Cruel Summer

Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.

"...all-woman band was playing out with great frequency that summer. The show's local lineup saw the regulars out in..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

(500) Days of Summer

This romantic comedy is a deeply funny, seductive, and surprisingly honest dramatization of the ways we snooker ourselves into incompatible love.

"...This is not a love story,” (500) Days of Summer’s omniscient narrator warns us. In storybook fashion, the film..."

July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...Stout You know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit 100 degrees before the..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Summer Fun: Free Parking

Movies in the Park, that is

"...Sorry, that was cruel. It's free, and there's a park, but it's not..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Qmmunity: Cruel, Cruel Midsummer

Despite weathering many hot messes – climate and otherwise – Austin’s queer scene keeps the cool events coming

"...Now is the midsummer of our discontent – the dead center of a..."

July 15, 2022 Column by James Scott

The Flavors of Summer

Memories of Tastes

"...A Bowl of Independence The first summer after my freshman year in college, I impulsively decided..."

July 13, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Summer Stock Austin's Rob1n

This new musical brings Sherwood Forest's noble outlaw to our time with a message of togetherness

"...and it's a big part of what makes this Summer Stock Austin show hit the bull's-eye on your heart...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Summer Vacations

Five Children's Film Series Offer a Break From the Routine

"...school ended, and already family bonding sounds like a cruel joke. Could this possibly be your child -- with..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...out. Kevin Williamson, are you listening? We could nab Cruel Intentions hottie Ryan Phillipe, with his bee-stung full lips..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

BBQ Ramen Tatsu-ya Is Closing; Bureau de Poste Is Opening (Later This Summer); Father’s Day Draws Extremely Nigh; Mandola’s Knows What’s Right and Real; Banger’s Sausage House Goes Way Old(e) School; and More

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

"...chef Jo Chan of Eberly fame. Sometime “late this summer,” we’re told, the place will open to offer all..."

June 14, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cruel to Be Kind

The Sting of Austin's 1996-97 Budget

"...Fund for basic city services and administration. During the summer, the deficit was projected at $18 million, but a..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Summer Loving

"...welcome reprieve of melody, albeit with the ring of cruel parody. "Untitled (ft. Blessed Thistle)" and "Air Horn (Club..."

July 24, 2015 Music Feature by Waylon Cunningham

Beside the Point

Telling ghost stories around the summer campfire, the Statesman imagines a grisly end for Futrell

"...we all know what happened to Futrell on her summer vacation: Backpacking abroad, she was abducted and eviscerated by..."

July 13, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Best Summer Ever D: Michael Parks Randa, Lauren Smitelli Screenwriters: Michael..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Wimpy kid, wimpy movie.

"...so to speak, to inflect Greg with a surprising cruel streak. Although the target audience skews slightly older here,..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wackness

An odd-couple pairing between a teenage pot dealer and the shrink with whom he trades weed for sessions anchors this story about coming of age in New York City during the Nineties.

"...jam than DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's "Summertime." This coming-of-age comedy, set in New York circa the..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Purge: Anarchy

Back after last year's Purge struck such a unlikely chord, this story about an annual eruption of violence returns in stronger form.

"...Amid so many floundering studio tentpoles, last summer’s The Purge struck an unlikely chord. Its outlandish yet..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

"...of OutKast's Stankonia, this could have easily been a cruel, cruel summer. However, extensive research -- yeah, right --..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

House on Haunted Hill

"...whom, or is it all one of Mr. Price's cruel pranks? Malone's first problem is going overboard on the..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Music to See This Weekend

Unpacking Christmas in July

"...no charge at the door. Indulge in the Hot Summer Nights free weekend with the aid of our staff..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Weekend Event Guide from Sarah Wolf + JB & Sandy

The Fringe + Austin Chronicle Weekend Event Guide Aug. 15-17

"...I Hate August: 80’s Cruel Summer Dance Party - The Belmont 8pm..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Events Post by Lia Crockett

Awesome Overload: Alamo Does the Kobayashi Maru Class of '82

Alamo Drafthouse screens 1982 30 years later

"...not even that. Thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse's imminent "Summer of 1982" series, you can experience that insanely great..."

April 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview: Superchunk

"...Take "This Summer," for example. The North Carolina-bred quartet's latest single buzzes..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...seasons have been streaming on HBO Max since late summer; series four, shot in quarantine, drops April 1...."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Outlander Star Caitriona Balfe, Andor Creator Tony Gilroy Join ATX TV Festival Lineup

State of the industry panel also slated for June fest

"...• Freeform’s Marquee Premiere of Cruel Summer season 2 will be followed by a Q&A..."

April 27, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

On Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Can Take Us Anywhere She Wants

Over those bridges and through the woods to Arlington stop

"...specifically instructed some 70,000 to scream the bridge of “Cruel Summer,” the most brilliantly stadium-sized track off 2019’s COVID-19-shuttered..."

April 2, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...We’re Here (HBO). 2021: Confronting a Serial Killer (Starz); Cruel Summer (Freeform); The Girlfriend Experience (Starz); Made for Love..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to Right Now

Darden Smith, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Fuvk, Photokem, and more notable local sounds

"...of disjointed uncertainty and ethereal cultural rumination. – Mars Salazar Cruel Summer TX’s “Sharp Knives” b/w “City Streets”..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Yvonne Boudreaux, Art Director, Yellowstone

"No restaurants, no bars. If you were seen out, you were considered fired."

"...after taking time off in December, she joined Freeform's Cruel Summer. Now she's in Ft. Worth, working on the..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Sofia Tafich

Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy

From script to screen to jobs

"...and corporate work between TV shows like the Dallas-shot Cruel Summer and The Chosen, which is where the real..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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