Chaos Walking, From Page to Screen

Author Patrick Ness revisits his book as an older, wiser writer

"...Patrick Ness did for the new sci fi drama Chaos Walking, the text is not sacrosanct. "The word I..."

March 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos Walking

Interstellar YA adaptation brings a new gender twist to the formula

"...added a dash of gender politics, and crafted the Chaos Walking trilogy, which, after extensive delays and various creative..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...in need of a flash flood or two. Welcome, Chaos. Headliners Amplified Heat (11pm) scorched the Eastside cabin last..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Fear the Walking Dead Casts Its Shadow Over Austin

The AMC spin-off smash brings the dead to Texas

"...Like any good postapocalyptic drama, The Walking Dead zombie franchise has always had a little chaos..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chaos in Tejas Live Shots

"...band's performance. Infest broke up in 1996 and, before Chaos in Tejas, had never played a show in this..."

June 7, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chaos in Texas Live (Finale): Infest

Putting the power and violence into hardcore

"...in a hostile mosh pit that found stage divers walking on the fronts of other people’s faces, climbing support..."

June 3, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Walking the Lege

With two weeks left, the 80th runs into foul weather

"...House, meanwhile, is in a state of barely controlled chaos. The chamber reached a boiling point late Monday night..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Field in England

The most enticingly original film to come out of the UK this year is told in crisp, trippy, black and white.

"...begins with cannonades, musket fire, smoke, and presumed-to-be-dead men walking. It ends deep in the titular field, awash in..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nanny McPhee Returns

Emma Thompson stars as the titular nanny in this family film, which she also wrote.

"...calm unruly children with a flying umbrella or magical walking stick like this McPhee dame. In this second installment..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...In 1989, the entitled and titular Heathers were the walking embodiment of high school evil. Three decades later, a..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...and the creatures (or so says the status quo) walking among us. A romance of fantastique proportions, a cautionary..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pinocchio

"...ever attempted. No lie, stick boy: Pinocchio is a walking, talking nightmare on par with some of the most..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...executive director of statewide think tank Progress Texas, foresees chaos on the convention floor for both parties: "You're going..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Couch by Couchwest

Previewing SXSW’s all-virtual Conference and Festival, Austin FC’s spring training kickoff, and other stories on the web

"...his novel The Knife of Never Letting Go into Chaos Walking...."

March 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Goosebumps

The ever-popular YA novels spring to life with Jack Black

"...for his past imprisonment on the written page. The chaos escalates as the creatures proliferate, resulting in a CGI-laden..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

John Dyer Baizley’s Brute Emotion

Baroness frontman cuts through the B.S. for Chaos in Tejas

"...nearly killed everyone aboard. The heavy rock quartet counts Chaos in Tejas’ Saturday set at Mohawk among its return..."

May 30, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tonight! Ed Wood David 'The Rock' Nelson at The Ritz

Chicagoan filmmaker, outsider artist, auteur and so much more

"...… diluted. Fear not: tonight, at the Ritz, glorious chaos reigns and monsters rule!..."

July 1, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness. Says Pitre: "A dystopian..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

For the Sick: An Interview With Michael D. Williams

A post-jail interview with Eyehategod's frontman.

"...days before the band’s highly anticipated performance at May's Chaos in Tejas Festival at Emo’s, Williams was thrown into..."

June 20, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...and More Than Conquerors, Galway’s Dott , and Dingle’s Walking on Cars...."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Darkness and Confusion

Rocha grand jury file raises as many questions as it answers

"...away from Rocha's body. "There was a bunch of chaos," witness Stephanie Pesina said in a sworn affidavit to..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Don't bother cleaning up after Chaos in Tejas; OBN III's strike again this weekend

"...Chaos in Tejas is actually a misnomer for Timmy Hefner's..."

June 10, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM

Why a sizable number of heterosexuals feel threatened by the concept of gay marriage

"...was feared by many in those days to portend chaos.) According to my almanac, Vermont's entire population is not..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...hours in Travis County Jail was even punishment for jaywalking, a Class C misdemeanor that rarely leads to arrest...."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

The Korean zombie franchise becomes a fun heist flick

"...abandoned truck filled with cash in Incheon. Luckily, these walking corpses are dumb, can't see at night, and are..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Sandra Adair Witness the collision of memory, color, and chaos in this unprecedented journey through the visionary mind of..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Waltz With Bashir

This Israeli filmmaker creates a dreamy, animated psycho-documentary about his attempt to recall buried memories of his participation in a massacre while serving in the military.

"...Armed conflict generates, above all, a sense of confusion, chaos, and turmoil that – for all involved – often..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chalk

Made by teachers for teachers, this local indie offers no easy answers to its statistic that 50% of teachers quit within their first three years on the job.

"...aside without the rest of the class erupting into chaos; the zero-tolerance lockout policy for tardy students is inconsistently..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Changing Lanes

"...not an addiction to alcohol, per se, but to chaos. His temper is his Achilles' heel. Gavin, similarly, discovers..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sxsw

"...THE ABE LINCOLN STORY: Walking billboards for functional schizophrenia, this odd L.A. combo puts..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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