Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...Walker’s “Don’t Count Your Chickens.”   – Doug Freeman Eli Josef Farewell Show..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Founders Day

Slasher political satire should fall on its own blade

"...equation is that final girl Allison (Grace) is a Black lesbian, but she's still utterly immemorable. As for that..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thanksgiving

Eli Roth's fake trailer gets a real (and really fun) slasher

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Nell Verlaque, Patrick Dempsey, Rick Hoffman, Karen..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...is a homophone for Joanne Baba. The 32-year-old singer delivers personal lyrics, mostly in her native language, in the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...waved the flag for burly stoner grunge and cosmic psychedelic heaviness since 2007, and salutes its sweet 16 with..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Verde Report: Austin FC’s Owen Wolff Turns Heads on Both Sides of the Pond

Make way for Austin’s first family of soccer

"...– grandson of Archie and nephew of Peyton and Eli – announced his commitment to play for the University..."

July 1, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...serial version of Swimming With Sharks, the cult 1994 black comedy about the merciless nature of Hollywood life...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...NYC indie trio Sunflower Bean, Atlanta garage troupe the Black Lips, and Scottish post-punk revivalists We Were Promised Jetpacks...."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Five Posh Options for Your Favorite Liquor Cabinet

You do, after all, deserve the best

"...with the green fairy, even though it’s the more delicate sister to Violet Crown’s fiercer Emerald version of the..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantasia Review: What Josiah Saw

Southern Gothic horror-noir binds and dooms a shattered family

"...wretched field, and vomits out one thick spurt of coal-black soot. That pollution is an augury of the impenetrable..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Night in Miami ...

Regina King’s directorial debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

"...Directed by: Regina King. Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

My Obsession: The Killer Looks of Edwige Fenech

Bow before the Queen of Giallo

"...one with a Fenech obsession: Both Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth worship her as well. Roth cast her as..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Sarah Jane

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Company, Congress Avenue's patchouli-soaked den of all that was psychedelic in the late Sixties, is coming to a Sunday..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...For a while we had Eli Roth attached to singular projects, but now his name..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona

An overdose of jump scares in this latest Conjuring spin-off

"...directors more than horror? For a while we had Eli Roth attached to singular projects, but now his name..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Adding to Pile: SXSW’s Fifth Artist List

Kirin J. Callinan, Heart Bones, Texas Gentlemen, and 97 more

"...electronic indie heartwrenchers Y La Bamba, and fellow Portlander Black Belt Eagle Scout, whose recent long song “Soft Stud”..."

Jan. 24, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2018

"...with Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book, and Elizabeth McCracken..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Photo Gallery

The Oath

Promise you'll see this hilarious and timely political satire

"...into the mix with barely a misstep. Not since Eli Roth’s faux-Grindhouse trailer Thanksgiving has a holiday-set film elicited..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...one-half of the title sibling duo of Patrick deWitt’s black-comic Western novel. Not Charlie Sisters (he’s the one with..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The House With a Clock in Its Walls

Eli Roth swaps gore for delightful childlike Gothic wonder

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...Eli Solinski (newcomer Truitt) is a black preteen who was..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Undocumented Citizen). Ben Fountain, familiar to many as a novelist from the National Book Critics’ Circle Award winner Billy..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

John Kerry to Kick Off Texas Tribune Festival

Other speakers include Nancy Pelosi, Beto O'Rourke, Jeff Flake

"...source announced today its 2018 festival lineup, and it’s reliably stacked with political heavy hitters and panel topics as..."

Aug. 1, 2018 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Death Wish

Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Dean..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...regular Scots visitors (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Black Watch) blew into town with a distinctly Scandinavian chill:..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...the senses: John L. Russell’s alternatingly crisp and blurred black-and-white cinematography; George Tomasini’s unnerving editing, defying every convention; and,..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gook

An unlikely friendship develops in 1992 Los Angeles

"...incendiary and lyrical. These traits are foretold in this black-and-white film’s opening shot: a girl dancing in free-form, flailing..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...regional premiere of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a black comedy from Irish writer/director Martin McDonagh starring Frances McDormand,..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...a secret music fest fueled by gas generators and psychedelics in the Chihuahua desert, our band van blew a..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...III. Manifest Destiny was a deep-seated belief in the 1800s that the United States was destined..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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