Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...As ATX adjusts to its size and national status – international cred secured long ago by SXSW – its..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...said. He pointed out how dangerous TxDOT roads are – they account for the bulk of Austin's road deaths..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...including a shared Best Director nod for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (aka Daniels), is the mind-bending dimension-hopping delight..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...1) The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh's tone-perfect mordant comedy about a friendship asunder seeps..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...fall out. The Irish dark comedy is directed by Martin McDonagh, whose last film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas

Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise

"...10 days, we're really tapping into those fall fest, 
celebratory traditions...."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...the "initial investment." That's largely because everything in Austin – construction costs, labor costs, property acquisition – now costs..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...• After a six year break from movies, SXSW regular..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...episodics, plus a whole raft of special events, from Q&As to dance parties. Films will be released online (seven..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...the task of reviewing a poetry collection in praise – rapturous praise! – of the automobile, its mechanics, and..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Rocks

Sofia Coppola heads to NYC for a slight but charming anti-rom-com

"...she worries that her marriage to her workaholic husband Dean (Wayans, surprising in a dramatic role) is going down..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Ian Black, novelist Nick Hornby, historian H.W. Brands, thrillmeister Dean Koontz, novelist Yaa Gyasi, activist Erin Brockovich, NPR host..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...Austin Community College in the Seventies as the founding Dean of Instruction, and while there in the Eighties, he..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This Is Who We Are #1: Rude Mechs' Big Love

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...campy back-up moves like the Goldiggers in some Sixties Dean Martin special...."

May 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...workers or to get rich and get out. Cast: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Dora Madison, Ivory Aquino,..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...Martin DeMaat Award for Outstanding Itinerant Troupe Rook..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Tarantino takes Tinseltown head-on

"...wandering into a theatre to watch herself onscreen alongside Dean Martin as Matt Helm in 1968’s The Wrecking Crew...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Robinson (theatre, dance), and Brian Paul Scipione (theatre); Arts & Culture Texas' Claire Christine Spera (dance); Broadway World Austin's..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Pratchett, about a devil (David Tennant) and an angel (Martin Sheen) who play a bickering odd couple as they..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...remember which is tearing them apart. PULSE D: Stevie Cruz-Martin, Australia, 2018, Texas Premiere A gay disabled teenage boy..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Priest Walks Into a Bar …

Armadillo Art Squad dean Micael Priest dead at 66

"...we prepared to go to press, that Micael Priest – dean of the Armadillo Art Squad that invented the..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Devil's Rock Novel Jack Kaulfus – Tomorrow or Forever & Other Stories R.O. Kwan – The Incendiaries Catherine Lacey..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...his new book Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American..."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...the more refined and creepy British Ghost Story, starring Martin Freeman, makes its North American debut. Sorcerous mystery Hereditary..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Horton, Marisa Tomei, Sasha Lane, Joe Keery, Gina Gershon, Dean Winters, Olivia Luccardi (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Sour Duck Market Previews Pastries at Benefit Bake Sale

Proceeds support Jabo's Garden at Zilker Elementary

"...mash-up of restaurant, store, bakery, and bar, located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Chicon Street...."

Sept. 27, 2017 Food Post by Reanna Zuniga

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...• The regional premiere of Call Me by Your Name,..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lemon

"...Cera, Gillian Jacobs, Nia Long, David Paymer, Fred Melamed, Martin Starr, Shiri Appleby and Rhea Perlman...."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dean

Demetri Martin writes, directs, and stars in this indie romance

"...Directed by: Demetri Martin. Starring: Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline and Gillian Jacobs. Not..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...Philippe Garrel's recently restored Les Hautes Solitudes (June 7 & 11), an "Avant Cinema" selection, is a silent, black-and-white..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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