Book Review: The Body Double
Emily Beyda's debut novel is ready for its close-up
"...In putting us through that twisted version of solitary confinement with the narrator, we feel..."
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March 6, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Luv Doc: Cabana Boy
Concerns about becoming an "absolute bitch"
"...past several years, however, the lovemaking has taken a twisted turn. On one vacation, we had gone to the..."
Feb. 7, 2020 Column by Luv Doc
Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits
Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week
Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW
Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary
"...mainstream satirical commentary - what I like to call twisted mainstream. It's not about a small thing, a thing..."
Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Luv Doc: A Bigger Check
A simple "I love you" phone call would have sufficed
"...West Texas. Or maybe he is laboring under some twisted reasoning that you can and should set straight. As..."
Jan. 3, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc
"Ashley Benton + Christopher Lee Gilmer" at Wally Workman Gallery
Art is, we’ll insist, transcendent when its foundation is skill and passion
"...And Benton's ceramic figures, oh my, the twisted and truncated and bisected little things! Heartbreaking, really, because..."
Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Public Notice: A Map of 21st Century Racism
"...support of the Chamber of Commerce – which has twisted arms for years to win some school closure scalps..."
Nov. 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro
People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia
UtopiaFest's triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape
"...That turned up a gently inclining clearing under the twisted limbs of a grandfatherly tree, where artists like shapeshifting..."
Nov. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Austin Film Festival Review: Into the Dark: Pilgrim
Blumhouse/Hulu stage a historical home invasion holiday
"...Dunstan has done much better work in dissecting a twisted mind and making the deviant explicable. So it's all..."
Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Ethos' :Humpty
Melissa Vogt and Chad Salvata's musical takes the childhood rhyme into adult territory, balancing lighthearted elements with macabre darkness
"...as it leaves patrons woefully unprepared for the show's twisted imagery...."
Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez
Fantastic Fest Review: The Lodge
Family drama becomes an exercise in cruelty that may go to far
"...lose perspective. After a while the knife is so twisted that all is left is sadness, and the denouement..."
Sept. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos
Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest
"...his debut, alien infection shocker Almost Human, and its twisted psionic successor, The Mind's Eye. Now he's back with..."
Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Honors Japanese Film Master Takashi Miike
Third wave includes special tribute to the J-horror innovator
"...the backstory of the mortician’s favorite deaths in this twisted anthology by Fantastic Fest alum Ryan Spindell...."
Sept. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
“Shana Hoehn: Hauntings” at Women & Their Work
Vintage hood ornaments are reimagined as sculptures that expose the historically distorted treatment of women’s bodies
"...if blurred. Some have had their forms elongated or twisted into exaggerations of their original shapes. Some have changed..."
Aug. 23, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators
Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles
"...covered "Fire Engine" off the Elevators' debut. London's Clash twisted the introductory quartet of down-stroked power chords from "You're..."
Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
Our 2019 Guide to Central Texas Breweries
A comprehensive list of places to grab a craft beer in and around Austin
"...Twisted X Brewing Company 23455 RM 150, 78620, www.twistedxbrewing.com Wimberley..."
July 12, 2019 Food Feature
Fishbowl at ColdTowne Theater
In Stephanie Thoreson’s one-woman show, a gallery of awkward characters show us that it’s okay to be pathetic if you laugh about it later
"...characters feel bright and fresh, borne straight from Thoreson's twisted yet always approachable universe. There's the astronaut who stupidly..."
July 12, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones
Orson Welles Refracts Noir in The Lady From Shanghai
It's the maverick director versus the world at AFS Cinema
"...the film's greatest set-piece: the Crazy House. Bodies are twisted out of proportion, perception is skewed, and our principal..."
June 28, 2019 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry
Greg Abbott Signs "Beer-to-Go" Bill at Austin Beerworks
Texas becomes final state in the country to allow such sales
"...Twisted X Brewing..."
June 17, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga
A Beginners Guide to Japanese Food in Austin
Where to find traditional dishes beyond sushi and ramen
"...paste, wrapped cylindrically inside a bamboo leaf with ends twisted and tied like a party popper. Locations..."
June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth
First Look at Lucky McKee's Kindred Spirits
Austin filmmaker's latest to debut at Cinepocalypse next month
"...Sasha Frolova, and here's the synopsis: In the latest twisted work from the director of May and The Woman,..."
May 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Luv Doc: Two Spaces
Secretly hoping it's a 1988 Ford Escort with a whale fin spoiler
"...to go with his acid-washed jeans and his sleeveless Twisted Sister T-shirt. Unfortunately, I am enough of a pragmatist..."
May 17, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc
Glass Half Full Theatre's Once There Were Six Seasons
Using innovative puppetry, Glass Half Full Theatre dukes it out with climate change in an invigorating way
"...But don't get it twisted. The actors are dressed like wrestlers, but it's their..."
April 26, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones
Daniel Francis Doyle & the Dreams
"...never seen someone look like such a pile of twisted lies." So repeats the title track to Daniel Francis..."
April 19, 2019 Music Review by Kevin Curtin
Macon Blair to Direct Toxic Avenger Relaunch
Austin director cleans up with return of the cult classic
"...himself), but now it's in the safe hands and twisted mind of Blair...."
March 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Q&A: Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew are Tone-Deaf
How the sardonic Midnighter is a battle of (and for) the ages
"...The twisted comedy, playing as part of the SXSW Midnighters, pits..."
March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Film Review: Villains
Relationships are hard (when you’re aging spree-killers)
"...at this year’s Festival, but have no doubt: This twisted love would be right at home with the late-night..."
March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle
Sick Leave: A Wage by Any Other Name?
Texas 3rd Court of Appeals strikes down Austin's ordinance
"...are calling foul, saying the ruling is based on twisted logic and sets an "awful precedent" for employee rights...."
Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend
Brrrr ... here's some tunes to warm you up this weekend
"...meets Middle Eastern finesse and shifting electronics on latest Twisted Crystal. Meanwhile, local trio Xetas weaponize The Tower with..."
Oct. 19, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff
Quote of the Week: Bill Bunch
Save Our Springs Alliance executive director gets it a little twisted
