Skills Like This

Winner of the SXSW Audience Award in 2007, Skills Like This is the story of a would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank robber.

"...memorable thing about SXSW Film Festival 07 Audience Award-winner, Skills Like This, is Berger's faux ’fro, which at times..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Week's Waste of Time

One teen and several free browser games

"...Like the garage-rock scene of the 60s or indie music..."

Dec. 16, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Summer Fun: You Might Wanna Schlitt Down for This

Our Summer Fun extras begin with 'the hottest, coolest time in Texas'

"...my family. Other clans took off for Canada posing like wet dogs in front of Niagara Falls, or down..."

May 13, 2013 Chronolog Post by Andy Campbell

Even If You Think You Wouldn't Like A Comic Book Called 'Monsters!'

OMG, lemme tell you about this hilarious thing from Gustavo Duarte …

"...Listen: This new book's humor is more gut-busting than a punch..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Bizarre Cop Training Videos That Inspired Survival Skills

Watch an exclusive montage of the madness behind the VHS drama

"...wondered, "What lives in a world where people act like that?" The protagonist of new VHS-inspired weirdness Survival Skills..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nightstream Review: Survival Skills

Bizarro educational video reframes the policing debate

"...figure of sympathy. But not every film is Survival Skills, a fresh look at the inanity of old educational..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Buzz Mill's Lumber Society Teaches Primitive Survival Skills in a Modern Setting

Everything you need to know to survive the great outdoors

"...Hyde at the helm, they teach hands-on basic survival skills such as knife carving, plant foraging, navigation, and water..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Mini Maker Faire Returns to Blow Your Mind This Weekend

Palmer Events Center sets the stage for techies and makers.

"...Mini Maker Faire returns this weekend with interactive exhibits like the Geek Bus, mobile..."

May 15, 2015 Design Post by Anne Harris

This Is a Blogpost About Austin's Jennymarie Jemison

Partly because her movie's in the Seattle International Film Festival

"...This blogpost is about Jennymarie Jemison partly because The Quiet..."

May 20, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...dimension dropkickers Slam Portal. Within the squared circle, performers like Gothess Jasmine, Eva Inez, and MK Ultra deliver drag..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Parade Returns This Weekend

Grab the kids and get in the spirit of the season

"...you thought, but a little noisier than you might like...."

Nov. 23, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

This Week's Waste of Time

A free game to help with your debate withdrawal

"...time to brush up on your logic and persuasion skills. Don't bother with a continuing education class in rhetoric,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Watch This: Branden Rex Flexes his Cat Fancy with “River”

“I don’t see myself with no one but you,” he sings to hairless feline

"...dripped up in outfits that cause him to fade like a chameleon into the striking set design, adopts a..."

June 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

This Week's Waste of Time

A browser game that reveals the power of a finger

"...Just when you think the simplicity trend in video..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Another browser game to ensure low productivity

"...titles all over the web. In the case of this week's waste of time we have a graphic artist..."

June 24, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...on a cluttered desk. Louis Black, eyes alight, hands like jittery butterflies, pulled me aside. "Jesse," he said, "I..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Something Wicked This Way Comes ... Again!

Dueling Macbeths on the stages of Austin prove once again this Shakespearean killer's undying popularity.

"...He's the Jason of classical drama. Like some Elizabethan ancestor to the ruthless killer of Camp..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Survival Skills

Bizarre and pointed drama re-envisions police training videos

"...figure of sympathy. But not every film is Survival Skills, a fresh look at the inanity of old educational..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...perky, button nose, but Witherspoon’s winsome, charming turn in this lighter-than-air fare comes within a legally blond lock of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...now own Emmy statuettes and garner major league projects like National Geographic's forthcoming Internet Age docudrama Valley of the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...to be making a children's record, though "Do You Like to Eat a Cow" (a folky sing-along celebrating carnivorous..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Does This Relationship Have a Future?

If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either

"...to current-day wolf hybrids, that some scientists disagree with this taxonomy altogether, and insist that the two should be..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

$3 Shows Mixes Arts and Social Issues, Like Ben Buck’s Album Release and a DAWA Fundraiser

$3 entry for Como Las Movies, KVN, Suzanna Choffel, and more on Sunday

"...and wanted to do something similar. We were just like, ’We might as well just bring $2 shows to..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Music Post by Adam Cherian

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...spend that much time on the bandstand with somebody like that," adds Haslanger. "It was way beyond music."..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...the song and it makes it really special." Exactly like the local's acclaimed 2019 debut Fuzzy Brain, now unpacked..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ways for Grownups to Act Like a Kid This July

Youthful diversions from kickball to video games

"...This one allows little ones, but it's no less fun...."

June 30, 2022 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Live reviews of Big Bill, Protextor, Black Fret Ball, and Margaret Moser’s memorial concert

"...Dressed in kiddie cowboy costumes and sounding like a fusion of the B-52s and Dead Kennedys in..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

WagakkiBand Hits the Des Moines Embassy Like a Rain of Shuriken

Japanese fusion superstars to rock Downtown ATX this Friday night

"...and anyway I doubt they’d display the ninja-level music skills and senses-galvanizing showmanship of WagakkiBand, the reigning superstars who..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Abhi the Nomad, Animals on TV, Susannah Joffe, Nané, and more recommended tunes

"...quarantine picked up his six-string and some new piano skills, which are exhibited to full effect in each of..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Then There's This: The Awesome Power of Women

Political group aims to increase voter turnout and so much more

"...news story about the Wendy Davis campaign and you're likely to see the names of men – usually seasoned..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

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