Best of SXSW: Best Stage Banter, Best Show, Best Repeats

… and other observations from Kevin Curtin’s notebook

"...Disorder. Looking at the back page of my notebook, where I log a semi-complete and oft-misspelled list of bands..."

March 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Ethan Hawke, Andrew Bujalski, Yen Tan, and many more, here's today's list for your perusal: NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mad Max

Before we hit Fury Road, the original revs up

"...There aren't many film franchises that can last nearly four..."

May 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Charles Attal Discusses C3/Live Nation Deal

“We needed each other”

"...Charles Attal in an exclusive interview at the Chronicle last week about billion-dollar concert giant Live Nation acquiring “a..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

God's Pocket

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.

"...(Jenkins), who’s been writing about this neighborhood for the last 20 years – though, in truth, he does more..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...the HQ of Texas Conservation Corps at American YouthWorks, here in Austin. I wanted to learn about the corps..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...both hilarious and mortifying, about the stages of inebriation. Here, 15 members of the local theatre scene share some..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Monsters

In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.

"...Mexico and back to her stateside fiancé; with two days to go before the military shuts down passage, their..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...the way people would live in the future." (Go here for the Chronicle's August interview with Grappell.) And Austinite..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...nor shaken; he simply is. No messy romantic backstory here. Just automotive and martial-arts mayhem plain and simple, with..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...fans but won the hearts and minds of inner-10-year-olds everywhere) to Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken, whose inexplicably hilarious..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hannah Takes the Stairs

The naturalistic indie talker unhurriedly follows a young woman through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for the bus, and a series of relationships fueled by “chronic dissatisfaction.”

"...moment unhurriedly, following production intern Hannah (Gerwig) through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Starsky & Hutch

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

"...however, although director Todd Phillips, who scored a hit last year with the equally oddball Old School, has a..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

15 Minutes

"...out in search of her, camera in tow. It's here that NYPD's finest, Detective and media superstar Eddie Flemming..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Ice Factory with new work, which meant the few days they had to prepare for their opening were intense..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...much in the area of originality; what we have here is a pretty conventional May-August love story in which..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cop Land

"...Cop Land is nothing short of inspired. His performance here singlehandedly eliminates any creeping notions that the revelatory actor/writer..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulletproof

"...epic proportions. The once-funny Wayans has the straight(er) role here as Rock Keats, an undercover cop working alongside small-time..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

25 Years of Shakespeare in Central Texas

The Days of Winedale and Roses

"...put the Bard in a barn on the property there...."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Lido Pimienta, and More Austin Psych Fest Reviews

Dispatches from three days at the Far Out Lounge

"...“How psyched are y’all?” “We’re so psyched to be here!” We’d missed out on such onstage banter in the..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Little Ola’s Biscuits Free for a Year, Baldinucci’s Pizza for Lunch and Dinner, the Nido Is Open for Real, Dali’s Naked Feast for Surrealism’s Sake, Plenty of Booze for Toasting, and More

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..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

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..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recent Graphic Novels You Shouldn’t Miss Out On

Book yourself some quality reading time AFK, why don’tcha?

"...more like an illustrated short story, in fact, and there’s a collection of stories, and another collection of –..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Way Back

Affleck gets courtside in a tale of basketball redemption

"...In the history of Bishop Hayes High School, there has never been a basketball player quite like Jack..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Diane

Mortality has never seemed more pressing or vibrant than in this tale of small-town aging

"...way out of winter – and she spends her days dropping off casseroles, visiting her sick cousin in the..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...enters the blindingly white room and pulls back the plastic curtain to expose her vulnerable body, the outline of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

How to Help After Harvey

Donate, send goods, foster a dog, do your part

"...stopped, but Harvey continues to wreak havoc across Texas. Last weekend’s storm dumped more than 11 trillion gallons of..."

Aug. 30, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Al Gore reminds us (once again) that climate change is real

"...man-made climate change, rationalism is in short supply these days, no more so than in Donald Trump’s America. Despite..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ghosts

Battling ISIS with journalism

"...Documentary filmmaker Heineman’s last film was the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land, and City of..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...summer is everyone demanding that you go outside. Fortunately, here comes the Paramount to save all you indoor-loving film..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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