Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...from the Worcester Art Museum through June 30. These “pictures of the floating world” depict the lifestyle, pleasures, and..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mondo Veterans and SpectreVision Announce New Collectibles Company Mutant

Reassembled team working on major poster and vinyl releases

"...with some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters, including Disney, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and Netflix...."

Jan. 29, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Times of Liz Carpenter celebrates the legacy of the legendary Austin writer and women's rights activist as part of..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...a wild swing when they teamed up with megashingle Legendary Pictures for a big(ger) budget reboot of their superhero..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book

Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story

"...VOD, Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD now from Universal Pictures...."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...on the music side, John Oates, one half of legendary recording duo Hall & Oates, will look back on..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...conversation with the World's Greatest Showman, Bobby Reynolds, a legendary fire-eater, sword-swallower, flea circus seller, and talker (the guy..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Scala!!!

The very punk history of London’s legendary art/grindhouse cinema

"...a particularly brief period in the history of London’s legendary purveyors of provocative motion pictures. The original site had..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Haunting in Venice

The man and the mustache return in Kenneth Branagh’s third Hercule Poirot mystery

"...handmade even. It’s moody without being tortured, and Poirot’s legendary mustache is blessedly back to being just a mustache..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...themes - a theme so great that when Paramount Pictures revamped classic '60s spy thriller Mission: Impossible for the..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Festival Rides Again With Justified: City Primeval

Outlander, Dawson's Creek added to season 12

"...that this year's event (running June 1-4) will see legendary 11-time Emmy-winning producer/director James Burrows (Cheers, Friends, Taxi, Will..."

April 3, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet: Chris McInroy Has "GUTS"

Austin filmmaker discusses his gross-out office comedy short

"...Chronicle: So, at what point did you realize that legendary cannibal horror Antropophagus would have the makings of a..."

Feb. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...The Artifice Girl, the latest from Austin's Paper Street Pictures...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page

Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro

"...Caro and Robert Gottlieb (in cinemas now from Sony Pictures Classic)...."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Thanksgiving, Consider Native American-Inspired Dishes

Cooking with Indigenous ingredients

"...The Indigenous American Taos people have continuously inhabited the legendary Taos Pueblo, a collection of multistoried adobe buildings, for..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...conversing with the denizens of the once infamous, now legendary Hotel San José. Over in the horror-themed Midnighters, former..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

To the Ends of the Earth

Japanese travel story captures the isolation of culture shock, with fear and levity

"...in moments of surreal fantasy: dreamy sequences where Yoko pictures herself singing Édith Piaf’s “L'Hymne à l'Amour” in glamorous..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Way I See It

Portrait of presidential photographer Pete Souza has depth but lacks focus

"...administration. His photos from this period are legion and legendary. There’s the famous photo of Obama leaning down so..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...93, there’s no stopping when it comes to the legendary artist Betye Saar...."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...93, there’s no stopping when it comes to the legendary artist Betye Saar. "Broken Orchestra" D: Charlie Tyrell. A..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...a tightly focused exploration of its hallowed landmarks. The legendary honky-tonk itself offers the starkest of contrasts, nestled between..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

ATX Film News: Fundraisers and a Special Delivery Scare Package

Is Austin giving the world the next Game of Thrones?

"...next Game of Thrones? Deadline reports that New Republic Pictures has acquired the rights to The Elric Saga, the..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Pam Pritchard Serves Up Unpretentious Hospitality at the Tigress Pub

The Tigress of North Loop heads Austin's coziest neighborhood pub

"...2010, the North Loop strip was far from the legendary hipster hub it has become. Pritchard seems to know..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...was one of the films included in Jonathan Demme's quasi-legendary Made in Texas – Six "New" Films From Austin..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...In a post-screening Q&A with the legendary country songsmith, moderating journalist Andy Langer offered: "[Wittliff] was..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Who will win this epic new battle royal as Godzilla faces King Ghidorah?

"...King of the Monsters is the third entry into Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse brand – following 2014's Godzilla and 2017's..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CM Punk and Travis Stevens Hunt for the Girl on the Third Floor

SXSW Midnighter follows a haunting in Chicago

"...Girl on the Third Floor. It's home to Queensbury Pictures, the new production company founded by Stevens, Newman, and..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...with Travis Stevens (founder of cult-cool production house Snowfort Pictures), who makes his directorial debut with Chicago-set ghost story..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub, South Austin's legendary beer and beats institution, then take to the campaign..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

William Shatner Keeps on Trekking

On Christmas songs and The Wrath of Khan

"...The legendary performer will be wearing his cinematic icon work boots..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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