Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself
After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic
"...with perception or with Black Pumas, but reacting to childhood trauma. It helped me come to see that if..."
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Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Manodrome
Jesse Eisenberg is haunting as a fractured victim of MRA nonsense
"...job: and that's before even touching on his broken childhood as a pudgy little ginger, or seething homophobia with..."
Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut
Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat
"...The just-as-joyously disarming EP cover tributes Aguilar's cousin and childhood BFF, Kokiss...."
Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
AFF Review: Day of the Fight
Boxing drama hits hardest out of the ring
"...mind: first, a lengthy exchange between Mikey and a childhood friend turned priest (John Magaro). The pair talk in..."
Nov. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez
Death Watch: Execution Stalled for Death Row Inmate Turned Preacher
Will Speer's life will continue ... for the moment
"...present evidence of the abuse Speer endured throughout his childhood, evidence that could have persuaded his jury to give..."
Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”
Austin-made funny and compassionate look at body image in boys
"...a family emergency that put me back in my childhood home for about six weeks in Amarillo, Texas. I..."
Oct. 31, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
AFF Review: I'll Be There
Austin-made cancer dramedy casts a little MJ glitter over the pain
"...all of her siblings: all except AJ, and their childhood bond is shown in flashbacks that somehow always revolve..."
Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Preschool Funding Loophole has Tax Dollars Going to Religious Schools. Who Benefits?
Private school partnerships boost district enrollment
"...AISD has at least 16 partner facilities under the..."
Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
Death Row Inmate Preaches to Prisoners Daily. Now the State Plans to Kill Him.
Saving body and soul
"...salvation, is required to execute him on Oct. 26. Childhood and Murder..."
Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
A Very Special Frasier at We Luv Video
130 animators come together for a tribute to the sitcom
"...as Richard Linklater's Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood and Prime Video's Undone. Jess Wade mentioned it on..."
Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene
Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces
"...– the 12-string Colombian tiple, bandola, requinto, cuatro – childhood for Cruz manifested idyllic until country and countryside devolved..."
Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Texas to End Execution Hiatus on World Day Against the Death Penalty
After execution-free summer, death scheduled Oct. 10
"...Like most on death row, Murphy had a childhood marked by abuse and abandonment. His father was a..."
Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Fantastic Fest Review: The People's Joker
Transgressive trans satire of superheroes is a victory for good
"...recounts her life story. We hear about her hazy childhood in Smallville, Kansas, where she aspires to escape the..."
Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez
Circle Brewing Co. Closes; épicerie and Franklin Barbecue Bring the Brisketed Croissanty Brilliance; There’s a Coffee Festival and a Craft Brewers Festival and a Mediterranean Festival and – So Much Going On!
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...Austin’s Circle Brewing Co. (2340 W. Braker), founded by childhood friends Ben Sabel and Jud Mulherin, which is calling..."
Sept. 27, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award
Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers
"...the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents, appear to be living, just..."
Sept. 14, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Qmmunity: Carnival of Queers
A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend
"...Fare," Bubu recollects. Second on the inspo pin board? Childhood memories of local fairs. "I want to create that..."
Sept. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Nia Vardalos’ fossilized sequel to a sequel still has its charms
"...birthplace in remote Greece for a reunion of the childhood friends he left behind decades before. (Much of the..."
Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Historic Pease Elementary Becoming Child Care Center for AISD Teachers
Pease rises from the ashes with federal renovation funding
"...on the project, and also learning labs for early childhood educators. The bottom floor will provide child care for..."
Sept. 4, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon
Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival
Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop
"...divorce, Travis is forced to move back into his childhood home with his eccentric, newly sober mother...."
Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Drag Show Die Felicia Crawls Back in the Coffin
Wear black as Louisianna Purchase closes the crypt on the horror-themed show
"...or vampire-themed show, which Louisianna counts as their favorite childhood horror themes. They remain tight-lipped about their own next..."
Aug. 25, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott
Lawsuits Are Mounting Against Abbott's Border Operation
The Department of Justice, ACLU of Texas challenge scheme
"...between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, speaking to her childhood memories of crossing the border to attend dance class...."
Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham
Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger
Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added
"...min In 1969, a young Jud Crandall and his childhood friends band together to confront an ancient evil that..."
Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Luv Doc: Hard No
It's OK that you're not into Barbies
"...doll getup to help her live out her weird childhood fantasy every now and then. What are you worried..."
Aug. 11, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc
A Band Called Ma’s Slow Burn and Five More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Ifé Neuro, Kydd Jones, Fuvk, and more
"...acknowledging his stable present. Cultural references paint a modest childhood: wearing K-Swiss with thoughts of Air Jordan 4 Military..."
Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Elizabeth Braaten
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The heroes in a half shell evolve into their most stylish adventure yet
"...Rowe has described Mutant Mayhem as being inspired by childhood sketches, and the movie’s aesthetic adheres to the color-outside-the-lines..."
Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Spy Kids: Armageddon Starts Its Mission This September
Fifth film in Robert Rodriguez's series heads to Netflix
"...Fest and Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood) as their undercover parents...."
Aug. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Bio-doc of the psych rock pioneer leaves his later obscurity suitably untouched
"...Of course, it helps that Thorgerson and Barrett were childhood friends, opening up the designer's address book for every..."
July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Linklater's Hit Man Sets Its Sights on Venice
True crime flick to premiere at Venice before Toronto
"...the filmmaker's sets, having appeared in both his animated childhood adventure Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood and..."
July 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Cobweb
There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare
"...phone tree has been buzzing over Cobweb, an eerie childhood horror that builds to a truly and brilliantly disturbing..."
July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Austin Writer ire’ne lara silva Plans Her Year as Texas State Poet Laureate
Looking at the legacy of the honor
"...of migrant truck drivers, silva spent much of her childhood traversing the highways of South Texas, where she developed..."
July 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Genevieve Wood
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