The Raid: Redemption

This Indonesian film truly has a nonstop glut of martial-arts action, so don't worry about the minimalist story and characters.

"...little impersonal, distanced gunplay, which is even more surprising considering this is the story of a SWAT-style police raid..."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: 'House of the Devil'

1983 is back from the grave

"...There are three theories about how Ti West made House of the Devil evoke the 1980s so..."

Sept. 30, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...Every film has a backstory just like every life has a history, but rarely..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...from the once promising director John Dahl (Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) plays like some mad information extraction..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Strong words from Edward James Olmos, and what's on this week.

"...intrigues are the stories behind "failed" pilots. One such story includes a 1960s Garry Marshall satire, Evil Roy Slade...."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...incorporate prior to 2001. The GAO provides a brief history of Accenture's preincorporation operation, explaining that Accenture was a..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...Furman's stories, with their sharp detail, sense of personal history, and subtle nuance exploding into knowledge, are like spying..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Hyde Park Civic NCCD

"...facilities and Sunday school classrooms. Across Speedway is a five-story, 550-space parking garage (2), and surface lots which cover..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...Sahm started playing with black musicians on the east side, brown ones on the west side, and crafted a..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Setting the Stage

Austin's art scene spent 2012 prepping for the big things to come

"...highly successful East Austin Studio Tour a sibling: the West Austin Studio Tour, spotlighting studios and galleries on the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Spoon stays home for a sold-out three-night stand at Stubb's, while Little Joe Washington hits the hard streets of H-Town, and White Denim finally gets proper Exposion

"...on Thursday's opening night alone, according to the South West Emergency Action Team. The handpicked openers did little to..."

July 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...Those sentiments, via Hyatt's final interview with Peter Cooper..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

To Opt, or Not?

How one neighborhood-planning team carefully weighed VMU's power to change its surroundings

"...of VMU as appropriate for our community," observed ZNA President Jeff Jack, a longtime neighborhood activist who is often..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Joy Ride

"...'71 Chrysler Newport with your best girl on one side and your hooligan brother on the other when you..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...it's routed, SH130 will likely remain unpopular with Austin residents who thought the point was to get rid of..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...addressing construction projects, new subdivisions, industrial uses, agriculture needs, residential wells, and other demands on and potential threats to..."

May 1, 1998 Column

They'll Be Booming

By the Time I Get to Georgetown...

"...goal was to keep Californians from screwing up the Northwest with their transplanted California values. Suffused with the compact-city,..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...chilling content. Both films share more than their similar story lines about the evil done by devils on earth...."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

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

"...was in the LGBTQ-loving spirit for Austin Pride. Just outside the festival's front gates, a small group of protesters,..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Despite being the third entry in the Underworld series, this is a prequel story about the age-old war between the vampires and the werewolves.

"...is, which is barely. Nighy's best known on this side of the pond as the tentacular Davy Jones of..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"..."Tejano has turned out to be 150 percent dancers,..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Downtown's Tall Order

Where can we put 20,000 new residents?

"...Austinites startled by the height of the latest downtown residential towers – now shooting up with bamboolike propulsion to..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...just one of several "potential emission reduction measures" being considered by local leaders in Central Texas' attempt to forestall..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...Another culprit to consider, though, is the dwindling early voting share. In past..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Divided We Fall

"...Everyman heroes who are thrust into the limelight of history and survive (or not) by dint of sheer serendipity...."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...Israel (McCarthy) is a dreary city of cluttered Upper West Side apartments dimly lit by table lamps, and shabby..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The AggreGAYtor: April 28

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Supremes take on marriage, Bruce Jenner shows his best side, and Ted Cruz fails to grasp the meaning of..."

April 28, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...Linear stories age with their storytellers. Each subsequent telling becomes less enthusiastic, each audience less..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

Keepin' It Jungle

Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in Mexico

"...In the dense jungle west of the coastal Mayan ruins of Tulum, the temperature..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

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