...If you had told me six months ago that the sad story of little-known World War II hero George..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

'Telling' the Truth

Austin veterans perform their pasts to bridge the civilian-military divide

"...Regina Vasquez saw the haircut as a practical choice. Her fellow Marine recruits..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...of brown and gold silk sheets in his living room. Unpacked boxes surround him, only heightening the sense of..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Secret History of the Off Center

Looking back at the former home of the Rude Mechs and why it mattered

"...Oh, no mistake, there was plenty about the Off Center not to like...."

June 30, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2015

How to enrage God's flock in 322 words or less

"...“Most-read” is not the same as “most-liked” – indeed, readers flocked to our..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...40 years under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Examined Life

Prior to a retrospective of his documentaries at SXSWFilm, D.A. Pennebaker reflects on a career spent as a fly on the wall.

"...There are precious few living filmmakers today as influential as..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The More the Merrier Finds Fun in Creative Sleeping Arrangements

Room for one more at AFS Cinema

"...Like It Hot's Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, on the lam, dolled up in drag, and hiding out in..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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