Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...Junior Parker also played the Mississippi saxophone. Once Kim Wilson, a traveling man if ever there was one, entered..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

How Robin Got His Groove Back

Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.

"...must spring into action to protect the subjects of Richard the Lionhearted. And off he goes, bounding onto horses,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...and copied to me, [LBJ School] Professor [Robert H.] Wilson concluded that all of the East Austin foreclosed properties..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...posssess; it's based on a best-selling European novel by Richard Schneider...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...Audrey Director: Natalie BaileyProducers: Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Diya EidScreenwriter: Lou Sanz Self-appointed Mother of the Year,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Thursday nights. January 12, 1978, Project Terror drummer Stevie Wilson's girlfriend's band opened. She was Marilyn Dean, 17-year-old drummer..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...Pavlovian welcome of familiarity. – Abby Johnston "Doggin' Around," Jackie Wilson..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman

The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...projects; and nonchalantly discovered Wes Anderson and those wild Wilson boys, Luke and Owen, as he shepherded Bottle Rocket..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Newly appointed Williamson Co. Sheriff Jim Wilson, who will officially take over in January, has announced..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...1:15-2pm CER E2.012Photography Laura Wilson..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...they've toured the world and collaborated with Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern, and Marianne Faithfull. Last year's An Evil Heat..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Scanlines

Mallrats

"...As a director, Smith, with the obvious influence of Richard Linklater, reminds me most of a slacker Preston Sturges...."

July 16, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Aston Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rita Wilson. (PG-13, 96 min.) We need more films about girls..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...THE ALL GOLDEN D: Nate Wilson Canada, 2023, World Premiere, 64 min In veteran Fantastic..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bacurau

Brazilian drama mixes social commentary and exploitation action

"...Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima, Chris Doubek, Rubens Santos and Wilson Rabelo...."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...in 2014 – long-awaited reunion of its organizer's parents, Richard & Linda Thompson, plus various siblings – London-born scion..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

For Your Consideration

What to see at the 21st annual Austin Film Festival

"...21 Years: Richard Linklater. This film by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Gotta Have the Mettle

Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'

"...Neither director/editor Bindler, nor his producer Chapin Wilson, suspected such an auspicious future for their movie when..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Gay Place: Perf/Art Faggotry

A strangely wonderful confluence of performance art and artists (including drag queens), G-Spot exploration, and hanky codes invade Austin this week

"...WORKOUT! RICHARD SIMMONS/ERICA NIX PREMIERE You seen the teases on Facebook,..."

April 19, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...at this year's fest: a 20th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's Slacker. My, the time flies, doesn't it? Full..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Casting shuffles for Malick's new picture and more

"...Count director Richard Linklater, actor Luke Wilson, and Zadi Diaz, creator of..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Election Info

Dates, voting locations, and ballots

"...Richard Wedeikes (L)State Rep., District 47..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Everything Old Is New Again

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

"...Scott was joined at the paper by her boyfriend, Richard Croxdale, who later became her husband. Together they would..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Page Two

A tainted prayer for the new year

"...positions with which the right disagrees. Thus, Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Rich, and Ted Kennedy would..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Uncovered: The War on Iraq

The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.

"...speakers – like Stansfield Turner, Scott Ritter, John Dean, Richard Clarke, David Kay, Joseph Wilson – will be familiar,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Envy

Director Barry Levinson tackles the human vice of envy in this comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

"...featuring Jack Black as a former astronaut and Owen Wilson as his talking-motorcycle buddy, had (and still has) a..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Meditations on memory, politics, and sexuality, brought on by the Beach Boys.

"...of days until this year is over. My friend Richard gave me a bootleg of Brian Wilson and the..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

News/Print

Q: Amis, Armey, Avedon? A: The 12th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest. Plus: Sandra Bullock buys a book.

"...Escapist, Amanda Stern and The Long Haul, photographer Laura Wilson and Avedon at Work: In the American West with..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

The House Gives DeLay His Map

Republicans push redistricting through, public opinion be damned

"...In the end only two Democrats -- Ron Wilson of Houston and Vilma Luna of Corpus Christi --..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Re-Redistricting

If Tom DeLay has his way, Austin will have no voice in Congress.

"...session throughout the entire House. Democrats, in particular Laredo's Richard Raymond and San Antonio's Ruth Jones McClendon, accused Chairman..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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