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Mr. Leather Bear Austin 2015
Where the crack of hide and the plush of fur meet
"...deepest grrrowl of approval for the first ever Mr. Leather Bear Austin. This year, two communities – decadent leather..."

April 10, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Leather Jacket Love Story
"...Nicholas Worth and Morris Kight. Despite its rough-sounding title, Leather Jacket Love Story is a sweet-at-heart, romantic, gay comedy...."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leather Magnolias: In the Chair at Daddy's and Scruff's
How two gay-owned barbershops are changing the face and faces of East Austin
"...Cisco's Restaurant Bakery & Bar to bring "the gay leather version of Steel Magnolias" to East Sixth, Lasater explained...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

From Leather to Chiffon With Nina Proctor
Costume designer talks season 2 of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
"...popping colors to season 2, with a bright orange leather motorcycle jacket and a stunning turquoise robe. Proctor says..."

Aug. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Alexa Harrington

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather
Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014
"...in anticipation for heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest, whose leather-daddy lead singer, Rob Halford, hasn't ridden his Harley onto..."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Concessions, Admissions, Distractions, and Leather Pants
"...the coolest weapons, the neatest wire-fighting techniques, the newest leather pants, and the goriest guttings – to hold themselves..."

July 10, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Leather Jacket Weather
This year's Chaos in Tejas blobs Austin

May 19, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Feeling Extra Queer
'Interior. Leather Bar.' highlights what it's like to be an extra in an explicitly gay film
"...day to appear as patrons in the very real leather bars Friedkin filmed in, bars such as the Ramrod..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Ricki and the Flash
Meryl Streep, Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody combine talents, but where's the magic?
"...Clad in black leather pants, bangles, and dopey braids, Ricki Rendazzo (Streep) fronts..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Keep Austin Kinky
Austin Kink Weekend kicks up the heat with leather, fetish, and all sorts of delights in-between
"...Clinic and Waterloo Counseling. Fest fun starts with Friday's leather social, hosted by Austin Gears, and opening night party..."

April 8, 2022 Column by James Scott

These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Joshua Bingaman has discovered an under-served niche in men's footwear Ð and he's filling it with elegant, handmade boots.
"...day I picked up my vintage grey-and-white Steve Madden leather boots from the Austin Shoe Hospital, complete with a..."

Oct. 28, 2009 Design Post by Christopher Carbone

No One Said It Was the Wholesome Street Fair
Folsom Street poster has church panties in wad.
"...the historic Folsom Street – once the home of leather bar giants: The Tool Box, the Catacombs, and the..."

Sept. 29, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden doc.
"...off is so glorious in all its ripped-Levi’s and black-leather splendor that it’s all you can do to not..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Girls Go/ATX: The Peculiar Edition
Queertastic grrrl events this weekend, and every weekend
"...little community. From punktastic drag, to punk rockers and leather, this weekend only pretends to scare the faint of..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny
A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.
"...Big news for the leather lovers of Bat City: The Austin Eagle has their..."

April 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Panel Recap: Engineering the Future With Mushrooms and Diamonds
Not your weird aunt’s future, a cool future
"...Diamonds, leather, and meat have been consumer favorites for thousands of..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Shaft
Three Shafts are definitely worse than one in this failed revival of the blaxploitation classic
"...blaxploitation movie about a macho private eye who fancied leather coats and foxy ladies, a righteous cat glowering with..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step
"...can accuse Journey's Dawn of being. Instead, it's a hell-for-leather sprint through the first layers of the Abyss, adding..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness
"...intimately aware of – Aronofsky’s film is a raging, hellbent-for-leather polemic, but there’s much more than that going on..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hyperlocal for the Holidays
From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way
"...with the goal of "resurrect[ing] the timeless material of leather," according to her website, and she's been making beautiful..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Spectre
Spectre brings the spectacle, but it lacks a soul
"...Bond mythology: Greet Miss Moneypenny (Harris), enter those plush leather MI-6 doors, and receive a new assignment that sends..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Wither Chain Drive
Longtime patrons at a loss over sudden closure
"...Providing a home to Austin's leather and BDSM community (and then some) for nearly 30..."

April 3, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Kill the Messenger
Jeremy Renner stars in this crusading-journalist story that recounts the downfall of real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb.
"...story of his career. What Webb discovered, via dogged, shoe-leather reportage, was that the CIA had helped the U.S.-backed..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld: Awakening
When humans sniff out the existence of vampires and Lycans, all hell breaks loose.
"...returns as vampire Selene. She still wears skintight black leather like nobody’s business and works her leg muscles impressively..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The third book of Stieg Larsson's addictive Swedish trilogy is now onscreen.
"...follow-up can quite live up to the visceral, chilly, black-leather Euro-punch of director Niels Arden Oplev's original film in..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Baader Meinhof Complex
This gripping lesson in the recent history of terrorism is an electrifying, morally complex story of the evil that true believers do in the name of the greater good.
"...of course, on one's definition of “successful”), and a black-leather primer on the importance of haute couture when undertaking..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whiteout
Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal who must investigate a murder in Antarctica and wrap it up quickly because winter is starting in three days.
"...Underworld films were trashy fun – would that a leather-clad vampire or snarly lycan stumbled onto the set of..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Despite being the third entry in the Underworld series, this is a prequel story about the age-old war between the vampires and the werewolves.
"...who previously engaged Nighy tooth and nail as the black-patent-leather-clad Selene, are in for a sad day at the..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Four Letter Word
This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.
"...dismiss him as a “gay cliché,” a living, lisping, leather-vest-wearing, casual-sex-indulging, Oscar-Wilde-lite-bon-mot-tossing, ultimately damaging symbol of male homosexuality that..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Bank Job
When a gang of thieves break into some London safe-deposit boxes, they enter a world of police corruption, financial malfeasance, sexual degeneracy, political conspiracy, murder, torture, and upper-class salaciousness.
"...world: Call it the Pandora’s box genre. When Terry Leather (Statham) and his motley gang of thieves pop open..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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