Kimberley Jones
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Movie Review: A Man Called Otto
Tom Hanks' "grumpy old man" phase stumbles with this discordant comedy about death → Read More
Get Ready: Winter Weather on its Way
With freezing temperatures anticipated starting Thursday, Austinites are encouraged to take precautions – in particular, the so-called “four Ps”: > • People: Dress warmly for going outside, and don’t heat your home with a generator, grill, camp-stove, or any gasoline, propane, or charcoal-burning device because they generate deadly carbon monoxide gas. • Pets: Bring your pets inside. • Pipes:… → Read More
Austin FC Announces 2023 MLS Regular Season Schedule
Coming off an epic second season that included its first-ever playoffs run, Austin FC looks to top itself in its third season, which kicks off Feb. 25. The season opens with back-to-back home matches at Q2 Stadium against 2023 MLS expansion club St. Louis CITY SC and last year’s Eastern Conference runners-up CF Montréal on Saturday, February 25 and Saturday, March 4 respectively. The regular… → Read More
The Year’s Best TV (According to Me)
Star Wars gets gritty as The White Lotus flowers again → Read More
10 Holiday Treats for Dogs (and Their Humans)
1) For the designated dog in your life: Tito's Vodka's "ugly sweater"-inspired line; we're partial to the "Uglier Hoodie" (store.titos → Read More
Movie Review: She Said
The journalistic investigation of Harvey Weinstein gets the rage but not the tension → Read More
Movie Review: My Policeman
Harry Styles' celebrity overshadows this bloodless period drama → Read More
Academy Excludes Apollo 10 1/2 From Oscar Consideration, Prompting Appeal: Animators push back at Academy committee bias
On Friday, IndieWire's Eric Kohn broke news that in July the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' animation committee had rejected Richard Linklater's Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood for consideration in the Oscars' Best Animated Feature Film category. A letter from the committee explaining the decision said that the group "does not feel that the techniques meet the definition of… → Read More
Movie Review: God's Creatures
Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community → Read More
Don't Worry Darling
Even Florence Pugh can't save this heavy-handed thriller → Read More
Movie Review: Confess, Fletch
Jon Hamm's laconic detective is too laid-back for his own good → Read More
Texas Tribune Festival Adds Newsom, Clinton, Cruz to 2022 Lineup
TribFest takes place in Downtown Austin Sept. 22-24 → Read More
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Small-screen stately manor still can't fill the big screen → Read More
SXSW Film Review: More Than Robots: Sweet family doc profiles STEM dynamos
Can I tell you a secret? Docs about kids taking part in competitions – that’s my Kryptonite. I see young people earnestly applying themselves, striving for greatness – in a spelling bee, a step contest, a wild mustang-training competition – and my inner blubberer is unleashed. The family-friendly More Than Robots falls nicely into that lineage, as it follows some remarkable teenagers and their… → Read More
SXSW Film Review: Crows Are White: Buddhist monks doc morphs into journey of self-discovery
Buddhist monks doc morphs into journey of self-discovery → Read More
Movie Review: Cyrano
Musical rewrite of the tragic love triangle never hits the high notes → Read More
Austin Water Issues Citywide Boil Water Notice
Customers asked to curtail water use as much as possible → Read More
Binge the New Year: The Best TV of 2021
Whether you want gloom or gaiety, small-screen highlights to get you into 2022 → Read More
Austin FC Enlists Black Joe Lewis to Announce 2022 Schedule
A new video from Austin blues, soul, and rock combustor Black Joe Lewis accompanies the unveiling of Austin FC 2022 gamedays. Filmed at Eastside venue Hotel Vegas, the clip features local soccer supporters decked out in their Verde best. Onstage, Lewis and his band the Honeybears revisit raucous, retro-styled 2017 track “Freakin’ Out.” The video sounds the proverbial trumpet for what Austin FC… → Read More
Hassle-Free Gifts for the Foodie on Your List
Ship It! You know what's a real pain? Buying, wrapping, and shipping presents. That's like three whole steps. Offload all that work on somebody else! The Texas Food and Wine Alliance's new Texas Treats boxes (order munchmail.com/texas-treats) come in two sizes ($59, $99) and corral munchables from small-batch producers all around the state, such as sea salt crackers from Austin's the Sourdough… → Read More