House of Wax

An occasionally creepy but mostly rote remake of the 1953 horror classic, with some putatively clever jibes at a certain high-profile hotel heiress.

"...striptease in a tent. Or both. Technically, the rules of my profession prohibit me from confirming whether these events..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Buying a Piece of One's Childhood

"...not only one Austin couple involved in the ownership of the theatre, but two. My wife, Sahar Arafat-Ray and..."

June 16, 2007 Postmarks

Texas Book Festival 2017: Sisters First:
A Celebration of Sisterhood

For the Bush sisters, an emotional discussion of their memoir

"...On a muggy Saturday morning in the Capitol's ornate House Chamber, Laura Bush sat poised in a fat leather..."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

The Austin School of Fiber Arts Wants You

Because Lynne Brotman just can’t, ah, weave well enough alone?

"...city, where the Lower Colorado flows like a ribbon of blue through the greens and browns of Lone Star..."

April 8, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ballad of El Molino

Unearthing one of the great "lost" albums of Texas rock & roll history

"...fans shake their heads in wonder at the absurdity of it. After all, this is a state that helped..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...Annie and I have been friends for what officially qualifies as "an uncomfortably long time." So long that..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Depths of 'Desire'

Curator Annette Carlozzi invites art lovers to dive down into images of longing

"...a phrase expansively (or reductively) making explicit the point of this assemblage of art. Just a single, simple word..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: In Favor of Waxing

There is far too much hair in the world already

"...my girlfriend asked me if I have ever considered waxing my pubic hair, and I said no, because I..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Black Pumas x 4th Tap, AISD Produce Boxes, Swoop House’s Happy Food, and More Bite-Sized Food News

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...weekly Food News Buffet, culled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the..."

July 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...Wringing out the rest of pandemic-recorded albums around a flurry of returning live musical..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Last Day of Summer

White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'

"...Honeybears. I wolfed down bland queso at a Maudie's knockoff called Lobo. Nothing helped. I was a stranger in..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of Anikulapo-Kuti's politically charged..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...output in literature, summarizing: "Their silence is the silence of centuries."..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"..."I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you … F I R..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Out of the Gutter

Sober family men, the Bulemics?! Who ARE these punks?!

"...The needle catches groove on a grape Tang-colored piece of 12-inch wax revolving at 45 rpm on the turntable...."

April 1, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Ashes of Time

Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese Falcon

"...John Huston, then hard at work on their adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, decided the best thing..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...itself as a full-blown passion project. Over the course of the press tour, Johnson has seemed keen to bill..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Sfanthor Lowers the Drawbridge

Castle in the air finally lands

"...is Sfanthor, the newest outpost where the mad-genius Museum of the Weird owners, Steve and Veronica Busti, plan to..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

BBQ Ramen Tatsu-Ya Is Open, ATX Grill RH Is Open, Lazarus No. 2 Is Coming, It’s Oinkers Away at Wine & Swine, Dovetail Pizza Is Imminent, and Something Something Halloween, Amirite?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Oct. 26, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Orphan

A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.

"...Bennett and CCH Pounder. Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of this relatively effective entry into the hoary little-girls-from-Gehenna genre..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Reaping

Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic backwoods juju thriller.

"...(by Carey and Chad Hayes, who brought you the House of Wax remake) is chock-full of pointless backstory and..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...turn to low-rumbling steel. Vincent Price was that last of the true masters of fear, the bridge between Karloff..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: Barking Up a Storm at the 'Frankenweenie' World Premiere

Fantastic Fest holds star-studded premiere for Tim Burton's latest

"...There was a woman at last night's world premiere of Tim Burton's new masterpiece Frankenweenie, and a lot of..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kraftwerk Reboots in 3-D

Friday’s first set screened a three-hour extravaganza

"...It takes a lot to get a bunch of robots out of Düsseldorf’s Kling Klang Studios. Which is..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...project with Boston's Shepley Bulfinch. But it's just one of many major projects here that Lake|Flato has designed –..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Scare Fare

"...TV," I told him. This, after spending a couple of days working on video reviews of horror movies, which..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Four Eyes, Three Dimensions

Alamo brings in big technology for 'Little Expo'

"...We've all heard the arguments against this most outrageous of cinematic gimmicks: "The glasses are uncomfortable!" "The process makes..."

June 18, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Margo Price Leads New SXSW Talent List

Yung Baby Tate, Broncho, David Wax Museum, and 77 more added to the fest

"...catchy cooing rockers Broncho, upbeat Mexo-Americana folk combo David Wax Museum, and ATL pussy power rapper Yung Baby Tate...."

Feb. 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

St. Vincent Price

Victoria Price celebrates her father's legacy

"...resonate with the whole 'Keep Aus­tin Weird' thing because of what that means to me. It's like, let's all..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jungle Cruise

Take the Disney ride with Emily Blunt and the Rock, straight to adventure

"...has on the movies and television put in front of our eyeballs. And it’s easier yet to roll those..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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