DAY FOR NIGHT: So Soon in Houston!
I was standing in Times Square in bitterly cold temps last week waiting for an 11:57 p.m. immersive art project called “Counting Sheep” to start, which is where I realized that I had...
Category: festival
I had some things to say about the new movie “Jackie”
You can read my column about the new movie “Jackie” this morning in the Dallas Morning News. Your mileage may vary. Here are some of the other sights of the LBJ Library… View this...
The Edge of Fifteen
Like a lot of people, I’ve taken the news of Donald Trump’s election victory quite hard—harder than the results of any other election in my life. Since the heart-wrenching returns came in I’ve been...
Jane Doe at Fantastic Fest
You’ve heard the one about people whistling past the graveyard, to hide their fear? What would you say if you’d seen film festival-goers up to their elbows in a prop body? During Fantastic Fest...
Snapshots and Crowd Scenes From ACL 2016
During the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, I was busy talking to people in order to write a column for the Dallas Morning News about the festival. I grabbed a...
ACL Fest sells a watered-down version of the Texas mythos
ACL Fest sells a watered-down versionTwo years ago I flew out of Austin just after the Austin City Limits Music Festival and noticed everyone in my row was sporting an ACL wristband. It wasn’t...
Zoology at Fantastic Fest
As we get older, our bodies change. Hair grows in places, it goes away in other places. Wrinkles form, things move around. Nothing stays the same. But no one expects to grow a...
Smartphones and Death
Earlier this month noted political blogger Andrew Sullivan had an essay in New York Magazine, where he talked about leaving the Internet and social media for his health. Sullivan talks about our recent change...
Satanic Panic at the Highball
I’m all for bar games, but the new “Satanic Panic” room at the Highball in Austin, Texas may be a bit too far. Unveiled as part of Fantastic Fest, the room will be continue...
