Austin Film Festival Review: The Brutalist

A post-WWII immigrant tale with contemporary resonance

"...The Brutalist arrives at a rotten time in the history..."

Oct. 27, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is full to the brim. Dancers..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Handicapping The Front Runner

Jason Reitman on the scandal that changed politics

"...When does the private life of a politician become a matter of..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Aftermath of the Big Headline: Stronger

David Gordon Green talks about the unlucky bystander to history

"...During the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, Stronger..."

Oct. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen on the Rise of the Unruly Woman

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud author comes to BookPeople

"...The westward migration from NYC to Missoula, Mont., may sound..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)

If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent

"...I have a good feeling generally about CodeNEXT and the staff working on it, including lead consultants Opticos Design,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Staring Into the Abyss With Mike Mignola

Before MondoCon, the comics legend talks Hellboy and shadows

"...Mike Mignola created Hellboy and the world of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense...."

Sept. 15, 2014 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...here in 2010, but he’s impressed huge swaths of the local music scene. Jazz heads upstairs at the Continental..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Keeping the Lights on at Casa de Luz

The iconic Austin eating-and-meeting place dearly wants to continue pursuing its macrobiotic mission – but can't quite seem to comply with public safety codes

"...When Eduardo Longoria started Casa de Luz in Austin almost 24 years ago,..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...Last week the Chronicle sat down for a conversation with Jan Reid,..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...The article "Bohemian Rhapsody: Patti Smith's 12-Year Take," about photographer..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Present Beware! The Future Beware!

Austin animator Brad Neely drinks beer, hates British children

"..."He'll save children/but not the British children." My conversation with Brad Neely at Crown..."

June 13, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...guess it just by looking at him. Waiting in the green room of San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium for his..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...Leading an arts institution is challenging under the best circumstances. You can have an established presence in..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Slow Biz of Show Biz

A conversation between filmmakers Richard Linklater and Rachel Tsangari

"...and promptly landed a role as Rachel (pronounced "Rah-heel"), the cousin from Greece. In the decade since, Linklater and..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is clear and bright, and there is a..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Living on the Air in Austin

Live Music Flourishes in the Studio

"...The Pilot Ships on KVRX's Local Live, Sunday, April 5..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Doing the Bret Thing

On the Town with Bret Easton Ellis

"...When I get in, there are messages on the machine. Three of them are..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

The Luv Doc: Dark Days

A full glass of water? Who has time for that?

"...my girlfriend for three years now, and every year starting around Thanksgiving, she gets depressed. All she wants to..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...ago, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a brief pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group...."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Chasing the Yeses: Bluesky COO Rose Wang Heads to SXSW

How a community-first culture pervades the social media startup

"...an alternative protein source. Now she’s COO of Bluesky, the first major social media platform launched in almost a..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge

Dimitri Simakis on his new short and the state of the industry

"...Unexpected themes can crop up at festivals. At this year's South..."

March 20, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: F*ck, Marry, Kill

What about the children?

"...of loud laughter and a bit of shouting. During the middle of all of this a very upset woman..."

June 16, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Hikes and the Trials of a Fledgling Trailgoer

We got lost, wet, and mildly injured so you don’t have to

"...Much to my disappointment, my therapist suggested I go outside to help me sleep better...."

April 15, 2023 Sports Post by Joelle DiPaolo

Jenna Davis, The Voice of M3GAN

Texas actor talks about changing from straight horror to comedy

"...sales (just ask Snakes on a Plane). But over the weekend the TikTok fascination with comedy-horror M3GAN translated into..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC Extends Record Start to Season in 5-1 Win Over Inter Miami

Driussi dominates, Fagundez celebrates career milestone

"...its players spent 90 minutes backing it up, and the Oaks continued their dynamite start to the 2022 season..."

March 7, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

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