The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Mulder and Scully, these once-keen buckers of bureaucratic BS and masters of the painfully engorged tease, have become deadly dull in this newest incarnation.

"...Directed by: Chris Carter. Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

<i>The X Filesi>' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...On Sunday, Jan. 24, while more than 16 million viewers were getting their first..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Like to Watch

Our new TV columnist wants to believe

"...Hi there. My name is Jacob Clifton. For 12 years,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

The Style Files

A Little Tongue-in-Chic

"...Julie Driscoll blooms in The End of Innocence The problem..."

May 30, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Sound of One Fan Clapping

"...I was an X-Files fan back in the day, but..."

July 2, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Down the Rabbit Hole With <i>Something in the Dirti>

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...There's a fine line between being intrigued and being fixated..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...Human beings, as a rule, care a great deal about what..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...ALSO PLAYINGStar Power Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro star in..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Chris Rufo stood before an audience of 50 at the..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Sound of an Enigma in <i>Sonarius: The Mysteries of Mi>

Austin-based TV creator Peter Mattei turns to audio drama for his new Audible series

"...Sound changes. Or, rather, how we comprehend sound changes: And, in turn, sound..."

April 28, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...Eric Raines photograph by John Anderson Victoria, Texas is not..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Picks to Snicker

Rich Man, Poor Man, Funny Man, Stephen Root

"...If they handed out awards for comedic contributions to specific..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'

Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin

"...If there are two terrible fears to combine, it's claustrophobia..."

July 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Evil of Two Lessers, Part II

"...Robert Dole, Republican presidential candidate, on September 19th: "Our popular culture owes..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...Early one recent Monday morning, in a basement clinic at University Medical Center Brackenridge,..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Why We Listen to What They Say

"...Doug Rushkoff has been writing about media, cyberculture, and rave culture for several years..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...“Imagine a Zoom meeting with 12 4-year-olds.” That’s how Justin..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin’s Battle-Scarred Congressman Outlines Strategy to Contain Trump and Musk

Where is the resistance? Here.

"...Few people on Earth have more experience in the United States House of Representatives than Lloyd..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Savlov's Review Was Wrong

"...Dear Editor, Re: The review for The X-Files: I Want to..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Postmarks

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...Directed by: Ray McKinnon. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount,..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...D: Steven Spielberg; with Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon,..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Picking Apples

The Art and Commerce of Product Placement

"...Product placement -- the practice by which companies effectively "loan" their products to..."

May 16, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: A Few Choice Words for Capital Metro

Wyatt firing just the latest in string of management fiascoes

"...The ongoing mess at Capital Metro is enough to make..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Back Door Man

A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence

"...Several months ago, Bill Bentley watched Bill Bentley having a quick bite to..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Interview with Dean Haglund

"...Along with the nebbishy, hormonal riot known as Frohike and the..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Disappointments, Indoctrinations, Desperations

Letters At 3am

"...illustration by Jason Stout Disappointment of The Year: Bob Dylan's..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Art is a put-up-or-

"...shut-up proposition," my friend Mikey Berger told me when we were..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...Director Jonathan Demme has been a friend since before we..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...Director Jonathan Demme has been a friend since before we..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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