ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...he be? Richard Schiff paused for a moment at The West Wing reunion at the ATX Television Festival. “An..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Meets The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin joins reunion for ATX Television Fest

"...Jed Bartlet left office, but for those that miss the golden area of American political drama on TV, good..."

April 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Not the West Wing

Feb. 13, 2004 Postmarks

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"..."Hello, my name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache, and I am president of the National..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Final Year

Behind the scenes with the Obama foreign policy team

"...There's a key moment in Greg Barker's behind-the-scenes examination of..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Company Men

Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner star in this drama about what happens to company men after they part company with the company.

"...drama is about what happens to company men after they part company with the company – when, to put..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

‘The Newsroom’ Made Me Wish Chivalry Was Still Dead

HBO show ends season 2 with a ride on the mansplain train

"...After a late-season surge, The Newsroom lulled this viewer at least into thinking the..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Social Network

This retelling of Facebook's first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg's spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.

"...persons, living or dead, is of course entirely intentional. Then again, define "real" in this age of oversharing, in..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling

How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV

"...Peter Tolan was shooting an episode of The Job in New Jersey when a crew member told..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Interview with Dr. Dana Cloud of Join the Impact - Austin

Super dangerous Dana Cloud talks about the march, the necessity for immediate action, and mucho mas.

"...UT-Austin’s Dr. Dana Cloud – once labelled “one of the most dangerous professors in the United States” by conservative..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Didion's Political Fictions gives a wry, astute look at the American political process -- how it's run by a..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Dao Strom

From the Vaults: 'Please Give' Spouses Swap Partners

Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt trade partners between two movies

"...I know they're not really married … in the movies or in..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why The Anxiety Over The Good Guys?

TV Eye weighs in on the chatter over Dallas-shot series

"...There's been some online chatter in Angela Lee's Film Austin..."

June 19, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

HBO Going Under the Dome for 'God Save Texas'

Lights, camera, point of order in new political drama

"...For those of you who believe there isn't enough drama in the Texas legislature: HBO has..."

June 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Beau Willimon Lays His 'Cards' on the Table

Austin Film Festival presents the showrunner on season two of the hit Netflix series

"...At the end of the first episode of House of Cards'..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Screens Feature by Aleksander Chan

On the Lege

The last days of the session: a rebellion and a budget

"...Here's a novel idea: How about letting the women of the House lead the next attempt to..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Account of the informant who brought down Nixon's administration

"...The Watergate scandal that, as the overly explanatory title of..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin at the Blanton Museum

"...The Blanton Museum of Art has completed and opened to..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

Austin @ Large: The Big Mac Attack

The landslide victory of Brewster McCracken may have significantly mixed messages.

"...Don't tell the consultants, but, "Nobody knows anything" -- William Goldman's famous..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...From The Land Before Time to An American Tail, from Dragon's..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Being the Ricardos

Miscasting (except for J.K. Simmons) derails this Lucille Ball biopic.

"...Aaron Sorkin … now there’s a name to conjure with. From Sports Night and..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted

"...The radical left. It's a term that the American legal..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...time – and not just because it kicked off the cocktail hour. That was the time, in the Central..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...producer Liddell and co-screenwriters John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine the Beelzebubs of the banal thanks to this frighteningly dull..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Media Watch: The Improbable Rise of Dana Perino

Dana Perino took a circuitous path to job of Bush spokeswoman

"...five years after that lunch, Dana Perino was named the spokeswoman for the Leader of the Free World, the..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Marine

WWE wrestling champion John Cena makes his film debut in this action film.

"...Manu Bennett, Drew Powell and Frank Carlopio. With biceps the size of watermelons and the physical grace of a..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin @ Large: For Whom the Road Tolls

The Regional Mobility Authority takes small but necessary steps in the direction of multi-modal transportation

"...commented our peerless illustrator Doug Potter when we discussed the idea for the drawing above. Well, maybe so, but..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Page Two: The Politics of Distraction

In the face of failure at home and abroad, the right turns on immigrants

"...sleep. Now, months later, RVW awakens and turns on the television news to see what he's missed. The current,..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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