Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Topples The World D: Jeremy Workman Producers: Jeremy Workman, Robert J. Lyons Lily Topples The World follows 20-year-old Lily..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...Another notable D10 candidate is Robert Thomas, a GOP-friendly lawyer and former leader of the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

In 1990, We Predicted What 2020 Would Look Like. Did We Get Anything Right?

And since we're here, why not place some bets on 2050?

"...Robert Faires, then as now our paper's authority on theatre,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

The March Primaries and After: The Filing Report

Flurry of last-minute filings

"...husband, Andy Hathcock, is jockeying with Rhonda Hurley and Robert Ettinger to replace Judge W. Jeanne Meurer in the..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...art), Nikki Moore (visual art), Barry Pineo (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...for its humanity, for its characters, for the way Robert Duvall and Michael Caine walk across the landscape, for..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Robert Pierson, Le Petomane..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...brings back the big-hair musical, with Felicia Dinwiddie, Lisa Robert, Meredith Robertson, Rebecca Schoolar, and Andra Mitrovich. Dave Steakley..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...At first glance, Robert Hughes' new eight-part PBS series American Visions generates a..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

"...Mark Cohen, Texas Triangle; Jerry Conn, Westlake Picayune; and Robert Faires and Adrienne Martini, Austin Chronicle -- honored work..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature

Moontower Announces Jenny Slate, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, and More for Its Just for Laughs Festival

Samantha Bee, Ziwe, Monét X Change, and many more added to lineup

"...Derrick Stroupe* Devon Walker Doug Mellard Dulce Sloan Dylan Sullivan Emil Wakim* Ever Mainard* Felipe Esparza* Goddamn Comedy Jam..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Arts Post by James Renovitch

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 23-31

"...Friday Foster, who leads a, ahem, killer cast with Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda,..."

July 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Music to Wave Flags By

The 411 on the 4th of July concerts in the 512 and environs

"...The Austin Civic Wind Ensemble's 70 musicians and conductor Robert Laguna are getting an early start on the 1st..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...But back to that opening night slot: Robert Rodriguez may not have his next film, manga adaptation..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...returns to the Fest! Cast: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubinstein, Kate Lang Johnson, Britain..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Collins Jr, Peter Vack, Leah Mckendrick, Marlon Young, David Sullivan, Michael Welch (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Fall Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers Robert Olen Butler, Perfume River Robin Wasserman, Girls on Fire..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...R.I.) Declan O'Rourke (Dublin, Ireland) Delicate Steve (Fredon, N.J.) Robert Delong (Los Angeles, Calif.) DeLorean (Houston, Texas) Delorentos (Dublin,..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

All Over Creation: Acknowledged Gains

When we honor the living, we all get something out of it

"...actors Ann Armstrong, Richard Craig, Tom Parker, and Mike Sullivan; actor and UT theatre professor Lucien Douglas; Austin Shakespeare..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Forty years later, its message shines as timely..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

DVDnds

"...discs. The sushi factor, as on the 9-DVD Ed Sullivan's Rock & Roll Classics box in 2002, gets old..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar throws it down, then sleeps it off. It's the holiday season.

"...partying. First off, we had to say goodbye to Robert Brown and Dennis Karbach, who are effectively leaving Austin,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Res Publica

Your civic agenda, Sept. 18-25

"...ROBERT BARNSTONE MEMORIAL CELE­BRATION See p.24. 5:30-7:30pm. Güero's Taco Bar,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...The Urban Workshop and Happy Hour takes place at Sullivan's Steakhouse, 300 Colorado, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:30pm; $10..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Changin'" lies on the hammock of contemporary soul. – Robert GabrielCAROLINE HERRING9pm, Lounge @ Crowne Plaza The Best New..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Point Austin: The Usual Suspects

On trying my best to be scandalized by the Comptroller's report on the CTRMA

"...of Strayhorn's most melodramatic recommendations: that CTRMA board Chair Robert Tesch and member Johanna Zmud resign immediately, "Tesch because..."

March 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

After a Fashion

(Y)Our Style Avatar, Stephen M.M. does the party circuit and still manages to keep himself on time in order to serve you, the fashion slaves of Austin

"...powerhouse Stuart Rosenberg of Studio Communications, joined writer Mark Sullivan and me at the Hon. Will Wynn and his..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

No Dominion

A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.

"...Zevon, Elliott Smith, Barry White, Benny Carter, Celia Cruz, Robert Palmer, Earl King, Johnny Paycheck, Gregory Hines, Al Hirschfeld,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...-- Preston Sturges' Palm Beach Story (and check out Robert Faires' superb article, "Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control,"..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Postscripts

The successes of two Texas authors from the Panhandle; upcoming events at the Harry Ransom Center at UT; and information on how to attend the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival.

"...Visiting Writer in UT's English department, who wrote about Robert Creeley several weeks ago for the Chronicle, is giving..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

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