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Ancient VVisdom
Metallurgy
"...of most black metal bands. Yet don't discount the power of the band's new direction, as chugging riffs push..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Playback: Grohl Call
Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on
"...roused locals and visitors alike with his South by Southwest keynote last year, and again bolstered his Austin cred..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Low Down
John Hawkes plays junkie jazz musician Joe Albany in this film based on his daughter's memoirs.
"...of jazz in the Forties, but by the time we meet him at the beginning of Low Down, it’s..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: Boobs or Balls?
If you could re-live your life as either sex, which would it be?
"...places like Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are real shitholes if you’re a man, but they’re flaming..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Public Notice: City Hall Shark Tank
Council might be no fun, but there's lots of cool stuff going on this weekend
"...It's blood in the water time at Austin City Council, and..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Living and Dying on Asian Screens
Austin Asian American Film Festival is back
"...direct from cinematic Chinatown alleyways, and vengeful green dragons are all part of the seventh Austin Asian American Film..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look
New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun
"...The grass grows healthier there on turf lightly treaded compared to the chronically chalky park just across Riverside Drive...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Every Day Is Halloween
See No Evil 2, The Houses October Built, and LFO
"...Oh, Halloween. All that effort putting up decorations, handing out chocolate..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fresh Blood
The musical version of Carrie, no longer a legendary flop, makes a timely debut in Austin
"...1988 New York premiere was bewilderingly uneven: Some scenes were touching and well-performed, but it had numerous flaws, including..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Russell M. Dembin

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price
"...1973. In those two sentences, they throw in the towel on the dream. There had been counterculture movies by..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exceeding Themselves
Lawrence Wright's Thirteen Days in September tells how Carter, Sadat, and Begin made an impossible peace
"...moment in the not-too-distant past when peace was brokered between two of its bitterest enemies, Israel and Egypt. His..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Jon Pettis Rising
One man's life touches so many others
"..."Fire had engulfed the house. There were people on the roof trying to help others down..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Doubling Down
In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big
"...rights shouldn't have paid off so richly. The cards were not in your favor – indeed, the deck looked..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend
12:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits
"...years as a family in a vehicle following the Western swing juggernaut across the country...."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!
Let the Halloween countdown commence
"...Halloween is almost upon us. Well, close enough for horror..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

20,000 Days on Earth
This documentary (for which Nick Cave receives a script credit), gets inside the artist's notoriously fussy creative process.
"...death, insane religion, and loves lost, smothered, or, occasionally, disemboweled. And you’d be right, but only to a certain..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Learning More ABCs
Ascher, Barratt, and Fessenden dissect their anthology segments
"...already hard at work on his next documentary, The Nightmare, detailing the hellish experiences of victims of sleep paralysis...."

Oct. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Poughkeepsie Kid
Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona
"...Lickona exits to the side stage, his old friends are there: director Gary Menotti, floor manager Ray Lucero, producer..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Interviews
ACL Fest phoners
"...Englander. "It's interesting because I've had a lot of parents say to me, 'Oh, my 2-year-old really bounces around..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974
"...co-producer/co-writer Kim Henkel, Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen – all were UT grads. Teri McMinn, who played the ill-fated Pam,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What the Heart Wants
Healthy eating isn't always happy eating
"...sort of thing my family wanted to hear. They were, after all, gathered on the occasion of my first..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Gabrielle Hamilton Cooks in Austin
Award-winning chef and author is a guest during Austin Style Week
"...Hamilton, chef/owner of the popular Prune restaurant on Manhattan's Lower East Side, will present dinner Friday night on the..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Fantastic Fest 2014: Kung Fu Elliot
Outsider art gets ugly in this strange Canadian documentary
"...artist's life for Kung Fu Elliot, even the filmmakers are not sure...."

Sept. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Look of Silence
The devastating doc The Act of Killing has a follow-up act
"...“The past is past” is a refrain shared throughout Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence by both..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by William Goss

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Babadook
Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures disturbing spook story
"...look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook,” reads weary Amelia (Essie Davis) to her frightened son Samuel (Noah..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2014: When Animals Dream
There’s something hairy in Denmark
"...may be on 16-year-old Marie (Sonia Suhl, debuting as well), an ethereal outsider experiencing what might be called a..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: In Through the Out Hole
Like singing and dancing, everyone is a self-appointed expert when it comes to anal sex
"...an excellent example of the conflict that can arise between the theoretical and the empirical. Yes, sometimes the two..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Evidence of Things Not Seen
Lindsey Lane's new novel about a missing boy and the lives he touches: an excerpt
"...has made her mark as a writer in many areas: the stage, with the hit one-woman play The Miracle..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Lindsey Lane

How Do You Spell Trouble?
The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2
"...The cinematic siblings were at Fantastic Fest in 2012 with their second shocker,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: HAAM's Time of the Season
HAAM Day fills its coffers for uninsured live music capitalists
"...Rare are the entities in Austin music that transcend the..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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