Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...The fifteenth annual Fantastic Fest – the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Death By Festival Counts Down to 10/31

New horror/metal fest finalizes films with anthology premiere

"...is nearly here, and new hybrid heavy metal/horror film gathering Death By Festival is getting in the seasonal mood..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Live: Mastodon

Brutally efficient as equally heavy

"...Ponder the mysteries of SXSW programming: Metallic notables Mastodon found themselves..."

March 18, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing a final day of ACL 2014

"...Emily Wolfe spent the last year transitioning from bedroom-folk balladeer to slicked-up rocker..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Eagle Claw, Tia Carrera, Megafauna, Flesh Lights, Smoke & Feathers, My Education

Highlights from first half of Free Week

"...Eagle Claw, Tia Carrera, Megafauna, Flesh Lights, Smoke & Feathers, My EducationRed 7, Jan. 5..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Review by Adam Schragin

Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings

Rockpalast, German for DVD gold mine

"...Essen, Germany, 1980: Their faces haven't yet been overtaken by hair...."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Natrix Natrix

The Basement Tapes

"...Nestled between Highway 71 and the greenbelt, the Natrix Natrix house is a secluded enclave..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Boots and Suits, Scheming and Dreaming

The Wilson Brothers on The Wendell Baker Story

"...There will be no pictures of Luke or Andrew Wilson..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

His Whole Life

How Lake Austin Spa and Resort chef Terry Conlan rose to the top without losing his perspective and priorities

"...When we consider climbing to the top of a profession, the image that frequently comes..."

March 21, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Citizen McCall

Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he snorted back in 1978. More than two decades later, he's still getting things mixed up. Chronicle writer Sidney Moody investigates why he puts his friend John McCall, the multimillionaire shampoo magnate and owner of the beauty supply firm Armstrong McCall, in his new detective novel Steppin' on a Rainbow without even bothering to change his name.

"...Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...call from Jerry Wexler: Gerald Wexler, born 1917 in the Bronx to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Scanlines

The Big Combo

"...to pin on him. Under pressure to wrap up the investigation, Diamond becomes more determined to nail Brown and..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...When Ice Factory '99, Soho Think Tank's festival of fringe theatre, rocks the City That Never Sleeps this..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Horror Film Festival Announces First Titles

Local filmmakers, familiar faces at celebration of screams

"...Get ready for scary fun. The Austin Horror Film Festival has announced the first attack..."

Sept. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Family Gathering: With an Altar to “Sister Bobbie,” Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Returns

Jason Isbell, Adia Victoria, Nelson & sons commune

"...At the last Luck Reunion in 2019, a number of memorials..."

March 18, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Wreck & Ruin

Four new songwriterly discs worth catching up to

"...It's odd so many of my favorite artists are releasing new discs this fall...."

Nov. 8, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

And It's Burns, Burns, Burns …

Supper for the Bard with a Song for the Haggis

"...There's an old Gahan Wilson cartoon about some Scotsmen gathering..."

Jan. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 9

UT stays atop weak Big 12

"...Texas has been akin to a hellish trip through the kind of House of Horrors where things go so..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Last thoughts on Altman, courtesy of collaborator Stephen Harrigan; plus, incentives and local interest

"...Altman at the end A fictional take on S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...A week prior to the theatrical release of Richard Linklater's Bad News Bears last..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...wasn't just that it was pouring applause, somehow producing the mirage of a confetti snowstorm swirling down from the..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Watergate and Teapot Dome were easy. They were simple names, immediately identifiable for the scandals behind..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature

This Is Pop?

Pondering the Beatles' Legacy

"...by Mindy LaBernz The Beatles vs. the Stones? How absolutely ludicrous, I thought,..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Music Feature

Revamped National Lampoon Radio Hour Goes Full 2020

Still twisted and sharpening the lampoon

"...In this age of perpetual reboots, there's a comeback on the horizon, and..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Erica Lies

Austin Film Festival Full Slate

Marquee names include Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Patton Oswalt

"...The Austin Film Festival has already made some big announcements,..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Politics Upstaged

This election year brings out the political in Austin's arts

"...Everyone is talking about the election this year, and when we say everyone, we..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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