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Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

As the title implies, there’s a certain opacity to A Scanner Darkly's cautionary drug tale, but at times Richard Linklater's film can be as naked as the lunch on the end of your fork.

An interview with producer Tommy Pallotta and animators Jason Archer and Paul Beck

Waterloo Park, Saturday, July 1, 2006

If you leave the theatre with that awkward too-much-information feeling after peering into the director's self-exposed psyche, you will also remember his high-wire act that combines fact and fiction, drama and self-deprecating humor, honesty and self-delusion.

Caveh Zahedi on 'I Am a Sex Addict'

Austin picks up a 'Hitcher'; Linklater's Cannes deux attitude; and the rest

Women on Life, Love, Work, and Pulling It All Together in Your 30s

Zilker Park, Saturday, December 10, 2005

Stephen lovingly remembers his time designing couture for Zach Scott Theatre

The plot realistically mimics a teenager’s adriftness and tendency toward hairpin-turn mood shifts as it bounds from the wonderfully affecting to the decidedly idiosyncratic to the occasionally absurd.

The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

The Off Center, Saturday, August 20, 2005

This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.

Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense – 3-D.

One big, crippling thought that makes you wonder how long John McManus has been waiting to confide it, this naturalistic first novel from the former Michener fellow and author of the short-story collections 'Born on a Train' and 'Stop Breakin Down' takes place in late-Eighties East Tennessee at the base of a ridge in the Smokies

This second incarnation of the Mike Judge- and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything, even better than the first.

Action: The state Senate and House incentive bills are in committee; a 'Scanner' delay; plus, Marc English, Joe Conway, and Sandra Bullock

Finding peace in the wonderful chaos of SXSW

SXSW picks & sleepers

Unlocking the enduring phenomenon of Cirque du Soleil

An unrestrained celebration of Nanci Griffith

Austin Playhouse's Enchanted April' taps the story's timeless charms and envelops you in a captivating glow, as warming as spring sunshine

Inside the production of Richard Linklater's 'A Scanner Darkly'

Updates on Robert's and Rick's adaptations, Texas on TV, and 'Dot' plays L.A.; plus, have you ever considered a double bill of 'Tarnation' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire'?

Panel Discussions: Further consideration on comix and graphic novels

Gift guide