Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...with a gala screening of Never Let Go, the new film from Oscar winner Halle Berry...."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronic: Austin Documentarian Links Up With Jimmy Kimmel for Reality Series High Hopes

New Hulu show captures organic humor among dispensary misfits

"...To the Austin-based director, the new Hulu series High Hopes is actually a continuation of..."

April 19, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...classics like Hamilton and Funny Girl, and red hot new smashes like MJ and Shucked...."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...films, including the world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new horror from Paramount Pictures...."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...with a stellar lineup of classic, standards, oddities, and new releases...."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos Walking, From Page to Screen

Author Patrick Ness revisits his book as an older, wiser writer

"...as author and screenwriter Patrick Ness did for the new sci fi drama Chaos Walking, the text is not..."

March 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Readers Share What They Love and Miss About Austin

Everything from restaurants to neighbors to long, stress-free walks

"...With all the predictions of a future "new normal" on the horizon, we find ourselves thinking of..."

April 28, 2020 Chronolog Post

SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...Innovative new college comedy-drama Shithouse and sensitive grief counselling documentary An..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cheer Up Charlies Owners Take Over Rio Rita

Tamara Hoover and Maggie Lea plan to re-open the East Austin bar by 2020

"...months-long closure will finally come to a close under new ownership...."

Nov. 21, 2019 Food Post by Rachel Rascoe

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...today's announcement of recipients for 2019 adds a dozen new supported projects to the hundreds already backed...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...today the festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

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?

"...announced its first wave of movies and shows, with new films from Olivia Wilde, Robert Rodriguez, Christopher Morris, and..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Overboard

Unexpected remake of the Eighties' most questionable rom-com

"...with a sexual role reversal, the plot of the new Overboard is similar to the original: It’s mildly entertaining..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Weekend in Film

Partner up to switch things up

"...more) minds are better than one, as all the new releases landing in theatres this weekend will prove. Of..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...trying to make it on the mean streets of New Jersey, welcome to this week's extremely eclectic recos from..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Austin Film Festival: Tear Me Apart

A very British post-apocalypse film

"...That's the somber message of Tear Me Apart, the new British post-apocalyptic horror-thriller...."

Nov. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Changes at Swift’s, Growth at Confituras

Today’s Austin food news

"...Pastry chef shuffles, new culinary incubators, a chance of meatballs, and more in..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

First Quarter

Bradley Jackson and Andrew Disney kick off a festival run of their new comedy about the importance of intramurals

"...two had their script and their vision, but they knew – due to the seen-it-before nature of Intramural's purposely..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Texas is to take "hometown heroes" to a whole new level...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Reviews You Can Use

Find the gray area in 'The New Black,' or explore sweeping panoramas and unbridgeable divides in 'The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On'

"...men, The Most Fun largely eschews the complications of romance. Andy does flirt with seducing Liv in a tense..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Hugo Rising

The nominees for science fiction's best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old

"...and fans for five days of keynotes, readings of new work, autograph sessions, roundtables, academic panels, contra dances, films,..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Dessert First! Tour of Austin

Madame Cocoa reveals Austin's sweetest secrets

"...year, this is it. Coming up on Valentine’s Day, romance or not, the excuse to buy treats and enjoy..."

Jan. 30, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Film Flam

Party with Kitsch and Kristofferson, 'Man From Orlando,' and more

"...To sidestep the regular disappointment that is New Year's Eve, one year I barricaded myself in my..."

Dec. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Record Roundup: Last Gasp 2012

Buddy Miller, Iris Dement, Jason Isbell & Paul Kelly

"...Here’s four new releases any self respecting geezer would love to get..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...You are holding a relic. Its pages smell of newsprint and flop over at the corners. The ink is..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Bedside Manner: Got Opium?

Getting High and Low with Steven Martin, Nick Tosches, et al

"...to China." -- Emily Hahn, "The Big Smoke," The New Yorker, February 15, 1969...."

July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: You Go Where You Have to Go

Welcome to the new year ... same as the old year?

"...the surface-skimming, anti-technology view commonly espoused by too many new Luddites. Or is it the Luddites reborn? "Luddite" refers..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Head of the Class

Spike & Mike sets aside its sick and twisted ways (for now) with New Generation Animation

"...to one day be, well, classic: Spike & Mike's New Generation Animation. And take it from someone who's been..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Princes of Punk

New Kinks “Picture Book”

"...Ray Davies’ “Prince of the Punks.” Picture Book, the new 6-CD overview of the Muswell Hill(billy) quartet, isn’t quite..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Master of Melancholy

Yeah, it's cool to kiss off Charlie Kaufman. But it's also idiotic.

"...those plot acrobatics are a distraction; at best, a brand-new way of seeing the world...."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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