ATX Television Festival Looks on the Bright Side of the Small Screen

For its online Season 10, the fest does what it does best, virtually

"...After abruptly converting its planned in-person season 9 to the digital ATX TV ... From the Couch, co-founders Emily..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Laiken Neumann

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...by William Leach..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

The Earth Moves

For choreographer Ellen Bartel, dance does make the world go 'round

"...Let's get one thing straight: Dance doesn't make the world go 'round. Although the world itself, the terrestrial..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Amusement Park

Romero's lost film is more than a curio

"...The key to a film is casting. When George A...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'Night Film' Will Haunt You in the Best Way Possible

Marisha Pessl's latest novel is a supernatural blur

"...in your heart this Halloween, pick up a copy of Marisha Pessl’s new interactive thriller novel, Night Film. But..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Books Post by Ashley Moreno

'The NFL Beat': Week 13

Waiver-wire pickups and more

"...paper salesman and a PhD candidate/freegan jazz drummer called the Trashman. We have created a Fantasy Football Monster...."

Dec. 1, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...A man jumps onto the hood of a car and fires both barrels of..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...thinks about quitting, Alan Zinter looks you straight in the eye, barely blinking, not a hint of a smile..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Bloody Good Time at the Paramount

Classic horror season kicks off with blood drive for 'Nosferatu'

"...Dinner and a movie? It's a perfect night for vampires at the Paramount kicks off its horror..."

July 24, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...It's 7:30pm on Friday night, and school is out. Teenagers clad in black hoodies..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Film rights for Arthur Golden's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Owen Wilson and the Joy of Paint

The star of the new wry comedy on the inner and outer life of Burlington’s No. 1 art show host

"...It starts with the hair...."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...school. So how did she become a bestselling author of young adult novels? With typical Southern modesty spiced with..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Empathy for the Devil

Discourse on Evil

"...Memnoch the Devil..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Books Feature

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Want to understand a culture? Then look at its nightmares...."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Playing in Traffic with Los Lonely Boys, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social, and Dan Auerbach

"...party yesterday at GSD&M's Idea City, Austin-based Loophole Management officially launched Playing in Traffic, which already features locals the..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...It's just before 8pm on a Saturday night in January, and Richard "Kinky" Friedman is nervous. So..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Blessed Are the Buttholes

Austin's 1996 in Review

"...January: It sounds funny to say that the first great show of the year was a funeral..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Dale Watson's got Tiger Airways by the tail, and more music news

"...Walking the Line..."

July 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

UT pulls the plug on the Cactus Cafe

"...Forsaking the Song..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Range War at Commissioners Court

Officials choose up sides over law firm's proposal to privatize tax collections

"...When Travis Co. Judge Bill Aleshire left public office in 1998, few people believed that the county's most..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Luv Doc: Testing Your Loyalty

Nobody's eating Pujols, not even if he parks a hundo this year.

"...Over Thanksgiving my boyfriend's older brother hit on me for the third time. The first..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Thrill Me, Creep

Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz

"...You'd be excused for thinking the world was coming to its exhaust-choked, living dead end..."

June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Recommends: Back to School

Seven of the best movies about edumacation

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Sept. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Panic Fest Review: An Ideal Host

Australian comedy is Noël Coward's Night of the Creeps

"...Liz (Nadia Collins) and Jackson (Evan Williams) have the perfect night planned. True, ever since they moved to..."

April 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wolfman's Got Nards

How Austin saved The Monster Squad from the grave

"...obscurity, lovingly placed in a revisionist context. It’s been the de rigueur parlor game for film scholars and enthusiasts..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Basic Instinct 2

This wholly unwarranted sequel is so outrageously preposterous (and chockablock with bad dialogue) that the end result achieves a basement grandeur of near-epic proportions.

"...by: Michael Caton-Jones. Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling and Hugh Dancy. "Ich rieche Blut" is..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Events to Make Your Weekend Fun

Because, what are you gonna do – just mope around at home?

"...know a city like Austin always has a plethora of options ready for your amusement and edification, right?..."

Nov. 5, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

The Gay Place goes back to her roots, just south of the Wild Side and a hair shy of a Moonage Daydream

"...'IN THE NEXT ROOM' WILDE PARTY Hear what the buzz is..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Recover

Texas platters

"...RecoverThis May Be the Year I Disappear (Strummer/Universal)..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

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