Austin Film Critics Pick Boyhood

AFCA showers Linklater favorite with four awards

"...Association this week voted Boyhood as the Best Film of the year. Richard Linklater was also named Best Director..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...difficult to debate against cowboys in the lovely state of Texas."..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...AFF 2014’s just-announced slate includes films with some of the season’s buzziest performances so far, including Wild, which..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...Austin Film Festival has just announced its first wave of films for its 2014 gathering, with new movies starring..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get on Up

As James Brown, Chadwick Boseman captures the performer's voice, moves, sweat, and swagger, but this biopic, as a whole, needs a stronger compass.

"...point-blank: “What, exactly, is ‘the groove’?” The flustered Godfather of Soul tries to explain that it’s defined more by..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Film Flam

Mondo plants its flag in Toyland, and 'Manglehorn' heads to Toronto

"...Tiny giants and festival berths are in this edition of Film Flam...."

July 22, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: School's Out!

"Evil Speak" and "Final Exam" vie for murder cum laude

"...before everyone packs away their pencils, it's a battle of the campus slaughterhouses in this week's home releases, as..."

May 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey

Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"

"...Fortunately for the director of such classics as Halloween, In the Mouth of Madness,..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lily Tomlin, Citizen of Austin

The comedian on our town, Ann Richards, and getting hitched

"...homecoming. In the Eighties, she did an extended run of her first stage success and workshopped her second; bonded..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Diamond in the Rough

Shawn Colvin's memoir in song

"...she began her career: nonchalantly and with a bit of doe-eyed wonder. Tonight, she's glad to be home...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

All Your Memes Are Belong to Us

Austinites bloom where they're planted, and local meme-makers are here to help us laugh at ourselves

"...become an overnight sensation. All he was doing was goofing around on a Thursday night. But less than 48..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

After a Fashion: Top 10s 2011

You know that Your Style Avatar's tops are always bottoms, yes?

"...2) YOGA CLOTHES outside of the yoga studio..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

This week, Your Style Avatar travels to Iran, Paris, and the land of sashimi

"...UK's The Guardian: Iran now has a trained force of 70,000 known as "moral police" whose job it is..."

June 24, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...Deep inside the airplane-hangar warren of music business offices that comprise Soundcheck Austin, four heads..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'Renaissance & Response: Polyphony Then and Now'

The Austin chorus sings the praises of four classical composers – with new music

"...programs packed into three days? That's a crazy amount of music to master and present in such a short..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

History Reheats Itself

Twenty-year timeline of 'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...1991: First year of The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, we challenge San..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature

Cosmic Americans

Jumping in with Earl Poole Ball

"...What started as a side project, a supergroup of sorts, one that would allow famed pianist Earl Poole..."

June 16, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

A Double Life

Splitting the difference between Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach

"...The actor whose role takes over his life...."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Home Fires

Revisiting the smoking ban and the return of Otto Binder

"...continue to think it is a bad law. Most of us bristle at the notion that, under pressure from..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott

Sticking it to 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott

"...Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbottby..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

I Love You, Man

Paul Rudd stars in this "bromance" comedy in which sweet scenes of male camaraderie contrast with moments of gross-out humor.

"...Simmons and Andy Samberg. I fear Hollywood’s Golden Age of Bromance is ready for its decline and fall. Gone..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM

How far are you willing to go to make a picture?

"...How wild were the early days of film? It was said that Henry Lehrman, while directing..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Media Watch: Local News

The Statesman and its suitors, and the TV shuffle

"...the hood. Five groups heard presentations and took tours of the facilities after making nonbinding bids and proving their..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Austin Playhouse's production of this early Sondheim musical features some strong work, but it also feels dated and safe

"...street in Rome. On the left sits a house of ill repute, on the right an abandoned home. At..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Page Two: Duck Amuck

Cultural touchstones for the gray spaces

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

May 23, 2008 Column by Louis Black

When Is Tomorrow

This filmed-in-Austin movie about two former best friends moving in different directions is purposefully disheveled and expertly ramshackle.

"...As the saying goes, in the movies as in life, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (or at..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Friday Showcases

"...7pm, Continental Club Offering a taste of the two-day festival held annually in..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

The Redwalls

Saturday

"...There's absolutely nothing wrong with the art of imitation, so long as it's done correctly. Evidence stands..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion

Keep in mind that Stephen's views on death and dying are filtered through his D&Gs

"...my frantic social schedule, even the most fabulous pair of D&G sunglasses would not protect me from this cancer...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Humble Me

Sharon Jones sold out Austin, but she's nowhere near selling out.

"...1969, largely because the Dap-Kings have mastered the art of authenticity. Much of the entertainment media (including this guilty..."

Jan. 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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