Fantastic Fest: 'House of the Devil'

1983 is back from the grave

"...There are three theories about how Ti West made House..."

Sept. 30, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Paramount Premieres

George Romero and John C. Reilly takes the stage as part of FF's four premieres in three nights

"...cinema history to hold four marquee-worthy premieres in three nights: The Paramount...."

Sept. 27, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...Songs the Lord Taught Us..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fantastic Fest Announces Lineup

Here's looking at you, Uwe Boll

"...to Fantastic Fest's yearlong programming – case in point, the July 29 sneak of Park Chan-Wook's Thirsty – that..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Thrill Me, Creep

Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz

"...You'd be excused for thinking the world was coming to its exhaust-choked, living dead end..."

June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'In the Can With Martha Kelly'

Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny

"...At first blush, with the static single-camera setup and sparse mise-en-scène à la Animal..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"..."My father told me that birth is real, death is real,..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Flight of the Conchords

Listening while laughing til you cry

"...Hard to remember the last concert – or any concert, for that matter..."

May 8, 2009 Music Post by Belinda Acosta

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Editor Louis Black spoke with Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Allisyn Paino

One of Ballet Austin's leading ballerinas is bidding farewell to the spotlight

"...more than once that she would never be a professional dancer, Allisyn Paino has had one hell of a..."

May 8, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Come Home to Grey Gardens

HBO premieres Grey Gardens, featuring Drew Barrymore.

"...genius hath wrought filters down through a few generations of American culture, the inevitable spawn, so often a diluted..."

April 21, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Anne Harris

Lucky Starr

'Adventureland's Martin Starr knows it's good to be geek

"...At the time, Martin Starr's relationship with the pop-culture parade of..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

ABC's new comedies take a swing at motherhood and matchmaking. Home run or strikeout?

"...The Disney network has been rolling out the funny lately...."

April 3, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...When the little girl on the witness stand said, "No, it..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Uncontrollable Urge

Devo's 21st century 'de-evolution' hopefully won't get anyone arrested

"...likely to succeed. Who would have figured a quintet of pop-culture nerds from Akron, Ohio, would stand front and..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Review: Pontypool

Pontypool review

"...Word up: Pontypool is one of the most original and freakily disturbing films of Canadian..."

March 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Ballroom Dancing

Not all the music industry linchpins coming to South by Southwest 2009 are musicians

"...and David Fricke's 2007 chat with all three members of the Stooges – as good as their Waterloo in-store..."

March 6, 2009 Music Feature

Interacting at Interactive

A social experiment in schmoozing goes a little too well

"...holds that gaming and tech industry types are not the masters of social skills. An overgeneralization, yes, but I..."

Feb. 23, 2009 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

Off the Record

Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and SXSW 09

"...The Greatest Gift..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

TV Eye

Buffy creator Joss Whedon returns to TV with more tough-girl action on Dollhouse

"...Oh sure, everyone wants to hear the dirt, the chisme, the skinny behind Dollhouse, the anticipated..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Film Hall of Fame Slate Finalized

Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack, and Dennis Quaid join the lineup for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...The inductees, presenters, and emcee for the ninth annual Texas..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Inauguration Day might not count officially as a national holiday, but it certainly feels like a brand-new day

"...Tuesday is not an official national holiday, but with so many viewers eager to..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

Local docmaker Heather Courtney heads to Afghanistan, and the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Heather Courtney knows that documentarians go where the story takes..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2008 in dance and classical music

"...1) Cult of Color: Call to Color (Ballet Austin) The dense,..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across the Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2008

"...1) Cult of Color: Call to Color (Ballet Austin) So Ballet..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A New Vision of Television

Critical theorist Sharon Ross talks about 'tele-participation' and the joys of tough women on TV

"...When Sharon Ross was a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at Austin..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...The article "Bohemian Rhapsody: Patti Smith's 12-Year Take," about photographer..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Big Show

Comic-Con has gone Hollywood, but Austin's comics pros say it's still the place to be

"...You've seen the geeks totally geeking out (paunchy men stuffed like sausages..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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