Levitation Review: The Make-Up

Frugging, shrieking, chanting, walking across upraised palms

"...Sixties NYC rock primitives the Fugs had a manifesto-as-song, “Frenzy.” The Make-Up don’t cover..."

April 29, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Sound on Sound Fest Make-Up Shows

Salvage includes Grizzly Bear, Cannibal Corpse, Noname

"...Eleven days ago, hours before the start of ACL Fest, the Austin music community received..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Break-Up

Thirtysomething icon Jennifer Aniston grieves a failed relationship in one half of the movie, while thirtysomething icon Vince Vaughn grows up in the other.

"...leaving this considerably anticipated matchup between lovable Vaughn and the Woman Who by All Rights Should Have Had Brad’s..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Down the Hill, Up the Hill, Into the Cave

Where the bad man in the ape suit and diving helmet touched me

"...The reason I'm so comfortable insisting that films work on..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Do the Tighten Up

'Texas Funk' Spreads the Little-known Gospel

"...something good in your own back yard. Such is the case with Texas Funk, released last fall on London-based..."

May 16, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Don't Destroy One Life to Make Up for the Destruction of Another

"...did a well-informed and well-reasoned job of laying out the case that we can't destroy one precious human life..."

May 21, 2010 Postmarks

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...sit in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Voting From the Bottom Up

Take advantage of your downballot opportunities to create real change

"...don't need to be told to go vote when the time comes. You may be uncertain how to cast..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Shut the Hell Up!

"...Dear Editor, Hey, to all you local weathermen and women. How about you shut the hell up?..."

Feb. 20, 2006 Postmarks

We Have an Issue: From the Ground Up

How we accidentally ended up with an Earth Day issue

"...I've never liked the performative aspect of Earth Day themed issues or special..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...was about a year and a half ago when the cash-soaked entrepreneurs who were riding the crest of the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Verde Report: Austin FC Is the Wake-Up Call Its Texas Rivals Needed

FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo open their checkbooks to sweeten their rosters

"...splashy entrance into Major League Soccer last year as the league's 27th franchise and its third in the state..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Make Up Your Minds!

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"..."The only real letdown is 'Pancho and Lefty,' which rolls..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

From the Bottom Up

"...School last week to deliver a talk sponsored by the KLRU Distinguished Speakers Series. Introduced by UT economist James..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

T.A. Brown and Menchaca: From the Ground Up

New beginnings for two elementary schools

"...The Austin Independent School District took a few steps this..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Interview: UK Art-Rockers Dry Cleaning Make Up for Lost Time

Upon 4AD reissue of fully formed 2018 debut EPs

"...supposed to debut at South by Southwest in 2020, the UK post-punks had two EPs’ worth of material, and..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...A man jumps onto the hood of a car and fires both barrels of..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

"...lives up to its hype. Overfiend has been making the rounds of the Japanimation underground for a year or..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Face Off Recap: The Subtle Blade

Someone gets a dressing down in the latest episode of the Syfy show

"...There have been a lot of big stunt challenges in..."

Feb. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sea Inside

Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.

"...Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura and Joan Dalmau. Among the obvious list of things that make moviegoers feel good..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nói Albinói (Nói the Albino)

This bewitching Icelandic film mines frozen veins of resentment and quirky, black-ice humor.

"...in one month’s time? It must be summer. Like the recent icy-hot import The Seagull’s Laughter, this equally bewitching..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Iron Ladies

"...Siridhana Hongsophon, Gorgio Maiocchi, Gokgorn Benjathikul and Jessdaporn Pholdee. The Iron Ladies, which recounts the unlikely true-life triumph of..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Getaway

"...Madsen, Richard Farnsworth and James Wood. This remake of the 1972 Peckinpah gem lacks the Ali McGraw/Steve McQueen heart..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

"...Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Jessica Lynn Cohen and The New York City Ballet. Since its debut as a..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Collin Shook Strikes a Chord With Jazz Pop-Up Series

Monks Jazz Club improvs a hit for the pop-up pianist/promoter

"...corner and faces a mixing desk and video camera. The rest of the space bulges with pianos in various..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Square

A scathing and uncomfortable satire of the art world

"...Meet Christian (Bang), an affluent, charismatic man who is the chief curator for a prestigious contemporary art museum in..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Angry Birds Movie

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a game! It's a movie!

"...sure who requested this 3-D animated film version of the 2009 avian vs. porcine mega-app, but the seven-year gestation..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Closing the HIV Gap

More education, preventive tools needed

"..."We've let these populations of color down by not targeting disparities," says..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Katniss Everdeen goes from Hunger Games victor to emblem of the revolution

"...Julianne Moore, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright, Mahershala Ali and Natalie Dormer...."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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