The Commune

Life in a Seventies Danish collective is not all that

"...Thomsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen, Lars Ranthe, Fares Fares, Julie Agnete Vang, Magnus Millang, Anne Gry..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Austin Studio Tour 2022 Is All Over the Map

The annual celebration of art expands to match its city's size

"...Here's the 2022 Austin Studio Tour, a free, self-guided celebration of visual..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Wolf House

Chilean found footage animation is a technical miracle

"...pretty clear at this point in cinema history that the auteur theory - that one voice creates everything in..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Indie Chefs Community: The Road to COMMUNE with Grover Smith

Here’s a chef-championing, community-forward catalyst in human form

"...The national Indie Chefs Community is coming to Austin, y’all,..."

March 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

An insular father-daughter relationship comes apart in writer-director Rebecca Miller's drama, which also stars her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis.

"...Directed by: Rebecca Miller. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Beau Bridges,..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Commune to Congress House

Mark Hallman

"...sung a tune in an Austin shower, chances are there's a tape of it in storage at Arlyn. The..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

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

"...has wrangled it from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Darkness

Supernatural horror film from the Blumhouse scare factory

"...It starts only five minutes into The Darkness: the ominous chords of a foreboding soundtrack warning..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Cockettes

"...Directed by: David Weissman and Bill Weber. Maybe it's the old-timey, silent film title cards, or the vaudeville piano..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Asian American Bakers Boxes, National Corn Dog Day, Women Winemakers at the H-E-B, Desert Door's Gold Dust, and More

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

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

March 16, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

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

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

March 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW: Restoring the 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'

40 years on, Tobe Hooper talks about the movie that shocked the world

"...If it hadn't been for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, there'd be no Texas film..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Station

This nimble movie about Tolstoy's last days stars Christopher Plummer as the author and Helen Mirren as his high-strung wife, Sofya.

"...undone many an ideologue, and Leo Tolstoy, one of the world’s great writers and thinkers, struggled with his own..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Endless

Sibling banter and cosmic terror means observational comedy horror.

"...There's no more abused term in horror fiction than Lovecraftian...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book

"...Cleese. Fortunately for holiday moviegoers, Disney goes way beyond the bare necessities this season and gives us a lushly..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Best Title of the Year So Far …

SXSW Film lights up

"...goes to Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, the followup to 2004's terrific Harold and Kumar Go to..."

Jan. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

UT Football Legend Ricky Williams Getting the Biopic Love

LA-based Modern Magic to explore what happened after he quit the NFL

"...Osaka, athletes have been increasingly willing to talk about their mental and emotional health. When Ricky Williams – the..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Fest Review: Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse

Cali comedy duo blow up some seriously sweet and smart doomsday heart

"...subversive comedy, which partly explains why this gleefully absurdist, end-of-the-world, road movie romance works so very, very well on..."

Oct. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem

EXT. RURAL MAINE, POST-COLLAPSE: 3 old pals, one nuclear-powered car

"...Jonathan Lethem has created in The Arrest an allegorical tale full..."

Nov. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Evan Rodriguez

Terror Tuesday Continues to Be the Alamo’s Bloody Beating Heart

Horror series send shivers up the aisles

"...Once upon a time in Austin, there was a scrappy little movie theatre with a grotty..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Review: Emma Cline's The Girls

This seismic literary debut tracks a California girl drawn to a dark cult in 1969

"...novel with some social significance, set (or not) in another time, illuminating the present, becoming an instant sensation. It..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Slow Clap of the Soul

Kings N Things has the night of their lives.

"...The attendees at Saturday night's showing of Kings N Things..."

Sept. 20, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Wild Child to Sir Woman, Kelsey Wilson Is Taking the High Road

The laid-back ringleader reinvents Wild Child and forges a new path with Sir Woman

"...Kelsey Wilson floats into the Pershing in her familiar long black dress, and immediately..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fuck Money, Unmasked: The Solid Core of Austin's Most Unhinged Noise Band

“We reserve the right to say no to shit”

"...it, listening to it – but it's not for the aggression."..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

“Rehab El Sadek: The Memory Palace” at Big Medium

The exhibit is a personal chamber about the artist’s past wherein she recovers memories but also reveals their fragility

"...The material impressed upon the open book pages is embossed..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...For decades, people discovered Sam's Town Point the same way Christopher Columbus "discovered" America: by accident –..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Q&A Hole: Which Restaurant for the Rest of Your Life?

With Ben Snakepit, Regina Allen, Patty Leidy, Miracle Jones, and more.

"...Yeah, the old Q&A Hole was getting a mite heavy of..."

Nov. 1, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Tipping Point

By raising menu prices and eliminating gratuity, restaurateurs hope they've found the recipe for a better quality of life for staff

"..."We're still relying on you, the restaurantgoer, to pay the living of our servers," explained..."

March 25, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...Who knew, when this simple country girl came to the Chronicle a few years ago, that she would one..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

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