Dancing About Architecture

SXSW kicks into gear, Eric Johnson gets intense, and things keep falling apart

"...Carney (San Francisco), Peter Case (Los Angeles), Catherine Wheel (London), Chainsaw Kittens (Norman, Okla.), Chlorine (Houston), Terri Clark (Nashville),..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Scanlines

"...show Harry Fabian (Widmark) running through the streets of London, pursued by an unknown man, heading toward his apartment...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature

Ifs, Ands, or Butts

British Modernist Mary Butts

"...and in Scotland, then attended Westfield College and the London School of Economics, receiving training as a social worker...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...to Benjamin West, an American painter then residing in London, that "...In this country as You rightly observe there..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...far more than a similar attempt made by her London equivalent Erica Echenberg, And God Created Punk with Mark..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Austin Film Festival Review: Blitz

Steve McQueen’s history of the London air raids misses the target

"...Small Axe, he gave a history of sorts of London’s West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s. Those..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Living

Bill Nighy explores the inner desperation of a very proper Englishman

"...Mr. Williams, a paper pusher in post-World War II London's council offices whose job involves keeping close track of..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet: "Alleyway Chefs"

British comedy short screening at Austin Film Festival

"...set in the back alley behind a restaurant in London's Chinatown, on the fringes of the heaving night life..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Duked!

Gloriously idiotic horror-comedy pits Scottish youth against aristocratic killers

"...now-defunct Ealing Studios. Between 1930 and 1959, the West London company produced dozens of films in every genre. Yet..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Big Ugly

Vinnie (Jones) goes to (West) Virginia

"...one, and here it's attracted Vinnie Jones. As aging London enforcer Neelyn, he's not top of the heap, but..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 105 Acts

Whoop-Szo, Blood, Fennesz, and La Meme Gang join the fest

"...Drag Syndrome (London, England)..."

Jan. 30, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Song of Names

Holocaust drama about a missing musical prodigy never finds its rhythm

"...appear for his widely anticipated concert debut. All of London’s cultural elite are in attendance when Dovidl’s guardian and..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Aeronauts

Ballooning adventure never drops its baffling meet-cute ballast

"...flight from industrial Wolverhampton in the English Midlands to London – because nowhere exists in the UK except London..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jesus Christ Superstar 50 Years On

New North American tour of JCSS launches in Austin Oct. 9

"...– but it ran for almost two years. The London production, which opened in 1972, fared better, running eight..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

All Is True

"Who is it that can tell me who I am?" Not this Shakespeare biopic.

"...family he left behind to pursue his success in London. This was in 1613, soon after Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hellboy

Hellboy is back, and this time he's R-rated

"...blood (and this is bloody: Marshall exsanguinates half of London, with some incredibly impressive and gruesome monster designs). However,..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Turns Out Final Weekly Band List

De La Soul, Mavis Staples, Ximena Sariñana highlight 10th lineup drop

"...Elderbrook (London, England)..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"...Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee in the grimy and depressing London suburb of Croydon because a) everyone keeps mentioning it,..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Pink House

Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.

"...adorable two-story in the small Connecticut town of New London, and any homeowner that has poured their heart into..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Sixth Artist List

Bully, White Reaper, Wye Oak, and 99 more luftballons

"...(Long Beach, Calif.) Harrison Lipton (Brooklyn, NY.) Hilang Child (London, England) Hok (San Antonio) I Am Snow Angel (New..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Proud Mary

Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience

"...but silly misfire from the director of the abysmal London Has Fallen that attempts to walk the walk without..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soccer Watch

"...minute of silence in Australia for victims of the London terror attack… Speaking of which, "Fuck you, I'm Millwall"..."

June 16, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

The Mummy

Tom Cruise does the monster mash

"...I noted direct lifts from An American Werewolf in London, The Abyss, and, yep, lots of do-overs from that..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...Dua Lipa (London, England)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...lurid neo-soul, distorted electro-punk, and classic rock boogie-down abandon, London's Greighwolfe produces a boundary-busting take on the fanciful notion..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Music List 10

The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added

"...The Damned (London, England)..."

March 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music List No. 9

Spoon, Atmosphere, Charles Bradley, and 243 more added

"...A.G. Cook (London, England)..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...Amber London (Houston)..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Grace London

"...Grace LondonBrains..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Review by Neph Basedow

SXSW Music: List No. 6

Music conference adds 92 acts

"...2:54 (London, England)..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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