SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Inoculating Society Against Lies

New documentary Shot in the Arm examines the infected body politic

"...Diseases kill people. But lies can kill societies. That's the message of Shot in the Arm, the new documentary..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Plates Extra Helpings: Mardi Gras 2015: Good Time Rolls

Link to us when the heart's Louisiana-bound, but the rest of you can't be

"..."Let the good times roll!"? Time to let out that belt..."

Feb. 10, 2015 Food Post by Kate X Messer

Music Mo'nday: Dec. 19 Shopping Edition

Songs to shop your head off to

"...are some of our favorite songs about money and the horror of shopping!..."

Dec. 18, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Moontower Review: New Faces of Comedy

Auditioning comics go wild in six minute slots

"...I don't give a shit," Shapel Lacey deadpanned into the mic. After all, he was safe: as the MC..."

April 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance

Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Death Grips get medieval

"...has staked out a one-of-a-kind location for its debut. The new music festival, booked by Fun Fun Fun Fest..."

June 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

First Came Memphis Minnie

Maria Muldaur digs deeps into the blues

"...doing an interview. Just hang out.” Maria Muldaur muffles the cellphone she’s speaking on as she drives from Florida..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Lifelong Student Fennec Finds a Home in House Music

The multi-credentialed producer who wrote an admissions essay on Girl Talk

"...Fennec's first time at East Sixth Street's BLK Vinyl. The 32-year-old producer – musically aliased after the smallest species..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Joan Baez Gots to Ramble

Famed folk activist says fare thee well to touring

"...For starters, her soprano sewed together the Civil Rights movement. Any look back on Joan..."

April 17, 2019 Music Post by Elise Barbin

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...Indulge the desire for the finer things in life with an..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...The first South by Southwest to transpire this decade felt..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...way to summer. In Butte, moisture still hangs in the air, pulling the grit of the mining town to..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Wife Stories

Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito on life as a comedy couple

"...Wife. It's not just another noun when it comes to comedians Rhea Butcher and..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Mardi Gras 2015: Carnival Digs

Where to laissez lay those bones during Mardi Gras season

"...Heading out on the Mardi Gras trail? First things, first: If you don't..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm just now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where I've..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

What Just Happened

Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.

"...John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Lily Rabe, Robin Wright Penn, Catherine Keener, Michael Wincott and Sean Penn. Poor Ben (De..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Capote

While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.

"...Directed by: Bennett Miller. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Bob..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Love Divided

"...Brian Mcgrath, Ali White, Tony Doyle and Peter Caffrey. The “love divided” that the title so soppily refers to..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Review

Fightin' Words

Rich Oppel and Mike Levy Spar on Paper:

"...illustration by Doug Potter Often the most delightful reading is found in personal correspondence. Take,..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Cyberculture Evolution

From Zines to Zen With R.U. Sirius and Jon Lebkowsky

"...Two of the principal fathers of technocluture, electronic media activist Jon Lebkowsky..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Public Notice

Atlatl, atlatl, atlatl, atlatl!

"...Can You Dig It? Right On … "Honey, have you seen..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...on a two-acre spread he had inherited from his mother in neighboring Milam County. With pockets of rich black..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

About AIDS

Give what you can because it ain't over yet.

"...Sunday, October 14, was a delightful day for the 5,100 people who attended the annual AIDS Walk Austin,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 15-21

"...(Feb. 19-March 20): My Piscean friend Jeff Greenwald wrote the humorous but serious book Shopping for Buddhas. It’s the..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Public Notice

This week is "Public Notice"'s SXSW special. Oh, special.

"...Welcome to Austin! Screw You! Welcome to Austin, Texas! Welcome to SXSW, the rodeo,..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Clash City Rockers

Unexpurgated Clash box set review

"...A half-dozen box set reviews in the Chronicle this week issue didn’t exactly allow for a..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Get Some Friends When We Watch Zero Charisma

This week's tweet-a-long is the Austin nerdcore comedy

"...Stuck home? Wishing you could set off on a wild adventure across unexplored..."

May 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gaming: Noclip Says Love Your Developers

Danny O’Dwyer wants you to understand who is making your games

"...In this epoch of social media, the discourse around games is ruled by the hot take...."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Tucker Whatley

11 Can't-Miss DJs at SXSW

What are you going to do with all these ones and twos?

"...signee Annegret Perel Fiedler, a Berliner with a Berghain pedigree. Drifting arpeggios hover over snappy snares and long, Kraftwerky..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

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