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They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

Somehow George W. Bush becomes president and takes Jimmie Vaughan with him. Swine.

Don't know what gift to get your couch potato? Well, why not buy your spud-butt a book? Yes, a book.

Documentary about the effort to place children of European Jews during WWII within safe homes in England.

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

Austin Film Festival Reviews

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

Austin's live music scene turns up missing.

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

Looking for something to watch this Easter? Try a little history lesson with George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. Also, Antiques Roadshow comes to Austin; Great Writers, Great Cities premieres on PBS; no one takes the flap for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.

Environment, Neighborhoods Set the Tone for Place 2 Race

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

SUVs are not sluggish, the Internet is not homogenous, and roads are not decongestants.

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

Two new specials focus on the Internet -- one on its remarkable past, one on its potentially hazardous future; also, Showtime launches the Latino Filmmaker Showcase.

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

TV crews come to cover Austin's music scene as more musicians split for more lucrative climes; the Flatlanders keep it intimate, and more stuff happens, too.

Neighborhood Services office aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

Nineteen ninety-nine: hot, dry, and touristy.

Our readers talk back.

Hankering for millennium specials? Got 27 hours to kill? Find out what's in store this holiday season on the boob tube.

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.