SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Unsheathe your broad sword and unpack your boom stick. South By Southwest has just announced that Dungeons & Dragons:..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...pieces," Watts said, her words slowing, her Texas drawl softening. "But you don't really know whether you have the..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Orphan: First Kill

The cuckoo's nest classic gets a gruesome and surprising prequel

"...that left her looking exactly like a 9-year-old. Jaws hit floors, and the conclusion ruled out any kind of..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

City Ends Contract With Operator of Austin's Downtown Homeless Shelter

Chronic underperformance catches up with Front Steps

"...Front Steps, the nonprofit that has run the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless since 2004 and has provided..."

July 15, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...What does it sound like to be young? It sounds like the epic..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Beast

Tamil action-comedy slips on too many banana peels

"...Directed by: Nelson. Starring: Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Yogi Babu and Ankur Vikal...."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Heavy With Tradition, Old Settler's Music Festival Springs Eternal

We talk to Sierra Hull and spotlight favorites for next week’s campout

"...understandings and customs passed down generationally or recurring practices so established that they shape your identity...."

April 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...Directed by: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. Starring: Takahito Hosoyamada, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Takuro Atsuki and Rei Yoshida...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Antlers

Del Toro-endorsed creature feature is stylish but empty

"...few days, the oft-delayed Antlers is finally poised to hit theatres. Scott Cooper’s film – which features a script..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...Historically, the bad James Bond films have been judged so because they were just too wacky and silly. Fortunately,..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...was the original inscrutable evil genius stereotype, Fu Manchu. So when the Marvel Cinematic Universe first glimpsed at its..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike

"...one goal: Expose the corporation that put them through so much pain and suffering. When the two travel to..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Blithe Spirit

Mirthless rewrite of Coward's classic can't raise a smile, never mind a ghost

"...Noël Coward’s ghostly comedy Blithe Spirit first hit audiences back in 1941 in the West End. However,..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...lip service from Council since the March cancellation of South by Southwest, the latest hit came in a recent..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

New documentary spotlight's the Lone Star State's death penalty fetish

"...her 2-year-old daughter, speaks to the camera from a prison visiting area. She looks tired as she confesses: “I..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Checking In: Bonnie Whitmore Sticks to What She Does Best

“I’m hoping to have a lot more stories to share after all this”

"...review in the Chronicle on news stands now: “Bonnie Whitmore works musical alchemy, turning the hardest material into anthems..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Compadre Brewing and Central District Brewing

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 7)

"...of risking it all for a sit-down lunch of some fucking Subway-quality brisket...."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Times of Bill Cunningham

The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people

"...fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died in 2016, it wasn't so much the end of an era as the loss..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Broadway Leading Lady Carolee Carmello on Taking Over Dolly!

Hello, Dolly prepares for run at Bass Concert Hall

"...Lovett in the recent, acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd), some Broadway tours, and television appearances on her résumé, Carmello..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

UT Students Break Into E-Sports Through Longhorn Gaming

The university's independent organization gains notoriety in the competitive gaming world

"...it comes to internet failure. It's like a storm hitting a football game, and just as hard on the..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis enter the Pershing to a backslapping..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Guide to Getting a Beer During SXSW

Ditch the convention center and check these brewpubs

"...city like culture junkies trying to score one more hit of provocative niche-grade panelist content, but you, chill-ass globe-trotter..."

March 15, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...Directed by: Marielle Heller. Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Stephen Spinella, Jane Curtin, Gregory..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Overboard

Unexpected remake of the Eighties' most questionable rom-com

"...is similar to the original: It’s mildly entertaining while also masking criminal deceptions as romantic foreplay. Yet this remake..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...led up to 9/11. The level of detail was so mind-boggling that I read the book twice to absorb..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...9:10pm; Fri. 16, Townsend, 10pm Ecuadorian synth-pop duo 1982 sounds straight out of a tropical John Hughes movie. Debut..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...are manifest in physical sensation – a laugh, a sob, a nervous flinch at the awesome nearness of an..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Amy Gentry on Good as Gone

This Austin author didn't set out to make her first novel a thriller, but now that it's out, she's good with that

"...While En Vogue's anti-prejudice hit harmonies from "Free Your Mind" piped through the patio..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

God, Guns & Guitars: Willie’s Picnic

Midwest farmer’s daughters, dirt road anthems, and a whiskey river

"...knives to a concert. Well, maybe most concerts. Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July picnic isn’t like most concerts...."

July 5, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Balls Out

College intramural football comedy features several SNL players

"...Beck Bennett, Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, Nicholas Rutherford, Sam Eidson, Jay Pharoah and D.C. Pierson...."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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