Residents to Vote for Hotel Occupancy Tax Allocation, Soccer

County, city grapple for hotel dollars

"...On Monday, Aug. 19, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to place on..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Welcome back, Mister Wick!

"...unstoppable hit man John Wick as PETA Spokesperson of the Year, as well as, in no particular order, best..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"..."Tell me more about the punk," says alien tourista Zan (Fanning) to Enn (Sharp),..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Explore East Austin Gentrification

Technology and social justice come together in Latinitas' film

"...but nowhere is this change more pronounced than on the Eastside. Latinx Culture in East Austin, a VR documentary..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida

The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing

"...easy to forget that Shakespeare wrote a play about the Trojan War, because it almost never gets produced. Troilus..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kong: Skull Island

The big ape is back

"...Armstrong’s big game hunter Carl Denham referred to as “the eighth wonder of the world” in the 1933 original..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1983: Angela Strehli & Band with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat,..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

John Wick: Chapter 2

The body count increases exponentially in this new installment

"...The second chapter to 2014’s out-of-nowhere hit has the same..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Salvage Vanguard Theater's With Great Difficulty Alice Sits

Hannah Kenah's new play presents an unsettling battle of wills between a mother and daughter before birth

"...At the beginning of the show, we see a very pregnant..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Full Slate

Marquee names include Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Patton Oswalt

"...The Austin Film Festival has already made some big announcements,..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Making and Experiencing Video Games

Boss Fight Books gives the medium the biography treatment

"...When the Chronicle decided to have a Summer Reading issue, as..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by James Renovitch

Making Room to Play

Create Space Austin kicks off the drive to secure more performing venues in the city

"...Two things happen when a roomful of Austin theatre artists gather with no audience present: They start on..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

2015-16 Austin Music Awards

"...White Ghost Shivers accept the award for None of the Above..."

March 17, 2016 Photo Gallery

Eddie the Eagle

The inspirational story of Great Britain's Olympics underdog

"...If Olympic medals were given for tenacity, then Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards would have returned to England..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tedeschi Trucks Thrill Austin City Limits

Mad Dogs & Floridians cap all-star season 41

"...A whiff of finality hung in the air Monday night at the Moody Theater. As announced..."

Dec. 15, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Green Inferno

Eli Roth's long-delayed cannibal movie has passed its shelf life

"...Fantastic Fest 2013’s “secret screenings,” Eli Roth’s riff on the horror subgenre of tropical cannibal movies has finally arrived..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lights, Camera, aGLIFF!

Long-running film fest returns with something for everyone

"...we belong. All you need is love. Relationships, on the other hand, are a bit more complex than a..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Being Evel

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...If you grew up in the Sixties or Seventies, it sometimes seemed as though Robert..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Austin One-Minute Play Festival Is Back!

ScriptWorks presents another round of locally penned 60-second dramas – 70 staged back-to-back

"...play is performed. Or so it will go at the second annual Austin One-Minute Play Festival, running Aug. 17-19..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

KGSR’s Blues On the Green: Antone’s All-Star Revue

"...The Antone’s house band’s chairman of the board, Derek O’Brien..."

June 4, 2015 Photo Gallery

Jacob's Ladder

The hero of this Theatre en Bloc premiere wrestles with ethical issues while working for FDR

"...of us, regardless of religious affiliation, are familiar with the biblical Jacob and his vision of a ladder, a..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Top 10 Reasons (+3) I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2014

Valentines to theatre and comedic craft played a large part in making 2014 a memorable year in theatre

"...1) THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART (National Theatre of Scotland/Texas..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

John Wick

Keanu Reeves and the filmmakers deliver the goods in this well-constructed revenge picture.

"...Anyone who misses the initial flash-forward in John Wick’s opening moments would be..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Cock

This Theatre en Bloc show depicts love as a fight and is as exhilarating and aggressive as a contact sport

"...CockThe Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, 512/522-4083 www.theatreenbloc.org Through Oct. 25..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Playback: Antone's Reorganizes

Antone's restructures and nears a deal on a new home Downtown

"...whose belief in low-down, 12-bar blues and respect for the good souls from whom it poured became so contagious..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ATX Television Fest 2014 Opening Night Party

"...The ATX Television Festival celebrated its opening night Thursday with..."

June 6, 2014 Photo Gallery

Bethany

Theatre En Bloc delivers a tough and disturbing social critique on suburbia and adversity facing single mothers

"...BethanyRollins Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/522-4083 www.theatreenbloc.org..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Judge Yeakel: Hyatt Lawsuit Can Proceed

Judge okays wrongful termination lawsuit against TWDB

"...U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel rejected a Texas Water Develop­ment Board effort to quash a wrongful termination lawsuit. Yeakel..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

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