Fun Fun Fun Fest's Got The Time

Schedule out: Run-D.M.C. Friday, Edward Sharpe closes Sunday

"...Nah, we're just kidding. The local all-things-loud-and-cool festival has dropped its lineup, with the big news..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Fires Up The Flux Capacitor For Retro Warm-Up Fest

SF film fest makes jump online, starting with weekend tease

"...That's the cosmic broadcast from the Austin celebration of all things science, which will leap online for its 2020..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...queer, it’s back again for another year. That’s right, y’all, it’s your ultimate guide to all things LGBTQIA-Z at..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...around here, so as part of our celebration of all things nefarious, dastardly, and devious, the Chronicle screens crew..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...long. "They were doing one of those 24-hour play things," she says, "as a fundraiser, where the writers get..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Sgt. Bilko

"...was her first introduction to the fact that not all adults were kind and loving family types. Thinking back,..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girlie Night Sneaks ‘Austenland’

Alamo Lakeline pairs Jane Austen comedy with Regency treats

"...For a lot of us, the appetite for all things Jane Austen never wanes. Crafty, then, that the..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Backing 'Bernie'

A pro-Texas crowd cheers Rick Linklater's latest

"...major SXSW 2012 moment, also a raucous celebration of all things Texas...."

March 15, 2012 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...got a cheap-looking black doodle inked on me for all eternity...."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Pete Holmes: The Interview

The comedian on the role SXSW played in boosting his career

"...when a nice guy doesn’t finish last. But good things can happen to good people, and sometimes we get..."

March 10, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Danger One

Less Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, more shrug shrug, meh meh

"...not good news, but news nonetheless. Danger One, an action-comedy from Steffen Schlachtenhaufen (writer of pitch-black comedy Would You..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Lot of Chatter

Things change, but Janeane Garofalo still loves to stand up on a stage and talk

"...The West Wing, Fox's 24 to BBC's Ideal. Sketch comedy (The Ben Stiller Show, Saturday Night Live), voice work..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

So What's Funny?

"...fix on the speaker. "Dying is easy," he croaks. "Comedy is hard."..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand gives a searing performance as vengeance personified

"...moral fabric. Three Billboards’ range spans between anguish and comedy in ways that can seem both dizzyingly daring and..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...favorite, and now her popularity is luring viewers into comedy clubs to see Rajskub do stand-up...."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Where He Got That Pony

Steven Wright on his inspirations and stand-up origins

"...everyday expressions and experiences – come out of no comedy tradition the way jokes about politicians and mothers-in-law do...."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...A large beach ball is floating, just floating, about a dozen feet up..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Accident

"...Directed by: Yahoo Serious. Starring: Yahoo Serious, Helen Dallimore, David Field, Grant Piro, Jeanette Cronin and Garry McDonald...."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clean Slate

"...odious, wildly unpopular Opportunity Knocks? From the looks of things, I guess not. Clean Slate is another cheap knockoff..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Fallout Theater Phoenixes up from The New Movement Ashes

New bosses, different from the old bosses, herald a fresh start

"...A person would have to be a total goofball to start off by saying “There sure was a..."

May 8, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jenny Zigrino, History Channeler

Among Moontower comics, Jenny Zigrino is the Ren fairest of them all

"...home watching historical documentaries and sewing costumes. I didn't really care about boys or whatever normal high school people..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Tweeter Right

Brian Gaar's monster following on Twitter paved the way for his first comedy album

"...being crushed to death in a room with moving walls anymore," then-local comedian Chris Cubas came back to the..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Chase Hoffberger

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...Rogan's characteristic energy and passion, his opinions are often hysterically funny. The raw honesty and intensity of his performances..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Bad Dog's Good Deeds

Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.

"...Before the Bad Dog Comedy Theater opened its doors to the public, Marc Pruter,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...this year: The feature narrative and documentary competition programs, traditionally featuring eight films apiece, have been expanded to ten..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...has to the role of Vincent MacKenna. In fact, all the actors in St. Vincent are at their best..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Improv-Educated

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival makes more room for Austin's increasingly savvy audiences

"...it's a mathematical given that fest growth = more things to watch, right?..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...plays, right? And beyond merely mounting one, you'd be really tickled to give one its first production anywhere. So..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...was the week that scores of improv troupes from all over the country, along with a host of nationally..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Head Above Water

"...a strange feeling to see Harvey Keitel in a comedy, even if it is a ghoulishly morbid one like..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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