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

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

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

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

Shithouse

Awkward college romance gets a timely, heartfelt revamp with this astonishing debut

"...dash of Linklater's shambling take on twentysomething life in Slacker in the succession of parties Alex hits in search..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The King of Staten Island

Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy

"...easy to dislike Peter Davidson. Saturday Night Live's resident stoner-slacker exudes an aura of lazy smugness. Even if you..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: From the Ground Up

How we accidentally ended up with an Earth Day issue

"...of an Austin classic. This week: Richard Linklater's enduring Slacker. Follow @YorkshireTX and use the hashtag #NowStreaminginAustin to join..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Fathers of Football

Oklahoma high school football documentary could have gone deeper

"...from the Austin-based, Flaming Lips-affiliated, Okie-oddball filmmaker Bradley Beesley (Slacker 2011, Christmas on Mars) has all the creative drive..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

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

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

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

Seeing Life’s Brevity in the Art Poles of South First

Street art goes vertical in South Austin

"...figured out how to make magic with it. (See Slacker, El Mariachi, Greater Tuna, Rude Mechs, et al.) In..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Present in the Past Tense

Chuck Klosterman talks about what now will look like later

"...ever here because I was so into the movie Slacker. Actually, the Austin that I experience doesn’t really seem..."

June 27, 2016 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Everybody Wants Some!!

Time moves on, but Richard Linklater's characters still walk and talk

"...“plot,” is closer in its temporally truthful zeitgeist to Slacker than Dazed and Confused, but then again I was..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Team Effort

How collaboration got Richard Linklater's baseball comedy Everybody Wants Some!! off the bench

"...by Bernie. However, she's actually known him since 1991's Slacker and, as is the way of the film industry,..."

April 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Louis Black's Linklater Doc Headed to Sundance

Chronicle co-founder's debut feature to bow in Park City

"...movie is three original interviews with the director of Slacker, Boyhood, and the upcoming Everybody Wants Some. That material..."

Dec. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Made in Texas

Lighting fires for creativity and community

"...a number of films by directors not in attendance: Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Bernie, and Boyhood by Richard Linklater;..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...on redemptive journeys of self-discovery, such as the sweet slacker hopelessly in love with the class valedictorian in Say..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Pro Tips

What to see, where to be, and how to relax

"...years since we mapped out the hot spots from Slacker, the film that put Austin on the map, and..."

March 4, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

21 Years: Richard Linklater

A subject as worthy of a documentary as this one is deserves a more thoughtful approach than this star-studded tribute.

"...Smith, and Jason Reitman make the case for why Slacker was the watershed film that spurred their own filmmaking..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: 'Viewers Like Us'

It's always time to celebrate Austin's community television

"...with a double bill of Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker and the community remake Slacker 2011...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

By the People, for the People

It started on a mountain, and now it's over the hill: channelAustin is turning 40

"...Linklater famously edited and converted his 1991 classic, Slacker, at the old ACTV station. He also used all..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature

Linklater Sues for Bastrop Losses

Filmmaker's archive included scripts, props, dailies, and more

"...info, and personal documents, stretching from his underground masterpiece Slacker to 2008's Me and Orson Welles. He has now..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pictures of Superheroes Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent

Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces

"...easy film to describe without using the words "Austin-y," "Slacker-ish," or referencing Steven Soderbergh's early exercise in cinematic absurdism,..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

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

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

2011 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Recipients Announced

2011 TFPF winners announced

"...back in 1993, jump starting, along with Richard Linklater's Slacker, the now-mammoth Austin film scene...."

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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