The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"...has given us anything that a Hollywood executive would call a Happy Ending. Mulder and Scully manage to stay..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Playing 'House' (and 'Garden')

At Austin Playhouse, running Alan Ayckbourn's paired comedies side-by-side is double the pleasure, double the fun

"...brilliant," Toner says. "Forgetting what he had to do mechanically to make it all mesh, the characters, the way..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...profile is that of your average CIA operative. A call to the label turns up a phone number, plus..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year

"...Nontraditional casting alone was not what made Deaf Austin Theatre's recent..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...in town Begos will also be unspooling the most critically acclaimed film of his career: Bliss, a grungy, psychedelic..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel

Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west

"...Let's play fantasy casting for a moment. If David and Nathan Zellner were..."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Legislative Session Just for Dan Patrick

How much can go wrong in 30 days?

"...Abbott added a near-unprecedented 19 additional items to his call. (Lawmakers can't take up the additional issues until the..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Walk on the Wild Side

Sundance fave Tangerine is loud and proud

"...Though Baker isn't willing to call Tangerine groundbreaking, this 2015 Sundance favorite delves into a..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: 'Frightmare', 'The Flesh and Blood Show'

Redemption resurrects the legacy of terror maestro Pete Walker

"...a conservative streak, he hated horror films, preferring to call his work terror. This week, Redemption releases two of..."

March 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Weekdays at Bernie's

Film's best-known dead guy is alive and kicking in Austin

"...I had a bald spot. I told [the Bernie's casting directors] that I couldn't come in...."

June 28, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Coming to America

Native Nigerian filmmaker Joy Dickson on getting the job done

"...Casting her leads was serendipitous. "I stumbled into Nakia Burrise..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Final Three

If fast, physical action in a national face-off is what you want, try Ballet Austin

"...the dancers before choosing who to work with. The casting operates like a draft, with each choreographer getting to..."

March 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...antic gun-play, the designer clothing, John Leguizamo. What you call “Romeo’s slo-mo catwalk twirl to Radiohead” looks to me..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Film News

Minor 'Miracle': mystery of major Hollywood family film shooting here pretty much solved

"...being pushed by leaders of the Texas film scene, ironically lost the project because they were seeing a surge..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Hightower Lowdown

Your Pentagon PAL tracks your every move, and the FCC lets media companies redefine "local."

"...database and a cognitive computer system that the Pentagon calls: LifeLog. The total package is some combination of cyber-scrapbook,..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

2002 Summer Camps

"...on Saturday, Aug 3. The theatre team will be casting 50-60 local kids for this production; auditions open to..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Rangers

"...Alfred Molina, Dylan Mcdermott and James Van Der Beek. Call it Dude, Where's My Horse?. This photogenic Western is..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Teen Angst Turns a Page

Director Terry Zwigoff's darkly comic 'Ghost World'

"...To call Ghost World a teen comedy -- as distributor MGM..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Question of Equity

Is It Time for Austin Actors To Go Union? And Vice Versa?

"...of final dress, a cast member receives a phone call from the New York office of Actors' Equity Association..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Eat His Dust

Ron Howard Premieres EDtv in Austin

"...for them as we were trying to decide on casting. But I haven't done a comedy in a few..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frankenstein's Dad

"...inspiring, they aren't often the most interesting or rich dramatically. That was more of a question than even a..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Soul Searching

Asleep at the Switch

"...that came from being the only show in town, politically speaking, for over a hundred years, according to State..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Heavy Western

The Derailers

"...their aptly titled Watermelon Records debut, Jackpot, a tune called "100% Pure Fool": "I'm one hundred percent, not ninety-nine..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live and In Person!

Views and Reviews of Recent Author Visits

"...to finally hear Zod Wallop author William Browning Spencer sardonically read pages from a work in progress...."

Oct. 3, 1997 Books Feature

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...been a relative unknown to most of Austin's votership. Casting his colleagues as beholden to one interest group, Watson..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Subdividing subUrbia

Richard Linklater Discusses His New Movie

"...of subUrbia was the need to commission music written specifically for placement in the movie. As in every Linklater..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...cinema as you're likely to find. The combination of unapologetically syrupy romance, fast-paced action, corny melodrama, and bravura musical..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...cinema as you're likely to find. The combination of unapologetically syrupy romance, fast-paced action, corny melodrama, and bravura musical..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...start over and start from The Music Man again, basically, I was so scared. I held out till December...."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...what the difference between what he wants to be called "a Conservative Christian" and what the Ku Klux Klan..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

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