Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum’s 25th Annual Garden Party..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoirby Lucinda Williams Crown, 272 pp., $28.99..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Top 10 Most Read Reviews of 2019

Superheroes, the supernatural, and some Texas faves

"...Chronicle's team of reviewers tries to give you their opinions on every movie that opens in Austin: But what..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Beach Bum

Fear and loathing in Florida with Korine and Matthew McConaughey

"...Directed by: Harmony Korine. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Zac Efron,..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Review: The New Romantic

Love reconsidered in the age of swiping and sugar daddies

"...probably not a Taylor Swift reference, Carly Stone’s debut indie comedy The New Romantic is a charming and sweet..."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar with that metaphor – due to..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Zero Theorem

This science-fiction romp from director Terry Gilliam explores a demented and surreal technological future.

"...Directed by: Terry Gilliam. Starring: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges and Mélanie Thierry...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

John Dies at the End

Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that's customed-tooled for the midnight hour.

"...Directed by: Don Coscarelli. Starring: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown and..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

From the Vaults: Nada Lado

'Savages’ Benicio del Toro talks about developing character in 'Che'

"...In Savages, the characters on all sides of the movie's..."

July 8, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp stars in this adaptation of one of Hunter S. Thompson's earliest novels, which is set in Puerto Rico in 1960 and soaked in booze

"...Directed by: Bruce Robinson. Starring: Johnny Depp, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi,..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Magic Carpet Ride

Johnny Depp brings his passion project to the Austin Film Festival

"...There are Q&A sessions and then there are Q&A sessions gone falling-down gonzo, which..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...Directed by: Gore Verbinski. Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Houston Kid

Rodney Crowell reminisces on '˜Chinaberry Sidewalks'

"...Crowell's 2001 triumph, The Houston Kid, was essentially memoir in song, a poignant look back at his dirt-poor childhood..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"..."I got a girl." – Tripping Daisy, 1995..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hunter S. Thompson

"...Hunter S. ThompsonThe Gonzo Tapes: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Shout! Factory)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Road to Degradation Is Painted Gold

"...I can tell – at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning - there is one fundamental problem with human beings:..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

College

New frat-house comedy is timed for the new semester.

"...Directed by: Deb Hagan. Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett, Nick..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Crusader

Nobody's safe from man-with-a-camera Alex Gibney

"...Filmmaker Alex Gibney is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. Or, rather,..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...Directed by: Alex Gibney. It would hardly be surprising if the most brazen and incisive words ever spoken..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Things We Lost in the Fire

This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.

"...Directed by: Susanne Bier. Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Right at Your Door

Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which builds on our current terrorist-related night sweats.

"...Directed by: Chris Gorak. Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Tony Perez, Scotty Noyd Jr...."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coachella 2007

"...Traveling to the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

NFL Analysis 101: The Gangs of Fear and Evil

"...Well, class, this week we say “so long and thanks for..."

April 16, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Brothers Grimm

Terry Gilliam's skewed fantasy is pure jabberwocky.

"...Directed by: Terry Gilliam. Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Peter..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nellie Blog

Why modern-day muckraker Ana Marie Cox couldn't care less about her critics – or even, at times, her audience

"...The New York Times is famous for transforming the hip into the obsolete merely by doing a..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Rest of the World Isn't LaughingDear Editor,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column

Rest in Peace

"...Dear Editor, With the unexpected passing of Hunter S. Thompson Sunday, I'm hoping that the..."

Feb. 23, 2005 Postmarks

New to DVD

You can turn your back on a drug, but never turn your back on Criterion Collection DVD #175, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an "eerie trumpet call over a lost battlefield."

"...Fear and Loathing in Las VegasThe Criterion Collection, $39.95 It..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postscripts

A young Texas writer who found success in Hollywood, and a new book of photographs by one of Austin's most experienced photographers.

"...A Match Made in Hollywood..."

March 16, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Traffic

"...Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Amy Irving, Albert Finney, Miguel Ferrer, Erika Christensen, James..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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