12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...staff has a dozen acts looking to impress out-of-towners and locals alike...."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Che Bella

The Austin Film Society's series is called "Che Bella: Italy in the 60s," but the story really begins -- as does all of modern cinema -- in the streets of Rome, in May of 1944. Nick Barbaro looks at Italian neorealism and the movies it inspired.

"...There, even as Allied troops raced toward the city, and Nazi occupiers tightened their martial-law grip in preparation for..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Compartment No. 6

Strangers on a train form a tense bond in this Finnish drama

"...Haarla, Yuriy Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Tomi Alatalo and Polina Aug...."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fallen Leaves

Finland's master of understated absurdity shakes off retirement

"...Starring: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu and Alina Tomnikov...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Old Henry

Cowboy tale takes a little too long on a familiar trail

"...Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Stephen Dorff and Trace Adkins...."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...Austin, News Editor Michael King interviewed writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz and his collaborator, producer Elizabeth Avellán, about the background of..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Start Your Engines

Council gearing up for land use discussions?

"...also the first meeting for Council's two new members, and for a newly emboldened Mayor Steve Adler after his..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...always good for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Get ’Em While They're Hot

Acquisitions left and right in the Austin film scene

"...Poyser's The Bounceback premiered at South by Southwest 2013, and the Air Sex romantic comedy with the heart of..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Buttercup

Record review

"...hum it. They infuse vocal harmonies, lots of "la's," and let the music do the talking on 12 dynamic..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Matt Dentler

California Dreams' Postcards From the Edge

Hybrid doc explores the fringes of Hollywood hopefuls

"...a person?'" The resulting California Dreams was shot in fits and starts for almost two years before it found..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Knick Knack Paddy Whack: A Novel

"...making a self-conscious observation about his own novel's style and structure. The basic plot scenario of Knick Knack Paddy..."

March 31, 2000 Books Review by Bob Pomeroy

Late, Late at Night

Rick Springfield's one-handed read

"...Springthorpe survived early 1960s passage from Sydney to London and back again – the Beatles coming and going –..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Miles Davis

In Box

"...Washington, D.C.'s Cellar Door. Trumpeter Davis heads a fusion band including Gary Bartz, alto and soprano saxes; Keith Jarrett,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Sonic Youth, Liberty Lunch, July 7 & 8, 1999

"...being. That sound that makes you close your eyes and wish with all your might that you could somehow..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Hard Act to Follow

Heather Kafka on a love/hate history with acting

"...discussion of her work to the realm of tears and smiling, apologetic, momentary silences. The cause? At my prompting,..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...about the movies I adored, the ones that influenced and inspired me, like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin-SA Commuter Rail: Kyle looking on board

City of Kyle likely to be among first jurisdictions to support Austin-San Antonio commuter rail proposal

"...proposal – not to be confused with Capital Metro's Leander-to-Downtown rail line – has been under discussion since 2003...."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

When Is a Tax Not a Tax? Ask the GOP.

The House tax bill passes, but will it actually help Texas schools?

"...fact, some are downright rebellious – but the House rank-and-file dutifully passed new taxes in House Bill 3, all..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Neu!

"...the first time ever, the "Jenny Ondioline" basement tapes and the Switched On unreleased demos are available domestically. Sort..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three/
Get Carter

"...Carter D: Mike Hodges (1971); with Michael Caine, Britt Ekland, Ian Hendry, John Osborne...."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Unless Abbott Interferes, Daniel Perry to Serve 25 Years

"I know it’s never going to be the same again.” – Whitney Mitchell

"...about who her son was. She described how he and his common-law wife, Whitney Mitchell, had marched for Black..."

May 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...For the last 27 years, Raoul Hernandez has overseen The Austin Chronicle's music coverage. A conservative..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

After a Fashion

Black Fridays are holiday hell in a handbasket! What's next – Chihuahuas in the manger?

"...This Black Friday business is insanity. Physical and verbal abuse, guns, knives, Tasers, and other weapons, all..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar's editor wonders if the fighting geckos ever try to sell auto insurance

"...to make a former mud slick into a refreshing and attractive oasis simply by using things we already had,..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

One Size Does Not Fit All

The international community reacts and adapts to a Westernized Web

"...what we are doing, where we individually fit in, and how we can better work together." But whose idea..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

No class can cultivate what a writer most needs, the gift I call the 'talent of the room'

"...the Lower Practices of Higher Education Concerning Creative Writing and Literature."..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

What the Folk?

The 2006 Folk Alliance washes ashore in Austin – brace the bulkheads!

"...numbers, but it's close. Polka, choral, electronic; for any and every genre or subgenre you can think of there's..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Letters @ 3AM

The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.

"...second theme (indented two tabs in) employs longer lines and richer syntax. Descriptive passages. Let the landscape serve as..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

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