Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...Man” began to thematically take shape with the 1992 anti-Western Unforgiven, in which a reformed outlaw and killer is..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hell on the Border

The story of the first black deputy U.S. marshal

"...Not reviewed at press time. Western based on the true story of Bass Reeves, the..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review

Day Trips: Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum, Cuero

Chisholm Trail rides again

"...includes Andy Warhol's "Cowboys and Indians" series and other Western art. ..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...Alison Alter, whose District 10 includes much of Austin's western edge, has likewise described the risk as "enormous" and..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

SXSW Reveals First 2020 Artist List

Music from all over the map … literally

"...Storm, San Saba County, Tomar & the FCs, and Western Youth...."

Oct. 16, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars

Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum

"...XZ-31 ray gun, there footage showing how the classic Western train heist was duplicated for Solo: A Star Wars..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

35 of the City's Best Food Vendors Are Ready to Take Your Order at ACL Music Festival

"...Lonesome Dove Western Bistro Maybe it's "kickass nachos," maybe it's truffle mac..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Food Feature

The Legend Becomes Fact in New Wyatt Earp Documentary

New documentary And With Him Came the West explores the truth behind Hollywood's Wyatt Earp

"...The Western is a genre of contradictions, caught between historical fact..."

July 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Sam Russek

In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff

Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79

"...job of transfering the character and sweep of that Western novel as anyone could have. And that achievement shares..."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...blows me away." – Doug Freeman Erika WennerstromBarracuda, Thursday 23; Western Youth opens [inset-2-right]..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Soccer Watch

"...are back home for two games this week, hosting Western Conference leaders New Mexico United this Sat., May 25,..."

May 24, 2019 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Shadow

Zhang Yimou's period martial arts drama probes the moral grays of life in a royal court

"...of computer effects than Zhang's attempt to make a Western-friendly blockbuster in monster mash The Great Wall, but it's..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The White Crow

Biopic of the great dancer Rudolf Nureyev rarely finds its feet

"...– assigned to keep the performers from mingling with Western hedonists and the bourgeois running dogs of capitalism. His..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tolkien

The trials and triumphs of the man who would create Middle Earth

"...French forces sought to stave off Germany on the Western Front. It is a well-worn device to contrast the..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Get ready for baby sea turtles, balloon launches, and more

"...Western Heritage Classic May 9-12, Abilene, www.westernheritageclassic.com..."

April 30, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Europe and Asia Minor, "Palace of Horrors" still feels Western because the protagonists are scions of early 20th century..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dragged Across Concrete

Police brutality and corruption in a world of malice and greed

"...(boxing in Brawl in Cell Block 99 and the Western in Bone Tomahawk), Zahler's style eschews rapid violence in..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The Guardian reports that in western Africa, 57% of child cancers go undiagnosed. That compares..."

March 8, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Bizarre title for a tender story of dealing with death

"...veers closer to mawkishness than a lot of contemporary Western audiences may be used to seeing on-screen. What that..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Piercing

A wannabe serial killer gets more than he anticipates in this dark comedy

"...is transferred and translated from Tokyo to an abstract Western city – the architecture pointedly artificial, the interiors that..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rep. John Bucy III on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We’ve got to do everything we can to keep attention on Medicaid expansion”

"...Dale, R-Cedar Park, in House District 136, representing a western portion of Williamson County, including much of Northwest Austin...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Sheverb

"...Spaghetti Western opener "Side Saddle Strut" sets the scene for Sheverb's..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Prospect

Lo-fi sci-fi drama is driven by performances and ingenuity

"...plenty of science-fiction films borrow heavily from the American Western. Few do it so blatantly – or so well..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Liz and the Blue Bird

High school anime is a bittersweet symphony

"...mythical forest might suggest, another anime adaptation of a Western fantasy. That's the story of a piece of music..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Exposed Nipples

Unlike our president, a warm, sweaty, glitter-speckled nipple is nothing to be embarrassed about

"...Regardless, I think we in the Western world have evolved past that kind of nonsense. I..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW 2019 Reveals Initial Artist List

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

"...Fuvk, Lion Heights, Otis Wilkins, Quiet Company, Sphynx, and Western Youth...."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...Gun brims with a rascal’s charm. It’s an old-fashioned Western in disguise, one in which the bad guy has..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals

"...Palace, Grapeland-raised country deconstructionist Shane Renfro crafted frisky, unmistakably Western takes on May album Trickster Blues. In 30 hypnotic..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...pulled several times before, hapless suckers paying via a Western Union wire for a property that didn't exist. To..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Review: Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts in Netflix's Alaskan Western

"...novel) have created their own unique variation of the neo-Western. Most contemporary Westerns borrow a visual language from the..."

Sept. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

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