It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...knocking back mochaccinos and cheesecake. Even in its final days, the Village retained its grimy panache...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...Albert Murray, James Lincoln Collier, and Nat Hentoff; musicians Doc Cheatham, Harry Edison, Lionel Hampton, Joe Lovano, Herbie Hancock,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Bonepony Traveler's Companion (Super Duper)

SXSW Records

"...Bonepony Traveler's Companion (Super Duper) Back in the old days, boy, all we had to keep rhythm with was..."

March 3, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...1986, but the piece goes back further, to Galloway's days as one of the founders of Esther's Follies. With..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tributes

"...there's one measly song off Ragged Glory, and it's "Days That Used to Be" -- not even a good..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...guy's dressed in the full kit of bondage pants, Doc Martens, 18-inch mohawk, and leather jacket. His demeanor and..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Conduit Digital Film and Gaming Festival

"...the Doom Generation has the Conduit Festival. It's two days and nights of digital film, shorts, animation, computer game..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature

From Script to Screen

"...and Festival winds to a close following eight eventful days and nights between October 1-8. Presented here are reviews..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...After five days of breezy, chilly nights, Tuesday’s 82-degree humidity left me..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Review: Stormy

Doc explores life in the eye of Hurricane Trump

"...all, but as she explained in Stormy, Sarah Gibson’s documentary about her world premiering at South by Southwest, the..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

SXSW Film Review: A House Is Not a Disco

Portrait of the Pines on Fire Island moves and shakes

"...A House Is Not a Disco, the debut feature-length documentary by actor Brian J. Smith (Sense8), celebrates the hedonism,..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...1) 20 Days in Mariupol This harrowing, you-are-there document of the Russian..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...Joseph Pattisall, Jeff Krulik (director of the headbanging sociological doc "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"), and Austin's own resident Fugazi..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...New Orleans pianism, and Margaret Brown's Townes Van Zandt doc, Be Here to Love Me. Mugshots (MLK, Jerry Lee..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio

North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30

"...heroes like Simón Díaz and Carolina national heroes like Doc Watson into a plea for sanity with breath-taking immediacy...."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

SXSW Film Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets a detailed but thin biography

"...is caught somewhere between a standard modern rock bio doc and what can only refer to as the first..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: It's Only Life After All

Indie folk legends Indigo Girls as warm and humble rock stars

"...In the SXSW documentary It’s Only Life After All, Emily Saliers and Amy..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Katherine McNevins

Life, Loss, and William Shatner

In You Can Call Me Bill, documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe examines the philosophy of the man who keeps boldly going

"...why Alexandre O. Philippe would want to make a documentary about William Shatner. The Swiss director's filmography combines explorations..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sundance 2023 Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets his flowers in new documentary

"...is caught somewhere between a standard modern rock bio doc and what can only refer to as the first..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do You Really Know Your Parents if You Don’t Go Through Their Record Collection?

Who we are is what we listen to

"...record a “gamechanger for me.” Meanwhile a multitude of Doc & Merle Watson releases prompt memories from my mom..."

June 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd: Torched

New documentary about Austin's pro Ultimate Frisbee team crowdfunding now

"...Torched, a documentary about the Austin Torch, Texas' first professional Ultimate Frisbee..."

May 13, 2022 Screens Column by James Scott

Genuine Joe Coffeehouse: To Close, to Move, to Celebrate

Local longtime java joint gets filmed, fêted by its own barista

"...– well, that’s our city, isn’t it? Especially these days? Growing like some kind of tech-flooded, developer-fertilized weed...."

May 11, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Reconciling the legend with the man in this life-spanning story

"...practically synonymous with what you do, an in-depth, career-encapsulating documentary seems like an inevitability. That’s why Tony Hawk: Until..."

March 13, 2022 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

Qmmunity: Editor Beth Sullivan's Queer Goodbye

Closing the chapter with OUTsider Fest and more queer events

"...a great friend and colleague since my earliest Chron days as a part-time proofer; and Q contributors, past and..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Beth Sullivan

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...and the ethically questionable uses of them, Theo Anthony's doc is eye-opening. 3) The Green Knight..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...every wannabe filmmaker watching this makes their own VU-style doc, that'd be pretty meta-cool. Near Misses..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sex Sells: 40 Years of Forbidden Fruit

Terri Lynn Raridon gives Austin over to absolute pleasure

"...she tells us. "I was out there, at the Doc Johnson factory, when Forbidden Fruit got raided and busted..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors

Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun

"...As he told the makers of a brief, three-year-old documentary on Up Around the Sun, his old-time music duo..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...release of Summer of Soul, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson's remarkable documentary about the cultural impact and sheer groove of the..."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...A few hundred days into the most digitized era of our lives, and..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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