The Flesh and the Faith of 'We Are What We Are'

Director Jim Mickle on remakes, religion, and America's dark history

"...vampire tropes with 2010's Stake Land, horror fans lauded the arrival of a radical new talent. So there were..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: Kicking the Drug War Habit

More of the same under Obama's new drug czar?

"...Americans are still using drugs. In fact, according to the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, drug..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...Through our headphones, turntables, and car speakers, these are the Austin-made albums Chronicle music contributors kept coming..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Duality of Southwest Key

An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate

"...An oversized mural, of children enjoying outdoor activities, adorns the side of South­west..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...2015 is less than a month away, and today the festival announced some of its biggest titles ever, with..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...on its cover,” I wondered. Seemed as silly as the moment Dublin’s U2 discovered its Delta blues roots on..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...With the clock ticking (eight days and counting, folks), Fantastic Fest..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...If films teach us one thing, it's that the human body is a frail thing, and that the..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...In 2007, Pete Best performed Downtown on the outdoor stage of Threadgill's World Headquarters. You of a..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...film arrives, a film foretold with ill-augur, that has the dedication, fascination and weirdo subject matter that pushes it..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask

Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday

"...Gunnar Hansen joined a little independent horror film called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as the hulking butcher Leatherface...."

Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Barbecue Turns Up the Heat With Secret Pit Technology

Is this special new smoker a brisket game-changer?

"...It's an age-old question that persists even today in the dark art of Meat Alchemy: Does the wand make..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

All Hail 'The Lords of Salem'

Rob Zombie on his fifth feature, a decade in the making

"...Rob Zombie admits it: "I've always been obsessed with the bad characters." His first four turns as a film..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...Hopin' for the best..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Strength of Character

Like John Irving, Peter Hedges can create characters with such depth and originality it’s as if you have spent a lifetime in search of their company.

"...Peter Hedges writes stories about the people that Hollywood forgot: like the mother so large..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...George Whittenburg Ratliff is not the kind of guy you would peg for one of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...Like God and the Devil, - - writer Donald E. Westlake has many..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Hightower Lowdown

The Hightower Lowdown

"...Playing Ball With Microsoft Here comes the All-Star Squad! No, not Alex Rodriguez,..."

July 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

A House DVD'd

Criterion and Rooster Teeth give you something worth wishing for

"...hooked up yet? Can you find your Wiimote? What's the damn password to your (let's be honest) shared Netflix..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

The Few

A former Marine's unfiltered photography leads an American documentary crew into Darfur

"...Babies with their heads smashed in, run over by a truck. Men..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

The Luv Doc: Dropping Hints

Your patience is heroic

"...Me and my boyfriend have been together nearly six years and he still hasn’t asked me..."

March 28, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Among the Damned

PromiseLand's Virtual Hell haunted house offers salvation to trick-or-treaters.

"..."It's about time you got out of bed," says a man clutching a bottle of rum,..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A House DVD'd

Criterion and Rooster Teeth give you something worth wishing for

"...The Devil's BackboneCriterion Collection; $39.95 (Blu-ray), $29.95 (DVD)..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

We the Corporations?; and Lawmakers Dance With the Devil

"...We the Corporations?..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Last Castle

"...George Scott. Some films just leave you puzzled, and The Last Castle is one of them. The movie is..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the watching mere weeks..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Keith Richards' sensational autobiography Life – published Monday – the Screen's Greatest Rock & Roll Band also reissued another..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...The coffin-shaped door of the dive at Eighth and Red..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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