SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...made to continue with the awards as a sign of the quality of the filmmaking involved, and the festival's..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...A dead armadillo in the middle of the highway. One of the first images in 1974's..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...and the park's Great Lawn was in the process of being transformed into the setting for the Austin City..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Auditorium Shores This prolific Houston trumpeter/arranger/bandleader was a session musician at fabled Duke/Peacock Records, has toured extensively with B.B...."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"With 25 cents worth of local school property..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Austin's most popular band, the Scabs have become something of a local cottage industry. Last year's live-in-the-studio debut, Freebird,..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...and weave them into a conspiracy by the end of the show. The group comes from an Annoyance Theatre..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Saturday Picks

"...All showcases subject to change David Banner 1am, Austin Music Hall..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...across categories including competition films, Emerging Visions, Headliners, the music-oriented 24 Beats Per Second, and more – will screen..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...beginning, middle, and ending. It is instead a series of beginnings, repeated and added to over and over, continually..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

LXM Pro

The LXM Pro tour mixes lacrosse and live music for an afternoon of fun

"...LXM Pro tour brings together two Austin faves: live music and sports. The sport featured here is lacrosse, not..."

April 9, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The sponsors of the Barton Springs protection and open government charter amendments..."

March 10, 2006 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Wednesday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Texas Craft Brewers Festival Debuts Beer List

The Texas-only beer celebration returns to Austin

"...Austin Chronicle Food section have finally cut a sliver of our busy Pokéstoppin’ time to clean out our reader..."

Sept. 1, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...QUOTE of the week "That this remedial order makes changes in..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature

Calling the Shots

Jesse Dayton is finally an Austin musician again after years of only being mistaken for one

"...There's sure a lot of Texas flag-waving going on in music these days. Songs..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Steven Fromholz

"...get in a hurry and think I'm running out of time, but that's silly. ... In age, Walker and..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...films opening nationwide during those weeks, and with all of them needing to come in first at the box..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...be the only one who regards himself as a professional musician. Our lead singer's a dishwasher in the back..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Angsty, glitchy, brash bastion of the Spotify-encouraged hyperpop genre, a teenage ericdoa signed to..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...Writer Joe Nick Patoski marvels at the end result of his debut documentary, Sir Doug & the Genuine Texas..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Another Earth

Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale in this Sundance Film Festival double award-winner.

"...Directed by: Mike Cahill. Starring: Brit Marling, William Mapother and Kumar Pallana. Shaky science..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Event Menu

Local foodie events for the week of Nov. 6

"...City deli-style meal to complement his screening and discussion of Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose at the Central Market..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...this corresponding issue, yours truly advocated against traveling for music, the argument being that whether it's Moby Grape at..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Fish Ride Bicycles, has yet to surface. Featuring eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay, Bajofondo's credited with reintroducing acoustic..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage and off, over meals lavish and sandwich, on the very last..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...Brothers and sisters of the Lone Star State, on the occasion of his..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

At Large in the Hills

Ray Wylie Hubbard's Dangerous Spirits

"...photograph by John Carrico..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Rodeo Austin: Everything You Need to Know

Aaron Watson, Flo Rida, Carly Pearce, and more to boot (scoot)

"...a sprawling two-week event spectacular, featuring carnival rides, live music, and true-to-its-roots barn showdowns. We’re talking pig races, dairy..."

March 8, 2023 Events Post by Dex Wesley Parra

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