Waiting for the Fall as Lily Topples the World

Director Jeremy Workman holds his breath with a domino artist

"...What is it like to be in a room where one young woman is spending hundreds of hours building..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

The Saddest Music in the World

Strange, marvelous, and unique, Guy Maddin's new film starring Isabella Rossellini is his best work to date.

"...David Fox. Canadian director Guy Maddin is one of the most unusual and distinctive filmmakers in the world. His..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Panel: Christiane Amanpour on Sex & Love Around the World

From covering international politics to female sexuality worldwide

"...Amanpour celebrates 35 years at CNN this year with her new show Sex & Love Around the World. In..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Acacia Coronado

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...to mistake Craig Hella Johnson for a mad scientist. The founder of the professional choral ensemble Conspirare and its..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.

"...to have grown up in a household surrounded by the old pulps Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, and their serialized..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World to Come

Frontier romance speaks of a love that cannot speak the name it does not yet have

"...Directed by: Mona Fastvold. Starring: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott and Karina..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.

"...some modern-day cowboy yelling a catchphrase like, “Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker.” But what of the doomsday that isn’t the movie’s..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

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

Lake Bell Is 'In a World' of Her Own

Sound studios, trailer voiceovers and high-speed rivalries

"...actress, Lake Bell is a rarity. She loves re-recording her own lines. "I love cave industries, where there's this..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...Every time Townes Van Zandt played the Cactus Cafe in the late 1990s, my roommate went...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ballet Austin II Launches Fables of the World Series

A more inclusive happily ever after with Maria and the Mouse Deer

"...For generations of young people, the wide world of fables was actually quite small –..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Leila Saidane

The Theft of the World Cup

Jules and Dolores shares the untold story of Brazil's lost trophy

"...Plenty of countries feel like they've been robbed of the World Cup, but none quite..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"..."There was a guy I met in Austin that worked..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...– a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Wen Ren’s End-of-the-World Drama Last Sunrise Found Its Spark in China

Light in the dark

"...There can be no more definitive end of the world..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Fat Kid Rules the World'

Matthew Lillard's directorial debut has a big heart

"...I will always like Matthew Lillard. In a fairer world, everyone would forget Wing..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The World <3 Scott Pilgrim

Cast of the nerdcore adventure hit the Highball

"...So with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World hitting cinemas harder than Goro's finisher today, where..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"...conversation with Mari Maurice with homework. To listen to the ahead-of-its-time 1999 Jimmy Eat World album Clarity, which she..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Until the End of the World

Writing is not what I live for, it’s how I live

"...Author's note: In January 2020, the poet Gail Wronsky asked me to contribute to What..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael Ventura

Defining the Name of the World

Denis Johnson's new novel is about grief, but told anew, as if we didn't know anything about it.

"...The Name of the Worldby Denis Johnson..."

July 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...On the April morning of the funeral for slain Austin Police..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

When the Family Business Is the Oldest Profession in the World

AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Mystelle Brabbée's 'Highway Courtesans'

"...is more arresting: Mystelle Brabbée's film, Highway Courtesans, or the story behind it. The film is set in a..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Watching, Breathing, and Eating the World Cup 2006

The quarterfinals definitely mean high-caliber matchups; hopefully, they also mean high-caliber cuisine.

"...So far, the World Cup is going as planned, with lackluster performances..."

June 30, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

“I saw the world” at Pump Project

Imperialism and identity compete in Betelhem Makonnen’s solo show about a 19th century Ethiopian prince

"...Betelhem Makonnen's latest exhibition, "I saw the world," explores the visual representation of dichotomy through the..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

What Galleries Are Doing on the World Wide Web Why Net Art?

"...from Lucerne this week, from a young friend on her first romp through Europe. She says, "I didn't even..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Arts Feature

Maintaining the World's Most Expensive Record Collections

Austin's Small Label Scene

"...From the moment Sam Phillips determined that what his bank account..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...When a director finds an actor on their same wavelength, it’s a relationship to be cherished. John..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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