A Safe Set for Pandemic-Era Feature The Blazing World

Sundance film comes to AFS's drive-in

"...was that he would end up producing one of the first independent pictures to be shot during the pandemic..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How to Attend the Sundance Film Festival's Screenings at AFS

Indie film showcase brings this year's hottest titles to AFS's new drive-in screen

"...7pm: Son of Monarchs (D: Alexis Gambis, Narrative Feature) The cross-border migrations of the monarch butterfly flutter over this..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All Guns Blazing With the Director of John Wick 3

Chad Stahelski on building a world beyond the Continental

"...There's probably no one more surprised by the breakout success..."

May 16, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

World Cup Cocktails

A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament

"...Sports and drinking have one thing in common: they both provide a sense of community. We toast our..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by R.T. Frank

Slamming With Damien Abraham For Viceland's The Wrestlers

The hardcore singer grabs hold of the global pro-wrestling explosion

"...Damian Abraham knows how to spend a birthday: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, watching a witch cut a..."

June 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...at Warner Bros. Records. It's dated 8/22/84, and at the top of the j-card is written "Shangri-La." There are..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Austin-Made Romantic Horror The Carnivores Questions What It Is to Lose Control

Love bites in Caleb Johnson's strange examination of relationships

"..."And they all lived happily ever after." That short phrase may..."

April 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Contemporary Austin Feeds Your Head at Home

All the art in the Jones Center and at Laguna Gloria is yours for the viewing on the museum's new website

"...You ever visit the Contemporary Austin's exhibitions in that Jones Center building Downtown?..."

May 15, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Galavisión to Air the Premios Texas Awards

Austin's Spanish-language stations take the stage

"...When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum designated..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this latest happening..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...and foreign fare, merci beaucoup? Can't get enough of them genre kicks? Whatever you are, whatever you love, the..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...If you walked into a school and there were kids with fake guns running police-style room clearance..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Granbury’s Revolver Brewing and the Art of Craft Beer

Talking pilsner and ales with master brewer Grant Wood

"...website will gladly tell you. So when we hear the words “American craft,” sometimes, even before we think of..."

May 4, 2018 Chron Events Post

The Ottoman Lieutenant

Corny romance set during the Armenian Genocide

"...In The Ottoman Lieutenant, a corny romance provides cover for a..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Darkest Hour

Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.

"...Back in 2006, director Chris Gorak helmed one of the most disturbing meta-horror films I've ever seen: the little-seen,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...vegans through sushi savants to connoisseurs of deep-fried turkey. They pursue their gastronomic passions with singular concentration, and it’s..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Our picks from the usual onslaught of live music options

"...FRIDAY Bane’s World..."

July 6, 2018 Chron Events Post by The Music Staff

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...This is a battle, between the pettiness of malice and the naivete of faith. Tore..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Myth-ing in 'Action'

Saluting Superman on his last big birthday – 25 years ago

"...With Krypton's last son returning to the screen amidst a big 75th birthday shindig, here's a..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Death Metal Symphony in Deep C. It's just what the name implies - a full metal symphony - and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

NY in the Snow

In this gorgeous volume, photographer Vivienne Gucwa documents the Big Apple’s yearly transmogrification into a winter wonderland

"...and our cat or whatever – it snowed for the second time in 2017 in Austin, Texas...."

Jan. 5, 2018 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...This past Friday, I was talking with a fellow theatregoer at the Mexican American Cultural Center about how that..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

The Notorious N.A.D.

Bitchin’ Kitchen’s Nadia G. on blazing her own path

"...G. (‘G’ for Giosa) is undoubtedly best known as the cleavage-baring host and creator of Bitchin’ Kitchen. The offbeat..."

July 10, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...The band's been playing at least an hour, but it..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...You've probably never heard of Man of the Century. Of all the trailers you've sat through and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Trailer Park Is All Over the Map

Superheroes, punks, and animated monsters

"...On any given day in a movie theatre, you can see good guys take on evil in..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...In early 2008, Jodi Stodder-Caldwell, an inmate at the Ellen Halbert SAFPF unit in Burnet County, contacted Austin..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...The strategy was supposed to solidify power for Tom DeLay...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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