Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer Say Goodbye to Broad City at SXSW

If you’re here for spoilers, queen, we’ve got some news for you

"...if hyper-exaggerated, versions of themselves: TV Ilana being a slacker extraordinaire with a penchant for weed-induced philosophizing, while Abbi..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Review: Pink Wall

Add another classic to the “Breakup Dramas” genre

"...is perhaps no stranger to this particular type of stoner/slacker ne’er do well, and he nails the gray areas..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Looking Back at the Corporate Comedy Classic Office Space

Mike Judge's defining depiction of corporate America enters the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...you were anchored to your boring 9-to-5. In 1990, Slacker defined the decade's directionless, sardonic nihilism. In the years..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Gina Lalli

Pioneer of Indian classical dance in Austin dies at age 89

"...and taking on roles in local films, among them Slacker, where she appears as the Sidewalk Psychic. (“The next..."

Feb. 19, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Small Tweaks

The devil is in the details

"...pretty exciting to me because it's right up my slacker alley. Instead of "losing weight" or "getting thin," you..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Column

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)/Slacker (1990)..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Also Starring Austin Makes ATX the Star

Mike Blizzard’s cinematic history finds more than just slackers

"...Mike Blizzard. "I think a plurality would probably say Slacker or Dazed and Confused, [but] there was a long..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Fantastic Fest Review: Under the Silver Lake

Fantastically ambitious love letter to Tinsel Town

"...the magnetic fields of each one, seemingly randomly. The slacker philosophizing can turn into preposterous myth-making or dope-tinged weirdness..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...their early 20s: local music. Far from the archetypal Slacker townie navigating existential quandaries, she sought convalescence from a..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Uncovering the Next Generation

Austin Youth Film Festival puts the focus on young movie minds

"...including producer Cathleen Sutherland (Boyhood), and directors Richard Linklater (Slacker), Kat Candler (Hellion), Bryan Poyser (Lovers of Hate), and..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Tinu Thomas

Mark Duplass: Brothers, Netflix, Respect, and Kindness

Austin's most famous filmmaking siblings return

"...we went to the Dobie (Cinema) and we saw Slacker, and he gave a Q&A. He came out in..."

May 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jay Duplass Stars in Outside In at SXSW Film

Homegrown filmmaker on mumblecore, friends, and his first South By break

"...just as Richard Linklater was reinvigorating indie cinema with Slacker, and Robert Rodriguez turned $7,000 into the start of..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...Chess, plus Richard Linklater presenting a special screening of Slacker. KVIFF's artistic director Karel Och said AFS is "a..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Essential Indie Acts at SXSW Music

Sneaks, Speedy Ortiz, and six other indie sets you won't want to miss

"...This Detroiter maintains a careful balance between twee and slacker rock on February solo debut Quit the Curse (Polyvinyl)...."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Josée Caron and Lucy Niles brandish an openly queer, pro-slacker, totally 420 lifestyle on first full-length In Search of..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Mac DeMarco’s Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

Slack rocker serves poundcake at Austin City Limits taping

"...on the pledge. Rather than lean into the reverb-heavy slacker rock sonic aesthetic he’s become famous for, the singer..."

Feb. 28, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

"...Around the turn of the century, Slacker-era Austin was on its way out. The city saw..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

Kurt & Courtney’s Last Stand

Tour finale proves somewhat sleepy

"...Despite the slacker image foisted upon Barnett, the bulk of her music..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...Last Flag Flying, Richard Linklater – the director of Slacker, the Before trilogy, and the 12-years-in-the-making Boyhood chronicle –..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...new chapter for the director. His earliest works – Slacker, Dazed and Confused – were standard-bearers for the bright..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Marjorie Prime

"...a stage play. Director of photography Sean Price Williams (Slacker 2011, Iris) frames this three-quarters human quartet in often..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There's Something in the Woods

Celebrating the Alamo Rolling Roadshow with Bruce Campbell

"...but Fantastic Fest faves Nacho Vigalondo, Eugenio Mira, and Slacker's Criterion Collection DVD design shaman Marc English did and..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 25-27

Your auditory agenda for the next three days

"...Giant Dog’s second LP for Merge Records. Second song, slacker anthem “Fake Plastic Trees,” blares in the first person,..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound on Sound Fest Pops!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Electric Wizard, and king Stooge himself

"...The Margin Walker lineup also reps Chicago poet Noname, slacker pop breakouts Mild High Club and Hoops, backpack rap..."

June 20, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: A Long F%#king Way From Smith

The Luv Doc has a confession to make

"...I know, I know. It could have been a..."

June 9, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: Beyond the Gates

Throwback horror resurrects the VHS board-game phenomenon

"...John (Chase Williamson, best known as soy sauce-sipping slacker David in John Dies at the End) and Gordon..."

May 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New French Cinema Week

Austin Film Society series restores a bit of hope for humanity

"...A hilarious and surprisingly emotionally effective story of two slackers in a small town in Normandy who are given..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Music: Must-See Indie

11 essential indie bands at SXSW

"...Chastity Belt Wed. 15, Barracuda Backyard, 10pm Tongue-in-cheek slacker rock from this Seattle feminist foursome spotlights vox reminiscent..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Bleached

Can You Deal? (Dead Oceans)

"...rock, now shut up about it. Lightning fast and slacker surf rocky as ever, Can You Deal? follows up..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

SXSW Comedy Review: A Good Trip With Shane Mauss

Mauss lights up Hideout with cleverness and faux-slacker charm

"...and sneakers. It became apparent within minutes that his slacker-comic costume was part of a calculated ruse to pleasantly..."

March 15, 2017 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

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