Paramount Theatre Announces Star Wars, Pink Flamingos, Sin City for Summer Classics Film Series

Plus Robert Rodriguez gets his star on Congress Avenue

"...around for a special screening of Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise, the first of a series of..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Psych Fest Announces Night Shows With the Zakary Thaks, METZ, Luna Li

As well as set times for the main fest at Far Out Lounge

"...glam rockers Lord Friday the 13th, whose recent single “Phantom of the Opry” is equal parts scathing and catchy...."

April 3, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Mondo Veterans and SpectreVision Announce New Collectibles Company Mutant

Reassembled team working on major poster and vinyl releases

"...Mondo regulars, including Nicolas Delort, Matt Taylor, Deb Lee, Phantom City Creative, Rory Kurtz, Matthew Woodson, Greg Ruth, Francesco..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Dream Scenario

Nic Cage leads a strange satire about public perception

"...a metaphor for viral fame or – as the phantom Pauls' actions become darker – cancel culture. A third-act..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...be played one of two ways. First, as a phantom in her own life (which was how Emily Cass..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...PHANTOM FEST..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 29 - October 5

"...SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been sensing a phantom itch that's impossible to scratch? Are you feeling less..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Review: Dream Scenario

Nicolas Cage tenderly navigates the thorny world of public perception

"...a metaphor for viral fame or – as the phantom Pauls' actions become darker – cancel culture. A third..."

Sept. 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ways to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in Austin

The Illharmonic Orchestra, Bavu Blakes, and more reflect on the genre's golden jubilee

"...lovers from all walks of life are welcome. Thee Phantom & the Illharmonic Orchestra Long Center for the Performing..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...border controls; defending restrictions on voting, and relentlessly pursuing phantom “voter fraud”; tormenting young transgender Texans, their families, and..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...contradicted by having Nancy become a dominant rather than phantom presence in this play, which quickly shifts Box’s focus..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Vicky Krieps Liberates an Empress in Corsage

The actress finds the truth of Sissi, and the other actors who have played her, in the new biopic

"...After her own breakout performance in Phantom Thread, Krieps said she "knew what it tasted like"..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ten Austin Concert Options for New Year's Eve 2022

From Cumbia to Coconut Club's Last Dance, ring in 2023 musically

"...and Scam Likely. Costumes encouraged, so make like The Phantom of the Opera and bring that old mask of..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Andrew Bujalski Explores Disconnection in His Pandemic-Crafted Film

Touching from a distance in There There

"...actor reading the other character's lines ("We call them 'phantom cast'"), but everyone else – Bujalski, his longtime director..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...2007: Phantom of the DevelOpera While the Chronicle Halloween cover mask..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest

With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town

"...be longer than just one night, and this year, Phantom Fest presents nine events over 11 days and nights..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Refereeing Blunders Pour Cold Water on Austin FC Season Finale

Verde face Real Salt Lake in Sunday playoff match at Q2

"...capper on the match and the season, but a phantom offside call and botched VAR review resulted in the..."

Oct. 9, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Moseying Out Into the Multiverse With the Quantum Cowboys

Geoff Marslett probes memory and the many-worlds theory in his new animated mind-bender at AFS Cinema

"...as an animator – most recently in shorts like "Phantom 52," but in the grandest scale with his 2010..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

All eyes on Lesley Manville in this tale of fashion and grit

"...her most prominent (and Oscar-nominated) role to date in Phantom Thread five years ago strangely foretold this more endearing..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Phantom of the Open

Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par

"...either subverts or knowingly conforms to genre expectations. The Phantom of the Open, a golf-based biopic and vehicle for..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Day Trips: Calera Chapel, Balmorhea

A holy place in the West Texas desert

"...but at it was once a garden nurtured by Phantom Lake Springs. The Jumano and Apache tribes raised corn..."

June 24, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...ghost of Don the Beachcomber is a very happy phantom indeed…..."

June 24, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...ghost of Don the Beachcomber is a very happy phantom indeed…..."

June 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shaky Knees Festival

"...more than 60 artists across four stages. (Pictured here: Phantom Planet on Saturday, April 30)..."

May 3, 2022 Photo Gallery

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...Western Express (Austin TX) THEakasha (Jersey City NJ) Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra (Queens Village NY) Tim Arnold..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Licorice Pizza

PTA's San Fernando Valley memories are blurrily sentimental

"...beneath the surface of There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread. His romances are convoluted and filled with desperate..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...she saw the visiting New York production of The Phantom of the Opera. "It was the first big national..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...as Midsommar (no, that's not a happy ending) or Phantom Thread (again, not a grand romantic victory). That will..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Velvet Underground

The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve

"...he gasps, before breathlessly describing their “strange melodies” and “phantom overtones”)? It’s all pure candy. Yes, Haynes gives Cale..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...it exists, it's more a vapor than an actual phantom...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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