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Party Hats On: O. Henry Turns 150
Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s O. Henry Birthday Crawl
"...Was Austin’s O. Henry the Original Slacker? That’s the case being made in a new exhibit..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Hit & Run
Dax Shepard's sophomore directorial feature is a mixture of earnest and romantic road movie, high-octane chase picture, and slapstick comedy.
"...got to hand it to Shepard: He makes hangdog, snarky-slacker romantics everywhere look good (or, at least, not exactly..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward
Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all
"...it could be done because Rick [Linklater] had done Slacker and Dazed and Confused, and movies-of-the-week were happening all..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore
You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies
"...Aint It Cool News, Spill.com, Film School Rejects, and Slackerwood (recently umbrella’ed into AFS’ online presence), and that’s just..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Up Too Early
Google Streetview fashion critique from Pease Road
"...Magazine? Yes, they are the gold standard of Austin slacker fashion - especially when paired with a ridiculous beard..."

July 20, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Up Too Early
Google Streetview fashion critique from Far West Boulevard
"...serve appetizers as entrees, there is still a heavy slacker undercurrent in Austin. Thanks Richard...."

July 10, 2012 Chronolog Post

Making It Personal
Lynn Shelton on the creative process behind 'Your Sister's Sister'
"...the one-year anniversary of his brother's death, a thirtysomething slacker named Jack is sent by his best friend, Iris,..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Express Red, White & Blue Salute
Veterans honored at the Dell Diamond during homestand
"...those in sevice to our country do for us slacker civilians. In association with Budweiser and the Folds of..."

June 29, 2012 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Beatbox
Local Reviews
"...Kendrix and beatmaker Haris Qureshi both adding to Kydd's slacker charm ("Jungle"). Less accessible is Odd Complex's January release..."

June 22, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Hey, Jude
The talented Mr. Hickey deftly clambers up that old ladder (ladder, ladder, ladder) of success
"...the angel-headed, dreamy-eyed (as long as he's properly medicated) slacker from the Hyde Park Theatre staging of Annie Baker's..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nightwatch
New venue, same labor of love for Cinema East
"...describe that sacred Austin vibe pretty well. There's a Slacker-iness about the series and its communal, neighborhood aesthetic that..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pop Culture That's a Keeper
Browsing the collectibles at Guzu Gallery
"...name from Japanese slang for "a shiftless layabout," "a slacker." And it's oddly apropos that this mashed-up, surrealistically cinematic..."

May 18, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Billboard
'Billboard' comes across as false advertising
"...barely touches on. Instead, it gives us a sloppy, slacker comedy in which boilerplate young people learn valuable lessons..."

May 18, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors)
Richard Linklater is a man with time on his mind
"...rigorous academic reading of Linklater's filmography: the compressed timelines of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, and Before Sunrise, further compacted to..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: 'Bernie' Kills
Linklater's latest delivers his biggest opening weekend
"...editor Louis Black, who appears in Linklater's first film, Slacker, wrote a history of the paper's early relationship with..."

April 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Berkshire Hounds
"...Greatest Hits finds the Dallas natives rumbling with a slacker's defiance as bold as the LP title itself. The..."

April 20, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

What's the Buzz?
Stoner comedy '4:20 Austin High' debuts
"...it will sit alongside other smoky Austin classics like Slacker and Dazed and Confused. While he was inspired by..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Golden Boys
"...the title cut, and "We Are Young" soundtracking eternal slacker summers along with the free-association punk-blues of "Daddy's Horsewife."..."

April 13, 2012 Music Review by Austin Powell

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
Second night SXSW handicapping
"...11:15pm, Barbarella The legacy of Austin's slacker Nineties carries on in Pure X. The local trio..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers
Saturday blurbs rally!
"...have perfected languid, drawling, garage R&B, plying an insouciant slacker charm that belies the tightness of the Austin quartet's..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Trailer Hitch, 3/11
Nick Offerman, man about town
"...Padre, and Tuesday night’s free SXSW Community screening of Slacker 2011, but personally, we’re most jazzed about his costarring..."

March 11, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Best Bets for the Badgeless
You, too, can sample SXSW's wares
"...Paramount screening of the locally (and lovingly) crafted homage, Slacker 2011. The George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Meat Loaf loads into the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
"...remains absolutely off the charts, very much like Linklater’s Slacker and Dazed and Confused, in which you not only..."

March 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Excited About Life
Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera
"...the violent crime suggests a drawback of Austin's iconic slacker image. "Nobody in this town pays attention to anything...."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bryan Poyser Leaving AFS
TX filmmakers are gonna miss their biggest supporter
"...to look no further than this past summer's crazy SLACKER 2011 remake to see how much the film community..."

Jan. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Most-Viewed Stories on AustinChronicle.com by Section
Drill down, baby
"...on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to 'Slacker' and a city in transition"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Features Feature

Full-Gore Press
Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding
"...in the global cinephile community for the decidedly unchilling Slacker and our occasional flirtations with mumblecore as much as..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Art and the Arduousness
Daniel Kliewer's hypnotic moving paintings
"...There's something very, dare we say, Slacker-esque about the idea that this high-tech digital art should..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Beautiful Bitter
The heartachey animation of Don Hertzfeldt
"...his friend and fellow filmmaker Geoff Marslett's segment of Slacker 2011, playing the "TV Backpacker" puppet alongside Heather Kafka.)..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Post Office
Austin's indie A/V boutique Stuck On On gets movies across the finish line
"...7), which is showing on PBS' POV next month; Slacker 2011, the Austin Film Society's remake of/tribute to the..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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