The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...From Wan’s signature tracking shots down to the ghost’s design itself (La Llorona gives off intense Bride in Black..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Austin Shakespeare's Macbeth

This military-themed staging of the tragedy gets lost in a haze of design and technical issues

"...The production's design elements are where its greater problems lie. While Patrick..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Different Stages' Dracula

Despite atmospheric design work and some strong acting, the production never quite realizes the sensuality and lyrical ferocity in Steven Dietz's script

"...The design elements mostly hit the mark, with Lowell Bartholomee's video..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Iris

In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel

"...ledger; she’s already a semi-deified figure in fashion and design circles. But even if she’s chiseled out her name,..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pushing Air

Game audio design firm GL33k sounds off on whale calls, light sabers, and sweet jams

"...A well-designed sound "pushes air." According to Matt Piersall, founder of..."

May 9, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Austin Fashion Week Challenge: Black and Tan

What Would Tim Gunn Say? That AFW's Black and Tan rocked.

"...Week's Black and Tan challenge, the brainchild of lingerie designer Megan Summerville. One of the few events of the..."

May 6, 2013 Design Post by Anne Harris

Something to Yodel About

SXSW Interactive taps design guru swissmiss for keynote speech

"...Design innovator and curator swissmiss – every-day-named Tina Roth Eisenberg,..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Apollo 18

This secretive film's premise is that it reveals suppressed footage of the U.S. government's secret mission to the moon.

"...to a horror hound, but López-Gallego well uses the limited-by-design camera footage, most especially in strobe-light reveals. The real..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Red Riding Hood

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight movie, helms this update of the fairy tale.

"...sometimes half-baked and sometimes overbaked look of the production design. Even though Thomas E. Sanders is credited with the..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Daily Hustle: 10/13/10

Big development deals coming to council

"...a fair amount of action: naming a firm to design the form-based code pilot program for Airport Boulevard, and..."

Oct. 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Keep Austin Well-Designed

City seeking website design input

"...to the city's website by voting on a new design...."

Aug. 4, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Lighting That's Class-y (This Is Not About Dreamgirls)

"...gentlemen, I present to you the Arco floor lamp, designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1962, manufactured..."

Oct. 30, 2007 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Curse of the Golden Flower

The rather emotionally insignificant melodrama at the center of this film is given only minimal cover from scrutiny by Zhang Yimou’s visual virtuosity.

"...the Later Tang Dynasty, a time, apparently, when no interior-design expense was spared and even the most insignificant daily..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Lucky Number Slevin

This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.

"...by the old Kansas City Shuffle, a criminal maneuver designed to distract attention that’s explained at the beginning of..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

EAST: Now With More!

The 2005 East Austin Studio Tour boasts 40% more paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry, prints ...

"...as quality. But luckily, the high standards of fine design and art set by the tour's founding members, such..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Naked City

McCracken leads charge for a prettier Austin

"...A proposed set of design standards for Austin's commercial strips, two years in the..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

State of Independents

Content and design at SXSW Interactive

"...Content/Design Track..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by David Garza

Killer Condom

"...Ralf König's popular German comic book, and the set design is by the famed artist of the fantastic H.R...."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Tony-winning musical serves pure stage magic & killer hilarity

"...Onstage at the Brutalist-design Bass Concert Hall sits a Victorian theatre, complete with..."

March 22, 2018 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

Woman in Black at Scottish Rite Theater

Skilled actors and atmospheric design combine to make this co-production a spine-tingler ideal for Halloween

"...a talented pair of performers, backed by a skilled design team. The old-world feel of the Scottish Rite Theater..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

"Warhol by the Book" at the Blanton

What's most interesting in this retrospective is the early work that shows just how damn good Warhol was at graphic design

"...on books, I was especially drawn to the cover designs, such as his cover for Walter Ross' The Immortal...."

Jan. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Studio Visits: Kevin Muñoz

Art and graphic design meet in a windowless East Austin studio

"...makes sense for an artist who began his own design career working for Paul Frank. The design/art relationship is..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

The Man With the Golden Arm

Yen Tan’s poster designs are papering the town

"...That’s a lot of noise. But a standout poster design will do a lot to distinguish a film from..."

March 9, 2012 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

HKS Behind the F1 Wheel

Cowboys Stadium architects hired for Austin circuit's fan areas

"...Formula One United States already had leading track designers Tilke GmbH on board to design the racing part..."

Nov. 22, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Bodies, Our Cars

Time to walk the walk on making cities healthy

"...and Pre­ven­tion. Both organizations address public health through the design of the built environment, as well as human-powered transportation...."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Waterfront Planning: Professionals Needed

Yet activist Mary Arnold gets the first nod

"...members should be "drawn from the fields of urban design, environmental protection, architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, shoreline ecology,..."

July 24, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Character Development

UT's Video Game Design Boot Camp

"...or television. But in the fast-growing gaming world, cutting-edge designers aren't just out to give players a moving target..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

I'm Still Here

Gripping family drama is set during Brazil's military dictatorship

"...gripping story, sensitively performed, with outstanding production and costume design effectively reproducing the era. For most of the film,..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Don't Worry Darling

Even Florence Pugh can't save this heavy-handed thriller

"...especially Matthew Libatique’s cinematography, the immaculate production and costume design, and a handful of terrific performances, including Chris Pine..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concert: Exploded Drawing, the DIY Gathering at the Center of Austin’s Beat Community, Returns

Friday’s lineup includes Mattie, DJ Design, and Fennec

"...Taffy; Louisiana sample-jazz vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Zetroc; and beat-game veteran DJ Design, known for his Madlib collab, "Sparkdala."..."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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