Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...Count Yorga, Freebie and the Bean, and The Thrill Killers (on the set for which he met his second..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ballsy, Artsy, Anti-Sixth Street Outlook of DJ Joaqu.n

Austin to L.A., keeping up with the beloved Pangea Sound producer

"...When Joaqu.n was still paying his bills as a..."

May 19, 2023 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

SXSW Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 4

Baba Yaga is back in his loudest, craziest adventure yet

"...Of course, there are two killers who have a realistic shot at taking down Baba..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eli Josef's HITW residency, KOOP's Birthday Bash, and free Jackie Venson highlight our recommended shows

"...On December EP Bases Loaded, Mom Rock coolly melds Aughts-Killers rumble with 2019-Wallows power-pop. The result yields 11 minutes..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Music Column by Katie Karp

Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn

How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice

"...of films about women being pursued by deranged psychosexual killers. But if you're expecting I Spit on Your Grave..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...Ethan Hawke channels the unholy ghosts of Seventies serial killers stalking teenage boys in this savvy horror film...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...salt-of-the-earth sensibility to the songbook atmosphere. – Michael Toland The KillersFriday 9, Moody Center..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time

"...sharpened with a metallic edge. Likeminded darkwave duo Psychic Killers journeys down from Denton, bringing an improvisational energy along..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Kahron Spearman

Inside Season 3 of Barry at Moontower Just for Laughs

The cast spill the beans on Bill Hader's darkest secret

"...AC: But still killers...."

April 28, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Luv Doc: Privacy Fence

A really dense hedge makes good neighbors, too

"...especially the nudists and, like I said, the serial killers. If you're going to be sunning your privates alfresco..."

April 15, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/94

Fourth entry is a return-to-form for the found footage franchise

"...has become a lot like the monsters, demons, and killers lurking within the shadows of its scuzzy, bite-sized horror..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

White Reaper's Hunter Thompson Discusses the Band's Evolution and His Guitar Nerd DNA

ACL Fest's a homecoming for the Austin-based guitarist

"...were all in fourth or fifth grade when the Killers’ Hot Fuss album came out and didn’t really have..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

I’m Not Okay: LA’s Weathers Discuss Mental Health and Writing Music During COVID

An interview with the soundtrackers of millennial burnout

"...the Police, Depeche Mode, some modern stuff like the Killers, Sly – stuff like that. With this new album..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...in buildings by myself late at night (ghosts, serial killers, I imagine them all), so being there had my..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

We Have an Issue: Here’s to 40 More

It's The Austin Chronicle's 40th anniversary issue

"...finding the heart of a man who hunted serial killers...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Tribeca Film Festival Review: No Man of God

Latest Bundy biopic is a portrait of the investigator

"...viewers that worry that the cinematic obsession with serial killers ends up lionizing them, but it makes Bundy what..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

She Wants Revenge: The Horror of The Queen of Black Magic

How director Kimo Stamboel summons up an Indonesian classic

"...added a hyperviolent to twist to action (Headshot), thrillers (Killers), and chillers (Dreadout), but he returns to hardvore horror..."

Feb. 11, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...who accidentally staggers into a self-help group for serial killers is a bloody riot...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Under the Skin: Brandon Cronenberg on Possessor Uncut

Behind the flesh of the bodyswap hitman horror

"...a shadowy organization that uses technology to keep their killers safe and untraceable. The killer implants themselves into the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Six Sinister Austin-Made Movies for Your Halloween Watching

Horror, ATX style

"...the sequel as he sent an assorted band of killers into the cantilevered maws of the titular hunters, with..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...the 1600s, all of these werewolves probably were serial killers. In France, there actually was a monster, the Beast..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Texas, gone to Hell in this occult horror

"...pack because you were never quite sure why the killers picked that house, on that night. Here, the evil..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Committing Random Acts of Violence With Jay Baruchel

Exploring our thirst for horror in his deconstructionist horror

"...the same with being fascinated by the depravity of killers: As a species, we are drawn to darkness. The..."

Aug. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

APD Releases Long-Delayed Video of Ramos Shooting

Body-cam footage depicts aggressive police response to unarmed man

"...The critical incident video is the first to be..."

July 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...She blasted the Killers, New Order, and Charli XCX over the station's typically..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Now Streaming in Austin: What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Standing in Johnny Depp's footprints ... literally!

"...Husbands and Wives, and Oliver Stone for Natural Born Killers, plus going toe-to-toe with Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. Add..."

April 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower Comedy 2020: Wave 3

Marlon Wayans, Chris Fleming, and more inked as headliners

"...the Left) of indulging their shared love of serial killers, monsters, aliens, conspiracies, and other weirdness on the Paramount..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...moments of elegant pop exuberance pretty enough for the Killers. Through the band's democratic writing process, O'Brien's bookish description..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Perversion of Judiciary

"...more murdered Jewish law enforcement officers than Jewish cop killers. Fallen Jewish LEOs have names such as Astell, Bloomfield,..."

Oct. 8, 2019 Postmarks

ACL Live Review: Guns N' Roses

Epic, handstand flashback to the sleeze rock Eighties

"...Slash, and the others delivered two Appetite for Destruction killers at the get-go, “It's So Easy” and “Mr. Brownstone.”..."

Oct. 5, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

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