Paper Chairs' The Audience

Elizabeth Doss' adaptation of García Lorca's unfinished play is less a drama than a dream, unbound by logic, reason, or convention

"...theatrical work in a much more experimental vein, one that lit a fuse under the well-made play and exploded..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dark Money

Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller

"...is pitched as a “political thriller,” there’s an inherent challenge in shaping the topic of campaign finance law into..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sexual Assault Class Action Suit Adds Five New Plaintiffs

Plaintiffs' attorney says more than 40 women have reached out since suit was filed

"...the complaint was filed on June 18. The suit alleges that systemic failures within law enforcement have led to..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Review: The Annotated Big Sleep

Everything you need to know about Raymond Chandler's classic

"...bestseller, a hit movie with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and many of its scenarios, motifs, and one-liners became..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just announced..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Skam Austin Makes Our Social Media Part of the Story

Facebook Watch show follows teens, onscreen and IRL

"...zits, and awkward French kisses abound. It's a story that's been told a hundred times over on TV, but..."

July 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

Crime Month: Investigating True Crime on Netflix

Which shows deliver the criminal goods and are worth the watch

"...brothers are in on it), and Netflix is no small player in the game. Ever since dropping Making a..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Danielle White

Crime Month: Appreciating Mary Higgins Clark

The author to read when you need suspense and comfort

"...not balance you out. But these are weird times. That’s why, when the world feels like nothing but a..."

July 23, 2018 Books Post by Nina Hernandez

Unfriended: Dark Web

Back to the laptop in this surprisingly scary sequel to the surprise hit

"...past few years remains Unfriended, the 2014 horror movie that takes place entirely on a computer screen. What might’ve..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town

Mackenzie Davis is a great traveling companion for this dull roadtrip

"...love stories about fuck-ups, right? Perhaps it’s because we’ve all been through a “rough patch” in life, or maybe..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Contrast Film Festival Pushes Boundaries, Defies Gender

New film festival presents America: The Remix

"...be the queerest fest in town – but then that depends on your definition of queer...."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Gets "Provocative and Political!"

Getting explicit and merciless in The Misandrists

"...We could all use a bit more misandry in our lives, and..."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...Clarke's feature directorial debut follows two priests - Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy, Grabbers)..."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Films About Our Favorite Bartenders

To those that serve, we salute you

"...Man, through Dudley Moore as the eponymous Arthur, and all the way down the bar to the Dude himself..."

July 13, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda Will Open aGLIFF 2018

Local director headlines roster of new and returning films

"...Call Her Ganda, the new documentary by Austin director PJ..."

July 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals

How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads

"...OK, there's a little more to it than that. Like anyone with a background in documentaries, he said,..."

June 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...you’ve probably noticed the lack of quadrennial soccer hype that seems to buzz the American public like 17 shots..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Fashion

Get glamorous with our favorite catwalk flicks

"...stylish documentary, The Gospel According to André, we get all gussied up for our favorite films about fashion...."

June 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

CodeNEXT Petition Authors Sue City Council

Anti-rewrite group seeks judicial guidance on public vote

"...to place the controversial CodeNEXT petition on November’s election ballot...."

June 1, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...movies – not just great action movies, but those that say something about the cost and reasons for conflict,..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Film News

Austinites on HBO and Netflix, plus big casting news

"...front of and behind the camera, Longhorns will recognize that it was shot in and around the UT Austin..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Quirk rock, turntable antics, local pop, and more to keep you busy

"...Alice Bag and Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, debuted brutally melodic bilingual anthems like “Mujer Moderna.” Go Fever’s sharp..."

May 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Phillip Wade and Friends on the West Austin Studio Tour

The artist has some creative friends show in his Clarksville home

"..."Just the smallness of Austin back in the Forties and Fifties," Larson..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Cine Las Americas Review: Arábia

Tales from the workforce, drowning

"...Brazil is a story about stories, with a narrator that never realizes his self-appointed task...."

May 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shakey Graves

"...to imagine Austin son Alejandro Rose-Garcia forgoing the sound that collages his growing body of work. Out of his..."

May 4, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema

Not just the border

"...said, "I get asked the question quite routinely, 'Are all your films in Spanish?' and I always say, no...."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...debuts this weekend, but may soon be as common locally as psychedelic rock. Electric WizardFri. 27, Stubb’s, 9:30pm..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Indie Meme Film Festival Review: Ask the Sexpert

Bio-documentary of India's Dr. Ruth

"...in the billions, yet the topic of how they all came to be is vehemently avoided. Documentary Ask the..."

April 24, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

Mohsin Hamid Speaks to Mayor's Book Club

Author fills Central Library for talk about his Exit West

"...three titles for the city to read in 2018, all on the theme of "Exit and Flight: Narratives of..."

April 16, 2018 Arts Post by Sumaiya Malik

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

Truth or dare? We say pass on this demonic schlock.

"...Award-winning Get Out is far more mysterious than anything that happens onscreen in Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare. Well-paced and..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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