Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...Devon Werkheiser and Brett Cullen. Despite its release during the dreaded post-holiday theatrical dumping grounds of January and February,..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Darkness

Agnieszka Holland, the director of Europa Europa, creates a blood-quickening Holocaust drama about Poles who were hidden in the sewers.

"...actual events, this claustrophobic epic is as emotional as they come: a Holocaust story shot through with a layer..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Frogs Were the Second Plague

The Time of the Toad, and a time to dance

"..."The Time of the Toad," an essay by Dalton Trumbo,..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Louis Black

"Keith Carter: Notes on the Universe" at Stephen L. Clark Gallery

This solo exhibition shows the photographer in pursuit of whatever unseen cosmic force animates us

"...The hound's head is tilted toward the sky and, judging..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin --..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...Ah, young love. Whatever would we do without it? The multi-award-winning Swedish film Let the Right One In could..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Football Prophecies

NFL week one

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...cease hostilities, sometimes even be besties for once in their mistrustful lives. In the heyday of the great oil..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Picking Up the Pieces

Amidst the electoral rubble shine the gems of political opportunity – and human comedy

"...In times of darkness and defeat, it is helpful to recall the words..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Michael King

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...is a contributing writer for and a friend of The Austin Chronicle; Lois Richwine, his wife, is a senior..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...The Love of the Nightingale In stature she was very..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"..."The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere" was originally published..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Drivin' the Devil Away

Miss Lavelle White

"...photograph by Ursula Coyote Loosely translated from the French, that means exactly what it says: Ooh-la-la, Miss..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dark Days

"...as an honorable mention at SXSW 2000) -- it's the kind of compelling, relentless cinema vérité documentary that defines..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antibirth

A party girl discovers she's pregnant

"...for disaffected youth, but Danny Perez’s debut feature spins the cliche like some sort of infinitely outrageous horror-show centrifuge...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...The real-world catacombs beneath the streets of Paris are an..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...Some of the biggest titles to come out of the recent Toronto..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF Teases 10 Titles

Duplass Bros.' latest comedy gets regional premiere

"...The Austin Film Festival just announced its first ten titles..."

Aug. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dark Days

Six years ago, Marc Singer wasn't homeless, and he wasn't a filmmaker. With Dark Days, he became both.

"...Marc Singer may be the man responsible for directing the year's most compassionate and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Barbarian

Buried secrets make for the year's smartest, scariest horror

"...Zach Cregger. Starring: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis and Richard Brake...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Casino

Stone jumps into the deep end with Scorsese made guys, De Niro and Pesci, as the action moves from New York to Vegas, with uneven results.

"...and L.Q. Jones. That Martin Scorsese is one of the modern masters of cinema is a fact that is..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Target Markets

Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure

"...Thirty-one years after its initial theatrical release in August 1979 – a scant four years..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Yo La Tengo

Pass the hatchet – Kaplan, Hubley, and McNew came to jam

"...and eclectic as Yo La Tengo’s is, and with the New Jersey trio ever willing to plumb those depths,..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Doctor Death

Checking in with Hospital Productions

"...Stumbling through the streets of New York City, a sixth sense pulls..."

Feb. 8, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"...They grow up so fast, these parents of ours. It..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"..."There is a separate ballet that's going on behind the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...The first thing I remember from my mother's second marriage..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

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