The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...true villain, a monster who relishes delivering pain? Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...In pop culture, the late Seventies signify a cutesy suburban Spielberg fantasy or..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature 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

Fantastic Fest Review: The Black Phone

Cargill, Hawke, and Derrickson reunite for throwback horror

"...Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Black String

Frankie Muniz melts down – literally – in this psychodrama

"...The tension of most horror films is in having a..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Let's All Go to the Movies

Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea

"...historic settings, with starry special guests, or just under the stars...."

March 3, 2017 Screens Post

Austin’s Sexual Assault Controversies Roil the District Attorney’s Race

Margaret Moore's controversial handling of rape cases brings opponents to the race

"...survivors whose rights she believes are being ignored by the incumbent and her office...."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...help support his mom through health issues. It was then, in 2014, that he wrote the most serene track..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...Many movies are linear. They're meant to get you from the beginning to the..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...join thousands of protesters in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention. In the trailer behind them were..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

I Got the Hook-Up

"...Gretchen Palmer, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Helen Martin and John Witherspoon. New Orleans' answer to Suge Knight -- minus the..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Let the Work Speak for Itself

Yaphet Kotto, the First African-American in Space

"...Yaphet Kotto has had the kind of career that must make other actors envious...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"..."The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere" was originally published..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Review: Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond

Side B rises to a bar set mile-high by the band’s golden child debut

"...The secret to Chronicles of a Diamond proves a novel..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...Hey, true believers, are you ready for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? This being the 32nd movie in..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...terms with death on a global scale. As such, the tracklist's framed by the five stages of grief: "Denial,"..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Billy Porter’s Mona Lisa Moment at the Paramount

The Broadway legend tells his life story through song on the Black Mona Lisa Tour

"...Great art lasts forever. Such was the thought process for Broadway legend Billy Porter when choosing..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...and humane struggle can build a living community within the shell of the dying one." – Letter from the..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...Falls finally lost its Marble. Sixty years after opening, the Marble Theatre -- a one-screen icon of picture-perfect Main..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"..."It's impossible to talk about the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, without talking about education."..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...What makes a family? For many in the Texas queer community, family isn't made from blood but..."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Do the Tighten Up

'Texas Funk' Spreads the Little-known Gospel

"...something good in your own back yard. Such is the case with Texas Funk, released last fall on London-based..."

May 16, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Beergardigans Return: Austin Kids Grade Local Breweries

The second installment with your beer garden friends

"...For those of you just now being enlightened to the existence of Austin's premier pint-sized brewery critics, the Beergardigans..."

May 27, 2022 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...It is, by all accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

I Hope You Bought It for the Article...

All the Nudes That Fit

"...People ask what I do. I say write. They ask what. I say articles. They ask where. I..."

May 12, 1995 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...Whether you're native or migrative, stayed or strayed, here for..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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