Fences

Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play

"...directing himself and, holy smokes, does he knock it out of the park with a vicious, visceral performance that..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man Down

A soldier struggles with PTSD

"...Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, provided LaBeouf with his breakout role in 2006. Despite working effectively in several emotional..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bleed for This

A boxer returns to the ring in this conventional drama

"...The obsessive energy that marked Miles Teller’s breakout performance as the young drummer in Whiplash is also..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films

"...If you were going to make a film about one of the worst man-made disasters of all time,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Queen of Katwe

This Disney film rises above the usual underdog sports cliches

"...the odds, an illiterate, dirt-poor girl from the slums outside Kampala, Uganda, discovers that she is a chess prodigy,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Connecting More Than Dots With Cloud Tree Artist Brian David Johnson

Wood and resin beautifully encode philosophies in this new solo show

"...born, we don’t die – we just bubble up out of something and then bubble back down. And that..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...Driving in a cab across Tel Aviv, I thought about it – as I did early one morning walking..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Filling the Gap

In the wake of Uber and Lyft's exit, drivers and riders look for alternatives

"...to rely on the juggernaut TNCs are now figuring out how to get around the city...."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Cutting hair and cutting up

"...shootin’ the shit again at Calvin’s Barbershop on the South Side of Chicago in this serious-minded but laugh-out-loud second..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

City of Gold

Eat out with Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic

"...Boulevard,” for the alternative L.A. Weekly in 1998 – about eating his way down one very long block of..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW: Mars Experience VR

You're not going to Mars. But you can have the next best thing.

"...Today’s five-person panel of engineers, analysts, and designers working on the Mars 2030 virtual reality experience has some..."

March 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Film Panel: A Conversation With Jake Gyllenhaal

Acclaimed actor talks about fear and apathy

"...his SXSW conversation with David Gordon Green, it's really about finding a character that will drive him. The pair..."

March 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...and his co-Kommandos are the ones tasked with cleaning out the gas chambers and the overflowing crematoria, going through..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

MondoCon Keeps the Fans Happy

Movies, comics, posters, and music highlight MondoCon Year Two

"...taking place during ACL," noted Mondo regular Kevin Tong. "Out of one fire, into the lava pit."..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Intern

Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in savvy but irksome film

"...of soft-focused cinematic takes on topics du jour: the working mom, the empowered divorcée, senior sex. Meyers has always..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hole in the Wall in Danger of Closing

Tenant and landlord offer different accounts on negotiations

"...and have given him every opportunity to work something out, which included several concessions from the landlord. Instead of..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Celesbians Take Pride

Girls With Flair! bring Camila Grey and Kate Moennig to Pride

"...be her first time performing in Austin since coming out, it will be Grey’s first out Austin Pride and..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

6 Years

Filmed-in-Austin relationship drama captures local culture

"...It is a predictably banal and occasionally melodramatic story about young adults who’ve been a romantic couple for six..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Southpaw

This boxer's story is familiar, but Jake Gyllenhaal is all new

"...camera is, too – in this otherwise familiar movie about the comeback of a champion boxer. The sharp performances..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gallows

Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound

"...million. Blumhouse Productions produced that film, and continues churning out sequels (the sixth one drops this fall) as well..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ships and Giggles Show Tips Waitstaff Overboard

Comedian Rob Gagnon and friends take it to the river

"...gonna go, but no matter how this show turns out, it’s gonna be a story.”..."

July 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Stereo

Indie romantic comedy doesn't resonate

"...spin or radical narrative disruption for it to stand out from all the other self-made movies about white male..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chris Cubas Headlines Cap City on July 4th!

And July 1st and 2nd and 3rd, too – how ’bout that?

"...And all you Johnny-Come-Latelies who are, oh, you’re all about the Cubas, now that the guy’s been featured on..."

June 30, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...Trevor (Pearce, a stealthy heart-bruiser), who’s ripped and religious about his whole-body holistic mission – asks Danny what his..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...cuts and a staff shake-up, which left the fest without an executive director, CLAIFF 2015 looks poised to be..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback: Experiencing a Broadened Euphoria

EDM breaks out, Agony Column returns

"...trap king RL Grime (Sun.). But Euphoria also fleshes out to offer diversity beyond the decks...."

April 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Get Hard

Send this one directly to comedy jail

"...color, is intimately familiar with prison life. Topical, interracial, fish-out-of-water laughs ensue. Well, not really, unless you find homophobic,..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spring

A genre-tinged story about a love affair abroad keeps us guessing

"...genre as you're watching it. The result might turn out to be a deal-breaking tonal trainwreck, but when such..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Hero Returns

Vince Young carves out a second career at UT-Austin

"...as young as pre-K, have relationships with high schools throughout the state, work to engage the Austin community at..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...tucked into a corner booth at Magnolia Cafe on South Congress to discuss his progress on a yearlong series..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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