Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...a judgment call. The rules already bar subsidies for porn or anything that violates state obscenity laws, but lawmakers..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Going With Jenny

Like the couple in it, this new play about marriage has charm but could use a spark

"...No, he's not gay. He's not even cheating on her. He's just ......"

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Case for Trash Humpers

Harmony Korine's new film is caustic and dangerous, but that's how we like 'em.

"...is: It's true. Trash Humpers is a salve to torture-porn films like Hostel that aestheticize human cruelty like it..."

March 26, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

SXSW Film Review: Grace

Grace film review

"...hell dovetails with an equally off-putting characterization of the gay Vivian. I get Solet's extremely graphic point that love..."

March 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Hey Boys, This Beau's for You

Beau Breedlove poses for Unzipped.

"...coming. Remember kiddies it is a short jump from porntastic MySpace pictures to actual porn. Beau Breedlove, the aptly..."

Feb. 17, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life

When karaoke history and personal vignette collide

"...Mike – is at times insightful ("Much like the porn business, the karaoke business operates in the shadow of..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Books Review by Kate X Messer

Star of When Bears Attack Goes to the Big Clan in the Sky

Actor Cole Ryder died.

"...Porn star Cole Ryder passed away of unknown causes...."

Aug. 2, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...preacher has the ear of Purvis' wife, Delilah (Lisa Gay Hamilton), instructing her that she's either with God or..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

A Brief History of Helen of Troy

Capital T Theatre Company's 'A Brief History of Helen of Troy' depicts a lot of brutality in a teenage girl's world, but ultimately it's about caring, connection, and love

"...a young man who might or might not be gay, and Charlotte harangues him about it, needles him, brutalizes..."

June 30, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

After a Fashion

Stephen suggests cross-stitching to a crusading mom, recommends various philanthropic weekend endeavors, and scouts for a talented costume designer

"...him a magazine, which she says, "I would call porn." Blockbuster did indeed sell him the magazine, and now..."

May 19, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...them to speak their minds, whether the subject is porn (Annie Sprinkle), being gay (Quentin Crisp, Tim Miller, Jade..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDs: Part 3

Gift guide

"...man's taint is the key to success in the porn industry (includes the film title Taint Your Wagon). There's..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...Hey, guess what! Some porn stars like their jobs! They even find them (drumroll)..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Super Bowl Coverage as Cultural Indicator

"...come as a surprise that business travelers enjoy commercial-free porn with their room service. But if you show a..."

Feb. 3, 2004 Postmarks

After a Fashion

Oh, Stephen! Always a bridesmaid, never a bride! Fret not, honey, your day will come!

"...he was young. I was afraid he'd grow up gay." "Funny," I said. "It's what we pray for.") The..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Death Becomes Her

Kier-La Janisse unleashes CineMuerte on poor, innocent Austin.

"...of the few strictly horror outings of renowned Japanese porn director Hisayasu Sato, Naked Blood is about a young..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Need for Sleaze

Bill Landis will be at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown on Feb. 23 to introduce two films and talk about his new book, Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square.

"...tackled all low-budget cinema with intelligence but not prejudice. Porn, soft-core, deeply sick Italian cannibal movies, Blood Sucking Freaks,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...pick-axe murderer Karla Faye Tucker, a profile of millionaire pornographer Charles Kallestad. I got lots of letters to the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Screen Play

Austin Film Festival Reviews

"...a week, each reveals a personal crisis (one is gay, another unemployed, etc.) that tests the limits of their..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...sites haven't scored numbers as big as, say, Internet porn, but their viewership is climbing -- and from all..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...dress up as a man. Kim loves going to porn theaters, but men tend to focus on her when..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

Page Two

Defending the Lauryn Paige Fuller murder story.

"...Years ago, Austin anti-porn activist Mark Weaver got the Chronicle thrown out of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

TV crews come to cover Austin's music scene as more musicians split for more lucrative climes; the Flatlanders keep it intimate, and more stuff happens, too.

"...Fisher, Flo Mob, Friends of Dean Martinez, Tom Freund, Gay Dad, The Go, Godzilla Motor Company, Golden Arm Trio,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...short piece, which ends with the condemnation of a gay friend's mother, is painful, shocking, and brave. (Is this..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...of these avenues include Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, a gay romance by Tommy O'Haver that uses wildly imaginative photography..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...bit worn to me. However, Downey, Jr., as Hunter's gay brother, can do no wrong in my book. Durning..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

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