Altamesa Maps Lone Star Existentialism on Sophomore Stunner Idol Frontier

Evan Charles and Sean Faires brave the myth of the Southwest

"...albums, Idol Frontier most resembles Randy Newman's 1974 Dixie portrait Good Old Boys. Both transmit a regional subset of..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...arrives on your doorstep. In this achingly familiar family portrait, Blythe Danner gives a performance for the ages as..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...and died of a heart attack just before the final dress rehearsal. The next time Macbeth was produced at..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place

The Flash Collective calls on the queer community to help create public art

"...piece, created by Austin's Flash Collective, will feature small portraits of queer residents along with local and national LGBTQ..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

“Michael Anthony García: Continental Divide” at St. Edward’s

Layered photographs and images of empty garments across Austin allude to spaces of equality and disruption

"...show mostly populated with works from a series of portrait projects, though both use clothing as a stand-in for..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Phillip Wade and Friends on the West Austin Studio Tour

The artist has some creative friends show in his Clarksville home

"...years old, she started art classes with a local portrait artist, Edna Collins. She has been creating ever since...."

May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Holiday Viewing: The Dead

The shadow of Christmas past hangs long over Huston's classic

"..."The Dead" is the final section in Joyce's short story collection Dubliners: arguably his..."

Dec. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Dana Younger: Contemporary Figurative Works” at the Elisabet Ney Museum

This show of new clay-based sculptures contrasts smartly with Elisabet Ney’s marble statuary, and its breadth of style is stunning

"...instance – and get an idea of how three-dimensional portraiture was undertaken back in the day. And then you..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Scorsese etched himself into the Hollywood firmament with this portrait of an unstable cab driver who believes it’s his..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Readily Apparent Media on Their Basketball Doc

Local production house goes for the fast break

"...(Martha Marcy May Marlene) with aspirations toward Joshua Oppenheimer's Final Cut for Real (The Act of Killing)...."

April 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

ACL Review: Marlon Williams

A country/bluegrass killer howling from Down Under

"...The final three songs showcased Williams’ range best. Standing solo, the..."

Oct. 10, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival

The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two

"...hour; the story of three hardened criminals and the final, simple crime which will bring them all down...."

Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trapped and the War on Women's Health Care

Doc highlights impact of anti-choice laws in the South

"...infuses it with much needed humanity, giving us a portrait of providers on the frontlines, some of whom, with..."

March 11, 2016 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...re-created the most tense and sickening moments of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – a rare and shining..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...Burton, Leonard Bernstein, and John Waters made the next Final Destination: heady, enchanting, crazy, and utterly romantic, and Mónika..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tennessee Ernie Ford

"...with which the entertainer became associated, the 5-CD, 154-song Portrait of an American Singer focuses on his country and..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Music Review by Doug Freeman

One in a Crowd: Dough

Crowdfunding, with added raffle

"...Primary filming has finished and now they're in the final (and expensive) post-production phase. That's where this crowdfunding push..."

Aug. 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

See Hear Yoko

Yoko Ono in pictures

"...text adds insight without detracting from compelling snapshots. A portrait of the couple with their newborn son, Sean, depicts..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

H. R. Giger, the Dark Star

Full Q&A with documentarian Belinda Sallin

"...Chronicle via email about filming the artist in his final months, and his artistic and cultural legacy. She also..."

May 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention

The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown

"...lie about – including a record sleeve with a portrait of Bob Dylan sketched by late blues booster Clifford..."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: SXSW 2015: Turnt Up & Dialed Down

SXSW Music 2015 – that's a wrap

"...licensed A Poem Is a Naked Person, a 1974 portrait of Leon Russell, who earned a reputation as a..."

March 27, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: The Sandwich Nazi

Salam Kahil is totally inappropriate

"...pageantry and theatrics, Lewis Bennett’s documentary offers a complicated portrait of a fairly antipathetic subject. And this is the..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

The Perea Story

Producer fired by KTBC last year kills himself at Fox headquarters

"...segment of what Perea considered to be a perfect portrait of corporate American "workplace bullying."..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Mountaintop

Katori Hall's drama probes Martin Luther King Jr.'s mortality and legacy on the last night of his life

"...That's the portrait painted by Katori Hall in her compelling 2009 drama,..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Gabriel Mascaro Finds Lyricism in Wind-Blown Corners

Brazil Center and the UT’s Latin American Filmmakers Series

"...of Brazil – August Winds also presents a vivid portrait of some of the area's inhabitants while also using..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...The Texas Promise is, sadly, a portrait of a work in progress. It was fortuitously completed..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Voter Empowerment?

Austin's ThinkVoting has an app for that

"...By his own account, Santori hasn't exactly been a portrait of civic duties fulfilled. Rather, he considers his former..."

Oct. 23, 2014 News Post by Greg Harman

The Gay Place

It's Coming Out Month big time in Austin this week

"...education, advocacy, and fun, featuring guitarist Briand Morrison, plus portrait artist Drew Johnson, Lambda Legal Dallas' Omar Narvaez, and..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest 2014: Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD

Marvel? DC? Pshaw! 2000AD is the law

"...Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD is the final, warts 'n' all word on Britain's longest-running comic book,..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest 2014: When Animals Dream

There’s something hairy in Denmark

"...lycanthropic outlier into something far more rare: an honest portrait of a young person at odds with not only..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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