20 Feet From Stardom

This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.

"...20 Feet From Stardom is an extended hosanna to an..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black Pumas Backline Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller Maintain 20 Feet From Stardom – On Purpose

Respect and admiration remains the key to their success as co-frontwomen and backup singers

"...During the 2013 press blitz for Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet From..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...Freddy.”) Instead, documentarian Morgan Neville, an Oscar winner for 2014’s lively 20 Feet From Stardom and a lock for..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nina on Netflix

Simone leads a chorus of music docs streaming online

"...One takeaway from What Happened, Miss Simone? is its subject’s instrumental dominance...."

July 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Review: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Mister Rogers documentary reminds us of the bravery of kindness

"...the assurance of continual love. Now, director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) becomes the translator for adults. With..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Katarina Brown

The Wrecking Crew

The great L.A. session band gets the doc treatment

"...of other recent documentary tributes to unsung artists like 2013’s Twenty Feet From Stardom and 2002’s Standing in the..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: 'That Guy Dick Miller'

Character actor Dick Miller brings the verve

"...like dynamite backup singers in this year’s Oscar-winning doc, 20 Feet From Stardom, Miller’s the unheralded performer who elevates..."

March 10, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...the McConaughey renaissance and a solid piece of filmmaking from up-and-coming director Jeff Nichols...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...organist Pete Mazich and drummer Jerry Trebotic to perform 2004's The Secondman's Middle Stand. Mazich's Hammond B-3 work and..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Black Pumas Touch the Sky Live

Packed Stubb’s welcomes ATX superstars to begin sold-out run

"...From the sold-out crowd’s deafening din, communion clearly amped the..."

May 27, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...Dan Braun of Submarine (producer's rep company that handled 20 Feet From Stardom, Searching for Sugar Man, Mavis!, and..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Texas Platters

"...Flaming Red proves Griffin is worthy of cross-format rock stardom, all the rocking really confirms is that she's still..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Sxsw

"...OD, but merely devised an acceptable and permanent escape from Blind Melon, then I suggest you look for him..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...Thursday, March 18; Friday, March 19; and Saturday, March 20, as well as austinchronicle.com. Please keep in mind that..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

She Got Rhythm

In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.

"...a goodly portion of the leading women tap dancers from the whole first half of the century, screen and..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...SXSW schedule look, then? Well, if you can't find 20 or 30 bands worth seeing in that time period,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"Let me be perfectly clear: I..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Sac-town's The cuf, and Don Blas and Kingdom down from Denver. Go with the flow. (Mercury Ent@Jazz, 8pm-1am) --..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...recent years: Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free, assembled from a previously unknown treasure trove of 16mm footage of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the NEA in 2005, the Lafayette-based sextet blends zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Dylan Plays Vegas

"...illustration by Jason Stout Drive Lake Mead Boulevard east..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...cope with it can be fun. The entire cast from Father of the Bride returns for the sequel and..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015 festival...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...are long, and a little dirty-blond hair peaks out from under the beret. A pendant bearing the image of..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Amor Prohibido

Selena's Crossover Dream

"...like all flowers seem to die, by a bullet from the gun of her fan club president/business associate Yolanda..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature