DVDanger: 'Enemy'

Jake Gyllenhaal versus Jake Gyllenhaal. And spiders.

"...so oddly conventional/conventionally odd. But then there's the giant spiders...."

June 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Superior in nearly all ways to its predecessor, this second film in the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a welcome surprise.

"...rough-and-tumble Tauriel (Lilly) – and, oh yes, the giant spiders. What’s not to love? Well, the 161-minute running time,..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chaos in Tejas: Damned If You Don't

Fest adds UK punk legends, plus Iceage, more

"...and local faves including Mammoth Grinder and The Mind Spiders...."

Jan. 10, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Offseason Evolution

NFL knowledge we know to be trill

"...allies. Snakes are one of them, and so are spiders."..."

June 27, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Top 10s

"...1) Mind Spiders, Mind Spiders (Dirtnap)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...10) Mind Spiders, Mind Spiders (Dirtnap) Jim Caligiuri..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

This feature-length documentary explores Bourgeois' heady and challenging body of work

"...And head-spinning swirls beneath the bodies of Bourgeois' iconic spiders – dark, spindly-legged creatures pregnant with egg sacs – convey..."

July 31, 2009 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

El Gran Circo: The Aztlan Circus

In the same way that Aztlan Dance Company has revolutionized Latin dance, they take the circus and run with it in their new production, El Gran Circo: The Aztlan Circus

"...traveling fair just passed through, one that included jaguars, spiders, birds, mermaids, and mannequins, dancing to reggaetón, mambo, and..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...Austin's Ruta Maya International Headquarters encores the fireworks: the Spiders' hair-raising "Gimme Shelter," howled by a Merry Clayton stand-in;..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Endangered Spider Spooks the Feds

Fish and Wildlife Service declines to add rare cave spider to federal endangered species list, saying C. cueva doesn't exist; critter's supporters cry foul

"...actually the same species as two other closely related spiders, which provided some neat legal sleight-of-hand to deny the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor

Christmas With the Kranks

Holiday pap and circumstance.

"...upon whose novel (Skipping Christmas) this film is based. Spiders in their stockings and reindeer spore begriming their front..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

A Hollywood vessel of doom hunts for the Big Squeeze.

"...this vessel, so expect all kinds of bedlam (poisonous spiders! headhunters!). The actors – who are all uncommonly attractive..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...The SpidersMidnight, Room 710 The Spiders reside at the Boone's Farm-scented..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

TCB

What a sampling of the Austin music scene wants for Christmas.

"...THE SPIDERS..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Spider

"...birds and the bees via a tale of female spiders, who, she says, lay their huge egg sacks and..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE SPIDERS: Presently the hardest-rocking band in Central Texas, the Spiders..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

The Pianist

"...with his long, manicured fingers that move like decisive spiders and his thin, angular face with that too-prominent nose,..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Aboard for Middle Earth

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.

"...their way to the forest of Mirkwood, where giant spiders dwell, into the heart of Lonely Mountain, where the..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants

Come & get your Doctorate of Trivialogy.

"...Sydney funnelweb spiders are probably the world's most deadly spiders and have..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...THE SPIDERS: The Lord said, "Let there be rock!" And it..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

The Spiders Sex Is Thicker Than Blood (Unscene)

"...The SpidersSex Is Thicker Than Blood (Unscene) The Spiders are onto..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

System of a Down, La Zona Rosa, January 7

"...proving the band was tighter than late-Seventies designer jeans. "Spiders," about government mind control, and "Chicken Stew" preceded a..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Blattidae in the Park

"...Now, I've always loved spiders and their ilk. Jumping spiders, orb weavers, Daddy Long-Legses,..."

April 30, 1999 Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Record Reviews

"...Spiders (Universal)..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Review

Microcosmos

"...cocoons. Neon-hued caterpillars extending and retracting magenta curlicue antennae. Spiders building underwater homes out of air bubbles. Ants being..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 16-22

"...the mystery: Some of the gigantic images of birds, spiders, and other creatures are still visible today, but can..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Qmmunity: See You at the (Queer) Movies

Local filmmaker and UT professor PJ Raval hosts his students’ queer short film showcase at Hyperreal Film Club

"...on Whisper Street) and Lucy Griffith (The Place the Spiders Waved). As usual, this Cindy Huyser-hosted verse varietal is..."

May 2, 2025 Column by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 21-27

"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Spiders spin their webs with meticulous care, crafting structures that..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Review: The Python Hunt

How a man-made ecological disaster may be hiding a much worse sin

"...to the bottom for three species of land animals. Spiders have too many legs and eyes, scorpions' backs bend..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Collectively, spiders eat at least half a billion pounds of meat..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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