Cinema du Fromage

Directors Dumber Than Ed Wood, Jr.!

"...wearing leotards, hooded sweatshirts, striped belts, oven mitts, and ping-pong ball halves for eyes. Wilder used stock footage of..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

"...the local YMCA so that I could swim, play Ping-Pong, and generally hang with my peers...."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

"...the local YMCA so that I could swim, play Ping-Pong, and generally hang with my peers...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

The Fearless James Hong

Star of 'Big Trouble in Little China' revives the raunch

"...even if you don't know you know him. Mr Ping, the adoptive father of Po in Kung Fu Panda?..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Merrill filled empty spaces in the wings with 41,000 ping pong balls...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantastic Fest Review: Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...Park and Parisian street performers, nudist colonies and playing ping-pong with Castro – all stories that Grace knows but..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Lover, Beloved

Suzanne Vega hunts for Carson McCullers in this filmed stageplay

"...charm by Austin filmmaker Michael Tully (Don't Leave Home, Ping Pong Summer), Lover, Beloved is an earnest love letter..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

It’s Mac & Cheese Festival Time, Jester King Goes BBQ, Tso Expands, Smash Hearts the Service Industry, Eberly Does Brunch, and More

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

"...the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 17, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Is Your Brain on Conspiracies As Duncan Hits Panic Fest

John Valley's comedy warns about ignoring conspiracy theorists

"...flags get raised online as the Google Alerts start pinging. The internet is notoriously no place for subtlety, as..."

April 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recipe: Venison Swedish Meatballs

A game changer for this classic dish

"...the meat mixture into balls (about the size of ping-pong balls or golf balls) and roll in flour, lightly..."

Feb. 9, 2021 Food Post by Savannah Burns

This Is Who We Are #9: Mary Moody Northern Theatre's bobrauschenbergamerica

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...experiences and people as the late Rauschenberg did and slapping them together in a glorious jumble, an exuberant hodgepodge...."

May 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Abortion Resumes in Texas After COVID-19 Ban

Local providers express anxiety state may halt services again

"...more so during a pandemic. Then began a legal ping-pong that forced abortion clinics to cancel hundreds of appointments,..."

April 23, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Luv Doc: Naming Conventions

A name with three syllables that ends with a breakup

"...dog. You could name it Sparkplug, or Whiskey, or Ping Pong ... or even Blanket without fear it will..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Review: Moritz Simon Geist/Daniel Brandt

German sound scientists court and counter the rise of the bots

"...Geist’s 8pm set uncovered a modernist stripping back the techno of L.A.’s Drumcell or NYC’s Sandwell..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Christina Garcia

21 Super Bowl LIII Watch Parties in Austin

Pluckers Wing Bar is taking reservations, y’all

"...of jalapeño ranch, Frito pie with smoked brisket and toppings, and crispy chili honey chicken wings glazed with red..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

New Photos of Easy Tiger at The Linc

We're counting the days until their late November 2018 opening

"...bake shop would move closer to your North Central stomping grounds, well, dreams come true, friends. Easy Tiger is..."

Oct. 22, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Fusebox and Moontower Fests

Fill your weekend with experimental performance art and/or laughs

"...40-plus stand-up showcases, 10 podcast recordings, and the annual ping-pong slapdown. For more information, visit www.moontowercomedyfestival.com. Look for Chronicle..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Panel: Christiane Amanpour on Sex & Love Around the World

From covering international politics to female sexuality worldwide

"...talked about her experience filming the show, from naked ping-pong to arranged marriages and how women approach the subjects..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Acacia Coronado

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...the Girls, while Austin director Michael Tully (SXSW 2014's Ping Pong Summer) deals in the supernatural with our SXSW..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Protest at Francisco Cantú Reading

Activists disrupt The Line Becomes a River BookPeople event

"...coming to Cantú’s defense, which resulted in a verbal ping-pong match between the activists and other audience members...."

Feb. 14, 2018 Arts Post by Brandyce Ingram

Five Films to See in Austin This Week

Your weekly film guide for Feb. 2 through Feb. 8

"...House of Cards), but the twists of fate that ping-pong the protagonist from one harrowing situation to the next..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Pizzagate Targets East Side Pies

No charges will be filed in ESP harassment and vandalism incidents

"...Credulous locals followed the manufactured allegations against the Comet Ping Pong pizza parlor in D.C. – that an entirely..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Maker Faire 2016

"...An art car covered with ping pong balls..."

May 10, 2016 Photo Gallery

That’s So Cool: Celebrating Bob Johnston

The late producer’s staggering output somehow excluded his own renown

"...lightning in a bottle always on the verge of escaping. He would start off all aglow on one topic..."

Aug. 20, 2015 Music Post by Louis Black

Houses of the Holy: Zeppelin Reissues Conclude

Year-long reissue campaign ranges over the hills and far away

"...On loop, really. I’d ping-pong between the catalogs, spending days, weeks on any single..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Moontower Lowdown

"...25, 3pm, Stateside upstairs classroom) and the second Moontower Ping Pong Slapdown, where badge-holding fans match paddles with festival..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature

SXSW Live Shot: Dry the River

Non-show from dire East London gang

"...they would be performing “an acoustic set” on the ping pong-and-booze floor below. By then, the interested had moved..."

March 18, 2015 Music Post by Marc Savlov

The Good Eye: Oh Buoyancy

... like Sandra Bullock in the Shenzhou capsule, hours after George Clooney's dimples have drifted into the fathomless beyond

"...not yield the surge of Winston-Churchill-esque brilliance I was hoping for. Churchill, it turns out, dictated his bathtub letters..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...“Housekeeping” D: Catherine Licata (Austin) AFS Grant Award: $1,000 Melody..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Estate Sale Roundup: June 12-15

If you don't have a truck, shop small and stuff the trunk

"...an appointment. On sale day, check out the Stiga ping pong table; large French painted cabinet; vintage wooden potting..."

June 12, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

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