Daily Screens - The Austin Chronicle

After January's sneak peek of a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup.

2:00PM Tue. Feb. 2, 2016, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: I Am Big Bird

There are documentaries about cultural icons. Then there are documentaries about the forces that created those icons. Then there are those that examine the people behind the icon. And then there is I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, which reveals the man inside the icon.

6:00PM Sat. Jan. 30, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Commute.ly Helps Predict Local Commute Times

Traffic in Austin is bad. It’s so predictably terrible that hearing complaints about it has become as much of an annoyance as sitting in it. But just how bad is it? Homegrown online traffic forecaster Commute.ly is here to answer that very question.

3:51PM Fri. Jan. 29, 2016, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

AFS Cinema

Torch Wildfire Reading Series: Kendra Allen at BookWoman

Ramy Youssef: Love Beam 7000 at Paramount Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Memory Loss

Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. Wipe the slate clean in the new year with our favorite films about amnesia and memory loss.

2:02PM Fri. Jan. 29, 2016, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

SXSW Gaming Awards Finalists Announced

Now in its third year, the SXSW Gaming Awards returns with its trademark mix of big-budget titles and independent projects. The event, scheduled to take place Saturday, March 19, brings the gaming masses to its new home in the Hilton Austin Downtown right across the street from the SXSW Gaming showfloor at the Convention Center.

8:00AM Tue. Jan. 26, 2016, Tucker Whatley Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: I Am Thor

It's a cinematic tale as old as the music documentary itself. Fallen musician comes back from the brink, struggles to get recognized, gets a new resurgence. But as Ryan Wise followed epic metaller Jon Mikl Thor for I Am Thor, it became clear that the struggle was the comeback.

12:30PM Sat. Jan. 23, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Live From The New Yorker

What defines The New Yorker? A handful of characteristics come to mind, mostly built around its commitment to long-form journalism. Editor-in-chief David Remnick adds another constant. "A magazine that doesn't have anything funny in it in a given week is a failed magazine." Now he hopes that humor is present in its new excursion into radio.

11:47AM Fri. Jan. 22, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

A Case of Synchronicity

Ask AJ Bowen to describe time-travel drama Synchronicity, and he calls it "if a sci-fi film made love to a noir, and then their baby made a movie in 1982 that was looking at what a potentially dystopian future to the year 1982 would be." He laughs. "Talking about it is easier than doing the damn thing."

9:00AM Thu. Jan. 21, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Bowie on the Big Screen

Goblin King. Starman. Man of science. Prisoner of war. Everyone knows David Bowie was everything. But in cinema, he was often more than you knew.

12:40PM Fri. Jan. 15, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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