Carrie Fountain's Third Collection of Poetry Illuminates the Day-to-Day

The Austin author lives The Life

"...and point of view, with fable and faith and autobiography, Fountain grapples again and again with how much in..."

May 7, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

ATX TV Honors Michael J. Fox

Small Axe, Ziwe, Faking It make the must-see list

"...of course The Michael J. Fox Show, plus his autobiography, his activism for Parkinson's research through the Michael J...."

April 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: And The Award for “Loosiest-Goosiest Award Show Reimagining” Goes To ...

"...Michael King reviews I Came As a Shadow, the autobiography of John Thompson Jr., the legendary Georgetown Hoyas basketball..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

12 New TV Shows to Watch in January

Plus another dozen returning shows to reacquaint yourself with

"...own background. No word yet on if there’s any autobiography threaded into his six-part, 1980s-set miniseries about recent college..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Focusing on Mental Health at the Capital City Black Film Festival

The online version of the fest becomes a celebration of healing

"...first started going to counseling after he published his autobiography in 2005, but two years ago he realized he..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Monroe talking songwriting philosophy. It approximates an intimate audio autobiography, and you're the audience. – Tim Stegall..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin's Flatiron Pictures Acquires The Naked Rower

Studio to develop story of Olympian Rob Hamill

"...acquired the rights to The Naked Rower, the 2010 autobiography of New Zealand rowing legend Rob Hamill, chronicling his..."

Nov. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...profiled the singer for the release of his 2007 autobiography:..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"..."That song was in Tony Iommi's autobiography," explains the rabid reader. "He talks about how he..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Rosie Flores Restarts Her Book

Request Austin’s rockabilly royalty on Sirius today!

"...the Texan’s prose too, which bodes well for her autobiography...."

June 16, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Now Streaming in Austin: The Golden Rut

The awkward and hilarious reality of going nowhere in Austin

"...There's a thick strand of autobiography and observation about the Austin scene here The Golden..."

May 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 24-30

"...in concerts, nightclubs, and musical theatre. But in her autobiography, she confessed, “Opera bored me.” She reminds me of..."

April 24, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Dragula Star Louisianna Purchase Finds Fantasy in the Nightmare

Competing on the reality series turned this Austin drag queen into a queen of the night

"..."Delayed Reaction would be the name of my autobiography," jests Louisianna Purchase...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Life as a Camgirl

Cam creator Isa Mazzei on her new autobiography

"...develops a life of its own. In Mazzei's new autobiography Camgirl, the author contends in part with how she..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...Funny Boy ($12-36) is a poetic and deeply moving semi-autobiography about Arjie, a boy witnessing the genocide of his..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf's autobiography is more than a therapy session

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...just in time for award season. Shia LeBeouf's self-critical semi-autobiography about childhood in Hollwyood, Honey Boy, is being talked..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hyde Park Theatre's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

Maggie Gallant relates her search for her birth parents with slow-burn storytelling that captivates with its blend of cheekiness and honesty

"...An unconventional autobiography, the piece chronicles its creator's true-life discovery of being..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Spread Your Wings With The Peanut Butter Falcon

The story behind an unlikely filmmaking adventure

"...achievements keep going: three large, self-penned volumes of his autobiography ("He's wrestling's Proust," exclaimed Nilson), he does stand-up tours,..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days

Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius

"...had access to the original tapes used for the autobiography, "which were the bulk of what we wanted to..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

À Bientôt, Agnès Varda

Looking back on the Belgian-French cinema great, who died today

"...decade, Varda gives us The Beaches of Agnès, an autobiography and analytic study of her own work. It traces..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...thinking about the past. The seminal rap trio's new scrapbook/autobiography, October's Beastie Boys Book, released six years after the..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording With Wilco, Etc.

Kids, cancer, and Vicodin: Jeff Tweedy's life in Wilco – first half!

"...Jeff Tweedy's new autobiography encapsulates an early memory of his: "Something that really..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Different Stages' Great Expectations

In this retelling of the Charles Dickens novel, a visible love of narrative is the show's greatest strength

"...Pocket. The verve with which Douglas endorses the convict's autobiography, in his voice and in his expression, fills his..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mark Duplass: Brothers, Netflix, Respect, and Kindness

Austin's most famous filmmaking siblings return

"...printed word with a book that is part free-form autobiography, part journal, part anecdotal and observational comedy, and part..."

May 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...live band at the Belmont, U-God promoted his Raw autobiography with a candid public interview, Raekwon materialized at Fader..."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Max Richter Puts SXSW to Sleep

UK classicist previews his eight-hour SXSW debut

"...Max Richter: A first album is always like an autobiography. You put everything you’ve been thinking in your whole..."

March 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

At Home With the Armadillo

by Gary P. Nunn (Greenleaf)

"...more than four decades of Austin City Limits. Nunn's autobiography likewise proves indispensable for his clear-eyed recall riding shotgun..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Now Streaming in Austin: Mr. Roosevelt

Life in the ATX as a struggling artist

"...Both films contain a thick strand of autobiography, such as Emily's excruciating audition, a nod to Wells'..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Mansfield 66/67

Did sexess spoil Jayne Mansfield, or was it … Satan?

"...the time. She died too soon to outline an autobiography, not decapitated along with her lawyer boyfriend as the..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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