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Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

Is Austin being prude?

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

Words and images to preserve Jesse 'Guitar' Taylor

The new play 'Voices of Valor' records the memories of a generation that won the war abroad and at home

Dick Rude on 'Let's Rock Again!' and the legacy of Joe Strummer

What's left to spoof? Why, romance movies, of course.

Unoriginal but pleasantly prosaic, Woody Allen's latest is a diverting story of crime, love, and luck that conducts itself with a refreshing absence of moral judgment and omniscience.

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

Hallström’s latest is fine but unambitious, content with what it is – an arthouse trifle with tricorner hats, corsets, and powdered wigs.

A Farrelly brothers comedy that purports to have a message about treating the intellectually challenged as regular human beings and stars Johnny "Jackass" Knoxville is about as disingenuous as a comedy that urges us to see past a person’s body size to appreciate the beauty within and stars Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit.

This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico – a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.

One of the better in a small field of serious analytical tomes on the topic, despite the commanding, hyperbolic exclamation in its title, mirroring the often breathless voice used by bloggers

November, starring Courteney Cox, is a dense, dark head-trip of a movie that seems like the bastard offspring of Memento and Mullholland Dr.

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

And not surprisingly, the big money goes to Republicans

In his English-language debut, Gael García Bernal plays one of the sides of a twisted love triangle

A superstar DJ goes deaf in Ibeza in this mockumentary that observes his process of coping.

Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

Austin Community College annexation and Round Rock ISD school board elections

The second annual TriParTite Film Festival

Eeek! A precious, affluent white woman is lost! Eeek! Evil looms around every corner, and the biggest victim of all? Plus, here comes Jenny Hart.

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

Summer shoots, Senate bills, and a few film festivals you should know about; plus, Bob Ivy plays with dolls