Chris the Conqueror

Chris Roberson takes on Superman, Elric, Captain Kirk, and Cinderella – and wins

"...Eisner Awards for Fables, his subversive take on bedtime tales for Vertigo. Sturges is a DC mainstay and just..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...live, international super legend Brick Novax records his amazing tales as an astronaut, movie star, corporate CEO, and famous..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: That Was Then

The case for improving the quality of strategic political fictions

"...not just that the works tell such insistently moral tales but that they are mostly stripped of baroque affections..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...going to come back. We have to overdeliver." Backyard Tales..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...the show. Visit www.fantasticfest.com for all the info. A Wild Ride: Roger Corman..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Restaurants are coming and going, but the peaches are still in their heyday

"...Boggy Creek Farm (3414 Lyons) with several bags of wild mustang grapes last Saturday morning. Look for them to..."

July 23, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

Celebrating Independence Day with Wild America and Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic

"...Wild America's first proper club show was the three-day release..."

July 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...stars, Hart's striking appearance suited his films. Always moral tales deeply rooted in the importance of personal codes of..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Youth, and chaotic attractor Ginger of UK punks the Wildhearts, and sparks will fly. – Richard Whittaker Bettysoo..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...history, and Hispanic culture, often focusing on legends and tales of the mystical. – Jay Trachtenberg Memphis Music Foundation..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...exists as little more than myth and legend, tall tales of radical journalists throwing bombs at the establishment in..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Capricorn Jesus

Sometimes outlaws walk on water

"...So anyway, you get this wild hair during the interview and tell Kristofferson an abbreviated..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Melinda Hasting Wheatley

Fantastic Fest: 'Kaifeck Murder'

Bavaria: Come for the beer, stay for the rituals

"...the annual Epiphany festival, where the locals dress as wild spirits or percheta to chase away the devil...."

Oct. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Announces Lineup

Serious Moonlight, scripted by the late Adrienne Shelly, will open the fest

"...Chen Han (Writer), Sheng Heyu (Writer) - (Regional Premiere) Tales from the Script – Peter Hanson (Director) - (Regional..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...comedy (Robert Townsend's Why We Laugh), screenwriting (Peter Hanson's Tales From the Script), and the 2008 national party conventions..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Wild, the Innocent, and the Five Armadillo Shows

"...poster artist Micael Priest snuck a copy of The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle onto Armadillo..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...back yard and put her in it. She related tales of the Kellers torturing and killing animals and said..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wovenhand

SXSW showcase reviews

"...a deep Southern Gothic through spoken verses and dark-holler tales that summoned prog proportions in their mythic scale and..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

SXSW Showcases

Thursday

"...songwriters, venue for touring acts, and promoter of several wildly successful national tours. Over three nights and two venues,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...and the bigger man's wife, Jett taunts Bick with tales of his newfound wealth, which has just sprung miraculously..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...we moved to the reservation where she dropped Indian tales into our ears while we slept."..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

A Less Wild Side to Argentina

AFS Essential Cinema: More Than Buenos Aires: Film Renaissance in Argentina

"...American cousins from Mexico and Brazil in favor of tales of domestic restraint and quiet personal redemption. Argentina may..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar: He's hot. He's sexy. And he's not dead.

"...EVERYTHING Omigod, I can hardly begin to recount the tales of the last two weeks. Photo shoots, cocktail parties,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...Graveyard resurrects Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Cream. Their own “Tales of Brave Ulysses” haunt the Gothenburg quartet’s eponymous Tee..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...for forgotten people and the realms of traditional Turkish fairy-tales...."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Beware: Bigfoot Ahead

The homegrown horror of The Wild Man of Navidad

"...Austin's Duane Graves and Justin Meeks to make The Wild Man of the Navidad, a Texas bigfoot tale that..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...and out, the snakelike bellows expanding and contracting. The wild mane of hair, once black as jet, is now..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Co-scripted with wild abandon and plenty of heart by del Toro and..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keene Prize, Kudos to George Brant

"...ever wins, I vow to read James A. Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific" aloud, in its entirety, from..."

July 1, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Urban Coyotes: Meet the neighbors

Keeping coyotes at bay without messing with the ecosystem

"...began to notice the animals' presence some months ago, tales flew of disappearing cats and stalked dogs. Before long,..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Melissa Gaskill

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