Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...another LP until 2016. Now they’re here. Woo! mohawkaustin.com. Mr./Ms./Mx/Elite Austin Pride Pageant 2025..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...by the premiere the following year of Psycho spinoff Bates Motel, that the festival added a full Episodic track..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Metaphors of Parasite

Bong Joon-ho on his obsession with stairs, Psycho, and how we eat

"...elementary school I watched Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock's [film]. The Bates Motel is fascinating, but I'm more fascinated by the..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Visual Metaphors of Parasite

Bong Joon-ho talks stairs, smells, and Psycho

"...elementary school I watched Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock’s [film]. The Bates Motel is fascinating, but I’m more fascinated by the..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

John Lee Hancock Heads to the Texas Film Hall of Fame

A writer, a director, and a writer/director

"...Fame by his old friend (and regular star) Kathy Bates, alongside Rising Star Award winner Brooklyn Decker, and the..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...And this one is real. Cast: Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson, Johnny Vegas, Kelly Wenham. (UK:..."

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?

"...Bonnie and Clyde. Cast: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, Kim Dickinson (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's

Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage

"..."Martina McBride played the same venue Mr. LaMontagne was scheduled to perform on September 17 without..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Like to Watch

On families and finales

"...this idea of the strange family, family as spy game: Homeland and Mr. & Mrs. Smith finally understood as the truth about love,..."

May 13, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Saying so long to Downton Abbey

"...For those whose point of entry was Anna and Mr. Bates, well, for them we weep. But I'm not..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Summer Fun: Gay Edition

Follow the Summer Fun rainbow to the summer's best LGBTQ bets

"...wrap up their 26th season finale, Rainbow Connections, at Bates Recital Hall on Saturday, June 6...."

May 15, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...The equally prolific Tyler Bates, on leave from scoring Rob Zombie and Zack Snyder’s..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Downton Abbey' and the 'Desire of Suitors'

Mary is beating suitors off with a stick

"...friendship. • Mary flopped around in pig filth with Mr. Blake, which in some countries means they’re married. •..."

Feb. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Downton Abbey: 'Come to Bed and Dream of Ragtime'

Everyone's so well looked after at Downton Abbey

"...All this time I thought he was so nice.” Mrs. Patmore responds drily, “I wonder how many women have..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Downton Abbey: The Holy and the Broken

There, there, Anna – you'll feel better before the hour's up

"...Bates wants to know what’s gone wrong between them, and..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

'Downton Abbey' Slips Into Something More Comfortable

Let's talk about sex, darling

"...goes up to the big house alone, freezing out Mr. Bates at every turn. Bates, who is not a..."

Jan. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

'Downton' Throws a House Party

This one's for the lovers

"...Gregson the cold shoulder. It’s only when Gregson outsmarts Mr. Samson, a card sharp who has been gleefully separating..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

'Downton' Watch

Part II: Mary's got the bit between her teeth

"...of Downton Abbey when she’s in London), Edith reckons Mr. Gregson needs to meet the family, the rationale being..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Downton Abbey recap: Episode 5

Cora gives Lord Grantham the cold shoulder

"...Isobel hired a hooker (to work as her maid/cook). Bates and Anna grokked Vera’s Evil Suicide Pie plan. Sybil..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Cuse will unleash a first look at new series Bates Motel, the Psycho prequel starring Vera Farmiga as Norman’s..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

‘Downton Abbey’ Watch

Lady problems

"...say, the third episode of season 1, in which Mr. Pamuk’s heart went kaput in the bed of Lady..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Downton Abbey' Watch

Another wedding, and the war between Thomas and O'Brien ramps up

"...THE POKEY: Bates has apparently made some enemies at the jailhouse. A..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

‘Downton’ or Bust

Financial ruin and a wedding in peril kick off season 3

"...line to inherit a good chunk of change from Mr. Swire, Matthew’s first future father-in-law. And on the subject..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lather, Repeat: British Sudser 'Downton Abbey' Returns

Season 3 debuts Sunday with a two-hour episode

"...may have already spotted suspect swag, such as “Free Bates” T-shirts, or you've heard friends say things like, “What..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Anne Harris

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"..."You know, Psycho? Norman Bates? Fat British film director? Had a fetish for blondes?..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

All Over Creation: Element of Surprise

The joys and importance of 'I didn't see that coming'

"...to scrap any preconceptions I might have had about Mr. Fedkenheuer and even reconsider what I'd observed him do..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...Movement" (Co-Directors: Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday) – 85-year-old Mr. Armstrong, an African American barber in Birmingham, experiences the..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...favorite cinematic wet nurse, small-business owner, and, um, motherfucker, Mr. Norman Bates: "We all go a little mad sometimes...."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fred Claus

Awash with amazingly talented actors – Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, to name a few – Fred Claus is sadly just an early lump of coal under the tree.

"...Giamatti, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Spacey. How..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Brothers Solomon

With three great comic talents in Will Forte, Will Arnett, and director Bob Odenkirk working together in relatively untried and controversial comedy territory, the only result is a syrupy fable about love and family.

"...do with women – Longfellow Deeds, Felix Unger, Norman Bates, and on and on – the Solomon brothers might..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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