Moontower 5: First Wave of Comics Announced

Martin Short and Kevin Smith lead the laugh makers for 2016

"...a point of looking beyond the ranks of standard stand-up to comedy acts that will earn it that "…..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Esther's Follies: ROT Rally Raconteurs

Kerry Awn hosts a stand-up showcase for everyone high on the hogs

"...chromed ape-hangers and unleash a flood of applause for stand-up comedy on Dirty Sixth this weekend...."

June 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Senator Reversal

Hutchison stays true to form by backtracking on resignation promise

March 31, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry Rejects Stimulus Funds for Unemployment

Governor announces rejection of cash in Houston

March 12, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Reeling in the Years with Ray and Rusty

"...course, the Austin Music Awards. Paul Ray was my stand-up guy, my right-hand man, my confidante and sounding board..."

Feb. 11, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Williams Savors First NFL Win

Oct. 1, 2006 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Grosse Pointe Blank

The film is a wacky joyride through a hit man's high school reunion.

"...much beyond the actor's previous roles, it's still a stand-up performance. Fans of Circle of Friends will see Driver..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Effy Gibbes Is Making Wrestling Gayer

The queer athlete dishes on his upcoming Austin match

Jan. 10, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Elizabeth Warren Leads “Conversations on America's Future”

First day of SXSW/Texas Trib collab rolls out 2020-themed one-on-ones

March 10, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The House of Tomorrow

Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moontower Comedy 2018: Full Lineup, Schedule

Amanda Seales, Dulcé Sloan, Ted Leo late additions to fun

"...Sloan, musician Ted Leo, and a host of local stand-ups, among them Baskets breakout star Martha Kelly...."

March 30, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star

“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"

"...Magyar was working the city's stand-up scene prior to her transition, which she began nearly..."

July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Out of the Gutter

Sober family men, the Bulemics?! Who ARE these punks?!

April 1, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Q&A: Mike Watt

Econo-jamming bass man headlines an alternate ACL

Oct. 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...Yes, and it's a hilarious juggernaut of stand-up and podcasts and a few bits of sketch comedy..."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

A hardscrabble, heartbreaking, love-and-death affair is gorgeously captured in David Lowery's Texas feature.

"...script plays down Foster’s own yearnings (he’s obviously a stand-up gentleman of the old-school variety) and the whole film..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Like Who?

Baratunde Thurston lightens up the conversation on race, technology, and social change

"...addict, and an in-demand public speaker, Thurston regularly does stand-up. The man is funny...."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler has finally found his audience: 3-year-olds. Maybe he should stop making movies already and just rent himself out for kids’ parties.

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ten

Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.

"...in this format, where he is center-stage like a stand-up comedian. Most of his monologues fall flat, sometimes embarrassingly..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Talk to Me

Cheadle leads a great cast through a musical glance at D.C. in the Sixties and Seventies.

"...guide his career (against Petey’s wishes) toward television and stand-up comedy. Despite its earnest attempts at power drama, the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Training Day

"...this actor, who is so frequently cast as the stand-up, do-right man, portray a cop so dirty he'd need..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Adapted for film from the off-Broadway musical hit, this movie is a rousing screen spectacle about a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany (played charismatically by John Cameron Mitchell, the show's creator and film director).

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nurse Betty

"...as Chris Rock. He may just be the best stand-up comedian of his generation, but anyone who saw him..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Interview

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Monument Ave.

"...as The Ref (also directed by Demme) or his stand-up routines, this movie may come as a bit of..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Silence of Neto

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's Love Got to Do With it

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds

This aerial dance company's production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up

Oct. 30, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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