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  • Italiano Pianoforte

    6.2 Miles

    May 29, 2023
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  • Tennis Extra: More Tennis

    This is the last of the tennis. I promise*.

    Mar 9, 2023
    sportsaustinessay
  • SXSW Tunes

    the Rach

    Feb 21, 2023
    austinessayculture
  • French Music

    Knight Rider

    Jan 16, 2023
    austinessayfilm
  • Austin Film Festival 2021: BUCK ALAMO

    Nov 16, 2021 Cinapse
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  • The HartChart Plays Chess

    Oct 21, 2021 Cinapse
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  • An Ode to Our Closed Movie Theaters

    Mar 17, 2020 Cinapse
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  • JUST MERCY Is Simply Compelling

    Jan 10, 2020 Cinapse
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  • A HIDDEN LIFE Fully Lives

    Oct 28, 2019 Cinapse
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  • AFF 2019: WADE IN THE WATER

    Oct 27, 2019 Cinapse
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  • MONOS: Young Warriors in too Deep

    Oct 2, 2019 Cinapse
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  • THE DEAD DON’T DIE: Ghouls and Irony

    Jun 14, 2019 Cinapse
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  • More “Jewels in the Wasteland”

    May 8, 2019 Cinapse
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  • The Horror Inside All of US

    Mar 22, 2019 Cinapse
    filmessay
  • Austin Film Festival 2018: EMPATHY, INC.

    Oct 27, 2018 Cinapse
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  • JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM Both Roars and Whimpers

    Jun 18, 2018 Cinapse
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  • Criterion Review: GRADUATION

    May 30, 2018 Cinapse
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  • ANNIHILATION: Mind-bending Sci-fi Treat

    Feb 22, 2018 Cinapse
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  • BOMB CITY: A Review in Two Parts

    Feb 12, 2018 Cinapse
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  • PHANTOM THREAD Doesn’t Quite Fit

    Jan 12, 2018 Cinapse
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  • WOMAN IN RED: Not Wild about Wilder

    Nov 27, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Austin Film Festival 2017: DON’T TALK TO IRENE

    Nov 1, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Criterion Review: Orson Welles’ OTHELLO

    Oct 17, 2017 Cinapse
    filmartessay
  • BLADE RUNNER 2049: Five Great Things

    Oct 13, 2017 Cinapse
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  • THE FLORIDA PROJECT Finds Beauty and Heartache in America’s Forgotten Places

    Sep 22, 2017 Cinapse
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  • DETROIT: The Urgency of History

    Aug 4, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Bang, Bam, Boom, BABY DRIVER

    Jun 27, 2017 Cinapse
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  • RUNAWAY TRAIN: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

    Jun 14, 2017 Cinapse
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  • IT COMES AT NIGHT Is a Controlled Burn

    Jun 8, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: Epilogue

    May 8, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: Lamberts

    May 7, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: Ruby’s BBQ

    May 6, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: La Barbecue

    May 4, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: Franklin Barbecue

    May 2, 2017 Cinapse
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  • Project Smoke: City Market, Luling

    May 1, 2017 Cinapse
    foodessay
  • A Dead Mall, an Old Movie, and a Memory

    Apr 15, 2017 Cinapse
    filmessay
  • SXSW 2017: Rod’s Best of the Fest

    Mar 24, 2017 Cinapse
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  • SXSW 2017: THE WORK Is Intense

    Mar 16, 2017 Cinapse
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  • SILENCE Speaks Volumes About a Painful Faith

    Jan 10, 2017 Cinapse
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  • PASSENGERS Is a Shiny Apple With a Rotten Core

    Dec 23, 2016 Cinapse
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  • STARVING THE BEAST Finds Universities Hungry For Funds

    Sep 16, 2016 Cinapse
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  • S

    SXSW 2015

    A look back before it begins

    Mar 12, 2015
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  • Austin Film Festival: Mental Illness in the Movies

    Oct 26, 2014 Austin Chronicle
    filmaustinessay
  • Austin Film Festival: Setting as a Character

    Oct 25, 2014 Austin Chronicle
    filmaustinessay
  • ‘The Nixon Tapes’

    Aug 7, 2014 Austin Chronicle
    booksessay
  • ‘Nixon by Nixon’ Goes to the Tape

    Aug 4, 2014 Austin Chronicle
    filmaustinessay
  • The History Book on the Shelf Is Always Repeating Itself

    May 27, 2014 Austin Chronicle
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  • Breaking Chains, Bending the Knee

    May 7, 2014 Austin Chronicle
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  • M

    Mad Men

    Mad Women

    Apr 23, 2014
    tvessay
  • T

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    A Review

    Mar 27, 2014
    filmessay
  • S

    SXSW 2014

    What I Learned

    Mar 21, 2014
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  • S

    SXSW is over.

    Long live SXSW.

    Mar 18, 2014
    sxswaustincultureessay
  • N

    Neutral Milk Hotel

    A retro-scenester adventure

    Feb 25, 2014
    musiccultureessay
  • I

    In Defense of Long Lines

    . . . sort of

    Feb 11, 2014
    austinfoodessay
  • A

    Aggie Football

    A year in the life of a fan

    Jan 16, 2014
    sportsessayaustin
  • A

    Austin’s Trail of Lights

    An exercise in tradition & privilege

    Dec 23, 2013
    austincultureessay
  • M

    My So-Called First Entry: <br />The beginning of my Austin stories

    Dec 19, 2013
    austinessay
  • Immerse Yourself in Anne Hull’s Words

    Oct 2, 2013 Austin Chronicle
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  • Was the Foodways Texas Symposium Worth the Price?

    Apr 14, 2013 Austin Chronicle
    foodaustinessay
  • Off the Bookshelf

    Nov 26, 1999 Austin Chronicle
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