Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...If you think J-horror began with Sadako crawling out of a well, then..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: Stephen Mills’ POE / A Tale of Madness Is Pitch Perfect

Ballet Austin brings the master of the macabre to life (before killing him again)

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Hood Witch

Modern-day witch hunt set in Paris needs fine-tuning

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Qmmunity: Self Care by Southwest

Is taking care of yourself the latest development in human technologies?

March 8, 2024 Column by James Scott

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Bloody Good Time

Gothess Jasmine hosts an interactive screening of 30 Days of Night with live music and a meal

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by James Scott

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Radical

True story of a miracle-working teacher busts misery porn cliches

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Qmmunity: A Sis With a Fist

Sister Fisters event group plans their fifth annual Halloween party with an eye toward encouraging queer talent

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by James Scott

Elevator Game

Goofy horror-comedy transitions to ghoulish chiller at the flick of a switch

"...the mockumentary style of Noroi: The Curse, a 2005 J-horror that has recently undergone a well-deserved resurgence of interest...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

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

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

Belle

Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"...for "Special Edition," a playfully dry swipe at the J-horror ghost-in-the-machine trope. It's very much of the moment, but..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers

Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Monolith

Australian audio-horror builds tone through sound

March 24, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Film Review: Satan Wants You

The Satanic panic as a guidebook to the dangers of crazy conspiracies

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Review: Bottoms

Seligman and Sennot re-team for a wicked lesbian John Hughes riff

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fear

Pandemic horror is overshadowed by better films about fear

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Sundance 2023 Review: Birth/Rebirth

Maternal horror with a clinical twist

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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