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"...As a glasses-wearer, my vision unobstructed by assistive frames reveals a world of shapes – formless, edgeless, but..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Varsity Mural Finally Complete With New Image From Slacker

Empty 13th frame now filled by the iconic Teresa Taylor

"...of the film-themed mural on the northwest corner of 24th and Guadalupe – has finally been filled with an..."

Dec. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Very Special Frasier at We Luv Video

130 animators come together for a tribute to the sitcom

"...scene in “My Coffee With Niles” (season 1, episode 24) in which Niles Crane asks his big brother, Frasier,..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Levchuk and hundreds of other Ukrainians in Austin watched..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...It's hard to imagine two films more diametrically opposite..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Willie’s Picnic Brings the Fireworks, and Beto O’Rourke, to Q2

Old Austin meets new Austin with Fourth of July Concert

"...impressively tight hour that ran through anthemic hits like “24 Frames,” “Hope the High Road,” and “Last of My..."

July 5, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

In Service of Music Medicine, Jason Isbell Played at the Austin Library Last Night

Songwriter delivers phenomenal solo set for JoyRx fundraiser

"...casually and the sound gets dialed-in as he plays “24 Frames.” By the second song, the weary “Traveling Alone”..."

April 28, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: Anonymous Club

Courtney Bartnett wrestles with creativity and celebrity

"...of her music is captured in all these scattered frames of her day-to-day, and it has an ending that..."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...influencing modern relations. Diary entry “Lazy” illustrates how the 24-year-old’s lack of self discipline saves her from hustle culture..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Decay, Preserve, Observe: The Experimental Memories of Bill Morrison

The cinematic pioneer discusses his career and filmography before his Austin retrospective

"...and realized the camera was already creating those images, 24 every second, for him: "Why don't I use the..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

New Austin Congressional District Would Help Protect GOP Incumbents

New TX 37 has a 73.8% Democratic vote share. We should be happy, right?

"...Senate map (the Texas House is yet to come), frames the 3.2 million or so new Texans since 2010,..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fantastic Fest Review: Agnes

Mickey Reece's church drama has a surprising, dark heart

"...Benjamin along like a hunk of fresh meat. Reece frames shots at crotch level (as Henry Kissinger famously said,..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interview: Mary Wharton Pieces Together Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Finding the man behind the Wildflowers sessions

"...it was either originally recorded or transferred to 30 frames per second, because that's was the NTSC standard for..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: Bob Mould

Distortion: 1989-2019 (Edsel/Granary Music)

"...to the Hedwig & the Angry Inch soundtrack, the 24-CD Distortion: 1989-2019 frames the 60-year-old post-punk pioneer's decades of..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...where all of the actors are in these wide frames, and there are things in the background that you..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Compadre Brewing and Central District Brewing

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 7)

"...Over here, we’re continuing to lay real low, watching..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits

Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week

"...After a special one-night broadcast on Lifetime Movies last..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The French View of Richard Linklater

Pompidou curator explains new tribute to the Austin filmmaker

"...Judith Revault d'Allonnes: Richard Linklater is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker,..."

Dec. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Deeper You Dig

Family-made home movie is a supernatural eye-opener

"...that will stick with your long after the final frames have flickered out. Haunting and created from a place..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Recalling a Memory of Dan O'Bannon

Alexandre O. Philippe finds the myth behind the space horror classic

"...fertility myths, and then very particular influences - individual frames of certain comics, and the art of H.R. Giger..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...beauty and raw power of water. Filmed at 96 frames per second, it's a visceral wake-up call that humans..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They Shall Not Grow Old

Peter Jackson's extraordinary World War I documentary finds humanity in a hellish war

"...today’s endless wars feel simultaneously, paradoxically immediate via the 24-hour news cycle, and strangely distant, as if viewed through..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joel Hodgson on MST30K

Reflecting on 30 years on the Satellite of Love

"...two digits at the end, which were 29 1/2 frames, so it was a frame rate, and that was..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Chronicle Critics on Oscars' Best Picture Nominees

Revisit the nominees and get prepared for the pomp this weekend

"...in Jonny Greenwood’s era-callback piano score, the exactingly composed frames, and so many divine costume designs by Mark Bridges,..."

March 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

24 Frames

Iranian master filmmaker plays with the almost-moving image.

"...(Taste of Cherry, Certified Copy) is the experimental endeavor 24 Frames, which had been underway for three years prior..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: The Nightmare Before Christmas

A holiday hybrid for outcasts

"...expensive, intricate art form as a result. It took 24 frames, or adjustments for each character, to produce one..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Marisa Mirabal

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...the unit, each with their own bathroom. The bed frames are made of thick plastic, and the mattresses resemble..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Seen / Soon Sept. 22

Being dazzled by Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles on Austin Museum Day and adventuring with the Theorists at Zilker

"...because the September sun on its 1,254 polished-steel bike frames dazzled all who passed by it. Ai Weiwei's site-specific..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Column

The Sublime Beauty of Kogonada's Columbus

Director brings his indie drama to AFS Cinema

"...designs as accents to the people, or he dissects frames into halves or thirds by the characters. There's a..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Jason Isbell’s Whipping Post

First night of three re-imagines Southern rock

"...into highlights from 2015’s Something More Than Free with “24 Frames” and the album’s title track. New tune “White..."

July 15, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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