The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo

"...The patriarchy gets another lashing from Yorgos Lanthimos in his..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Closing Arguments Made in the Killing of Austin Black Lives Matter Protester

Daniel Perry is accused of murdering Garrett Foster

"...on two feet,” said Guillermo Gonzalez, lead prosecutor of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. “It’s about a man..."

April 6, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

"...On Sunday night, 300 young people sat in the street at the corner of Fourth and Congress, utterly..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Seeking Justice for the Killing of Alex Gonzales

Gonzales’ mother says, “I will not stop”

"...Joseph Chacon to discipline Gabriel Gutierrez and Luis Serrato, the officers involved in one of the more troubling police..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

True story of police killing comes to visceral, dreadful life

"...Dread pervades every moment in The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, writer/director David Midell’s dramatic re-creation..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Killing of Two Lovers

Traumatizing tale of a collapsing marriage is a taut masterpiece

"...The opening scene trembles with audacious literalness. Framed in an..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'Slow Dance on the Killing Ground'

"...Dear Editor, The city of Austin's failure to provide effective and mindful..."

Sept. 30, 2007 Postmarks

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a neat farmhouse stood on..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Killing Fields

What Bush didn't know about Cambodia.

"...that debate, one unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdrawal was paid by millions of..."

Aug. 23, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...Life cut short for no good reason. The story is as old as what's now called Texas,..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Killing of Sister George

"...stir when it was first released. Today, some of the stereotypes may chafe, but the movie remains funny and..."

July 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...writer Herman Koch’s 2009 bestselling novel, this will mark the third time his book has jumped onto the big..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Wall

Two American soldiers face off with an Iraqi sniper

"...scribe Dwain Worrell gets his feature debut shot at the screenwriters’ brass ring in this tale of two U.S...."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Destination

This new addition to the ongoing film series takes a terrific premise and turns it ho-hum.

"...Fiscella and Justin Welborn. Committed Fangorians (i.e., fans of the gorecentric slick horror mag, as opposed to, you know,..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hunted

"...Toro, Connie Nielsen, Jenna Boyd and Leslie Stefanson. Possibly the least cost-effective game of hide-and-seek ever devised, The Hunted..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Glass Shield

In this often overlooked film by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep With Anger), a black cop in an all-white police station confronts racism from his colleagues and incredulity from his family and community

"...Ironside, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Gregory and Bernie Casey. The movie starts off with bright, full-frame cartoon images: car..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Man in Prison for Decades Over Killing of His Sexual Abuser Is Released

Judge says: “All of the systems failed you”

"...Jim Young was one of the Travis County prosecutors who helped send Alvin Stewart to..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Favourite

Period drama puts power and personality first

"...Power is a fickle thing. There are those who hold it that have no idea..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Walking Dead Marathon, Friday, March 4

Did you miss The Walking Dead the first time? Here's your second chance

"...All six episodes of The Walking Dead will air back-to-back Friday, March 4, starting..."

March 1, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing

Lawsuit argues killing was "a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin"

"...The killing of Mike Ramos by police last spring was..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Scarlet Letter

"...Plowright, Amy Wright and Robert Prosky. If Roland Joffe's (The Killing Fields, The Mission) version of The Scarlet Letter..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Sister Act Two: Back in the Habit

"...spell crass? When it is so patently obvious that there is no reason to make a movie other than..."

Dec. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald‎

Fewer beasts, but a much better story, make this sequel magical

"...Directed by: David Yates. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Jude Law,..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Review: Until the Flood

Theatre en Bloc makes a sacred space for us to hear Ferguson

"...There is a serenity to the space, with its dozens..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jonah Hill Goes Back to the Mid90s

Director's debut is a film he can stand by

"...Jonah Hill and the cast of his debut feature as a director, Mid90s,..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get to the Bottom of 'Top of the Lake'

New miniseries premieres on the Sundance Channel Monday

"...Top of the Lake, the new project from director Jane Campion (The..."

March 17, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

The Cove

This marvelously made agitprop documentary exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania.

"...Directed by: Louie Psihoyos. “The dolphin’s smile is nature’s greatest deception,” notes one of..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Story of the America That Got Left Behind'

The Wire's creator, David Simon, speaks at UT

"..."He had many good qualities," David Simon said of the man the award he received last night was named..."

March 19, 2008 Screens Post by Wells Dunbar

Ministering to the Dead

A death row chaplain has a change of heart in At the Death House Door

"...If there is such a thing as a typical convenience-store killing,..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

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