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

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

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

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

Austin-Made Comedy Sends Shakey Graves in Search of Beer and Meaning

The party never ends at The Get Together

"...explained, adding that the original draft was for "one-take, Slacker-style, just drift into one character and understand their world,..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...sensual ("Maze") and dreamy ("Disaster Area") to the groovy ("Slacker Sauce") and pleasantly weird ("More Salt," which seems haunted..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...From Chennai, India, Jbabe beckons with sensual slacker indie-pop, while Mumbai's Kayan floats freely in contemplative R&B...."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Summer Fun Playlist: Release Shows TBA

"...Effervescent bedroom rock with clever arrangements for the overthinking slacker ("Venmo Me") with backup vocals sweeter than lemonade...."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...cut with both disgust and ennui in pure punk slacker fashion, the local quartet rants against the world on..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Heroine of The Roxy Letters Fights to Get Austin's Groove Back

Mary Pauline Lowry's quirky novel looks for the city's soul

"...with are all written to an ex, the sad-sack slacker Everett.)..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Join Us For Death Proof At Home

Every Thursday this month we'll live tweet another local classic

"...16: The wellspring of Austin indie cinema, Richard Linklater's Slacker. • April 23: A real throwback to when Austin..."

April 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Review: Shithouse

Remarkable debut is the anti-Say Anything

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

March 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News: Zellweger, Linklater, Bujalski, Oh My!

Plus AFF gets an NEA grant and ... Cats 2?

"...called "The Untitled Richard Linklater Project," the director of Slacker and Boyhood said, "What strikes me most is the..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...here in ‘95 because it’s cooler than Houston. With Slacker, Waking Life, there were more interesting things going on..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...included a small role in the Richard Linklater homage Slacker 2011, but the paragon of Chad Holt onscreen is..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Class Conscious Honky-Tonk of Croy & the Boys

Corey Baum’s crew nails the zeitgeist of 2019 Austin

"...& the Boys effort reveled in a distinctly Austin slacker vibe ("Good Enough"), Howdy High-Rise considers the city skyline..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...Austin Kleon KEEP GOING Gordon Korman LEVEL 13 (A SLACKER NOVEL) Jorge Lacera ZOMBIES DON'T EAT VEGGIES Megan Lacera..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

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

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