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Point Blank
In this frenzied French thriller, a man races to save his wife's life – and then races some more.
"...Point Blank opens at a frantic pace – unknown men running..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grosse Pointe Blank
The film is a wacky joyride through a hit man's high school reunion.
"...again, but you can shop there,” is how Martin Blank (Cusack) responds when he discovers that his childhood home..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Blank Check
"...Jayne Atkinson, Michael Lerner, Rick Ducommun and Debbie Allen. “Blank check” must be what these filmmakers had when they..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Blank Checks Out
Les Blank tells us the favorite all of his films
"...the cinema may have passed unnoticed by many. Les Blank, the great American documentarian, died this past Sunday after..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blank's Slates
"...Les Blank..."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Blank Generation
Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy'
"...arrives. In doing so, it reinforces that antiheroine Jerri Blank is indeed the high-school-comedy genre's strangest bird, while also..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Reflections in a Blank Wall
Florian Slotawa's exhibition tells us more about Arthouse than the artist
"...700 Congress. What might at first seem like a blank show with no tangible work is, in fact, Slotawa's..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Cook

You Fill in the Blank
"...the dais of these _____ (you fill in the blank). Spencer [Cronk], you still happy you chose to come..."

June 28, 2019 Postmarks

The Blank Tapes
"...High?" – a rhetorical question for anyone spinning the Blank Tapes' prolific output over the past decade. And yet,..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin at Large: “It’s Time to Get <blank> Done”
As we dive deep into 2021, let’s complete that sentence with real talk, not “stuff”

Jan. 29, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Aztex Blank Houston, Stay Unbeaten
Austin Aztex hold onto division lead

July 1, 2013 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

A Poem Is a Naked Person
Les Blank’s doc on Leon Russell began shooting in 1972 and is finally released
"...Directed by: Les Blank...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies
Those classic club tales tantalize, whether you’re sober or besotted
"...Dollars to donuts, citizen: Everybody in your house –..."

July 20, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Restaurant Options to Pair With Smithville's Small-Town Charm
Things to do when you're out east of the big city
"...Head out east of Austin on Highway 71, past..."

May 15, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

EAST 2018: Brenner’s Picks
Our savvy arts reprobate has a few suggestions for you, comma, citizen
"...Here comes the second weekend of this year’s East..."

Nov. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wild Wheels, Over the Hedge
"...Directed by: Harrod Blank. D: K.d. Davis. As the producer and director of..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Five Local Soap Companies: You Need It, They’ve Got It
What we wash our hands with when we (constantly) wash our hands
"...Not to throw any shade on sanitizer. Not to..."

March 22, 2020 Chronolog Post

Counterculture Time Capsule
Forty years later, Les Blank's Leon Russell rock doc sees the light of day
"...The late documentarian Les Blank filled a special role in American musical history. He..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend
On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes
"...The calm, so to speak, before the storm. The..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Butcher’s Ball Is a Carnivore’s Paradise
Rockin’ Star Ranch hosts the ultimate Texas meat-up on Sunday
"...Anybody who’s a carnivore in this town is grinning..."

Oct. 14, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend
In which your cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle
"...What good is sitting alone in your room? After..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

EMERGE: The Four Elements of Hip Hop – Right Here, Right Now!
Annual celebration of graffiti culture goes bigger this Saturday
"...The four elements of Hip Hop culture – DJs,..."

April 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sex and Death 101
This serial-killer comedy, which screened during Fantastic Fest, is a self-indulgent, snarky, scattershot affair.
"...from its opening shots of suave fast-food restaurateur Roderick Blank (Baker) wandering the streets clad in a smirk and..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
This machine is temperamental but it will give you things
"...And then do it again, please, Nick Drnaso. Because..."

July 10, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Shows Must Go On(line)
More Austin performers take their acts to the internets for streaming
"...Austin is a city of musicians, of course: The..."

March 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Graham Reynolds Is Doing What, Exactly, to the Alamo Drafthouse?
The Sound of Science and the science of sounds
"...Got a press release for this Golden Hornet event..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 17-19
AND YOU TOTALLY WON'T BELIEVE THE FOURTH ONE!
"...Well, OK, tbh you may very well believe the..."

Nov. 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics
"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”
"...Tillie Walden, that Ignatz-winning author of the new graphic..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Is Colin McIntyre Building In That Shipping Container?
So it’s a sort of … lung? And it’s … resonant?
"...It’s been almost a year since the opening of..."

Feb. 28, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place Goes to Comic Con Austin
What? Gays who like comics, card games, and roleplay? Shut yo' mouth!
"...KISS posters, Star Wars action-figures, Garbage Pail Kids trading..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

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