DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...producer Keith Calder took to Twitter to ask, "What's the most recent wide-release, non-platformed horror film that wasn't a..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Scoring a Point for Community; and The Kochs Are Coming!

"...For me, the most significant statistic coming out of this year's Super..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film

"..."I got everybody in the band but the devil on tambourine," Miles Davis proclaimed..."

March 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dust In the Air

Q&A with Jay Farrar of Son Volt

"...I’ve referred to Son Volt as the premier American roots-rock band of our day and in..."

Nov. 11, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Exploring international affairs at SXSW 09 with Canada House and Dart Music, plus the triumphant return of the Reality Sandwich to the Hole in the Wall

"...Int'l Players Anthem..."

March 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up some dust in Waterloo Park while Carlos Santana sets up shop in the Warehouse District

"...Dust in the Wind..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...Who better than Austin's Riverboat Gamblers to belt out the unofficial theme song for Fun Fun Fun Fest?..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

The first of Austin's premier photographers shares some music history through his photos.

"...At the age of 82, you'd think people would give him..."

May 18, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...for it. That you'll get to -- someday. And then let's say your neighbor has big plans for a..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Littlest Lunachick

Big Emo, Mommy Emo, and Little Emo

"...Brittany and Eric Hartman photograph by Bruce Dye The last time the Lunachicks visited Emo's, they brought with..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Block the Vote

If you can't beat 'em, disenfranchise 'em

"...Pat Crow has spent a lifetime experiencing the events most of us just read about in the..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...yellow T-shirts and carrying clipboards, three UT students approached the house on Colony Loop Drive and knocked. A woman..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...almost more likely that we would have first started South by Southwest as a film event and added music..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...Two weeks before the first day of school in the Austin Independent School..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for a long, hot summer..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Flip the Switch

"...like a Pavlov dog Yeah, when you lay me out My heart is beating louder than a big bass..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...cover photograph by Bruce Dye The road to Colonus was neither short nor easy, not..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...afternoon when Kirk Watson announced his mayoral candidacy on the bandstand at Wooldridge Park in downtown Austin. Some blamed..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Dead Dicks

The realities of depression meets the trap of reincarnation

"...designed to draw you in. But calling this film Dead Dicks really provides a little insight into the self-hatred..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The hunt for Adolf Eichmann

"...The sins of one generation threaten to undo the future..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...The most overbearing character in The Power of the Dog..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Where Live Music is Dead

Welcome to Sixth Street

"...There's a party onstage at Hang 'Em High. Jerry Jeff..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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