Play it to the Bone

"...Directed by: Ron Shelton. Starring: Jack Carter, Richard Masur, Robert Wagner, Lucy Liu, Tom..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elvis Costello Heads Up Benefit Show for the Musician Treatment Foundation in Austin

With T Bone Burnett & Charlie Sexton, he’ll revisit King of America

"...Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvis Costello is coming to ACL Live at the Moody Theater in December..."

Aug. 22, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Exploring the Potential in Psychedelics at Texas Book Festival

Eugenia Bone and Ernesto Londoño chat about transformative experiences

"...rare form of muscle weakness that can occur after eating certain species of magic mushroom grown on decomposing wood...."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

In Search of Marcel Proust

Once UT's Dr. Seth Wolitz discovered Proust, he didn't turn back, but it took a real beating for him to get to that point.

"...massive biographies published this year (see review), the release in French of an expanded edition of Remembrance of Things..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

The Beast and the Bone Collector in Rondo and Bob

Joe O'Connell brings together two horror icons in his documentary, on VOD now

"...If you ask Austin author and filmmaker Joe O'Connell what's on his mind,..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Travis County District Attorney's Office Under Fire in New Court Filing

First Assistant D.A. accused of “possible defamation”

"...Mindy Montford, the First Assistant District Attorney at the Travis..."

March 4, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...For better or worse, there's no getting away from the juggernaut called Star Wars: Episode 1..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Bad to the Bone

"...The affliction referred to in the title of Paul Schrader's new movie, which the..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

311 Story in Error

"..."...The 311 club, which the Austin Police department says may have a lax door policy..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Death is not the end; there remains the litigation of the estate. -- Ambrose Bierce..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

HBO Premiered 'Mary and Martha' in Time for World Malaria Day

Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn star

"...The brutal disparities of global poverty are glaringly apparent when an upper-class American on holiday to Africa..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...Every September, after the close of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we begin to get a firmer..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

At Home in the Outpost

R.O.'s Outpost, 17 miles west of Austin in the Hill Country, serves the kind of food, reviewer Mick Vann reports, that "the old folks grew up on, and the kind rarely found these days in our modern, fast-food, a-go-go world."

"...Randy and Kathy Osban hold court in an unassuming little spot on Highway 71, one mile..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Found in a Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Trouble in Mind

Hayes Carll got a guy sent back to prison!

"..."I remember there was this one time in Crystal Beach when I had my four-hour gig," begins..."

June 6, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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."

"...walk the dog at twilight so I can glance in strangers' windows at dusk. Each house is a stage,..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Oddballs In the Round

"...Austin has always been a combination breeding ground and beacon..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Column

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"..."When I moved to Austin in 1998," says Christopher Brown, who presents his dystopian..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Buried Alive in the Blues

The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget

"...with a stare from across his desk and said, in a high-pitched voice that didn't really match his appearance:..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...are not the words of environmentalists Bill Bunch, Robert Singleton, Mary Arnold, George Cofer, or even Al St. Louis...."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Texas Titles in Toto

"...Of the estimated 3,500 songs written about Texas and Texas Places, most of the votes..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

The Future of Fantasy Art

This collection gives fantasy artists the large format and glossy presentation that they truly deserve

"...Future of Fantasy Artedited by Aly Fell and Duddlebug Collins Design, 192 pp., $29.99..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Everything Evil: How Longlegs Is Osgood Perkins’ Popcorn Movie

Channeling Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich

"...Satanic malice lurks in both Osgood Perkins’ debut movie, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, and..."

July 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Station to Station

Manga, fantasy, YA, and more

"...I always have a few books going in different areas of the house: bed, bag, bathroom,..."

Feb. 7, 2011 Books Post by Jason Stout

Cop Out

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith's painfully unfunny throwback to the Eighties buddy-cop movies.

"...Directed by: Kevin Smith. Starring: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fourplay

These four stories of unabashed sexual intimacy are often funny, sometimes poignant, always unconventional and playfully erotic.

"...Directed by: Kyle Henry. Starring: Sara Sevigny, Amy Jean Johnson, Danielle Rene, Atticus Rowe,..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

The kinetic life of the Back to the Future star

"..."Nah, that's boring." That's Michael J. Fox's rebuttal to the idea that..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rat Race

"...Directed by: Jerry Zucker. Starring: Kathy Bates, Dean Cain, Dave Thomas, Vince Vieluf, Wayne..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...Montana spring, cold and wet, finally gave way to summer. In..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Past Life

Avi Nesher's film is a thoughtful examination of forgiveness

"...Directed by: Avi Nesher. Starring: Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina, Tom..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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