The Inheritance

Legacies in the Black community through a French New Wave lens

"...Black separatist group that built their confraternity on natural living in a communal setting, and everything Africa built was..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Yellow Rose

The real New Country in this very Austin story of musical roots

"...confrontations, and revelations as Rose navigates the tumult of living and working undocumented all while searching for her mother...."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

The King of Staten Island

Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy

"...in his mom's house, paying daily homage to the living room shrine to his dad. It's a space that..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

63 Up

The British documentary series about growing up faces growing old

"...up at, a trio of working-class girls, two boys living in a charitable home, another who grew up on..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin at Large: Take It From a Ninja ...

You know, you could just not say anything. Try that.

"..."not being ninja" has been his go-to design for living since the mid-Eighties. How's that working out for him?..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...a decades-old conspiracy that has quite possibly poisoned every living creature on Earth...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: The Definition of a Double Standard

There's no difference other than the equipment

"...with their exes. Most people, however, don't spend time alone with their exes in their apartments. They also don't..."

March 8, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...the country are finding they can't maintain these spaces alone," says Heath Riddles, CEO of the Pease Park Conservancy...."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...shabby pubs where day drinkers nurse tumblers of scotch alone at the bar. It may sound like a downer,..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Knuckleball

Southern Gothic in in the Canadian heartland

"...was raised in the 1930s: That’s a byproduct of living in the remote rural areas, that there’s a lag..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...by needing a stylish shoe for any occasion while living in Madrid, Monxi Garza was able to blend comfort..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Rock the Kasbah

Bill Murray is a music promoter who finds his next client in Afghanistan

"...all, tied neck-and-neck with Steve Martin as the best living Hollywood comedian able to do serious drama with droll..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amplify Austin 2015: Under the Rainbow

We hat-tip the Amplify nonprofits that serve and support LGBTQIA

"...with illness so they don't have to do it alone. www.thecarecommunities.org..."

March 3, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...Nosferatu is to vampires what Night of the Living Dead is to zombies: Everything you think of, and..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Life Support

The complicated system that is the Austin-Travis Co. EMS is nationally recognized for saving lives. As Austin continues to grow, can the system save itself?

"...services for their own geographic areas, while retaining the stand-alone paramedic services of ATCEMS. There are also those who..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Love Is All You Need

Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier lightens her tone with this grown-up romantic comedy that stars Pierce Brosnan.

"...find her husband, Leif (Kim Bodnia), on the couple’s living-room couch schtupping a woman (“Thilde from accounting,” played by..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Beer. Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: 'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'

In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness

"...I want can't be found by looking. Only by living."..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

127 Hours

An unrelenting tour de force thanks to Simon Beaufoy's clever script, Danny Boyle's inspired direction, and James Franco's amazing performance, 127 Hours is primarily an unforgettable examination of the human spirit under extreme duress.

"...memoir with hellishly gripping aplomb. In case you've been living under a rock (or stuck in a crevasse), Ralston..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...whom experts say there are likely thousands in Texas alone, are generally out of luck. "Wrongful convictions proven by..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Neil Young

"...Are You Passionate? ('02), Greendale ('03), Prairie Wind ('05), Living With War ('06), Chrome Dreams II ('07), Fork in..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...for the sounds they made. When the music is living inside you, becoming the blood causing the heart to..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Off the Record

Spoon stays home for a sold-out three-night stand at Stubb's, while Little Joe Washington hits the hard streets of H-Town, and White Denim finally gets proper Exposion

"...were treated for heat exhaustion on Thursday's opening night alone, according to the South West Emergency Action Team. The..."

July 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Christmas Tale

Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.

"...croons Otis Redding from the scratched LP in the living room, but there doesn’t seem, at first, like there’s..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Those Mothers!

High-court ruling favors mothers over the Lone Star State

"...against her will at the ranch. With that information alone, hundreds of CPS investigators and police executed a raid..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Penelope

Christina Ricci and James McAvoy star in this modern-day fairy tale about a girl who's cursed with a pig's snout for a nose but must find true love before the curse can be removed.

"...dowry seekers who came before him, leaving poor Penelope alone with her thoughts, her self-loathing, and her mother (O’Hara),..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Honeydripper

John Sayles’ new drama is about life in a destitute African-American cotton-farming town in Jim Crow-era Alabama and the music that gave the region its mythology.

"...as line two. (If your woman leaves you all alone in the first line of a song, shouldn’t she..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Second Shot at 'Shootin' Match'

On the eve of the pending DVD release and Friday night's premiere of the restored and remastered The Whole Shootin' Match, Sonny Carl Davis and Lou Perryman reminisce about the late Eagle Pennell and the films they made together

"...a new documentary on the filmmaker, the creative but hard-living Eagle Pennell. In it, Richard Linklater talks about how..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Despite the film's good-natured sense of absurdity about the afterlife, it's not enough to make up for its lack of real humor or meaning.

"...order to get back to the world of the living (or at least the world of the accidentally dead,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Junebug

With this film built on a host of remarkably nuanced Southern characters, first-time filmmaker Phil Morrison announces himself with assurance and uniqueness of vision.

"...banquet hall of a church potluck, in Peg’s mail-order-pretty living room overstuffed with tchotchkes. Morrison likes to film these..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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