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Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair
The story of a real band and a fake band in two acts
Austin Film Festival Review: Holidays at all Costs
French comedy is a hilarious descent into chaos
Austin Film Festival Review: Acid Test
Riot Grrl period piece is best if you were there
Austin Studio Tour Beer, Spooky-Ass Ice Cream, Pizza, More Pizza, Wine Passports, Surrealist Delicacies, and More …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Austin Film Festival Review: Petite Maman
Whimsical French coming-of-age drama evokes Miyazaki
The Persecution of the Juggalos in United States of Insanity
Tom Putnam talks Insane Clown Posse’s First Amendment fight
A New Favorite at Old Settler’s: Sierra Ferrell
Rising roots singer impresses at the Central Texas folk campout
Short & Sweet: “First Down”
AFf documentary short tackles girls breaking into football
Austin Film Festival Review: Spaghetti Junction
Muddled first feature still shows filmmaker’s potential
Austin Film Festival Review: C’mon C’mon
Joaquin Phoenix’s avuncular turn avoids cloying family clichés
Austin Film Festival Review: King of North Sudan
Oddball geopolitical documentary never quite expunges its Americana
Short and Sweet: “Alleyway Chefs”
British comedy short screening at Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival Review: The Humans
Claustrophobic Broadway adaptation is horrifyingly astute
Austin FC Rediscovers Its Intensity in Win Over Houston Dynamo
ATX, Dallas will face off in Copa Tejas showdown
Austin Film Festival Review: Larry Flynt for President
New documentary gets inside the Hustler publisher’s campaign
Austin Film Festival Review: Addict Named Hal
Austin-made addiction drama doesn’t gloss over its pain
Austin Film Festival Review: Memoria
Metaphysical meditation on sound is taxing but rewarding
Austin Film Festival Review: Down With the King
Freddie Gibbs finds a new flow as a rapper in the country
Austin Film Festival Review: Buck Alamo
Sonny Carl Davis shines as a fading Austin burnout
Austin Film Festival Review: With This Breath I Fly
The plight of Afghan women abused by the [in]justice system
Review: Into the Woods is a Breath of Fresh Air
Zach Theatre’s al fresco production is best at its most timeless
On Being Dead, and Getting Pumped for Oscar Movie Season
LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Radio
Council Recap: Despite “Positive Strides,” APD Academy’s Not Reimagined Yet
Chief, advocates agree that more changes must be made
Austin Film Festival Q&A: Claudia Black on Time Now
When picking people and places is as important as the script
See How Much Austin Venues Received in Shuttered Venue Operators Grants
Federal program gave $130 million to over 100 local businesses
Watch This: There’s a New Band Called Fuck Money and it’s Intense
Members of BLXPLTN & Future Death unleash the head-spinning “Demure”
Watch This: Rett Smith Drops a “Nickel In My Well”
Somber songwriter debuts live cut from Arlyn with sophomore LP release
Weekend Wine: The Best for Less
Lower-price wines from one of France’s top producers
Becoming Cousteau
The life and regrets of the man who made us fall in love with the ocean
Mass
Devastating portrait of four parents in the aftermath of a school shooting
Halloween Kills
The Shape is back from the dead again
Dune
The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands
At The Ready
Inside El Paso’s high school cop club for students
The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s candy-colored tribute to The New Yorker
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
A fleeting glimpse at the tragic life of the Greenwich Village singer
Austin Filmmaker Puts Personal Experience Into Rehab Drama
Lane Michael Stanley’s Addict Named Hal shows the long road of 12 steps
Qmmunity: Austin’s Frighteningly Fabulous Queer Halloween Parties
Trick or treat yo’self to Goth Prom, Little Gay Shop of Horrors, and more
Family History Gives Clifton Collins Jr. the Role of a Lifetime in Jockey
Director Clint Bentley gives the actor the inside track
City Council: On South Lamar, Who Can We Trust?
With new zoning, housing project developer commits to some income-restricted units
Day Trips: Dobie Dichos, Oakville
Gather under the stars to celebrate storytelling and J. Frank Dobie
The Verde Report: Can Copa Tejas Salvage Austin FC’s Season?
Which Texas squad will walk away with the honors?
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace
Cannabusiness Leaders Explain Their Paths to Green Gold
The Texas Hemp Harvest Festival is upon us
Five Things to Do at the Texas Book Festival
Online and in-person picks, from Pinocchio to plagues to portals to Hell
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Domesday Book, a (taxation) survey of most of England and Wales that was completed in 1086, lists more than 6,000 watermills or animal powered mills. Around 1917, the Marx Brothers bought a chicken farm in Countryside, Ill. The expression “spitting image” seems to have started off as “spitten image,” then evolved to “spit and…
Austin at Large: Really? You and What Army?
Hand-wringing on all sides of all issues reflects our emerging crisis of legitimacy
Anti-Trans Sports Bill Heads to Abbott’s Desk
HB 25 makes Texas fifth state to pass legislature targeting trans youth this year
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Senate Bill 8: The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the enforcement of Texas’ six-week abortion ban after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s Oct. 6 order declaring the ban unconstitutional and temporarily blocking it. In response to the DOJ’s request, Justice…
Teen Inventor Honored for His “FireBot”
Search and rescue robot helps firefighters navigate burning buildings remotely
Public Notice: Are You a Felon?
Delta-8 products are now considered Schedule 1 narcotics; plus: boards and commissions evicted from City Hall
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 22-28
Rosemont Apartment Woes Prompt Tenant Safeguards
Commissioners Court approves new housing bylaws in wake of eviction debacle
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 21, 2021
Arts Listings
Art galleries, live performances, and more
As Texas Redistricting Maps Advance, Lawmakers Aspire for Newly Drawn Seats
Talarico goes south, Doggett west, as Casar trades up
Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend
A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs
The Luv Doc: Blowing Smoke
Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a lot more work.
Buffalo Nichols Album Review
Buffalo Nichols (Fat Possum)
Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo
Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy
Joe King Carrasco y Colectivo Chihuahua Album Review
Beers Bars & Guitars
Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him
A shared rain’s a-gonna fall in The Same Storm
Lord Friday the 13th Album Review
Irrational Anthems
Texas Thrill Ride Takes a Trip to The Big Bend
Where the fear and the antelope play
Battle Over APD Staffing Gets Louder
Election Ticker: Battle over APD staffing gets louder
Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot
November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election
What You Need and Where to Early Vote in the Nov. 2 Elections
Early Voting Oct. 18-29
Voting by Mail
Answers to Your VBM Questions
