Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday handicapping for ACL Fest weekend two

"...stew with limbs in Motown, Stax, and modern R&B. – Michael Toland..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Halloweenies

Deliciously spooky films for the scaring season

"...a Jack o' Lantern. Rule four: Check your candy. Michael Dougherty's dark, hilarious, and sinister anthology was buried by..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga headline this remake of a remake of a remake

"...Directed by: Bradley Cooper. Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Harney, Rafi Gavron, Dave..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Hosking Spends An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

British filmmaker goes from greasy weirdness to oddball rom-com

"...Danger (Emile Hirsch) ripped off from her brother Adjay (Sam Dissanayake). But is she really interested in Colin, or..."

Sept. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...his run with Between Worlds; and then there's Karyn Kusama's eagerly awaited follow-up to the unnerving The Invitation as..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...relationships with musician Patti Smith (Marianne Rendón) and curator Sam Wagstaff (John Benjamin Hickey), to his death in 1989..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: Investigating True Crime on Netflix

Which shows deliver the criminal goods and are worth the watch

"...Lestrade set out to document the trial of novelist Michael Peterson after he was charged with murdering his wife..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Danielle White

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Not going to Float Fest? Stay dry with these show picks.

"...San Marcos for Float Fest, but from Headcrusher to Sam Smith, there's plenty to keep you around town this..."

July 19, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Council: Put on Your Hard Hats

City Council, staff get to work

"...worked on Red River and experienced some of the same problems. Commissioner Sam Holt asked what the city could..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...a century. Most of the categories have remained the same, recognizing the work of individual artists and performers and..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...such as Truffault and Murnau and Tarkovsky and Jodorowsky. Same goes for comics – I look at them for..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower 2018 Reviews: A Comic a Day

A schooling in stand-up from Notaro, Haddish, and more

"...middle school, and I watch all of the requisite Michael Schur network sitcoms, but I wasn’t raised by comedy..."

April 24, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Singer-wongwriter Michael Winningham on the story behind his genre-fusion debut, Ryou Cannon

"...just listening to Texas in the evenings," remembers multi-instrumentalist Michael Winningham, formerly with alt-folk-rockers Gold Beach, of his latest..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...two albums, including 2016's Put It on You. – Michael Toland Brainwavve..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...The Gospel of Eureka D: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher Faith, love, and civil rights collide..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Commuter

Liam Neeson still has a very particular set of skills

"...Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern and Sam Neill...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...34) Michael C. Sharp, Never Enough Time (Holodeck)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Your Name), Robert Pattinson (Good Time), Javier Cámara (Truman), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Barry Keoghan (The..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Jones (Kaleidoscope), Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Woody Harrelson (LBJ;..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Greatest Showman

Don't be fooled by this whitewashed version of the great huckster

"...Directed by: Michael Gracey. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2018 Primary Election Filing Time

And the candidates are ...

"...U.S. Senator R: Ted Cruz, Geraldine Sam, Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr. D: Beto O'Rourke, Edward..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Holiday Viewing: Krampus

How to avoid being dragged away on Krampusnacht

"...If you're wondering exactly where those Samhain strictures come from, they were set down in Michael..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Saturnalia Lands

Austin welcomes new DIY music fest while another gets blocked in court

"...With every festival lineup drawing the same townie complaint – "Why aren't there more local acts?"..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Election Time Again

State candidates for March 2018 primaries officially enter race

"...the lieutenant governor nomination, where another newcomer, Beaumont-based pastor Michael Cooper, puts up a Hail Mary challenge to former..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World Austin 2017

The traveling comic con materializes here again Nov. 17-19

"...The Animated Series), Jason David Frank (Green Power Ranger), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek),..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hello Again

A sexy musical that spans time falls flat

"...by: Tom Gustafson. Starring: Martha Plimpton, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sam Underwood, Cheyenne Jackson, Audra McDonald, T.R. Knight, Rumer Willis,..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Marshall

Supreme Court judge biopic has bite

"...Once there, the hubristic Marshall finds himself paired with Sam Friedman (Gad), a Jewish local attorney whose legal bread..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...up the action porn, but Ladies Love hits the same flat note Billy Bob Thornton did playing Walter Matthau’s..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jarrott Productions' Prodigal Son

The opposing worlds of John Patrick Shanley’s textured script are conjured with powerful stillness and restless energy

"...As Jim Quinn (Shanley's youthful doppelgänger), recent UT grad Sam Domino shows off not only a near-perfect Bronx accent,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...(an Edison vs. Westinghouse biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon): Capping off the festival as Closing Night Film..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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