Cult of Youth

Auditorium Shores, Nov. 4

"...Cult of YouthAuditorium Shores, Nov. 4..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...that his groundbreaking group the Stooges plied a version of the blues aimed at disaffected white teens. Pity he..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...Butcher Bear should be Red River's official mascot. He looks like an outcast from Gorillaz's Plastic..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...wear tiny gym shorts in public, even in blistering, dead-of-summer heat. But there they were: grown men dressed like..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Farewell to the King of Grindhouse

Mike Vraney, founder of Something Weird Video, dead at 56

"...It's a truly sad week for cult cinema. Mike Vraney, founder of the era-defining Something Weird..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Erica Nix's New Show Promises This Is Not a Cult

Get swept up in communal aspect of spiritual sweep-ups

"...But as a being of a singular dimension, one is hard-pressed to occupy all..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Tears of the Black Tiger

This Thai film is part melodrama and part spaghetti western, as if Sirk and Peckinpah fell into a blender and out poured tear-soaked Polaroids, giant exploding squibs and blown-up heads, tearful Asian songbird ballads, and homoerotic outlaw bonding.

"...Arawat Ruangvuth. If you’re reading these listings in search of a movie that’s really different, let me tell you:..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Texas Film Hall of Fame Slate Finalized

Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack, and Dennis Quaid join the lineup for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...and emcee for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are now locked for the March 12th..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...Heavy hitters, cult figures, moshers, rappers, and sub-sub-subgenre breakouts highlight the 107..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...at evil, what can you do? That's the message of Jojo Rabbit...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius

Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult

"...teeth clenching a pipe in an ear-to-ear grin worthy of Ward Cleaver. Although his face archetypically evoked white, middle-class,..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Speed of Technology

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., catapulted geek culture into mainstream American consciousness, traditional print and electronic media..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...one. That’s right, Chronicle reader: We’ve listed all kinds of summer events from musicals to burger competitions, all under..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...exact – the Rutger Hauer-starring exploitation pic that set cult-movie fans salivating on title alone. In its last reveal..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...The members of "the Tribe" wander into the playing space, moving slowly,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...and white, studded with restaurants and stores, mere copies of restaurants and stores that had been thought up someplace..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...If Evan Smith were the editor of Self or Sport or Guns and Ammo, his story..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Writes of Spring

"...sensitive" willow right in his own bedroom. The parts of his body that do remain are nothing but unidentifiable..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

Derrida

If you don't already worship Derrida, this film won't change your mind.

"...Directed by: Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick. It figures that the organization of..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Assuming for a moment that I rely on popular culture for all my information, what I want to know is, where do we learn to grow old?

"...Have no doubt, we live in a youth-centered culture. The desire to remain forever young is fueled..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

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

"...Pile II, OBN III's is the Red River equivalent of the Ramones' Rock 'N' Roll High School, with members..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Iris

In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel

"...there to capture the moment. And Iris – one of the last films from Albert Maysles, a pioneer of..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Full Lineup

Dub innovators, emo legends and local favorites join the roster

"...Run-D.M.C., the biggest announcement has to be the return of dub-punk sonic experimenters Public Image Limited. Equally stunning if..."

July 12, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

In Person

"...West would have appreciated Emily Wortis Leider's truncated biography of her, Becoming Mae West (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Books Feature

QueerBomb Weekend Events

"...weekend is about reclaiming radical queer identity. A variety of events occur across Friday and Saturday. For more info,..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cult of Youth

"...Cult of YouthLove Will Prevail (Sacred Bones)..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Stay up Late for FFF Nites

Fun Fun Fun late shows return with day players and after dark specials

"...with a terrible clash on the day: A host of bands playing the regular festival, including reformed emo pioneers..."

Aug. 27, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

They Were All My Friends

The death of rock poet Jim Carroll

"...Of all the obits, I wasn't expecting to see Jim..."

Sept. 14, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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