Magic Lantern Shines a Light on British Christmas Ghost Stories

Hang with the spirits of Christmas past

"...unnerving set. While Price used location and stark, grainy, black-and-white cinematography to conjure his spirits, the Magic Lantern duo..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dimming the Light Fandango

Tim Schafer talks about his noir classic at Fantastic Arcade

"...not to mention modern cult faves like the Jack Black-voiced Brütal Legend...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Genie, Light That Fuse

Get the early scoop on Fusebox 2013 at Blue Genie tonight

"...took place on the South Austin residence they dubbed Black Mountain. So it's only natural that they'd want to..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2000 Light Years from Home

When Did 40 Become the New 10?

"...hot music of 1999? 1989? Fine Young Cannibals and Black Crowes, but they don't generate any real nostalgia, do..."

Aug. 31, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Black Angels' Directions to Screen Print

"...screen outside in the sun, and let the sun's light expose the image into the emulsion...."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature

Shedding Light on Prisoners' Rights

HIV/AIDS awareness group trying to make case for prisoners' right to condom access

"...ACT UP, the HIV/AIDS awareness group that donned the black veils and played the kazoos, must be getting used..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Shining Light on Campus Discrimination

New UT Queer Student's Alliance report says administration hasn't done enough to discourage homophobic behavior

"...Ghetto Fabulous party that featured UT law students in black face. But according to a new report by the..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...near you. (Full disclosure: My husband, Chronicle Editor Louis Black, is one of the film's executive producers.) This film..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Redd Light Special

One right fine Tele-pickin' dude

"...an Eighties Mac Classic. And a TV set? Tiny black & white screen, lots of tubes to burn out,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

"Nobody's Women" See the Light

Mexican Women Film Directors Series

"...Angustias the Black (1949), the second feature in the series (Oct. 12),..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Lights Out

Prepare for an onslaught of jump scares

"...If nothing else, Lights Out is a fairy tale Hollywood success story for..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dumb but Pretty

Rilo Kiley vs. Devendra Banhart

"...But Pretty" Given that the former band's Under the Blacklight got snuffed in these pages for cheap concerns, while..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...himself on madhouse flies and in thrall to the black-light flickerings of his master, Renfield is the very model..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Born Free

Dissecting delectably devious Dexter

"...Delightfully demented Dexter dispatched dearly dapper Andy Williams. As etched..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Family Affair

Austin's archeological imprint Heavy Light Records uncovers Texas history one record at a time

"...the evening was an Austin City Limits taping of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Backstage, the show doubled..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"...these little handprints will appear on it," reveals the Black Angels drummer. "I wash it off, and it comes..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Saving Silverman

"...Diamond, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Amanda Peet, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Jason Biggs. If your life won't..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matilda

"...Paul Reubens and Tracey Walter. Slipping easily from honeyed sunlight to malevolent shadow and back again, Danny DeVito's big-screen..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

12 Jurors Found Him Guilty of Murder. Gov. Abbott Thinks He Knows Better.

An Army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, and he might be right

"...pronounced Perry, an active-duty Army sergeant, guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chameleon Street

"...so he is. The fact that he is a black man makes his story all the more seductive and..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...the Austin Amplifier shop, beside a newly completed amp, Black Joe Lewis and Zach Ernst are bonded fast in..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

In Praise of Love

"...sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Addicted to Love

"...as she zooms around the area on a large black motorcycle, clad head to toe in a tight, black..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...Hotel Vegas, Austin death metal trio Skeleton blows a blackened Nordic gale...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Danger One

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

"...recent headlines have soured you on watching a Shane Black movie this weekend, then I’ve got … well, maybe..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Runner Runner

A Princeton student and online gambler gets entangled with the operation's devious mastermind in Costa Rica.

"...he was swindled by the gaming site, called Midnight Black; rather improbably, he decides to go to Costa Rica..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Between the Teeth

"...music to create an irresistible vortex of sound and light. Shot in a Red Bank, New Jersey theatre on..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...White walls, fluorescent lights, the occasional “keep your distance” line of tape on..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.

"...or The Man Who Wasn’t There. Those films were black comedy done to perfection: They coerced viewers into laughing..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...at Marshall's Barber Shop on East 12th Street, the slight, 72-year-old black man peers up from under his horn-rimmed..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

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