Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...Life cut short for no good reason. The story is as old as what's now called Texas,..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Going Underground at the Vortex

Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?

"...Mason and Kyle sipping cognac while seated on a leather sofa in Mason's extensively renovated 19th-century brownstone, is to..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The World Is Your Cubicle

Making it work, geography of no consideration

"...many toward a "distributed working" model that can eliminate the office altogether, along with that Monday-morning feeling of dread...."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"..."The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Spritzer

Cooling off with summer wines

"...The 'At Home' Strategy..."

July 18, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Tales Behind the Posters

"...The images on Micael Priest's posters are impressively memorable. The..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Born in the Barn

How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin's – and the country's – best theatre

"...didn't set out to create an army of ardent theatre makers. All he was trying to do was help..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...On the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...and a basic lesson of biology: Trees grow from the ground. Branches grow from the tree trunks. Leaves grow..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Teaching the Teacher

Rosemary Vines has been shaking her booty with her three-year-old students at St. George’s Episcopal for 30 years.

"...What makes a preschool day of learning complete after the ABCs have been sung and all the blocks are..."

June 23, 2000 Features Feature by David Garza

The Gates of the Alamo Reviewed

Mark Busby reviews Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo.

"...The Gates of the Alamo: A Novelby Stephen Harrigan..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

Playing on the Past

"...Gorf. QBert. Zaxxon. Kaboom. Yar's Revenge. Hunt the Wumpus. Dig Dug. For anyone who's ever played them,..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

A Year in the Life

"...Anderson Gary Bradley 1. Garry Mauro vs. Bob Bullock. The soon-to-be-former lieutenant governor may be the godfather of one..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Storyville

"...New Orleans concoction of political and personal intrigue turns the burners up to a steady simmer but never really..."

Nov. 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wanted

Based on Mark Millar’s ultraviolent comic-book miniseries, Wanted isn’t so much a movie as it is a parade of fast cars, big guns, heavy metal guitars, exposed cleavage, and tests of masculinity.

"...decides to branch out into filmmaking, Wanted is just the kind of ear-throttling nonsense it’s bound to produce. Based..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Friends With Benefits

This Mila Kunis/Justin Timberlake rom-com is smart enough to decry Hollywood’s romantic clichés but never savvy enough to truly subvert them.

"...Greenberg, Richard Jenkins, Woody Harrelson and Nolan Gould. In theory, “friends with benefits” sounds like the world’s awesomest bottomless..."

July 22, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle, in the finest performance of his career, headlines this true-life story about the "Oskar Schindler of Kigali, Rwanda" during the massacres of 1994.

"...Desmond Dube, Tony Kgoroge and Cara Seymour. One of the most amazing things about Hotel Rwanda, a film with..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Danny Deckchair

Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.

"...John Batchelor and Alan Flower. As sweet but emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue, this Aussie import, allegedly based..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Screen, Smashing News

TV headlines: the British edition

"...good show! We've accumulated enough British TV news over the past few weeks that we decided it'd be best..."

Oct. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Trailer Park Goes Big

'Ender's Game,' 'The World's End,' and 'The Butler'

"...The novel version of Ender's Game took home a Hugo..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest 2015: Lazer Team

Rooster Teeth's first feature is slapstick sci-fi fun

"...indie comedies have 10 minutes of closing credits, but then not many indie comedies take five minutes to list..."

Oct. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sci-Fi Film Festival Foresees a Hybrid Future for Its In-Person Return

Other Worlds comes to Galaxy Highland and beyond

"...Hybrids have always been the future. Whether it's Dr. Moreau's human-animal hybrids, the Terminator..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Bieber Fever strikes the cineplex.

"...a full-fledged Belieber, it has at least shown me the wisdom of never saying never. Capitalizing on the meteoric..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Suchitra Mattai: Landfall" at grayDUCK Gallery

The artist's channeled chaos vividly explores relationships between the natural and human worlds

"...If you look at a field of flowers in the spring, especially if you're outside of Texas and there..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...The 2022 film festival is just around the corner (even..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Darwin's Nightmare

This delicately horrific yet artful documentary examines the destruction of Lake Victoria by the omnivorous Nile perch, and the dire consequences this causes the Tanzanian people.

"...Directed by: Hubert Sauper. Consider the Nile perch: The source of white fish fillets for..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Fest Adds 10 Titles

First wave includes Jarmusch, Stooges, Rooster Teeth

"...The Austin Fall film festival season is right around the..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Science-Fiction Cinema

Water wars

"...The WellWater Wars..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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