Clock Runs Out on Music Hub: Mosaic Sound Collective Losing Lease to Development

Owners hold hopes to relocate music industry collective

"...records, sits on 2.6 acres and had a market value of $1.8 million in 2021...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Back to the Scene of the Crime With Heat 2

Austin author Meg Gardiner and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Mann team up for a literary sequel to the classic heist flick

"...Co-starring a murderer's row of Mann regulars/A-team character actors (Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Wes Studi, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora,..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise proves he’s the last of his kind

"...Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer...."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Val

A voice lost, a voice remains in this biography of the Tombstone star

"...their voice. It's often a metaphorical loss, but in Val Kilmer's case it's quite literal...."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Film Critic Re-Emerges to Watch In the Heights the Way It Was Meant to Be Seen

After 424 days away from the movie theatre it's time to be alone in the dark again

"...dramedy Shithouse, and a last-minute Sunday afternoon showing of Val Kilmer's one-man tribute to Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Cinema Twain)...."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Frank Ferrante's Groucho

Groucho lives in this filming of Ferrante's one man show

"...son, playwright Arthur Marx), as well as in multiple revivals of Marx Brothers stage shows. For those that don't..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...starring Robert Downey Jr. as a wannabe actor and Val Kilmer as the private dick he’s shadowing...."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Richard Whittaker's Top 10 in 2020 Cinema

"Who knew?"

"...was in a cinema this year (for Cinema Twain, Val Kilmer's one-man show about Mark Twain). Two days earlier..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Song to Song

Terrence Malick’s bonkers take on being an Austin musician

"...locations and feeling like a much deeper cut. Plus, Val Kilmer going hog wild onstage with the Black Lips..."

May 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: The Measure of Time

In this week’s issue, we’re looking back to the beginnings of Austin Studios, assessing C3 founder Charlie Jones’ mid-career move, and crossing – finally! – Super Tuesday’s finish line

"...C3, the concert promotion company that stages ACL Music Festival, who retired from the company last month. Jones has..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Val Kilmer Partners With Mosaic Sound Collective

Actor’s HelMel Studios links with Austin creative hub

"...You know Val Kilmer as a superhero, a pilot, a gunfighter, and..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

What’cha Watchin’?

Distribution Manager/Luv Doc Rabble-Rouser Dan Hardick is all Showtime, all the time

"...every goddamned body. Brad Pitt? Check. Gary Oldman? Check. Val Kilmer? Check. Samuel L. Jackson? Duh. Plus Bronson Pinchot..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Column

Drawn to Batman at Wizard World

Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester on voicing the dynamic duo

"...Adam West vs. Christian Bale, or Ben Affleck over Val Kilmer, may rage until the end of comics. But..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World Austin 2017

The traveling comic con materializes here again Nov. 17-19

"...its guests, along with Dean Cain (Lois & Clark), Val Kilmer (Batman Forever), Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series),..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø's crime series hits the big screen

"...Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons and Val Kilmer...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc: Worthless

Everyone is a snowflake and we all have something unique and special to contribute

"...The point here is that your boyfriend isn't moping..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Ramsay Midwood Buys the Bar

Ramsay Midwood co-acquires Sam's Town Point, record store news, and Spoon teases upcoming Matador Records LP.

"...Fest in 2012, the latter featuring comical interference from Val Kilmer evoking Jim Morrison. Dozens of Austin musicians, recruited..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Terrence Malick Film to Open SXSW

Ryan Gosling pic about the music industry filmed at ACL, Fun Fun Fun

"...as the March 10 opening night film. The film festival runs March 10-19...."

Jan. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Fun Times: "It wasn't supposed to be a festival," admits Moody. "Peaches, Spoon, Circle Jerks, and Dead Meadow..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Richard Stanley, Cinema's Lost Soul

Director on new documentary about the Dr. Moreau disaster

"...between Stanley, the studio, and stars Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer is retold in new documentary Lost Soul: The..."

Feb. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...doctor, nor did the unwanted inclusion of a egomaniacal Val Kilmer help the situation. But by that time, it..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Palo Alto

Gia Coppola, the latest voice heard from in that ridiculously talented filmmaking family, makes an auspicious directing debut with this teen drama based on stories from a collection by James Franco.

"...Directed by: Gia Coppola. Starring: Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, James Franco, Olivia Crocicchia, Claudia Levy, Val..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Formula Stun

My Yacht Club returns to Austin

"...Studio 54. All one has to do is pretend Val Kilmer and Laura Bell Bundy are Andy Warhol and..."

Nov. 13, 2013 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest 8

Fun Fun Fun Fest finally arrives

"...Fest music selector Graham Williams when asked how the festival has changed in its eight years...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

News Ticker: November 5

All the news that's fit to blog

"...the event, will be bringing in such celebrities as Val Kilmer, a person who designed some stuff for Michael..."

Nov. 5, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Moontower, Day 2: She-Bang

For these women comics, the operative word was "comics"

"...hosting comedian Pete Holmes walks out, dubs himself "lesbian Val Kilmer," and goes into hyperactive riffing mode to compensate..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Amy Gentry

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...year-round. After South by Southwest, we've got one music festival after another – Old Settler's, ¡Pachanga!, Chaos in Tejas..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012: Friday

"...Val Kilmer on stage with The Black Lips at Fun..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Photo Gallery

SXSW Eco: Beyond the Burlap Bag

Environmentalists ponder how to mainstream eco-culture

"...names on the cover – Woody Harrelson, Yoko Ono, Val Kilmer, Bjork – but Miller is wary of sticking..."

Oct. 10, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Deep in the Heart

The life story of Richard Wallrath, a former alcoholic who now funds scholarships for 4-H and FFA students, is told in this inspirational biopic.

"...Directed by: Christopher Cain. Starring: Jon Gries, Elaine Hendrix, Val Kilmer, Rheagan Wallace, D.B. Sweeney, Donny Boaz and James..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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