Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action-comedy MacGruber. Cast: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Citizen Quién?

The Latino Comedy Project's 'Citizen Quién?' hits the audience like a 300-pound masked Mexican wrestler rebounding almost horizontal off the ring ropes of parody

"...The Hideout Theater, through June 5..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...what he will do in office now, e.g., his action on carbon emissions was predictable and consistent with his..."

March 23, 2001 Column

Public Notice

"Public Notice" gets devout all over the sisters. Check it out: Two nun-related items in one week!

"...International Film Festival along with the fine folk from Project Transitions are presenting (now, hang on to your jumpers)..."

July 7, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...The previous night Gunn had put these words into action with a groove-heavy set that practically tore the roof..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Public Notice

I Have a Dream (About Lunch ...)

"...MLK Day, Mon, Jan 18. The Texas Civil Rights Project in conjunction with Highlife Cafe, Curra's Grill, Madam Nadalini's,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Real Austin Stories

Austin's Exploding Documentary Scene

"...Film Forum, CinemaTexas, Cinemakers' Co-op, Austin Film Festival, Paramount Theater, Reel Women, in*situ, Dobie Theatre, Alamo Drafthouse, Funhouse Cinema,..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...Rod Caspers wears a crew-cut and projects a bossy demeanor that makes him seem as much..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...by getting books to inmates. Join Austin’s Inside Books Project to celebrate a new history of the outreach, Books..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes

"...little dynamic yourself by heeding these upcoming calls to action? Austin Trans Pride, which falls on Aug. 12, has..."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin Horror Anthology Scare Package Comes Home For Other Worlds

Laughs and screams in Under Worlds center piece film

"...Noah Segan, plus stories by Baron Vaughn (Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return), and Anthony Cousins. It's a throwback..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Think Global

Act local: Flooding and more

"...that we haven't heard it before: The Atlas 14 project has been going on for a while, its findings..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...a necessary evil," admits Goldman. "It's almost an affirmative action thing, because if you look at the figures, women..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eight International All-Stars at SXSW Music

"...KiraraWed. 13, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, 9:40pm A prolific electronic producer from Seoul, Kirara's joyful..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Was. A. Blast. Because it was a real loving project. It was a shoestring budget. But to be out..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...larger industry entities wanting a piece of the festival action. This summer, C3's ticketing division, Front Gate – the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...of production, the frontman found time for a side project, Bop English, which debuted in April with the astonishingly..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"..."I ran, like a distressed action hero, through the dark, dusty parking lot after his..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...hardcore snarls into melodic prog metal via its latest Redaction Artifacts. Atlanta's Whores eschew complexity for a purer, noisier..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Gay Place

The season has begun. Let the merry begin, fairies.

"...MAHOGANY PROJECT PREVIEW Readings by actors evoking the lives of black,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Civics 101

"...and author Dada Maheshvarananda speaks on economic democracy in action, linking social crises with the struggles for peace and..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Column

Civics 101

This week's opportunities for public engagement

"...OCCUPY AUSTIN Student bank action rally at the Texas Capitol; march to the Drag...."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Column

Reefer Roundup: 10/21/11

Your drug war news

"...host Lowe for an event at the ACL Moody theater with proceeds going to fund construction of Austin's new..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Gift Horse

A rich guy wants to give AISD $7 million. What's the catch?

"...couple million dollars more) to site and jump-start the project...."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...she had joined the Parks and Recreation Department's Children's Theater of Austin troupe and was acting in versions of..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...Avenue penthouse. Preston Sturges' Easy Living script, his first project under a Paramount contract that eventually made him the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Lubbock or leave it, with Buddy Holly, the Flatlanders, and some dude who says he's James Dean's bastard son

"...main course came courtesy of the West Texas Roots Project, a six-piece pickup outfit anchored by Stay All Night..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Texas musicians report from NYC and D.C., Nick Cave and others cancel shows, and the Trail of Dead headline a Red Cross benefit at the Mercury

"...last year), and an additional $60,000 went to a project under the title "Black & Hispanic Music Filming." The..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...It's Saturday night, and the sidewalk outside the Paramount Theater is a mob scene. Actually, the whole of Congress..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...word has a power that even sex and street action don't...."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

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