Reviving 'The Dead'

Fantastic Fest 2010 zombie horror returns this weekend

"...The revenant have risen again! Fantastic Fest 2010 fave The..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Improv Celebrates the Day of the Dead With La Vida de los Muertos

Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada

"...Not yet changed out of their bright costumes and excellent sugar-skull makeup, Cat Drago and..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Guest Chefs From Norway, Off-the-Menu From Perry’s, the Dead Rabbit From NYC, Something Something Space Lord Chophouse, the Tantalizing Possibility of Free Hamburgers for a Year, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Jan. 11, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Waking the Dead

Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Centro-matic's Will Johnson find common ground.

"...It's not so hot that you notice, really, but the ants in Oakwood Cemetery are unbearable. It's almost as..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Army of the Dead

Latest zombie flick should just stay buried

"...Notaro, Samantha Win, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi and Hiroyuki Sanada...."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Are Speaking with the Tongues of the Living?

Yes, and it's all because of those creepy Blackbower Mediums

"...An actual talk-to-the-spirits séance, in this day & age?..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Guest Chefs from Norway; Off-the-Menu from Perry’s; The Dead Rabbit from NYC; Something Something Space Lord Chophouse; the Tantalizing Possibility of Free Hamburgers for a Year; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Jan. 13, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Pink Panther

In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to the world, Steve Martin inhabits the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers.

"...and sequels of remakes. In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Graceful Dead

Almost 50 years of Jerry Garcia worship comes full circle

"...When word of the Grateful Dead began oozing out of San Francisco in..."

June 30, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

'Night of the Living Dead'

Weird City Theatre brings George Romero's classic zombies to the stage

"...head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles have begun to atrophy." – George Romero..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

The Best Music We’ve Seen So Far at SXSW 2023

An insightful Jeff Tweedy, sunshiney Armani White, and more

"...Though South by Southwest Music officially started yesterday, the Chronicle music team, as usual, spent the weekend sniffing..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Art of Death

Kate Heyhoe weaves Dreams of the Dead via sugar skulls

"...After the death of her mother in 2008, Kate Heyhoe found..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...On Wednesday, Dec. 3, press day at the Chronicle, news of Ian McLagan's hospitalization began circulating early...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...My worst quality, other than making up voices for other people's pets and..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Evil Dead Rise

Deadites go to the big city in the franchise's fifth film

"...Directed by: Lee Cronin. Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher and Morgan Davies...."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

The possessed cabin franchise takes a gruesome trip to the city

"...an open sewer and die." When people talk about the Evil Dead franchise being horror-comedy, what they mean is..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...Anthony Daniels, Temuera Morrison, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew. There’s a wonderful running gag in the BritCom Spaced, which,..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...pop hitmakers – if certain oldies find play on the popular streaming thriller's soundtrack, a turbo-boost in their fortunes..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

The Good Eye: The Pulse

The Good Eye says goodbye

"...I interviewed a few months ago happened to mention the challenges of playing a dead girl lying in a..."

April 3, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Page Two: Tonight's the Night

Moving forward into the fog of SXSW

"...Tonight's the night, yes it is,..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...Is there any other genre that pushes producers over directors more..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Mummy

"...O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr and Omid Djalili. In the pantheon of classic Universal monster movies, the original The..."

May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Space, Big Honor

Local firm Specht Harpman nominated for Architizer A+ Award

"...Harpman may be giving Austin architecture some new character. The firm has been nominated for the prestigious Architizer A+..."

Feb. 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Faster Than Sound: The 13th Floor Moves to Red River, Taking Over the Green Jay Space

The former Beerland building continues to evolve, and more music news

"...The longtime music space at 711 Red River, formerly Beerland..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Séance Shares the History of American Spiritualism

In their sittings, Jake Cordero and Albert Lucio give you the experience of contacting the departed

"..."Is there anybody there?"..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: What's the Use of Owning Original Artwork?

With Chris Cubas, Jill Schroeder, Shannon McCormick, and more.

"...Here's the latest of our weekly Q&A Hole series, wherein your..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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