The Insiders at Introgen

As Texas looks for a new economic boost, the decision-makers like to have a piece of the action

"...state needs to position itself to ride the next wave. In the biotech industry, however, it's usually feast or..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

What Hath Uncle Tupelo Wrought?

Alternative Country's Second Wave

"...around, or are they opportunistic musicians jumping on the wave? As anyone who understands the enduring strength of roots..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Feature

1992

The L.A. riots are the backdrop for this forgettable heist picture

"...era is that it feels like part of that wave of low-budget late-Nineties Heat knockoffs, all featuring a cast..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Urban Heat Resurrects Synth-Pop With Towering Debut LP

The Tower is a grand-scale monument to the overindulgence of Eighties New Wave

"...Let’s get right to it, then. Local lords of darkwave Urban Heat don’t wait to bring the fire, so..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Malik Baptiste’s Statement of Self and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Holy Wave, Explosions in the Sky, and more

"...pop emotional uplift through celestial tones. – Raoul Hernandez Holy Wave, “Nothing in the Dark”..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sterling Morrison Birthday Tribute, Being Dead, Rod Wave, Shinyribs, Jason Eady, and Natalie Jane Hill with Julian Neel

"...Mary. – Kevin CurtinGilgamesh II by Zero Percent APR Rod WaveStubb's, Saturday 28..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

8 Water Parks Near Austin to Keep You Cool and Active

Regular old lake just not cutting it?

"...cool, exciting day spent at a water park or wave park becomes more and more enticing. Austinites love their..."

May 14, 2019 Events Post

SXSW 2019 Reveals Initial Artist List

Amanda Palmer, Oh Sees, Laura Jane Grace, Swervedriver and 236 more

"...ahead of its March 11 kickoff, announced its first wave of acts – an extra long list highlighted by..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Review: The Quake

Sequel to The Wave goes insane with the tension

"...of The Quake, sequel to Norwegian disaster marvel The Wave, geologist Kristian Eikjord would rightly be able to ask,..."

Sept. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedroom Pop, Comfort for the Sad Unknown

Michael Seyer, Bane’s World & Inner Wave take back humanity

"...at Spider House, Michael Seyer, Bane’s World, and Inner Wave helped define bedroom pop...."

July 10, 2018 Music Post by Jeremy Steinberger

Eating Animals

Natalie Portman narrated documentary about the ethics of farming versus factory farming.

"...emotional connection, no clear call to action, no electric wave of epiphany...."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program B

Horror and hope in America's underdog communities

"...& Restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio, is part of the wave of restaurants and catering schools that look to former..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faces Places

Celebrating faces in the crowd

"...Varda, the so-called “godmother of the French New Wave,” who inspired so many others with films like Cleo..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everything, Everything

Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers

"...lock eyes as he skateboards by with a tentative wave, and the race to true teen love is off..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silence

Two missionaries in feudal Japan are tested

"...theological matters in a way that makes the current wave of Christian filmmaking seem completely puerile and shallow. Silence..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...wistfulness of Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand’s French New Wave musicals, An American in Paris’ dreamy ballet, Rebel Without..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...an authentic movie heroine, like Katniss, Elsa, and other third-wave girls on film who defy gender expectations. No wonder..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...capital's population explosion of the last decade, a growing wave of expats have ventured south, including several notable artists..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

De Palma

Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career

"...one of the great filmmakers of the American New Wave, a member of the generation of so-called “movie brats”..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Go behind the groundbreaking book of interviews; a must for cinephiles

"...make him a founding figure in the French New Wave. The one in the hot seat, Alfred Hitchcock, then..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Only Bowie

Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak

"...second month today, Bowie Year continues proving – in wave after seismic wave (tune in to the Grammys Monday)..."

Feb. 10, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Trumbo

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is essayed by Bryan Cranston

"...along with other subpoenaed writers and directors; that first wave of unfriendly witnesses became immortalized as the Hollywood Ten,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Captive

Ripped-from-the-headlines movie about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book

"...Driven Life. If that’s not enough to make anyone wave the white flag of surrender, I’m not sure what..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Le Week-End

A long-married couple amusingly dance toward the kind of despair borne from overfamiliarity.

"...sinking ship rights itself. Still, brace for impact. Another wave is always coming...."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...herstory of Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon, is..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Hops on the Announcement Bandwagon

HBO's Lena Dunham and Casey Neistat, Jason Blum bound for Festival

"...Film arm of the March fest announced its first wave this morning...."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Chasing Mavericks

Starring Gerard Butler, this inspirational surfing drama somehow fails to inspire.

"...relationship between 15-year-old Jay Moriarty (Weston) and his reluctant wave-riding mentor, Frosty Hesson (Butler). Based on true events, and..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sinister

Mix a doomed house with found footage and supernatural explanations and you have a horror movie that borrows smartly and has a strong lead in Ethan Hawke as a conflicted true-crime writer.

"...This spooky-house movie gets an infusion from the found-footage wave of horror movies that have become trendy of late...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mondo Gets Cut Up And Nagelized For New Gallery Show

Gallery featuring 80s day-glo and poster subversion

"...and hair gel! The Mondo Gallery is bringing new wave/nerd wave fusion genius Craig Drake and cut-up maestro Robert..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

My Soul To Take

Wes Craven wrote and directed this serial-killer movie – but you'd never know it to look at it.

"...that accursed night are suddenly suspect as a new wave of Ripper-esque bloodlettings commence. Elements of Craven's leaner, meaner..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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