Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...The Romans and Greeks were the first to write about..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Midnight Sun

Ill met by daylight in this photosensitive romance.

"...Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard, Ken Tremblett, Suleka Mathew, Nicholas Coombe, Tiera Skovbye, Paul McGillion, Austin Obiajunwa and..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...Every time Townes Van Zandt played the Cactus Cafe in the late 1990s, my roommate went...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...Southwest as a film event and added music later, rather than the other way around. After all, Nick Barbaro..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

10 of Austin's Best Halloween and Día de los Muertos Parties and Events for 2019

These haunted listings won't be here long

"...is finally here, and with it comes a host of spooky and fun-filled experiences to fill up your October..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Events Post

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Lazarus Opens on Airport, J-Prime Opens Downtown, Old Thousand and JewBoy Bring the Holiday Fusion, Chanukah Gets the Haute Cuisine, and Everything Is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Captain Phleabag, the Dread Pirate Stagedive, and a cutthroat guitarist by the..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Mayor of Washington Boulevard

The first Beach Boys' solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, washes back ashore after more than three decades

"...There's a problem in paradise...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...any neighborhood might serve as a case study for the accelerating transition between old Austin and new, it is..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Off the Record

Charlie Sexton and Stephen Bruton hang with the Dude, and Haunting Oboe Music's calender year

"...The Big Lebowski..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"..."Who's ever written a great work about the immense effort required in order not to create?"..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Midsommar

Ari Aster’s folk-horror excursion to Scandinavia never sees the forest for the trees

"...The defining sound of Ari Aster’s work is the keening..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Insomnia

"...Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt and Paul Dooley. The question of how maverick filmmaker Christopher Nolan could possibly..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Invitations are out for the coolest dinner parties in town

"...The first weekend of every February, supporters of Project Transitions..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Elegant Gypsy Al Di Meola

Al Di Meola Returns to Forever with 30 more years of shred

"...Somewhere from deep inside the recesses of Siberia, guitarist Al Di Meola transmits a..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friends of Dean Martinez A Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory)

SXSW Records

"...Friends of Dean MartinezA Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory) The..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Holiday in Cambodia

by:Larm 2008

"...“They’re like every band in San Francisco right now,” smiled..."

Feb. 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bad Day to be Alaskan

Sen. Ted Stevens found guilty, Palin draws more flack

"...Poor Alaska: If the population of The Land of the Midnight Sun thought..."

Oct. 27, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Quentin Tarantino's Beloved Body Snatcher From Hell

"Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell"

"...contagious, prescreening happyrant, Zack Carlson, mad genius programmer for the Alamo Ritz's free, weekly "Terror Thursdays" midnight shock-show screenings,..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Terrifying clowns, wild robots, and the sound of chainsaws echoing across Austin! Fantastic Fest, the..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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