On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...a newspaper in 1990, you would quickly note that the nation was on the brink of a disaster. It..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Still in the Game

AFF to honor The Wire creator David Simon

"...make Wire-heads explode like, um, rockets over Fort McHenry, the Austin Film Festival just announced that it will bestow..."

June 30, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...Let's be honest, no one is really ready for the holidays this..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Heat Is On

Homicide vet Melissa Leo wins raves for Frozen River

"...Melissa Leo garnered accolades for her long-running portrayal of Sgt. Kay Howard in Homicide: Life on..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...March 22 was a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season,..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Horror … the Horror …

Make it stop!

"...While free of John King's unadulterated douchebaggotry, the MSNBC debate is almost stiflingly painful to watch, for..."

Feb. 26, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

DVDanger: The Harvest

Is it finally the Henry successor we wanted?

"...How do you follow up on a masterpiece? There can be few greater burdens to..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...2010 when she spotted Esmeralda Barrera right up in front of the stage. Barrera was "so enthusiastic," Blue recently..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is clear and bright, and there is a..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...They don't slouch in high heels on plush sofas. They..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Two Kids in the Bush

Council Nixes Plans for More Cops on Hand

"...More cops on the street. That's been the banner cry heard at..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

"...On Sunday night, 300 young people sat in the street..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...days before he died, Kevin Alexander Brown got a phone call from his friend Wesley Smith. Smith, who wanted..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals

Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets

"...The last time I felt genuinely unsafe walking in the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"..."The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere" was originally published..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Let the Work Speak for Itself

Yaphet Kotto, the First African-American in Space

"...Yaphet Kotto has had the kind of career that must make other actors envious...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...unsafe ground." – "Six Bells Chime," by Crime & the City Solution, from the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' Wings..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...Just after 7pm on March 18, as the final traces of twilight dissolved..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Review: Doctuh Mistuh’s Lizzie: The Musical

America’s most infamous axe murderer gets a riot grrrl makeover

"...Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done,..."

July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...a Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag contained the pipe, the knife, five latex gloves, and Penny..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...After his mother and father passed away when he was young, Alberto..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Long Vindication

After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

"...For more than 35 years, Ronnie Barrs has insisted that he was not involved in..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Panic

"...Dorfman, Barbara Bain, John Ritter, Tracey Ullman, Neve Campbell, Donald Sutherland and William H. Macy. Panic is not exactly..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

David Simon is back with Treme, the new HBO series about a New Orleans ravaged – but still resilient – in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

"...let me say that any TV producer that has the good sense to bring Khandi Alexander to the screen..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What’cha Watchin’?

Digital Strategist Michael Bartnett queues up his next great binge fests

"...When I'm not flipping around between the Golf Channel and episodes of Cops, or staying up..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Screens Column

Copping Out

World cinema takes a swing at the police procedural

"...I don't know if I'm smart enough to float a workable..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Even if you're not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries

"...I have never been a fan of war-themed entertainment. The last ones that captured my attention were..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

ATX Television Festival Announces Panels

Friday Night Lights gets a reunion at Panther Field

"...ATX Television Festival announced a round of panelists, mostly people who..."

Feb. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Series

Before HBO's The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds, the television-consuming public was pretty much dependent on one show to foster its intimacy with Body-More Murdaland

"...Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete SeriesA&E Home..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

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