Playback – SXSW: Zero Hour

SXSW started early this year, but now – as usual – everything hits at once

"...that SXSW Music waited not just until the 11th hour to unveil its keynote speaker, but the 11th hour..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

25th Hour

"...documentary work has been nothing short of superlative). 25th Hour isn't Lee's most personal piece, but it may very..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...a regular segment on the political-satire television show This Hour Has 22 Minutes. You know as well as we..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation '94

"...Park's “The Wrong Trousers” -- a slam-bang, goofy, gorgeous half-hour saga of Wallace and his dog Grommit battling a..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Traffic Fatalities Rise While Serious Injuries Fall in Austin

The long road to zero

"...role signaled the city's commitment to attaining its Vision Zero policy, aimed at eliminating traffic-related deaths and serious injuries,..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

"No Kill" for Traffic

Vision Zero action plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities

"...19, when City Council voted to approve the Vision Zero action plan, Austin had just seen its 24th traffic..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...creative dynamo who, at the age of 88, shows zero signs of deceleration; if anything, she appears to be..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Redemption Road

This story about a musician who's got the blues because he can't play the blues is a mawkish misfire, but the roadside scenery from Austin to Huntsville, Ala., can't be beat.

"...is very fond of filming the South at magic hour, and it's suitably picturesque. Blues aficionados will appreciate the..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Edward and Bella are back for more thwarted young vampiric love.

"...bestselling, young-adult vampire series), and her successor, Weitz, brings zero sense of play or sexual energy to the piece...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mamma Mia!

This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.

"...most accomplished voice in the cast and imbues a zero character with vulnerability and charm. The vets are fun..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin’s Bar Scene Evolves as #sobercurious Becomes More Socially Acceptable

Enjoy the zero-proof experience of Sans Bar

"...night of the week in Austin offers a happy hour with a new signature cocktail or a live music..."

March 6, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

This collegiate coming-of-age comedy is about as exciting as near-beer.

"...he's also a suit-and-tie guy waiting to happen. His 11th-hour epiphany (you can't be a total jerkwad forever, apparently)..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...there are nipples on your body armor, the next, zero superfluous papillaries. And that cowl! No peripheral vision. Hello?..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Panic

"...whom he adores (played with just enough whimsy and zero saccharine by David Dorfman). Professionally, he runs a mail-order..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Time Regained

"...with box-office dynamite written all over it. A subtitled, two-hour-and-40-minute French adaptation of an eight-novel series so legendarily hard..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Film News

Robert Rodriguez and the come-hither look of 'Rambo 4'

"...Deadly Drugs: Zero Hour, a thriller involving volunteers for a drug-testing company,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SAFE Tackles Work Misconduct

Austin nonprofit launches initiative to train workplaces on fostering “zero-violence environments”

"...organizations big and small in an effort to create "zero-violence environments" both in the office and out in the..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...ex members of Mathmatech, the crew that plays an hour later. Also at 10pm, there's Dead Rob Swift Prez,..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Qmmunity: SBOE Debates the Good, the Bad, and the Bass-ackwards

Plus, join AIDS Walk Austin Saturday to step to zero new HIV infections by 2030

"...service organizations in Central Texas and to ultimately reach zero new HIV infections by 2030. Sat., Sept. 19, 9am-1pm...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Making Car Ownership Obsolete

Zipcar, Car2Go: Our mission is to sell zero cars

"...larger map saw cars parked on its outskirts for hours, sometimes even days, at a time, while potential riders..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Record Reviews

"...being forever relegated to modern rock radio's flashback lunch hour (for "Centerfold" or maybe "Freeze Frame"), former J. Geils..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Ringo Starr’s Still the Greatest

Beatle’s All Starrs jukebox first of two Moody Theater shows

"...Beatles drummer touched off “Yellow Submarine” halfway through a two-hour set Wednesday night at the Moody Theater, it was..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...board was a dear friend's teen sibling, who had zero interest in the bill. Given the talent's combined age..."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

'Ich Bin ein Cheesehead'

Austin unionists prove they are Madison as hell

"...If the GOP hoped Wisconsin would become ground zero for their union-busting ways, losing the police must have..."

Feb. 27, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Issue The Nov. 21 city council meeting could be zero hour for a Jan. 18 referendum on the citizens'..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature

Brea Grant's Madelines to Open Other Worlds Film Festival

Time traveling crime drama spearheads first wave

"...adventure from Hatchet producer Jason R. Miller and 12 Hour Shift director (and UT alum) Brea Grant...."

Oct. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Church Cuts Loose

Aussie jangle-pop legacy encores SXSW 2015

"...band remained at full strength, while delivering an expansive, two-hour set for a full house...."

Sept. 19, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Tom Petty Soaks in 40

Heartbreaker’s biggest surprise was a show-stealing Gary Clark Jr.

"...into 46, Oklahoma to London (lone European date), Tuesday’s two-hour worship at a rafters-stocked Frank Erwin Center took on..."

May 3, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Rodeo Austin Day 5: Fitz & the Tantrums

Kiddiepalooza continues as SXSW rages

"...the cleanup crew and a few stragglers remained behind, zero attention paid to fact that another act was setting..."

March 16, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ready for Solar and Recycling Too

Council approves solar roofs and textile recycling pilot

"...Council was able to adjourn at the relatively civilized hour of 8:47pm Thursday night, following decisions that included requiring..."

Feb. 6, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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