Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...It was that face and that voice. The high, arched eyebrow over an unnaturally long, handsome face...."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror to Open the 'The Profane Exhibit'

Festival to debut extreme horror anthology

"...Yesterday we had the great news that there will be a second volume..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post

The Luv Doc: My Boyfriend Is Watching

The problem with telling the truth

"...mutual friend about a year ago. We see each other mostly on weekends because he has a house in..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Morrissey and Interpol Go Classic Post-Punk on the Erwin Center

Weekend’s double headliner doesn’t disappoint

"...Stephen Patrick Morrissey, 60, brought jokes to his takeover of the Erwin Center on Friday night. The English-born Irishman..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

Beware the "Givertaker"

New Austin short launches the Dead Kids Club

"...Are you a member of the Dead Kids Club? Watch new short "Givertaker" by..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Every Northern European culture knows that Robert Frost was wrong. The..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Spirit of Halloweentown

Documentary heads to where the Disney Channel fave was shot

"...much, you make do with what you have. That's the message of The Spirit of Halloweentown, the Fantastic Fest-selected..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...My worst quality, other than making up voices for other people's pets and..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Bill Moseley on being Chop Top, and living as a horror icon

"...The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has been called the grandfather..."

April 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest

Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets

"...It's day eight of Fantastic Fest, and Simon Barrett may be the only..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Jeff Daniel Phillips Fears 'The Lords of Salem'

How a caveman walked with a Zombie

"...Don't let the title fool you. There are few lords in Rob..."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...Horror movies aren't known for their subtlety. It's a fact I reflect on as I..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Teal House Triumphant, Boozy Boba, Devil May Care About Warhol, LeRoy & Lewis Go Sweet, and More

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

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene during this final..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

National Theatre of Scotland serves up one helluva grand show

"...The warm glow spreading throughout your frame may be from..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: Blowing Smoke

Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a lot more work.

"...in March to take a job with a large software company. One of the first people to befriend me..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

This Is Who We Are #5: Salvage Vanguard Theater's Death of a Cat

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know when..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

MacIvor’s House, Now In Your House

One man’s relentlessly fucked-up existence debuts on YouTube

"...might not be as bad as Victor’s life. Victor, the contentious subject of Daniel MacIvor’s one-man show House, who..."

March 26, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen

"...A mixed bag of ghoulish tricks that might’ve been better served by an..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...There are any number of things about the Eighties that..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

And the Fantastic Winners Are

Fantastic Fest awards go to 'Jodorowsky's Dune,' 'Afflicted'

"...The ballots are all in and counted, and it's official:..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Reaping

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

"...Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb and Stephen Rea. Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Devil Times Five-ish

'A Field in England' might remind you of a field in Bastrop

"...Brit auteur Ben Wheatley's A Field in England managed the unlikely feat of giving me a minor anxiety attack..."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Cool River Cafe

Rounding up the Austin steak house scene

"...The ski lodge atmosphere at this enormous Northwest Austin steak..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...men and a town. That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: A Huge Dick

Not everyone is feeling the love.

"...I have been reading little things here and there about people being grateful for things they have learned..."

June 19, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Memoirs of a Geisha

Well, we’re not in Chicago anymore, or even its soundstage approximation, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a sort-of) show business.

"...that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Reason Why

"...From the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation (www.thenation.com)..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

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