God's Own Country

Love and lambing on the cruel, cold hills of England

"...the only way to deal with the tedium of country life. His regular cycle of booze, fighting with his..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Country, My Country

Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.

"...neoconservatives might find this intimate and nuanced documentary about life in occupied Iraq difficult to shake – all politics..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Life and Debt

Set in Jamaica, this is an eye-opening documentary and primer on why the IMF and the World Bank are not to be trusted by emerging third-world countries.

"...Directed by: Stephanie Black. Watching Life and Debt, it's easy to see why the 1999..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...by William Leach..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Lavender Country, World’s First Openly Gay Country Band, Comes to Austin

Patrick Haggerty on his groundbreaking album nearly 50 years later

"...1973, Patrick Haggerty recorded and released his band Lavender Country’s eponymous debut album, which is considered the first openly..."

Oct. 21, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Hi-Lo Country

"...Gammon, Enrique Castillo and John Diehl. As The Hi-Lo Country would have it, Big Boy Matson (Harrelson) is the..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Town & Country

"...Mcdowell, Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes. Though Town & Country's title refers to its characters' dual residences, it also..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pure Country

"...Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser and John Doe. Country music superstar George Strait makes his acting debut in..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Checking In: Israel Nash Sets the Hill Country Reeling

Potent C&W psych alights despite global downturn

"...Psychedelic country-soul, according to “Down in the Country,” bridges Seventies Laurel..."

May 5, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Country Strong

It's Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.

"...the point – and even the pleasure – of Country Strong. No country cliché is left unturned in writer/director..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...co-credited as writer and director) of McCarthy's as-if-written-for-the-screen No Country for Old Men becomes a marvelous meld of narrative..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...years later, Peña would be convicted and sentenced to life in prison for possession of what the state said..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Francesca T. Royster’s Book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions Highlights Beyoncé and Tina Turner’s Influence at SXSW

Taylor Crumpton joined talk on Black resistance within the genre

"...Tina Turner and Beyoncé rarely surface in discussion of country music. But Francesca T. Royster, an English professor at..."

March 13, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Proof of Life

"...sparks flying between the two co-stars of Proof of Life, Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. I suppose we'll have..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Slipping-Down Life

Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce star in this adaptation of an Anne Tyler story that was filmed in Austin several summers ago.

"...at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. A "slipping-down life" was beginning to sound like the fate of the..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Powerfully Poetic Folk and Country Songwriter Nanci Griffith Has Died at Age 68

Song-crafter’s career spanned Hole in the Wall to Carnegie Hall

"...Nanci Griffith, Austin-raised folk and country singer-songwriter, has died at age 68. Her management company,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Reeling in the Hill Country

Escape from the city with the Hill Country Film Festival

"...height of spring in Central Texas, the pastoral Hill Country lush from the recent heavy rains, the roadside bursting..."

April 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

iHeartRadio Country Festival... Why Austin?

Inaugural Countrypalooza bowed at the Erwin Center Saturday

"...The question that kept recurring throughout the iHeartRadio Country Festival Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center was “Why..."

April 1, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Larger Than Life

"...to be under sea level. Going in, Larger Than Life looked like just more generic “product” from the New..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Paul Cauthen’s Deep Country Gospel

Former Sons of Fathers frontman’s solo debut deals out one of the best country albums of the year

"...debut, last month's My Gospel, one of the best country albums of the year. Unlike his previous local act..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Red Dirt Country

Johnny Solinger's pie in the sky

"...Thomas isn’t the only one finding life in Kyle appealing. The screen door opens and in..."

April 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...How far would you go to live The Good Life? Would you rip-off the hardwon possessions – or the..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

My Life As Marky Ramone

Ramones drummer spins stories tonight at the Long Center

"...Brooklyn native Marc Bell, 58, lived a musical lifetime before renaming himself Marky Ramone and assuming his new..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Los Coast Goes Country in Covering Gillian Welch’s Ode to Elvis Presley

“This has dramatically upended the lives of musicians”

"...Line is the Austin psych-soul crew’s first foray into country. Singer Trey Privott checked in about the band and..."

May 6, 2020 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...authority by clicking through some forms on the Universal Life Church website...."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...Turns out you can’t press pause on life, because our son entered a pandemic-shocked planet 17 hours..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AFS and AFCA Add Seats for A Hidden Life Screening

Grab tickets for this special showing of 2019's best Austin film

"...Film Critics Association screening of Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life? The AFCA and AFS Cinema have added extra seats..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queen and Country

John Boorman's follow-up to Hope and Glory observes the same boy who's now a young man

"...hews closely to the way it happened in real life, which may explain the stiffness and herniated high-spiritedness of..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Good Life

Justin Townes Earle takes his namesake in stride.

"...my name. That’s just ridiculous. If I spent my life trying to live up to Townes Van Zandt or..."

March 5, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...people would want to honor the person. Thus, Texas Folklife Resources, which was on the receiving end of Jiménez's..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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