Austin Film Festival: 'Godspeed'

AFF film review

"...paced mini-epic of love, loss, and redemption deep in the heart of God's country (aka Alaska) is nothing if..."

Oct. 22, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Into the Wild

Balmorhea might not be one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, but it scored the movement

"...Beneath the bridge that divides Columbus, Texas, the Colorado River treads..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

In its eighth year, the annual Austin comedy festival did this city proud

"...The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has come and gone,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mascara, muscles, and more

"...bat dung, and lipstick used to be made from whale blubber...."

June 26, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Meat Puppets

Parish, June 20

"...Third acts should come with fireworks, so with the Meat Puppets' new Sewn Together already one of the..."

June 26, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

J.J. Abrams, Notorious Rug-Puller-Outter

Picture in Picture has a bone to pick with the Star Trek reboot

"...If you haven't seen the new Star Trek yet, THEN FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T..."

May 11, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lymelife

This suburban melodrama arrives with an impressive pedigree but little originality.

"...arrives with an impressive pedigree but, unfortunately, little originality. The film, which has played successfully at numerous festivals, features..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Wall Street and Washington: Here We Go Again; and J.P. Morgan Creates Jobs With Bailout Money

"...One thing we've learned from the Wall Street manipulators is that they are about as..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Earth

This nature film is derived from the Planet Earth miniseries and is edited with an eye toward the kid-friendly audience.

"...Directed by: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. This first release from Disney’s self-explanatory..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...Wendie Malick and Josh Pais. Amazingly, Adventureland is only the third feature film on talented director Mottola’s résumé. In..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Guide to the Works

"...are being performed in a variety of spaces around the Winship Drama Building, 23rd and San Jacinto, some of..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature

'Mojo' Recommends

The best British music at SXSW as selected by 'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander

"...Like Cat Stevens or the late, great John Martyn before him, Jay Jay Pistolet..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Neko Case

"...Lifting off as if Judy Garland just clacked together her sparkling red shoes, Middle Cyclone powers up Neko..."

March 6, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Stephen counts down last year: Sometimes he loses count

"...1) The empire waist (because you probably really do have something..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

I Defy You, Ira Glass

"...better (and even more displeasing to you) comes along. Then I'll have two philosophies on life I can choose..."

Oct. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Igor

Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.

"...Leondis. Like most acts of cruel mediocrity committed in the name of entertaining children, Igor presumably seemed like a..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...not perfect – thank Satan! – but Hellboy II: The Golden Army is by far the most splendidly imaginative..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hancock

Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head and Johnny Galecki. From its..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living With 'Monstrosities'

Jen Hirt and Scott Webel and their Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata

"...weird roommates? Consider Jenny Hanniver's situation: Her co-habitants are the corpse of a two-headed calf, several tufts of ultraviolet-reactive..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Driver F

Bonus Tracks

"...Driver FChase the White Whale..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Whale puke, George Costanza, coffee – the miracle drug, and more

"...Spectators and riders scattered 125 kilograms of nails on the Paris to Nancy stage of the Tour de France..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

A Whale of a Tale Goes 21st Century

The Fuse Box Festival hosts a Herman Melville Hoot Nite

"...to adapt a literary epic about a massive sperm whale, then there's really no question as to size: Go..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Electric Exchange

Theatre, dance, music, and film meld and get supercharged in the Fuse Box Festival

"...The walls are coming down...."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...Laura Ramsey and Joe Anderson. In his short story "The White People," Welsh author and dark fantasist Arthur Machen..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lehmberg Delivers TKO in Final Round

Lehmberg wins by a mile

"..."The district attorney is a woman," Mindy Montford announced to..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW 08 Film Reviews

"...Always an underappreciated jewel, the Experimental Shorts collection again proves a heady mix of..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Nouveau Riche

SXSW showcase reviews

"...any kind of knock against Dice Raw and his whale-print shorts, but that Nikki Jean surely owns any stage..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

White Hinterland

Thursday

"...With the debut Phylactery Factory, New York-based singer-songwriter Casey Dienel has..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

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