Fantastic Fest Interview: Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Hold the Dark

Blood and snow in one of Netflix's rare theatrical releases

"...to Alaska, but of course when Jeremy Saulnier made the long trip for his new film Hold the Dark,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dark Tower

Roland the Gunslinger hits the big screen

"...Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel. Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Jackie Earle Haley, Abbey Lee, Katheryn..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down the Dark Highway

Bradley Denton Talks about Blackburn

"...carry a certain potency, stories to make you clench the book jacket like the handlebars of a grunting hog..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

One in a Crowd: What's Kind About the Dark

Indie horror, just in time for Halloween

"...What's Kind About the Dark is the debut feature from Austin-based director Colin..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black's Gone Over to the Dark Side

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Page Two” [Jan. 15]: Mr. Black has gone over to..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Postmarks

Elvis Presley

When the album becomes Immersion

"...Elvis PresleyYoung Man With the Big Beat (RCA/Legacy)..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania. His vision of the shadow-shrouded realm of Dracula was born in the British..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in dank silence;..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

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

The Art of Tony Millionaire;
Hot Potatoe: [Sic]

Two new retrospectives represent what's best and funniest and most poignant about comic art

"...The Art of Tony Millionaireby Tony Millionaire Dark Horse, 200..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: You Go Where You Have to Go

Welcome to the new year ... same as the old year?

"..."We think by feeling. What is there to know?..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...From his office atop the Bat Cave, the Austin American-Statesman's lakefront headquarters, new Publisher..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

In Search of the Wild Art

'Cracks in the Pavement' leaves art objects in unexpected spaces throughout the city

"...of art somewhat like animals in a zoo, isolating them in an environment constructed for the explicit purpose of..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...a colleague and I kicked a conversation around about the book a while back, she accidentally called it America..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...and trademark shades whipped off, Aaron Behrens bursts through the sturdy door of Thomas Turner's home studio, letting the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Tearing It Up

Tearing It Up: Smart, committed, and usually the funniest person in the room, Ann Richards kicked down doors and prepared us all for the future

"...One time, backstage at the Texas Film Hall of Fame, I remember looking over..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: South by Simplicity

The plain truth behind the Festival's origins

"...On the Fourth of every single July?..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Lost and Found

'Tis the season when the future is used up yet then renewed by singing each morning out of each night

"...And lived in a very cool part of the City..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Flip It and Reverse It

Bush abandons troublesome action for the sanctity of meaningless battles and ideological purity

"...Given that this week we celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4,..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Big Money, But Who Pays? The Cost of Emerging TV Studios

TV budgets get bigger, but so do network and streamer demands

"...episode on Game of Thrones, eyes bulged. Now, at the height of peak TV, Miramax president of television Lauren..."

June 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jessi Cape's Top Reads of 2015

Circling the Sun tops a list of novels featuring uncommon women

"...This is dedicated to the one(s) I love ... but, due to time and..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Digging Deeper Into the Pet Sematary

Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer on their Stephen King adaptation

"...From It to the upcoming revival of Creepshow, Stephen King adaptations are popping..."

April 9, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pickling Peaches with the Big Bad Chef

Award-winning Southern chef John Currence shares pickling expertise

"...When Mississippi chef and restaurateur John Currence appeared at the Austin Food and Wine Festival in April, he preached..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two: Once in a Lifetime

Obama and Clinton are the future – a real future that is better than any fabricated past

"...just might find, You get what you need." – The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Name Sayers Gets Randy With the New Moon

Dark rock quintet practices sacred sex under the lunar reset

"...Standing in the summer sun, Devin James Fry contemplates the cycle of..."

Aug. 22, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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