John Malkovich, accompanied by two lovely sopranos (Louise Fribo and Martene Grimson) and backed by the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, is in full scenery-chewing glory in his portrayal of the real-life Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger. Indeed, the entire ensemble of this production - part one-man show, part opera - is on point, and utterly worth seeing. The trouble here is that the show's concept is a mean-spirited mess. more ›

In...an opera? Sort of. is a stage play, but Malkovich is the only actor. Joining him are two sopranos and the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, in a story about Jack Unterweger, who you've probably never heard of. Unterweger was, yes, a serial killer - who reported on on his own murders as a journalist. And this was after his first prison term, when he was given a life sentence for strangling a prostitute and won readers' hearts (and clemency) with an autobiography written from a cell. He committed suicide after receiving his second life sentence for a series of at least nine murders in Europe and the US. more ›

"Oh, hai." Still from No Country for Old MenThis week in new movies: A cornucopia of literary adaptations, special effects, and Javier Bardem. No Country for Old Men is FINALLY opening in Austin, and we couldn't be more excited (or strangely aroused by Bardem's "lost Beatle from hell" haircut and Wranglers ensemble.) Beowulf: Robert Zemeckis reprises the motion-capture animation technique he used in Polar Express and applies it to everyone's fave Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Ray... more ›

Tara Wray fled Kansas when she was 19. That was the year her mother, Evie Wray, declared herself pregnant with the devil’s baby, and the year she threatened to drive both herself and her daughter off a bridge. After that, they didn’t speak much – until Manhattan, Kansas. The feature-length documentary -- named after the town in which Tara’s life began -- had its world premiere last Friday at the SXSW Film Festival. It is the story of a mother-daughter reconciliation. more ›