More Choices for Dinner and a Movie at Blue Starlite

Austin’s drive-in chain announces a pair of new locations

"...The Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In is bringing the exotic..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Clean

Adrien Brody gets dirty in this suitably scummy revenge drama

"...There’s a rumbling, inconsolable guilt at the heart of Clean,..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Shared Frequencies Radio Connects Austin DJs with the World

Online electronic station celebrates third birthday Saturday at Coconut Club

"...who have joined her Austin-based operation, Shared Frequencies Radio. The founder rattles off other global commitments: today, a spot..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Joy-filled animated family SF comedy is an explosion of fun

"...Putting the “fun” in “dysfunction” is what The Mitchells vs. The..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You Deserve an Escape This Year, to Hotel ZaZa

Because you've totally earned this level of comfort

"...for a little escape, isn’t it? An escape from the humdrum, grind-you-down, workaday world – even when (or maybe..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...The 2022 film festival is just around the corner (even..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Doggett on 1/6: "I Continue to Think Our Democracy Hangs by a Thread"

Reflecting on the Big Lie, the Trump Coup, and what comes next

"...really great view of a really bad day at the U.S. Capitol, from his third-floor window in the Rayburn..."

Jan. 6, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...might only know Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s name because of his cult Japanese hit House, but Ôbayashi’s legacy of experimental cinema..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro goes into the dark of greedy souls in this noir remake

"...The only scary creatures in Guillermo del Toro’s bold neo-noir..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Other Worlds Review: Homebody

Austin-made chiller asks what it feels like to be a ghost

"...The last year has been a story of death and..."

Dec. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The United States of Insanity

Inside the family of Juggalos, and the deranged government crusade against them

"...Everyone hates the Insane Clown Posse...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Gory take on the original survival horror game

"...With Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, the reins of the cinematic adaptations of the hugely popular..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin's celebration of science fiction cinema..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Life’s Short, Eat Dessert First

A time for gratitude and discernment, and for enjoying both cake and ice cream

"...Some people in this city are being spared the Old Testament wrath I was going to pack into..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Verde Report: Austin FC Struggled on the Field but Thrived off the Field in Memorable First Season

ATXFC’s passionate fans carried them through the good times and the bad

"...FC walked off a Major League Soccer field for the 34th and final time in 2021, putting a capper..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Qmmunity: Queer Moves, Queer Grooves

Erica Nix is making a movie – and she wants y'all to dance in it

"...y'all. Austin's queer fitness fanatic Erica Nix is in the midst of her first-ever feature-length film project, and she..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Hendrick's, Hendrick's, Pickles and Gin

Ah, this is the way our obsessions begin

"...Day – just last year, was it? – and the folks who bring the world their superlative Hendrick's Gin,..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Latest anime outing for the heroes-in-training is loud but not much fun

"...you can still make your work feel original. In the case of the latest adaptation of Kōhei Horikoshi's massively..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Q&A: Claudia Black on Time Now

When picking people and places is as important as the script

"...There are a lot of reasons why an actor takes..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Watch This: Golden Dawn Arkestra Becomes a Self-Help Cult in “I Deserve Success” Video

Call 1-866-79DAWNS to manifest your prosperity!

"...You deserve success – happiness, friendship, and wealth too. The path to those accomplishments can involve significant lifestyle changes..."

Oct. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Austin's Frighteningly Fabulous Queer Halloween Parties

Trick or treat yo'self to Goth Prom, Little Gay Shop of Horrors, and more

"...but two weekends packed with spooky drag shows, queer cult horror screenings, titillating burlesque, and so much more Halloween..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...spent staring at screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Psst, hey. You hear the latest Austin Chronicle Power Rankings dropped? You’re looking right..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Brea Grant's Madelines to Open Other Worlds Film Festival

Time traveling crime drama spearheads first wave

"...was suited to go hybrid IRL/online, it would be the sci-fi-centric Other Worlds, and now it's announced that the..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blue Öyster Cult, Mannequin Pussy, Guthrie Girls, and more shows to see

"...The Parish, Tuesday 12..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Timshel Is the Gospel According to Women

Translation of Bible passages finds the stories lost between the lines

"...2015, Bonnie Lewis and her family marched through what they would come to call "The Shit Parade." The year..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Ramón Rodriguez

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...The Western and the jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) have always..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest

Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history

"...Before Fantastic Fest and the American Genre Film Archive, there was Weird Wednesday. A..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Meghan Shogan Carves a Career Path Through Solid Rock

With hammer, chisels, and steel brushes in hand, the Austin artist is on a trajectory in stone

"...more than half marble, more than half limestone, and there's Shogan in the middle – working in her East..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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