We Have an Issue: A New Council Gets Down to Work

Austin City Council assembles, congrats to Chroniclers, and a new/old Rollo Banks Lunar New Year cover to relish

"...its focus to a legislative body a teensy bit closer to home, to Austin City Council. In his cover..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 16-22

"...feel the cosmic flow – and place yourself in closer and closer alignment with it...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Pleasure Venom's Introspective Punk Road to Rebirth/Return

Revamped and fully realized Austin quartet breaks down debut

"...our bathroom or bedroom," remembers Campbell. "We've been getting closer and closer to how we sound live ... He..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

The Inspection

Powerful and challenging boot camp drama ponders the need to be accepted

"...of the very concept of war. The Inspection is closer to something like A Few Good Men: an internalized..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Something in the Dirt

Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory

"...upended in an elegant way that only hews it closer to the underlying themes of deceit and conviction. Their..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: Party-Making Cimafunk Details Influences, from James Brown to Chano Pozo

"Cuban music is a lot more than they think"

"...our music’s more like Irakere, Chucho [Valdés],” details Rodríguez. “Closer to the mambos of Benny Moré, closer to Arsenio..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...and you can make reservations right here… a little closer to home, the Hotel Granduca (where new restaurant Laurel..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beast

Idris Elba versus a lion in this throwback creature feature

"...cancer. Nate believes the trip will bring the girls closer to him and their mother with this visit to..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Orphan: First Kill

The cuckoo's nest classic gets a gruesome and surprising prequel

"...body doubles to get past the fact she's now closer in age to Leena than Esther) is currently incarcerated...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vengeance

B.J. Novak tells a touching tale of truth, myths, and Texas

"...and empathy that covers the film as Ben draws closer to the family, and as a genuine mystery begins..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Official Competition

Cruz and Banderas reunite in this scathing comedy about ego and filmmaking

"...slapstick of that director’s early work. Spiritually, Official Competition’s closer point of comparison may be the films of Ruben..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Frank and Penelope

Neo-exploitation flick crashes a bunch of Texas tropes together

"...sulks off to the the nearby strip joint, where shift-closer Penelope (Cowan) gets that $25 drink out of him,..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin

Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

"...manufacture and storage surrounding any urban hub. Take a closer look, though, and you see how many gorgeous, original..."

May 13, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paris, 13th District

Love and sex in this Paris-set adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s comics

"...David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Patrick Marber’s Closer (there’s even a core plot component triggered by a..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Rett Smith

Americana Drugs

"...heart on the chorus. Outlier among the four tracks, closer "Billy Wayne Reed" turns from the solipsistic wallowing and..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin at Large: We Can Survive the New Boom

But we need to throw our entire weight into increasing our power as Texans

"...The only people who are going to be paying closer to full freight for their ballooning valuations are those..."

April 22, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...perform collaborative Billboard smashes “Pushin’ P,” “Hot,” and set closer “Ski.” Thousands joyfully shouted “yah, yah” with the enthusiastic..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...even the ballads," pronounced The New Yorker, but string-draped closer "Tekagamy" blooms like a cherry blossom. – Raoul Hernandez..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Cyrano

Musical rewrite of the tragic love triangle never hits the high notes

"...The closer source material for the film is Erica Schmidt’s 2018..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...and housing projects. This would allow them to stay closer to their friends, families, and other support networks. While..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Delicious

French historical cooking drama mixes class and cuisine

"...relaxing, warm tenderness to watching Manceron and Louise grow closer as they form a bond through their cooking, an..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Agnes

Sleazy, sexy, bawdy and surprising look at religion, lust, and power

"...the Soderbergh of the Sticks, but this places him closer to the sometime scathing introspection of Onur Tukel. However,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh places the NCAA on trial in this chilling sports drama

"...is Austin-based Waugh’s return to big-budget activist cinema. It’s closer to his indictment of the criminal justice system in..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 12-18

"...phenomenon. For many people, taking a risk to get closer can be scary. Keep this in mind during the..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Finch

Tom Hanks and his robot pal face the apocalypse with hope.

"...forced-organ-donation capitalist satire Repo Men, but Finch is much closer to last year’s The Midnight Sky, in which George..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Old

Beach vacation, anyone?

"...the resilient compassion of The Twilight Zone, Old aligns closer to the supernatural amorality of Rod Serling's other great..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Anime adaptation of bittersweet romance adds a little honeyed soap

"...of a more pleasingly soapy feel. There’s even something closer to a happy ending (definitely stick around for a..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Us Kids

Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus

"...For many, the draw of Us Kids is a closer look at the survivors who threw themselves headfirst into..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Censor

British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts

"..."mysterious film of unknown provenance" trope binds it even closer to the bloody mass of Eighties gore...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New French Shorts 2021

The annual best of Gallic cinema, in small chunks

"...into help his daughter, and they both take a closer step to healing. It is a wryly funny film..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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