The Monstrous Bonds of Sasquatch Sunset

The Zellner bros. find actions speak louder than words in their cryptid family drama

"...Family inevitably pervades the films of David and Nathan Zellner simply by virtue..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon

Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing

"...It was with sadness that we announced that Other Worlds - the Austin-born celebration of science fiction and..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Beergardigans Return: Austin Kids Grade Local Breweries

The second installment with your beer garden friends

"...For those of you just now being enlightened to the existence of Austin's premier pint-sized brewery critics, the Beergardigans..."

May 27, 2022 Food Feature by Eric Puga

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

Bigfoot and Butterflies: Across the Dark Divide With David Cross

How shooting his wilderness adventure changed his brain

"...fall out of your brain? David Cross was, on the set of his remarkable wilderness story The Dark Divide..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Local Opera Company LOLA Made the Play Lardo Weeping Sing

Peter Stopschinski’s 17-year journey to bring Terry Galloway’s outsized, outspoken agoraphobe to the stage

"...You've heard that "it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings"? Well, that phrase will take on..."

March 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker

The company’s 56th run at this holiday classic retains its magic – enough beauty and wonder to transport you to enchanting realms

"...Going home for the holidays can be a tricky proposition – especially if..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...– Excerpt from Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley by Sybil..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

The Hideout Theatre's Dance Dreams

The improv artists in this production do an impressive job of detailing the falling and rising fortunes of a ballet company

"...The cast of Dance Dreams at the Hideout are some..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Black Angels Confront a Violent World

New LP Death Song soundtracks a society on the brink

"...a mildly cruel sun, but her chair topples to the ground with a loud thud against the wooden patio...."

April 28, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment

Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share

"...Few fully grown adults spend years studying Monopoly, the landmark Parker Brothers (now Hasbro-owned) board game, for its..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Every Northern European culture knows that Robert Frost was wrong. The..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...David and Nathan Zellner's haunting new film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, is the Austin-based siblings' most ambitious and..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...On Wednesday, Dec. 3, press day at the Chronicle, news of Ian McLagan's hospitalization began circulating early...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: The Battery

Jeremy Gardner and Adam Cronheim swing for the fences

"...Necessity is the mother of invention. Sometimes, so are road blocks. That's..."

Sept. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Ramone

Onetwothreefour, cretins gonna hop no more

"...The meme spread like a rash across the Internet, telling..."

July 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

‘Hillsborough’ (Do Not Read This in the UK)

Controversial documentary kicks off ESPN “Soccer Stories” series

"...today, 96 soccer fans were crushed to death in the overcrowded stands at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. Just..."

April 15, 2014 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

The ancient art of foraging for food is aged to perfection

"...to describe an activity humans have participated in since the beginning of their existence as a trend, but here..."

April 4, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Don't Fear the Reefer!

Momentum builds for Lone Star legalization of marijuana

"...For seven sessions now – that's every other year since 2001 – he's either authored or sponsored a..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Out of the Furnace

The writer/director of Crazy Heart returns with an all-star cast for his sophomore effort, which takes place amid the rusted-out lives of America's steel belt.

"...Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Forest Whitaker...."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swearingen to CCA: Please Test the Evidence

State says testing won't prove innocence

"...No additional DNA testing of evidence in the case of Larry Swearingen, on death row for the..."

Dec. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Keepin' Up With the Jones Family

The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin

"...September 2005: Hurricane Rita is threatening to postpone the fourth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. At the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.

"...Directed by: Kim Jee-Woon. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzmán, Jaimie Alexander, Genesis Rodriguez,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Then There's This: Save the Trees!

Groups aim to spare seven Downtown trees

"...Leaders of the Austin Heritage Tree Foundation and other like-minded folks will..."

June 1, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The History of an IDEA

Factchecking the AISD trustees' op-ed claims

"...The Austin ISD board of trustees may be trying to..."

Dec. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Music of the Spheres

We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other

"...As I cautioned they might in last week's column on the Waller Creek..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...Filming of There Will Be Blood near Marfa was in its second..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees

Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.

"...I've read comic books before. By the time I was her age, I'd read hundreds of..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker becomes dictator Idi Amin in a ferocious performance that often dwarfs the more ordinary aspects of this picture.

"...Directed by: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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