Lights in the Dusk

How does one say “cherchez la femme” in Finnish?

"...Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki. Starring: Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen and Ilkka Koivula...."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mighty Finn

AFS Essential Cinema presents the Chilly Humorist of Finland: Aki Kaurismäki

"..."I don't want anything from anybody. I'm Nikander ... ex-butcher, now a garbageman...."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls

Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s

"...The MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights in Wichita Falls delights thousands..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'From Dusk Till Dawn' to See Light of Day

Debut date and all the details on Robert Rodriguez's TV series

"...Sharpen your vampire-stabbing stake and strap on your best crotch gun: The..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fear the Walking Dead Casts Its Shadow Over Austin

The AMC spin-off smash brings the dead to Texas

"...Like any good postapocalyptic drama, The Walking Dead zombie franchise has always had a little..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Vulcan Video Gives Back to the Community with Taps and Tapes

The local movie rental store is preserving our shared VHS (and DVD and Blu-ray) heritage

"...Vulcan Video is a gateway to "Old Austin," that nostalgic big-city-small-town capital captured in Richard Linklater's early..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Sam Russek

Putting the Austin in Austin Film Festival

What ATX and Lone Star titles are screening at next week's fest?

"...Austin Film Festival is just around the corner. But in..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Becomes a Legend Most: The Architect or the Photographer?

AFS Documentary Tour: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

"...Even if his name is not familiar, the architectural photography of Julius Shulman probably accounts, in large..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Losing It at the Movies

AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film

"...Chale Nafus introduced me to my wife. When he allowed me to..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

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

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

El Rey Move Lights Up Austin Film Scene

Robert Rodriguez's network to use Austin as corporate HQ

"...In a big boost for local film and TV professionals, Robert..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Robert Rodriguez is onstage in front of a packed Paramount Theatre introducing the first..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Creepy Neighbors

"...The five-year veteran haunt enters its second year at its..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Features Feature

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...Up on the second-story rooftop of Sun Radio, one looks east to..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hootie and the Reivers?

"...You didn't know that Hootie & the Blowfish recorded a Reivers song? Well, neither did the..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Column

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...In the last month of a tough year, take a..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

News Ticker: August 15

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Wendy Davis strikes a pose, Steve Stockman sends in the clowns, and Tom Pauken gets the right stuff...."

Aug. 15, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Film Flam: El Rey Shines on Austin

Robert Rodriguez's TV channel to become permanent production fixture

"...This from the "you weren't already?" files: Robert Rodriguez has announced that..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...Aspiring filmmaker? Don't go back to school. Seriously. No matter..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...When it's summer in Austin, you can count on at least two things:..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bike Zoo's Zest for Life

There's no short of imaginative puppetry with this bicycle troupe

"...Behind an unassuming corrugated steel gate on Austin's central Eastside,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Ramon Martinez

An Idiot at FronteraFest

Diary of getting a homegrown 25-minute play onto the stage for Austin's biggest annual performance festival

"...be an idiot sometimes. I make rash decisions, I procrastinate like you wouldn't believe, and I have ideas that..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Feature by T. Lynn Mikeska

SXSW Film Review: Twyla Moves

An intimate and fiercely entertaining dance with a legend

"...When the Coronavirus pandemic flattened the world’s stages to the narrow..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Vivie Behrens

ARENA: Dressage to Impress

A starry & enchanted night of human performance in the Hill Country

"...1. Yes, Austin’s Jennifer Sherburn seems to have turned human beings into..."

April 26, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chris Claremont: Dead Should Mean Dead

'X-Men' mastermind talks the Phoenix and the flame

"...If Chris Claremont had his way, then mainstream comics would be a different place. And after..."

July 14, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

At Besame Mucho, a Latin Music Capital Por Nosotros

Inside the all-star, 84-band, Spanish-language spectacle

"...Lollapalooza and staged à la ACL Fest, Circuit of the Americas’ Latin music eclipse, Besame Mucho on March 2,..."

March 4, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Director for Austin Film

Brian Gannon will replace Gary Bond at the Austin Film Commission

"...There's been a major casting change at the Austin Film..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

163 Questions

Honorable mention, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...2. I enjoy incest, but not with any members of my own family.T..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Rebecca Beegle

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...In addition to announcing its after-dark Midnighters slate, today SXSW..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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