Disney’s Snow White

This live-action remake isn’t just bad, it’s pointless

"...some of the worst CG this side of a Robert Zemeckis movie, before thrashing songs in the seemingly de..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...the screening will be introduced by Jenny Romero, HRC’s Robert De Niro Curator of Film. Register for free at..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 24-30

"...Times was hiring a new astrology writer to replace Robert Cole, who had just quit. I quickly applied for..."

May 24, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

It Takes a Village: Memories of Kerrville Folk Festival 2023

Dispatches from the 51st campout, from Ray Prim to Flamy Grant

"...helped spawn the careers of Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen, Ani DiFranco, and Butch Hancock. I could..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Hank Erwin

"Welcome Home" to the Kerrville Folk Festival

Five neighborly artists to see onstage at Quiet Valley Ranch

"...(past finalists include Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen, and James McMurtry). Its unmatched camping culture..."

May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

"...It was moments like these that proved the wisdom of words he shared from George Lucas, who had..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...A. Meyer, Jason Roark A sick man discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 28 - November 3

"...When I related this story to my Slovakian cousin Robert Brezny, he assured me it's not true. He met..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...winners include Slaid Cleaves, Ray Bonneville, Jonathan Byrd, and Robert Earl Keen. Lyle Lovett entered New Folk twice, once..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...the Austin Film Festival). He noted that presidential biographer Robert Caro "would take about LBJ getting into the buttonholes...."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...the Crimson King, director Toby Amies’ documentary on guitarist Robert Fripp’s British band King Crimson: the grace of creation,..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...film version after the Oscar-winning 1961 adaptation, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. "I didn't know how universal..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 7-13

"...was an activist, entertainer, and philanthropist who gathered much wisdom in his 74 years. I've chosen one of his..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 4-10

"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your guiding wisdom comes from Taurus author Annie Dillard. She writes, "I..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Dry

Murder and secrets in the Australian Outback

"...Directed by: Robert Connolly. Starring: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, BeBe Bettencourt, Keir..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...Heap, and leader, innovator and Fantracks Digital CEO Ty Roberts...."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Sarajane Dailey, Laura Mercado-Wright, Rick Gabrillo, Tim O'Brien, and Robert Harlan. This virtual showcase, an uplifting soundtrack for putting..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 30 - November 5

"...to immerse themselves in those states. Yet as historian Robert Parker points out, Dionysus himself "was seldom drunk, seldom..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Nik Lee and Dan Creamer, and sly piano man Robert Ellis. Bitch hits the stage at Empire Control Room..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 2-8

"...that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love." Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield made that brilliant..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 25 - October 1

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Seventy-nine-year-old Libran poet Robert Pinsky has had a triumphant life. He has published..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

We Have an Issue: Ready to Roll?

The film industry prepares to reopen during a pandemic. Plus: How to be a true patriot this Fourth of July.

"...during a pandemic, and speaks with Austin favorite son Robert Rodriguez on the eve of his own movie shoot..."

July 3, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Redefining Distancing

How Austin's recovery community is adapting to COVID-19

"...change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. That's a sound approach in..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

This Is Who We Are #1: Rude Mechs' Big Love

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

"...a giddy episode that is echoed by their counterparts, Robert Newell, Michael T. Mergen, and Atticus Rowe, doing push-ups,..."

May 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 10-16

"...22-Dec. 21): “Goodness alone is never enough,” wrote author Robert A. Heinlein. “A hard, cold wisdom is required for..."

April 10, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bruce Lee cultural biography Be Water, and Freak Power, Robert Kennedy III's long-rumored documentary about the gonzo king, Hunter..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 100 Austin Records of 2019

Kevin Curtin unveils his third annual list of local releases

"...3) Robert Ellis, Texas Piano Man (New West)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC

"...Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Dallas Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Josh Pais, Leslie Mann, Fisher Stevens, Peter..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...kind of disconnected young woman who would listen to Robert Wyatt's ethereal, folksy cover of "Shipbuilding" over Elvis Costello's..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Controversial SOAH Chief Judge Takes Her Leave

Lesli Ginn will not seek reappointment to State Office of Administrative Hearings

"...hope [Abbott] picks somebody with presiding experience and more wisdom than [Ginn]."..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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