DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...dysfunctional people: one both terrified by and obsessed with what he has learned, and one embracing hell in her..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Stay informed, stay enraged, and surround yourself with good people

"...they're kids – they're human. I won't tell you what to think, but I will tell you to stay..."

April 14, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...These dreams have inspired the works of generations of artists in..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits

A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.

"...the kid," explains the 39-year-old Golden Boys singer-songwriter-guitarist, who welcomed daughter Zoe Clementine into existence last year. "I'm more..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...It's not that you are any less enthused. Maybe a bit more practical as to how much you..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Grimm Guignol

Ryan Gosling's directorial debut melds fantasy and realism

"...when I'm making the film, my lead character will come out of that hole. He will be born onto..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...map, cultivated an insanely loyal fan base, and redefined what sustained success can look like for indie hip-hoppers. The..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...Inside Laura Burhenn followed up her Dusty Springfield-esque debut, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

In the Company of Goats

Perfect pairings at Pure Luck

"...barns at Pure Luck Farm & Dairy, this description comes as no surprise. Clusters of the 85 Nubian and..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Help Desk

What to do when you're faced with a personal crowdfunding conundrum

"...Now she claims that what I gave her was not enough, and if she..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Jimmy Scott: Always All the Way

The legendary jazz singer died last week at 88

"...long story by Jimmy McDonough titled “Jimmy Scott: For Whatever the Reasons.” It remains the best feature I’ve ever..."

June 19, 2014 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Summer Fun: A Cheeseburger at the Blue Hole

An extra pair of tickets for Jimmy Buffett in Austin May 31

"...“But at night I’d have these wonderful dreams/ Some kind of sensuous treat/ Not zucchini, fettuccini, or..."

May 16, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: White Denim

Jimmy Kimmel didn’t just book the Austin rockers for kicks

"...rolled straight from the gate, segueing “At Night in Dreams” into “Mirrored in Reverse” and “Drugs” before dipping around..."

March 16, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Dave Van Ronk and a Bitter Chill

Remembering the folksinger who inspired 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...– it was somewhere near Harvard Square. It was maybe 1969 or 1970. The performer was late. We waited...."

Dec. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Esther's Alumna Joins 'SNL' Cast

Former Follies performer Noël Wells debuts in season premiere tonight

"...season premiere, he'll warble one name with an Austin comedy connection. Noël Wells, one of five new regulars in..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...MOUSSE (Sweden) Director: John Hellberg What could be easier than robbing a small bookie place..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Game Bigger Than Itself

A look back at 3 Longhorn games that were about more than football

"...weekend's home game could be unlike any that has come before it. It will be the first opportunity to..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

Not Your Average Joe

William Friedkin on serial killers and 'spandex movies'

"...her measly $50,000 insurance policy. When the pair can't come up with Joe's payment, the hit man takes Dottie..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Aliens

This fierce work of theatre feels like unrehearsed life at its most casual and intense

"...That's The Aliens, Baker's Obie-winning comedy from 2010, currently turning HPT's stage into the backyard..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Make a Movie Wish

The Drafthouse flies in twin filmmakers from the Gaza Strip

"...out the Kickstarter campaign here. And keep reading for what the Alamo's Caitlin Stevens has to say about the..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'You Were Our Father, A Veteran and So Full of Desperation'

Short Story Contest: Third place

"...hair and eyes, but his paints failed to replicate what was once vigorously chestnut, what once enriched Martha's beauty..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Kyle R M

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...URL (www.andvinyly.com) and punch line: "Now the question – what song would it be?" Your cremated remains pressed into..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Praying for an Early Death

Louis Black sucks, and he makes SXSW suck

"...bring this up as a way to think about what it is like when one becomes a "Bad Guy,"..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Hello Cleveland!

Anvil frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow wears his heart on his bondage gear

"...the audience doesn’t know how the story wraps up. What’s been the postscript to the documentary?..."

Jan. 21, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The FronteraFest Way

Christi Moore's top rule for producing the annual festival: Just say 'yes'

"...performers, who have been given 25 minutes to do whatever the hell they want and who frequently take full..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Variation on a Theme

Following the logical threads of a revolution

"...after the revolution has succeeded. Since this is speculative, whatever revolutionary movement you prefer, the one of your dearest..."

July 24, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Asterios Polyp

Mazzucchelli's masterwork is by no means an easy read, but it is a transcendent one

"...his conceptual genius but has never had a project come to fruition. "I don't like drawing from life," he..."

July 17, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Theatre of Cruelty

The backdrop of reality that belies the McCain-Palin pageant

"...selling the notion that we've just about won it, whatever that may mean. The argument over drilling offshore and..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Letters @ 3AM

Snippets of conversations about movies from the Filmcraft collection

"...years ago in a city by the sea, where dreams turn to stone and lies are made beautiful, I..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Wednesday Sleepers

"...pummel gritty pop-punk paeans to busted hearts and failed dreams. The quartet's 2005 debut, Full on Blown Apart (Mortville),..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

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