The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Shimmering and weird, owing deep debts to The Red Shoes-era Powell and Pressburger, and to the watercolor fever dreams..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...that she's not wearing Christian Louboutin heels, the uniform shoes of C-level execs. However, not everyone evades the elements..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Silent Voice

Tender and thoughtful anime explores bullying in school

"...a conceit that puts the audience into Shoya's troubled shoes...."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to Marwen

Outsider artist's harrowing true story gets a misguided Hollywood sheen

"...hate crime sparked by his love of wearing women's shoes...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Deranged Incredulity

Buzzing hard on 20mg of Blue Bell-soaked THC

"...enjoyed by pasty-skinned folks since their freaky, buckled European shoes hit American soil, just sounds foreign. It has too..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Amanda Shires’ Closet Craft

Texan fiddler adapts her process and updates her sound

"...spot among all of your words and instruments and shoes. It’s not as glamorous as you’d think, but I..."

June 28, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Local Nonprofit Starts Online Campaign for Mamas and Babies

Update: Sixth challenge added to support families in the border crisis

"...awareness of this critical issue with the In Her Shoes campaign. They’re asking healthy, safe Austin mothers to try..."

June 18, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Paul Simon Takes a Final Bow

Last tour both rouses and hushes Erwin Center

"...main set with “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” and “You Can Call Me Al” brought the crowd..."

June 5, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Beerland Handed Down

Austin Jukebox group takes over Red River punk cavity

"...guitarist/singer Aaron Blount, Steve Pike from Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes/Exhalants, and Sam Whitworth...."

Dec. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Coco

A moving and colorful addition to the Pixar filmography

"...instead insist he enter the family business of manufacturing shoes. Still, there’s a guitar competition coming up and Miguel,..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...taken. Every actor who’s slipped into the fastidiously polished shoes of the diminutive Belgian detective has interpreted to his..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...Bay Rum and the growing following for his No Shoes Nation – complete with No Shoes Radio. According to..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Ballet Austin’s Alice (In Wonderland)

In which the young heroine grabs those wild wonderland reins

"...in her blue dress and white tights and pointe shoes. But as she followed Ian J. Bethany's sprightly White..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Earth Day 101: All Things Consignment

Clean the city and your guilty conscience

"...quality clothing pristinely ordered and topped with racks of shoes and accessories makes it easy to save the earth..."

April 20, 2017 Events Post by Chelsea Pribble

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...10) Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes (Super Secret) Kahron Spearman..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...cinematic fodder almost since movies began. See: The Red Shoes, every version of A Star Is Born; writer/director Damien..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: True Stories: Then and Now

Connecting the dots between the SIMS Foundation and a day on the set of David Byrne's sleeper hit film

"...Accordion Band. Telling me I had to wear black shoes, white socks, black pants, and a white shirt, she..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...feeling as though you’ve marched a mile in those shoes...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Cyndi Lauper and aGLIFF just wanna have fun

"...Breeze: Yacht Rock Dance Party Channel tropical breezes, boat shoes, and piña coladas with this summery yacht rock party...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes

"...handful of tracks into local trio Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes' debut, you can't help but wonder, "Who fucked with..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Review by Libby Webster

Gay Place

Post-Pride Week parties aplenty

"...Breeze: Yacht Rock Dance Party Channel tropical breezes, boat shoes, and piña coladas with this summery yacht rock party...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Brutality Television

Why you won't be seeing Austin emo puppet band Fragile Rock on America's Got Talent

"...My eyes are at shoe level. Nick Cannon's shoes, specifically. Shoes that probably cost more than my self-esteem...."

July 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Brently Heilbron

Paul Simon Makes History

PBS concert staple nets two hours of soul-stirring standards

"...the one-two of “Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes” and “You Can Call Me Al,” featuring a piano..."

May 13, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Paul Simon, Still Tender After All These Years

Hit-maker supreme digs in at the first of three Austin shows

"...Cool, Cool River,” “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” and house-standing “You Can Call Me Al.”..."

May 11, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

New Austin Show Celebrates the Lighter Side of Ethnic Assimilation

Lucky Chaos Theatre’s Leng Wong tells us about Living on the Hyphen

"...fairytales and all that. And I remember “The Red Shoes,” about the little girl who got red shoes and..."

March 28, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Only Bowie

Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak

"...as I had left Texas in only jeans and shoes for a three-month tour, refusing to pack any clothes..."

Feb. 10, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...The Shoes – "Drifted" France/USA Director: Dent De Cuir..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Carol

Everything about this Fifties lesbian romance is sublime

"...destined to make. From the nail polish to the shoes, and the music (by Carter Burwell) to the old..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...beseeches her husband to don Ulla’s stockings and ballet shoes and pose in Ulla’s place. The touch of the..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...Tapestry show, such as 2015 season opener In Your Shoes or The Souls of Our Feet, the National Endowment..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

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