From the 'Are You Frakking Kidding Me?' Files

"Hire a day laborer" as one of the things to do in Dallas?

"...Casares of Guanabee.com has a knack for turning up some doozies on her beat following Latino life and culture..."

March 26, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Bedside Manner: Black Holes, Fake Legs, and the Shaggs

Confessions of a late-night page-flipper

"...about a year now. As you can see, my handsome astrophysicist's Death by Black Hole is on top. It's..."

Jan. 31, 2011 Books Post by Audra Schroeder

Let Me See That Sissy Bounce

Big Freedia holds court

"...Gras, where gender-bending is the norm - Big Freedia and friends came up in the bounce scene, performing mainly..."

March 12, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Pilgrim and the Stars

Q&A with Italian trumpet standard Enrico Rava at the Montréal Jazz Festival

"...cerebral screening room of listeners piping jazz into their homes, lives, and iPods. That trumpet player, saxophonist, or piano..."

July 10, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

J Walkin' and Other Teen Beats

The BlastBeat finals yield new talent

"...Heidi Narum Hyatt didn’t really need to send me this video of 13-year-old Rose Hyatt singing in honor..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Thrill Me, Creep

Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz

"...in town -- think Roger Corman's The Wild Angels meets Akira, with ribcage-rattling sound design courtesy of Satan himself..."

June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Sing Me Back Home

Merel Haggard at the Paramount

"...You might think a Merle Haggard show at the Paramount Theatre would be a..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Reefer Madness: From the Department of You've Gotta Be Kidding Me

Pot Laws Cause Sky to Fall in Colorado. Really. It's true.

"...According to Colorado Drug Enforcement Agent Jeffrey Sweetin, state laws that have lessened penalties..."

April 21, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that what..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Humble Me

Sharon Jones sold out Austin, but she's nowhere near selling out.

"...the Dap-Kings turned a sold-out Antone’s into a high-energy time warp Saturday. The crowd partied like it was 1969,..."

Jan. 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...rarely do the two commingle to such a fantastic and phantasmagoric degree as they do in Austin filmmaker Steve..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Syndromes and a Century

Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul creates a baffling yet intriguing film of meandering abstractions. (AFS@Dobie)

"...Iamaram, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Nu Nimsomboon, Jenjira Pongpas, Sophon Pukanok and Arkanae Cherkam. In the spirit of complete candor, I..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Terry Nelson and that TRMPAC Thing

McCain loses an old buddy of Tom DeLay's.

"...campaign manager Terry Nelson (more on him in a moment), deputy manager Reed Galen and political director Rob Jesmer...."

July 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...Happy Jack.    I am a sporting man, a gambler, and man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

You, Me and Dupree

The story of the houseguest who won't leave gets another reworking in this diverting yet disposable Owen Wilson vehicle.

"...Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Starring: Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...Daniel Johnston has achieved international recognition as an important American cult/outsider/alternative musician/artist. Accompanying this has always been the dark..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Find Me Guilty

Like the criminal justice system it portrays, Find Me Guilty (starring Vin Diesel in the dramatic lead) ultimately works a great deal better than you might expect.

"...Directed by: Sidney Lumet. Starring: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra,..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Waterfalls and Sea Changes

The former and current artistic directors of Austin Script Works discuss new plays, local theatre, and the writer's voice

"...C. Denby Swanson and I first met as grad students studying playwriting at..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Look at Me

An acute observation of the ways in which we fail to communicate marks this French film, which won the screenwriting award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

"...Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Laurent Grévill, Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza and Grégoire Oestermann. Woe to the girl whose father, a..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vision and Focus

In the 'Undertow' with director David Gordon Green and first-time screenwriter Joe Conway

"...For Joe Conway, it all began with a game of basketball. A UT grad who had been teaching..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Me if You Dare

Love and malice, as only the French can do it.

"...Directed by: Yann Samuell. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe and Joséphine Lebas-Joly. In..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Super Size Me

In his cheeky but incendiary documentary about our fast food nation, Morgan Spurlock chronicles the deterioration of his body after a 30-day "McDiet."

"...of alarming statistics served up in Morgan Spurlock’s incendiary documentary about our fast food nation: Every day, one in..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Prince & Me

Who says you can't be a princess and go to medical school too?

"...Martha Coolidge. Starring: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, James Fox, Miranda Richardson, Alberta Watson and John Bourgeois. The..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Doubt and Caution at All Times

An interview DBC Pierre and Dan Rhodes on tour, together

"...famous last words, then they definitely make up the moment during which a novel that has thus far moved..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Growing Pains and Great Strides

Wondering what the second Salt Lick -- still with barbecue but also with fine wine and dining -- wants to be

"...favorites anywhere on the planet; their brisket is tender and juicy and the occasional beef ribs are soul satisfying...."

Oct. 10, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Waylon Jennings

Texas RePlatters

"...Waylon JenningsWaylon Live: The Expanded Edition (BMG Heritage) It might be hard to remember..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Colombani's debut features a finely nuanced and altogether striking performance by Tautou, whose wide eyes adroitly reflect an inner world that ricochets from hopelessly in love to simply hopeless.

"...Colombani. Starring: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Clément Sibony and Sophie Guillemin. The pathology of Eros gets..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Me You Them

"...Directed by: Andrucha Waddington. Starring: Nilda Spencer, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Stênio Garcia,..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Point and Shoot

Without looking Matt knows the deer is dead.

"...the woods, the heavy thud on the ground. He stands without moving, then a self-conscious moment makes him clear..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Bonnie West

Pop & Me

"...Directed by: Chris Roe. The idea's catchy enough: Father and son travel the world together for six months, interviewing..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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