Fantastic Fest Review: Overlord

J.J. Abrams enters the surprisingly deep zombie Nazi genre

"...Dead Snow and the simply gonzoid indie found footage mayhem of Frankenstein's Army, is borderline inexcusable...."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Quake

Sequel to The Wave goes insane with the tension

"...and Andersen turns their clearly laid out path to mayhem into one of the most incredibly stressful and enjoyably..."

Sept. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Minute Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Recommendations

Here are some recos for OOB shows to catch Thursday-Sunday

"...Hideout Downstairs L.A. stand-up Audrey Stewart, Minneapolis improv duo MAYHEM, and Austin's Girls Girls Girls doing Broad Ambition, the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Feature

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Picks

In the bounty of improv, sketch, & stand-up, some of our picks

"...Thu., 9:30pm, Hideout Downstairs: Audrey Stewart (stand-up from L.A.), MAYHEM (Minneapolis improv duo), and Austin’s Girls Girls Girls doing..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Encore Records Closing

Metal music retailer shutting in September

"...misadventures as a young clairvoyant surrounded by death and mayhem in Lubbock...."

Aug. 27, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness

Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort

"...addictions, bedbugs, rampant theft, and bona fide murder and mayhem. And the city agrees: "We need to fix the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Gay Place

Queer comedy returns to ColdTowne

"...Nautickle: Naughty Lesbian Boat Party Music, mayhem, and mermaids. It's that kinda lezzie boat party. Sun.,..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Way of the Iron Dragon

Action film festival gets really hands-on

"...at home streaming a tsunami of mind-blowing martial arts mayhem starring the likes of Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, or..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...a little too real. However, as they evade the mayhem, three horror nerds (The Legend of Korra's Seychelle Gabriel,..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sicario: Day of the Soldado Director Finds International Themes to Tex-Mex Thriller

Stefano Sollima goes border to border

"...operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and freelance agent of mayhem Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro), who now become the..."

June 29, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Motor Voter Mayhem: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...resembled nothing less than comic anarchy. Their gift for mayhem peaked in the tasty Duck Soup, a screwy (and..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Worlds Austin Warns You: It Came From the Desert!

Monster-sized insect movie gets its Texas premiere

"...festival Other Worlds Austin's year-round programming, Mäkilaakso talked beasts, mayhem, and resurrecting a point-and-click action classic...."

May 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unscripted: Sexy Future Space Lady

What says summer fun more than out-of-this-world lovin' with a Sexy Future Space Lady? Especially improvised!

"...Death by Musical added to the ranks of campy, mayhem-filled musicals by appropriating attitudes and elements of shows such..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Judge Finds Texas Violated National Voter Registration Act

Motor voter mayhem

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Spring Things to Do in (or Around) Austin

How and where to take the most advantage of this weather.

"...“three days and two nights of movies, music and mayhem.” You’ll be bunking with your besties, dancing the night..."

March 29, 2018 Chron Events Post by Sarah Marloff

The Border Patrol Myth

The most dangerous policing job? Not so.

"...teeming with criminal immigrants, weaponized cartel operatives, and generalized mayhem. Walk that line as part of the Border Patrol,..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Point Austin: The Daily Carnage

Another month, another mass shooting ... will this one make a change?

"...for an update on the epidemic of murder and mayhem founded upon our official American infatuation with guns. Perhaps..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Gay Place

One year later, Queer Dance Party Freakout returns to remove Sen. Cruz from office

"...Boss Eye, Caleb De Casper, DJ Ali Ditto Music, mayhem and a new single from Casper! Thu., Feb. 22,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Hot Luck Announces Chef and Music Lineup

Tickets are on sale now for Aaron Franklin’s party of the year

"...by the former Joy Division/New Order bassist, and post-hardcore mayhem makers Hot Snakes. In mid-January Hot Snakes released “Six..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Six Films for Lovers

A half-dozen cinematic roses of varying degrees of romance

"...who love martial arts movies. It’s all guns and mayhem and stoner Brad Pitt, but you really need to..."

Feb. 13, 2018 Chron Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Inevitably, that 10-film slab of gore and mayhem is eagerly awaited, and the roster won't disappoint. First..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Six New Shows to Distract Yourself With This Year

Your 2018 TV preview

"...the Nineties for variations on true-life tales of murder, mayhem, and controversy (if you haven’t seen I, Tonya yet,..."

Jan. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Five Movies to See in Austin This Week

Your weekly film guide for Jan. 18 through Jan. 25

"...Don't You Go Play in Hell? Let the mental mayhem begin. Get Tickets..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Macon Blair Feels at Home in Austin

First-time director wins critics’ applause

"...romantic story, I wanted a lot of humor and mayhem and suspense." That's how he created Ruth (Melanie Lynskey),..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What'cha Watchin'?

Screengrabs from the Chronicle staff

"...finger and ending with, well, all manner of gory mayhem. It's a film that so confidently walks the shuriken..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Column

Holiday Viewing: Gremlins

Classic black comedy has the blues

"...– but those same belly laughs mask increasingly violent mayhem wrought by the titular plague. Famously, that along with..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Holiday Gift Guide: Pop-Culture Collectors

Alternative gifts for the Game of Thrones and Stranger Things fan in your life

"...fashion tips. Who knew you could fit so much mayhem in such a small box? – Sarah K. Wolf..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Murder Ballads

This blues-infused crime thriller suggests a number of Dangerous Things to Do Outside Shreveport Until You’re Dead

"...Chris Hunt, with the whole full-color and grisly Macbeth-with-music mayhem of it released in an excellent package a bit..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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