Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...The annual literary festival staged around the state’s Capitol announced..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.)..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.)..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

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.

"...Fuhrman, Aryana Engineer, Jimmy Bennett and CCH Pounder. Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of this relatively effective entry into..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...When you're a university theatre department with an alumnus who has a Pulitzer Prize..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Devil's Tiger

"...The Devil's Tigerby Robert Flynn and Dan Klepper..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Review by Dick Holland

Hollywood Babble On

The Silver Screen in Black & White

"...It's no big secret that during its heyday from the Twenties until the late Fifties, Hollywood was dominated by..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

6th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners

The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest

"...Iguana Grill – Mole Sauce 2nd Place: Artz Rib House – Artz on Fire Habanero Sauce Commercial Bottlers People's..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Food Feature

DVDanger: June

Supernatural scares meet adoption drama (again)

"...taught us anything, it's that children are awful. From the prenatal peril of Rosemary's Baby to Carrie's graduation gore,..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Genius and Jive

My roller-coaster relationship with Daniel Johnston

"...Johnston's story is now so well-known, at least to the greater creative community, that it seems almost generic to..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...wasn't just that it was pouring applause, somehow producing the mirage of a confetti snowstorm swirling down from the..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Summer fashion no-no's

"...CRIMES OF FASHIONSummer is no excuse for slovenliness. If you can't..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...who has survived two heart attacks and a history of anemia-related illnesses, and her fading vision has taken in..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

"...that is. (Sorry to all those hoping for rain.) The Front Festival, a gathering/celebration of women and LGBTQ creators,..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, Nicky Guadagni, Elyse Levesque, John Ralston, Liam..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...always been as much a family as a festival. The second wave of films has just been announced, with..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Duck Amuck

Cultural touchstones for the gray spaces

"...I am right where I wish I weren't: In the middle of the night, I'm not really awake but..."

May 23, 2008 Column by Louis Black

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...Through March 22, Hyde Park Theatre..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More

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

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s vast culinary scene, as the..."

June 23, 2021 Food Post

Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts

Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus

"...Haus concerts are like a block party out in the country. Neighbors and friends gather around the rustic, open-air..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cece Winans, Reluctant Star

Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath

"...first album in nine years on Feb. 3, Let Them Fall in Love, the Detroit gospel star tapes Austin..."

Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...The real-world catacombs beneath the streets of Paris are an..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...and Norbert Leo Butz. If this is "real life," then count me out. It's not that there's anything terribly..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shawnee Kilgore’s Long Precious Road

Includes a mega writer-director and “beautiful kind of permission”

"...enters a room, it lights up like a bouquet of wild flowers. No surprise, then, that Kilgore caught the..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Gordon. With Last Days, which is "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, Gus Van Sant concludes..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Other Worlds Austin Announces Lineup

New SF fest announces latest Amy Seimetz feature as closing title

"...Clones, zombie hands, eternal nights, and a day's worth of shorts: New sci fi festival Other Worlds Austin has..."

Oct. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

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. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...It's the Fifth of July at Trailer Space Records, and nobody..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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