Picking Up the TAB

The Travis Co. DA and the courts consider Texas Association of Business money spent during the fall campaign.

"...It's 1993, and Republicans are on the verge of attaining domination of statewide Texas politics --..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sliding Doors

"...Jeanne Tripplehorn, Douglas Mcferran and Zara Turner. Don't let the title fool you. Sliding Doors has nothing in common..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy on Trial

Come on baby, light my litigation

"...The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trialby John..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Rain Can't Stop the Music

UPDATE: ACL acts including Mowglis make alternate plans

"...else to play. If you still want to catch the cancelled acts from today's Austin City Limits Festival lineup,..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Exorcist

Mexican filmmaker Jaime Hermosillo thrusts his personal life into the public domain of cinema.

"...Homosexuality. Transsexuality. Religious hypocrisy. Fratricide. Pornography. Incest. Bigamy. These are but a few of the controversial subjects that..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Open Doors

"...Renzo Giovampietro and Renato Carpentieri. A loyal functionary in the fascist machine, fired for corruption, kills his boss, the..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Faces Behind Your Restaurants and Bars

A hospitality professional reflects on what happens when there are no more guests

"...We are the faces smiling back at you from behind the bar...."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jillian Whitlow

Homegrown Duo the Point Present a Feast of Talent With Berto's Banquet

When two old souls meet an Italian drummer twice their age

"...just for Austin blues, but for music collectors around the world. Walking into Antone's Record Shop, a Bukka White..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Gary Lindsey

37th Annual Austin Music Awards Kick Open Some Back Doors

Generations old and new nab honors and rock the Moody

"...Margaret Moser, who directed the AMAs for decades and turned the event into the..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...watered down to its point of broadest possible appeal, then you might take some solace in Drew Goddard’s Bad..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...Taylor. Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Allison Janney and..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Disappointments Room

Kate Beckinsale moves into a haunted house

"...woefully diminishing returns, scare-wise, and so let’s just say The Disappointments Room is aptly titled. I’d like to think..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

The eeriness is palpable but the suspense is not.

"...The British production company Hammer Studios, once the gothic horror..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...Things just don’t go bump in the night in The Quiet Ones. They resound with the..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Daily Hustle: 4/28/10

No 15% reduction to the Hustle's grind 

"...Council meets this morning for the latest iteration of their pre-budget financial forecast, this round..."

April 28, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...Southwest, so we've brought South by Southwest to you," the guard captain told the inmates huddled inside the chapel..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...In the chapel of the Travis County Correct-ional Complex on Friday..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film

"..."I got everybody in the band but the devil on tambourine," Miles Davis proclaimed..."

March 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...I saw Trainspotting there. Ditto for Belle Epoque. Watching David Thewlis in Naked..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Confronting Intimate Violence: A Dress Speaks: Heeding the Voice

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin.

"...All too often, the painful cry that is inspired by rape or abuse..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Shelter From the Storm

Residents Find Sanctuary at Job's House

"...photograph by Ada Calhoun By the time Isaac McNeese left Galveston in 1991, his life..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

The People Under the Stairs

Wes Craven mixes social injustice into urban horror

"...A young boy (Adams) from the black urban ghetto faces a dilemma. It's his thirteenth..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...Red River Street and beyond for booking agent- and genre-themed showcases alike...."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...1, following several hours of intense floor debate in the Texas House on a string of budget amendments seeking..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in The White Ribbon. A series of strange and nasty events..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Living in the Moment

MM Pack profiles legendary foodie Ann Clark.

"...and sharing, of real communion, of living fully in the moment...."

Nov. 8, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Wight Stuff

Message to Love: This Ain't No Woodstock

"...farm in upstate New York and a racetrack in Northern California lies a small island off the coast of..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force

"...Directed by: Hirohiko Yamaga. Starring: Robert Matthews, Melody Lee, Stevie Beeline, Lee Stone, Arnie Hanks and..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

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