She Is Conann

Barbaric vision of how aging means eating your own youth.

"...Directed by: Bertrand Mandico. Starring: Elina Löwensohn, Christa Théret, Julia Riedler, Claire Duburcq, Sandra Parfait, Agata Buzek, Nathalie..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Raging Grace

Gothic-tinged immigration melodrama is neither lurid nor incisive enough

"...Under the classics of British Gothic literature, your Wuthering Heights and..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...Horror in the theatre can be challenging to execute...."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Housing So Complicated: A massive new mixed-use housing development that repurposes the old Borden dairy plant at East Cesar..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: Raging Grace

Filipino British Gothic drama overshadows its own polemic

"...Under the classics of British Gothic literature, your Wuthering Heights and..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 9-15

"...SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are least likely..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Taking a Bite Out of The Menu

Director Mark Mylod and producer Betsy Koch discuss their new culinary satire

"...a high-end Los Angeles restaurant and was ushered into this strangely claustrophobic room. "There's a table and a banquette..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas

Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise

"...years ago, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer organized their first-ever show at Luck, Texas. The booking duo's activation..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Chronophage on Their Salty-Sweet, Self-Titled Third LP

The bicoastal band explores “a place where I am in love and the world is ending”

"...The bright red tomato on Chronophage's self-titled record is totally..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Panic Fest 2022: The History of Metal and Horror

"You got gore in my riffs!" "You got riffs in my gore!"

"...If filmmaker Mike Schiff had wanted to prove his thesis that heavy metal and horror films are perpetually intertwined,..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...In Austin, music is politics. It's the action. It's gossip. It's history. Love stories and tragedies..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Missing shouldering your way through the South by Southwest crowds? Lamenting that you won't..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The 12 Signs of the Chinese Zodiac

Rollo Banks' Lunar New Year Chronicle covers

"...*The Lunar New Year varies between Jan. 21 and Feb...."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Enigmatic Hungarian drama asks how much we invent our own worlds

"...Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Andor Lukáts, Péter Tóth, Zsolt Nagy, Linda Moshier and Attila Mokos...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Faster Than Sound's Musical Top 10s of 2020

Eleven lists of Austin's best releases, theme songs, livestreams, creative pivots and more.

"...No sound dominated Austin music in 2020, other than the eerie lack thereof. Gary Clark Jr.'s January..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Head Boy and not enough else. Opined one Chronic: "The post-blues sci-fi licks of guitarist Jonas Wilson (aka Deluxe..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

76 Days

Over-the-shoulder view of how Wuhan responded to the pandemic

"...Anyone who has claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic is a fake, anyone that has..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Sanctifying Saliyah

The electronic producer focuses inward on a striking sophomore EP

"...electronic experimentalist Saliyah, Austin's Tommy Jammer wants to rebrand the word "selfish."..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

It Cuts Deep

Guess who's coming to dinner in this macabre comedy

"..."Didn't you see this coming?" says the entirely foreseeable villain of It Cuts..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Delysia’s Golden Chocolate, Texas French Bread’s Wheat, Cinful Sweets on the Food Network, and Mozart’s Lights Up Lake Austin

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s your weekly Food News Buffet for the first week of November, culled from numerous PR releases,..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Election Results

"...District 17Travis Co. Statewide Rick Kennedy5,868 (53.0%)13,339 (57.3%) David Anthony Jaramillo5,213 (47.0%) 9,949 (42.7%) Railroad CommissionerTravis Co. Statewide Chrysta..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Checking In: Bridge Farmers Sustain Sonic Possession

ATX power triangulation bides its time

"...Rice (d), and Garett Carr (b) report, “We’re putting the artwork together for a tape of unreleased material, which..."

June 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What to Expect at Austin's Newly Reopened Pools

New policies, fewer pools, and how to navigate them

"...This week marks the first public pool activity in months..."

June 2, 2020 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

A Rough Start to Summer for Austin’s Beloved Pools

Can we swim yet?

"...[Correction, June 11, 2020: The original story stated that the hiring freeze for lifeguards..."

May 29, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Improved Data, Not Increased Need, Leads to Higher Homeless Numbers

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition issues results from January's Point in Time Count

"...The number of people counted in Travis County during the..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New French Shorts

Queer and immigrant stories, satire and romance give new perspectives on French culture

"...nations have taken as much of an interest in their cinema as a cultural force (rather than purely for..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sátántangó

Bela Tarr's marathon exploration of evil and inertia in a small town, gorgeously restored

"...Directed by: Bela Tarr. Starring: János Derzsi, Putyi Horváth, Mihály Vig, Miklós B. Székely, Erika Bók and Erzsebet..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Spencer Parsons

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