Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Bummer Year harbingered anything but for the quartet, their slacker charm and chiming guitars earning them Best Rock honors..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Never’s Post-Punk Introduction and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Malik Baptiste, Felt Out, and more

"...synths with the singer's aloof delivery, as if king slacker Stephen Malkmus found himself fronting contemporary post-punks Automatic. "Don't..."

March 3, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...hands-on with pivotal films of the era: Working Girls, Slacker, The Thin Blue Line, Clerks, Go Fish, and Michael..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Something in the Dirt

Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory

"...buttoned-up repression, and Levi seems like a harmless, beach-bummy slacker, but there's always an explanation or excuse for every..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Seven Essential ACL Fest 2022 Recommendations

Heavyweight hand-picks from the Chronicle Music team

"...coiled surf-rock frenzy. New single "Eggshells" likewise licks stripped-down slacker ennui, an undercutting anxiety boiling just below the surface. –..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Review: Something in the Dirt

Cerebral horror's greatest duo circle through cosmic conspiracies

"...buttoned-up repression, but Levi seems like a harmless beach-bummy slacker, but there's always an explanation or excuse for every..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Editorial Staffers Name Their Essential Dishes

We've all got our favorites

"...pile of beans, vegan cheese, and rice of the Slacker's Banquet; or the vegan-style eggs Benedict, the Renedict, which..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Food Feature by Chronicle staff

aGLIFF Review: Erica's First Holy Shit

Austin's alternative fitness superstar hits the big screen

"...deeply introspective and very Austin movies. But unlike, say, Slacker or Tower, where filmmakers tried to translate an aspect..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Funny Pages

Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot

"...of ripping off Beanworld. Probably the only reason this slacker Holden Caulfield doesn't call people "phonies" is because he'd..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Austin Filming Locations to Make You Feel Like a Star

Get your cameras out for the most memorable Austin movie moments

"...part of Austin movie history. The Greyhound Station in Slacker..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We're Listening to This Week

Otis Wilkins, Fuck Money, Cash Grab, Jake Lloyd, and more notable sounds

"...video truly captures the delicious glow of Austin's late-summer slacker vibe. Wilkins plays his best Lebowski as he croons..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Rondo and Bob

An Austin film legend's obsession with a Hollywood monster

"...a depiction of an era in Austin – of pre-Slacker slackers Burns (played in flashbacks by Williams) and future..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT

As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan

"...vibrant film community that would build on Rick Linklater's Slacker and Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi, along with an equally..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Panic Fest 2022: Rondo and Bob

Austin-made history of an Austin original, and his obsession

"...a depiction of an era in Austin - of pre-slacker slackers Burns and future Leatherface Gunnar Hansen and their..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...for his ambitious and often experimental live-action films like Slacker and Boyhood, but he's also pushed boundaries as an..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Animated Childhood of Milo Coy in Apollo 10½

The young Austin actor takes one giant leap in Richard Linklater's tale of the space race

"...Richard Linklater movie. The director behind classics such as Slacker and School of Rock is finally back with a..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: Pirates

Teens navigate the UK garage scene in this turn-of-the-century tale

"...Graffiti, the hangout was 1962 San Modesto, California. In Slacker, it was 1989 Austin. And in Reggie Yates’ kinetic..."

March 12, 2022 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Zak White, Producer: Steven J. Wolfe Ben, and his slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Conspiracy Culture Exposed in The Pizzagate Massacre

John Valley embraces the horror community with his trip into Austin's dirty little secret

"...a straight line from the JFK conspiracy dude in Slacker directly to someone like Duncan. What was once a..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Sound Unseen is Blowing Up Your Stream

The hybrid music and movie fest unifies the ATX and the Twin Cities

"...to as "Grunge", laid the foundation for the entire "Slacker" culture of Generation X. (Texas premiere, available from Nov...."

Nov. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

West Anderson Becomes Wes Anderson

City renames street for the filmmaking UT alum

"...of Second Street named after him, but where's our Slacker Avenue? Troublemaker Street? Candler Cul-de-Sac? Bob Byington Boulevard?..."

Nov. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Watch This: The Lonesome Heroes Vamp Out in “Cloak and Dagger”

Local Americana Trippers Go Full “Thriller” in Halloween Treat

"...production, premiering below, plays out like “Thriller” crossed with “Slacker.”..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Artist Spotlight: The Backseat Lovers

Utah rock foursome spill suburban frustration seasoned with surf tones

"...slowly, Josh Harmon's vocals spilling languidly with a disaffected slacker air before inevitably breaking like Cage the Elephant. It's..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Lady of the Manor

Unconventional comedy pairs a stoner with a straitlaced 1800s spirit

"...and Patrick Duffy. Not reviewed at press time. A slacker-stoner (Lynskey) and a 19th-century ghost (Greer) team up for..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review

This Job Will Change Your Life

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

"...private eye of Hammett and Chandler, living in the Slacker-era Austin of the Eighties, thumping out a living playing..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Ride the Eagle

Jake Johnson gets his head straight in this comedic kin to Walden

"...wish I had dog brains half the time,” aging slacker Leif (the inimitable and always charming Johnson) tells his..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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.

"...parental warning stickers on CDs into the server. Art-hippie Slacker haze swirling around me, a Jeopardy!-esque point of film..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Di$count $inema Series Revs Up at Blue Starlite

Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA

"...to gay skinhead porn, and Katsumi, a drug-dealing punk rocker/artist/slacker. Shot in 16mm Panavision on a single set decorated..."

July 23, 2021 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...her own, dropping from an impassioned warble to a slacker's chuckle at a moment's notice...."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

AFS Cinema Will Reopen This Summer With The Next Picture Show

Fundraiser aims for $150,000 to get us all back to the movies

"...We Go To Hell, Paris is Burning, Police Story, Slacker, or Touki Bouki)...."

May 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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