Thrill the World

"...ZOMG!1!! Zombies! ...and damn can they dance!..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Events Post by Logan Youree

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

Whodunnit All Over the World?

The Melville House International Crime series is ship-shape.

"...a mystery, albeit a sad mystery, to wrap up the July Is Crime Month series that Books Editor Robert..."

July 30, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Some Parts of the World Pt. 3

BettySoo, live from the Netherlands

"...I was in the wrong place, but it must have been the right..."

June 5, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter

Everything you wanted to know about riding and racing motorcycles is revealed in this encyclopedic doc.

"...The encyclopedic documentary On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter spans..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...The Fantastic Fest second wave is here, and bigger than..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...For many Austinites, their first taste of a Broadway show doesn't involve walking..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lavender Country, World’s First Openly Gay Country Band, Comes to Austin

Patrick Haggerty on his groundbreaking album nearly 50 years later

"...band Lavender Country’s eponymous debut album, which is considered the first openly gay-themed album in country music history...."

Oct. 21, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Jumanji: The Next Level

Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel

"...we ended up with Brendan Fraser's wild-ride take on The Mummy? So it was with Jumanji: Welcome to the..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...and foreign fare, merci beaucoup? Can't get enough of them genre kicks? Whatever you are, whatever you love, the..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...follow-up to his international smash hit of 2007 ups the ante on big and dumb. His new Transformers movie,..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thrill Me, Creep

Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz

"...You'd be excused for thinking the world was coming to its exhaust-choked, living dead end..."

June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Brothers Bloom

Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.

"...films require an imaginative leap, a willingness to overlook the wirework, so to speak, and just believe. His nervy..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Circus Life of Michael Slattery

Shoulders frontman readies HAAM Day set and new LP

"...to see his band Shoulders. And it’s Shoulders, not the Shoulders...."

Sept. 18, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Verde Report: World Cup Referee Ismail Elfath on His Viral Handshake and More

A Q&A about the experience of a lifetime

"...Last month at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, Ismail Elfath became the..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...There comes a point in every film fan's life when,..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Matthew Vaughn and the Mystery of the Real Author of Argylle

Director discusses "surreal" TikTok conspiracies

"...It seems like the perfect cinematic prank: Make a movie about an author..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Selection The Other Fellow Looks at Life Being Named James Bond

The names are Bond. James Bond.

"...What's in a name? With James Bond, it's the iconic character from both page and the silver screen...."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Rod Machen

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...tiny sampling of those to keep you moving about the Lone Star State...."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Danny Schmidt: Slow & Easy & Winning the Race

Doing business with a native Austin writer

"...Danny Schmidt remains the kind of beloved folk troubadour that begins a Kickstarter..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Everyone remembers their first time, right? How old you were, where you..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"..."Theatre gets to create a topic of conversation for a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...There are scenes in The First Omen that will restore..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...When a director makes a film, the most obvious first question is, "Why this movie?" In..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...Many movies are linear. They're meant to get you from the beginning to the..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Shakespeare in Print and Performance" at the Ransom Center

This exhibition celebrates the Bard with rare artifacts from the Ransom Center's holdings

"...With the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death mere months away..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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