10 Cases of COVID-19 Now Reported in Travis County, and the Rest of the Day's Developments

We round up the latest closures, take-out options, and more

"...The White House issued new guidelines today encouraging Americans..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week

Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it

"...In the wake of the city of Austin's cancellation..."

March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...assuming the bridge the following fall, I pulled this SXSW Live Shot. At the original location still cushioning the..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Travis County grand jury for first-degree murder in the 2020 killing of Michael Ramos. Ramos, a Black and Latino..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature

ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again

How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV ... From the Couch!

"...it, Season 9 – when the shocking cancellation of SXSW interrupted their scheduled programming. McFarland said, "We were on..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...Goforth says Fine Southern Gentlemen helped open web stores..."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New

Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches

"...Booker nominee Lawrence Boone is still waiting on a SXSW flyer. The latter spent the last year building rock-solid..."

March 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19

In a once-in-a-lifetime music year, the 40th annual Austin Music Poll pivots.

"...For hundreds of locals, the 2019/2020 Austin Music Awards transpired as the last big show..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Goes Virtual

Shows goes on as hybrid IRL/online conference drops in-person part

"...the latest festival to have to change plans for 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. SXSW was the first..."

July 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart Eyes

Squabbling coworkers mistaken for a couple attract the murderous attention of the Heart Eyes Killer

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cobweb

There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces Filmmakers for its Artist Intensive Program

Rising directors meet with industry experts to finesse future films

"...and the BlackList included the script in its inaugural 2020 Latinx list...."

May 11, 2022 Screens Post by Dina Barrish

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

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

"...So, ah, here comes South by Southwest again, trying..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Clean

Adrien Brody gets dirty in this suitably scummy revenge drama

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...Austin, March 12, 2020: A week out from the fifth anniversary of the..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Silk Road

Story of the Dread Pirate Roberts versus the FBI falls into bothsidesisms

Feb. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Archenemy

Revisionist Superman riff brings new meaning to street-level superheroics

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

La llorona

Supernatural horror explores the wailing soul of a nation denied justice

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...pro and Republican operative Faith Brewster (Byrne). Yes, it's 2020, and Jon Stewart thinks there's still humor to be..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Miss Juneteenth

Intergenerational story of life and legacy in working class Black Texas

"...In less apt hands, the SXSW-award-winning Miss Juneteenth could be cloying, with some elements –..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Vast of Night

Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant

"...film this year of comparable impact is Cooper Raiff's SXSW-award winner Shithouse, and both carry the same joyous experience..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Angels, Devils, and Jim Cummings at The Last Stop in Yuma County

The indie icon breaks down his new dusty noir and its ensemble

"...[inset-1-right]Forever an honorary member of the Austin film scene..."

May 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...Gill the festival added a virtual Austin expansion in 2020, before transforming into a live/online hybrid in 2021 and..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...After a virtual celebration of Fantastic Fest in 2020, the in-person festival returns this September 23-30 but ......"

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

Checking In: Young Jazz Lions Atlas Maior Double Down

Bandleader Joshua Thomson forges a pandemic soundtrack

"...Atlas Maior stayed in Austin during the entirety of 2020, which for us is a pretty rare occurrence compared..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...debut. Oddball technothriller Lapsis was supposed to play at SXSW, and finally makes it back to Austin after successful..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Rocks AFS Cinema

Fest screens films on pop fame, a lost guitar, and a legendary metal club

"...at aGLIFF) who brought the fest to Austin in 2020 as a virtual spin-off to the Minneapolis original, before..."

Dec. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...TV, then? Maybe someday, but the streaming service’s shiniest 2020 offerings were HBO original series like I May Destroy..."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...and Channing Godfrey Peoples, director of the rightly-lauded and SXSW-award-winning Miss Juneteenth. There’ll be more local connections when Elizabeth..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lucky Seven for Sci-Fi Film Fest Other Worlds

Interstellar picks for the festival's seventh year

"...Lapsis Originally selected for SXSW, Noah Hutton's savage takedown of the high-tech, low-paying gig..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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