Alphabet Soup: aGLIFF, IFP, and Other Announcements

Announcements from aGLIFF, Austin represents at the IFP, and more

"...the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis wasn’t offered equal time on the Alamo’s screens. Her response to the offer..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Time to Re-Learn Your 'ABCs'

Magnet announces 'ABCs of Death 2' loaded with Fantastic Fest faves

"...format: 26 director teams get a letter of the alphabet each, and have around two minutes of screen time..."

May 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fatima Mann Reigns Over Austin Pride

Activist and Pride grand marshal wants to include every member of the rainbow alphabet

"...March, Mann addressed the racial discrepancies within the "rainbow alphabet," as she refers to LGBTQ communities. She elaborates, "When..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Frogs for Snakes

"...the finished product is more histrionics than hysterical. Poe (Alphabet City, Blank Generation) has indie cred to burn, and..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Letter Short for 'ABCs of Death 2'

25 director teams announced: Can you bring the mayhem for 'M'?

"...of Death 2. 25? Not 26 letters in the alphabet? No, wait, that's deliberate...."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Proposition A ... and A and A and A: The Case for Reforming How We Label Ballot Measures

Opinion: It's time for us to do something revolutionary – go through the whole alphabet before starting over again at A

"...election in Texas so you know that means: It's time to vote on Prop A! Do you remember how..."

April 28, 2023 Column by Ed Espinoza

How Do You Spell Trouble?

The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2

"...actually come on, because we were drinking at the time."..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill W.

Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is the subject of this admiring yet enlightening documentary.

"...for his efforts by no less a source than Time magazine in its list of “100 Persons of the..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

FronteraFest Short Fringe: Best of Week One

Improv, Butoh, cabaret, and one of those commanding performance moments that make FronteraFest made up the Short Fringe 2006 Best of Week One

"...as a trio interpreting heroes from different points in time. A marine, a cowgirl, and an astronaut in whiteface..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Page Two: Tiny Tornadoes

SXSW time allows us to go soaring off fearlessly into our imaginations

"...fool oneself into believing there was still plenty of time). Having now emerged into the too sunny, dead-ahead, ever-shrinking..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Happy Birthday (Tomorrow), Meryl Streep

An Oscar-worthy birthday celebration at the Ritz with the Merylthon

"...are performers like Meryl Streep. An actress where the alphabet just doesn't have the right letter to express her..."

June 21, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Youth Theatre's 'The Visit'

Kill Schill?

"...year actress/composer Content Love Knowles (Dark Goddess, Sleeping Beauty, "Time Alphabet") plays a role at the center of Dürrenmatt's..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Out of the Voidoids Comes a Strong Silent Type

In which Ernie Stomach AKA Richard Hell gets downright abecedarian

"...Hell because that was how he felt at the time, also wrote poetry under the pseudonym Ernie Stomach...."

March 30, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

The Gay Place Krewe has the final word on Austin Pride.

"...they got any good dialogue that day. Around that time, a dude on a motorcycle rolled up asking if..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

YouTube Music Workers Call Strike Against Local Contractor

Cognizant's return-to-office order viewed as possible union-busting tactic

"...Music's parent company Google (in turn a subsidiary of Alphabet), around 40 Alphabet Workers Union members were picketing. YouTube..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

A Poet's Paper Trail

Billy Collins' archives acquired in advance of Austin appearance

"...and [recently retired director] Tom Staley’s work for some time,” he says. “It’s not only just famous but it’s..."

Jan. 21, 2014 Books Post by Amy Smith

Home-Pun Humor

O. Henry Pun-Off champ John Pollack has his way with words

"...think of puns today as being something light, fun, sometimes goofy. But they really have played a very important..."

May 20, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Interstellar

Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.

"...implausibilities. I haven’t thought about that in a long time. I suppose I should thank Christopher Nolan for reconnecting..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, and The Los Angeles Times, and then a list of prizes...."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...to his investigative work in The Panama Papers. This time, the disruptor is the institution, in that YouTube is..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Video Game Gift Guide

Gifts for every kind of gamer

"...majesty even if the scope of the game is sometimes too big to feel cohesive...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Game On

It's all fun and games at this indie developer showcase

"...brings a few wild cards to the table. This time around, the protagonist is an artificially intelligent, military-grade motorcycle..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Homesick Texans Can Now Chill with Shiner Beer

Iconic Shiner Bock now distributed in NYC

"...At Alphabet Beer Co. in Alphabet City, bar owner Zach Mack..."

July 4, 2013 Food Post by Jessica Lee

Life of Pi

This time Ang Lee's tiger is not crouching; this animal has its claws out and has only an adolescent boy for companionship – or vice versa.

"...animals roam through a free-ranging zoo in India as alphabet letters from the titles are subtly reshaped into the..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boys Are Back

Clive Owen is a widower in Australia who learns to become a hands-on dad to his sons.

"...a previous marriage, Harry (MacKay), who picks an inopportune time to decide that he might prefer to live with..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pokémon 3: The Movie

"...thought Akira was hard to figure out the first time around you might as well be wearing a sack..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...think about it. But, hey, I had some free time on Mondays that semester; why not give it a..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

A Great Day in Harlem

This hourlong documentary is the fascinating story of a photograph that captures 57 New York City jazz musicians on a Harlem brownstone stoop one summer morning in 1958.

"...a fascinating story about a fortuitous moment frozen in time, a moment that innocently bares the bedrock of an..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

YouTube Music Workers Laid Off in Possible Retaliation for Organizing

City Council lends support

"...contract had been renewed seamlessly behind the scenes three times since the project started, and there was no warning..."

March 8, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Startup Showcases Sign Language Based Artificial Intelligence at SXSW

No credentials needed for “AI for good” and coffee at Fairmont Hotel

"...The ASL Alphabet Game, which teaches users ASL by utilizing computer vision,..."

March 12, 2019 Food Post by Alexandra Detmar

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