Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award

Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers

"...of highs and lows for super-scribe Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers, Watchmen)...."

Sept. 14, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lizzo at SXSW: “It’s Bad Bitch O’Clock”

With an upcoming series and album underway, Lizzo is living her dream

"...of an unscripted Amazon Prime series, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, which premieres March 25...."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Vivie Behrens

Gay Place

Celebrating Pride Week amidst stupidity and hate

"...planned to make this week's Gay Place celebratory – the official kickoff to Austin's Pride Week (please check out..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Elisabeth Moss Might Just Be Her Own Character

The actor headlines SXSW in opening night film Us, and probes the cost of fame in Her Smell

"...stranger to portraying subversive characters: As Mad Men’s ambitious copywriter/boss babe Peggy Olson or the character of Offred, aka..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...a plethora of queer talent. In fact, this year, the fest took it one step further by (finally) creating..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier on being the heavy

"...There's an old saying: Big dogs don't need to bark...."

Oct. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Too excited about Pride to let 2017 get me down

"...On the eve of Pride Weekend, I'm too busy being grateful..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Magical Realness, an Austin spin on vogue / drag balls

"...It's no new news that I believe queers are the most magical creatures. This weekend, Mouthfeel, the Q, House..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place: Big Proud Bomb

It's not an anti-Pride: It's Queerbomb!

"...Queerbomb, a fully community-engaged, choose-your-own adventure, where you are the parade, you don't pay someone else to express your..."

June 5, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Do you know BoyMonroe?

"...BoyMonroe brings the fun to the Funhouse fundraiser to benefit the first..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Column

Going 'Commando' With Mark Lester

Director brings Arnie's first real acting role to Austin

"...a mega-celebrity. Director Mark L. Lester explained, "He'd done The Terminator, he'd done Conan, but he wasn't really an..."

April 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Copping Out

World cinema takes a swing at the police procedural

"...know if I'm smart enough to float a workable theory about the correlation between America's off-the-charts incarceration numbers and..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top Chef Texas, Week 8: Crack Kills

Top Chef Texas finally lands in Austin, where dreams come true.

"...me. I’m not in Austin. I’m in Arizona, where the new episode airs at 11pm, which is bananas. I..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

How People More Important Than You Are Voting

McCracken, Leffingwell list prominent prog, small biz supporters

"...The celebrity endorsement game, which my boss Michael King touched..."

April 8, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Media Watch

Baby Boot Allegations at Clear Channel

"...Here's a story that may sound familiar to working mothers: A longtime sales executive for Clear Channel Communications' Austin..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Restaurant Jezebel

An ambitious menu, and it all works

"...The first I heard of Restaurant Jezebel was from other..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as closing night films, and..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...Bros. Don't get us wrong – we're sweet on their hilarious shorts, too – but the notoriously plays-hard-to-get film..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"..."I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees."..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...Plastic Beach, a six-foot floppy red bear – occasionally baby blue and sporting a bloody apron – with a..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...trailer with various chickens, dogs, and monkeys, and made their way from Hanover, Mass., to Central Texas in 1978,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

New Model Army

Anarchy in the UK

"...Despite what may have gushed on you via the UK music press (Q magazine: "British music will conquer..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...some change were all that had come in from the few customers who had trickled through the door of..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets edited by David Meltzer City Lights Books, 370..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...Rebecca Rucker has spent the last six years in Austin, but she's decided she'd..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Altman Speaks!

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

"...Now in its seventh year, the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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