No Badge Necessary at These Live Music Recommendations

Crucial concerts for the week ahead

"...for the team with sets by Ava McCoy, Vintage Pictures, Parker Woodland, modernform, Dress Warm, Lainey Gonzales, and sleep..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...Waters’ satirical take on the Sixties-era phenom of “women’s pictures” sans cinematic parfum. Maybe bring your own little car..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Trim Season

A job trimming marijuana on a secluded estate turns into a nightmare race to stay alive

"...Trim Season, the latest from Austin-based terror specialists Paper Street Pictures, comes up with a nightmare blunt rotation..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

200 Ryans Converge Downtown to Celebrate Their Ryan-ness

Jumping on the Ryan Rodeo

"...the typical Saturday night crowd on Austin’s Dirty Sixth Street. But not too early for Ryans...."

April 17, 2024 Arts Post by Athena Hawkins

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...the union's negotiating position. Aaron B. Koontz of Austin-based Paper Street Pictures, explained, "That's why they're calling it an..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...category, including The Artifice Girl, the latest from Austin's Paper Street Pictures...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Return of the Revenge of the Final Girl in Scare Package 2: Rad Chad's Revenge

Zoe Graham and the new rules of horror in Scare Package 2: Rad Chad's Revenge

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Future at the Final Other Worlds Film Festival

Founder Bears Rebecca Fonté looks back and forward

"...I'll Take Your Dead and The Heretics, and Austin-based Paper Street Pictures, who return for the final year with..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmaker Emily Hagins Says Sorry About the Demon

Hagins brings her horror-comedy home for Other Worlds Film Festival

"...half of a double bill from Austin-based production company Paper Street Pictures with Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge...."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Goes Delving into the UnderWorlds

Senior Programmer Dan Repp digs into two days of horror

"...That includes Revealer, the latest from Austin-based Paper Street Pictures, which has just been acquired by horror..."

May 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...various roadies, "stumbling around town at topless bars, Sixth Street massage parlors, and Esther's Pool Hall." They evidently created..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Emily Hagins Says Sorry About the Demon

Austin director teams with Shudder and local producers Paper Street

"...Up, Tony Phillips, has joined forces again with ATX-based Paper Street Pictures for her new feature, Sorry About the..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Aaron B. Koontz, Co-founder, Paper Street Pictures

"Next thing I know, we had six films in post."

"...So when Aaron Koontz, co-founder of Austin/L.A. production house Paper Street Pictures, saw the pandemic was settling in for..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News

Austin at the Oscars, and cinemas move towards reopening

"...Paper Street Pictures is going international. The Austin production house..."

April 30, 2021 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

This Is Your Brain on Conspiracies As Duncan Hits Panic Fest

John Valley's comedy warns about ignoring conspiracy theorists

"...and that got it on the radar of Austin-based Paper Street Pictures cofounder Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package, The..."

April 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Austin, Mohawk, Empire Control Room & Garage, and Cedar Street Courtyard...."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting

Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

"...all stages of production and distribution: from the Austin-based Paper Street Pictures, Ashleigh Snead (producer on The Ranger, The..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lucky McKee Heads to Paper Street for Old Man

Texas horror crew team up for new Stephen Lang thriller

"...Don't Breathe) and Marc Senter (Starry Eyes) for Austin-based Paper Street Pictures...."

Nov. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rad Chad Lives!

Jeremy King, star of Scare Package, talks VHS heaven

"...When they were developing Paper Street Pictures about eight or nine years later, [Scare..."

Oct. 22, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production: Aaron B. Koontz, Director

“I’m lucky to have two movies coming out. I can’t complain too much.”

"...Aaron B. Koontz, Paper Street Pictures cofounder, Writer/Director/Producer Credits Include: Camera Obscura, Scare..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Paper Street Podcast Gives a Voice to the Indie Film Industry

With movie production in lockdown, try the sounds of Paper Street

"...little for new and aspiring filmmakers. That's where the Paper Street Podcast, the new biweekly audio series from Austin-based..."

May 22, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...researching everything. They'd go to small towns and take pictures of gravesites, go into courthouses and get documents. When..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...antennas are about the size of a piece of paper. – R.W. Ingmar Bergman's CinemaCriterion, 30-disc set, $299.95 Blu-ray..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Production: Something Evil at Brackenridge Hospital in Scare Package

Wrestler-turned-actor Dustin Runnels getting bloody for new anthology horror

"...in Scare Package, the upcoming horror anthology from Austin's Paper Street Pictures...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...or even a felony carrying a prison sentence. So street artists painting illegally will often get out at night...."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Saigon Cafe and Seafood Shack

The Le family's sister restaurants on Hudson Bend are worth the drive

"...dining room of Saigon Cafe is festooned with glossy pictures of egg rolls, but despite their heavy presence in..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Texas Book Festival 2017: Tom Hanks
in Conversation With Lawrence Wright

When writing, the Oscar winner seeks moments of serendipity

"...a typewriter you stamp ink onto the fibers of paper. And what you put down there, it stays there..."

Nov. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

DVDanger: Camera Obscura

Writer/director Aaron B. Koontz on the rise of Austin horror

"...but I don't think we executed it very well. Paper Street Pictures, which is the local company me and..."

July 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...Austin holiday tradition: Pictures with Santa at Austin Pets Alive!, Armadillo Christmas Bazaar,..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...which is exactly what we've been doing as a paper and what we're especially celebrating in this issue. ......"

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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