Sarah Silverman, Neil Brennan Will Bask in the Glow of Moontower Just For Laughs Austin

Plus Showtime says I Love That For You

"...Moontower Just For Laughs Austin, the new festival from Austin's Moontower Comedy and Canada's comedy..."

March 17, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Grappling With GLOW

Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin on the Netflix wrestling drama

"...The best pro-wrestlers are actors: They adopt a character and..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Saw the TV Glow Is a Haunting Ode to Self-Actualization

Jane Schoenbrun probes the reflective nature of media

"...How old were you the first time you felt like a piece of media..."

Jan. 28, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

The Hunt

Scathing action-satire is more than Elites versus Deplorables

"...Whatever you think you know about The Hunt, you're wrong. And even if you're factually right,..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...pacifier fetish if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...me I had won a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of PS I Love You starring Hillary Swank...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Ballet Austin’s Not Afraid of the Dark

The glow-in-the-dark visions of this earnest, sweet ballet will excite and inspire the youngsters who see it

"...The kids love it. That's the most important thing about..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Parent Trap

"...Walter, Simon Kunz, Elaine Hendrix and Ronnie Stevens. In the sunny, innocent years that preceded the scourge of adolescence,..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...The Year 2008 in Film, Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week,..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Masters of the Universe Still Has the Power

New images from the Austin-made series for Netflix

"...your chest armor, unsheath your Power Sword, and grab the keys to Castle Greyskull: Netflix has just dropped the..."

May 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Powerhouse Animation Assembles Cosmic Stars for Masters of the Universe

Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Henry Rollins join cartoon reboot

"...For a generation of cartoon fans, there's only one true Joker, and that's Mark Hamill. Now..."

Feb. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to Night Vale The Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor move the strange little desert town of their wildly popular podcast to the printed page

"...government agents. It's where fictional character Cecil Palmer reads the news on the Community Radio station and a glowing..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Sunny Side of the Street

The Pogues unzip Stubb's

"...There are two schools of thought about a Pogues show...."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Everyone remembers their first time, right? How old you were, where you..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Into the "Not Done"

The Dances of Jean Fogel Zee

"...Jean Fogel Zee wants to show you glimpses of God. The Austin artist wants each..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Arts Feature

Two Music Critics Dive Back Into the Scene

Raoul and Kevin hit the clubs for the first time in 14 months, and only one of them has a psychedelic freakout

"...Raoul: Hey dude, so Saturday I attended my first show since the 2020 Austin Music Awards: Nemegata and Tiarra..."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

It's in the Rivets: The Secret Passion of Loungefly

The "geeky Gucci" designer brand makes its SXSW debut

"...know that it's a Loungefly mini backpack, it's in the rivets...."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

"Dawn Okoro: Punk Noir" at the Carver Museum

The artist provides a corrective to preconceived notions of punk, exploring the ethos through black personal style

"...Dawn Okoro's subjects all strike a commanding pose, but the strength of their style, and hers, in an exhibition..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

"Keith Carter: Notes on the Universe" at Stephen L. Clark Gallery

This solo exhibition shows the photographer in pursuit of whatever unseen cosmic force animates us

"...The hound's head is tilted toward the sky and, judging..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

“Garth Weiser: Paintings, 2008-2017” at the Contemporary Austin

In this solo show of abstract works, the painter has pinpointed the ungraspable, like grabbing a tiger by the tail

"...From a distance, it's massive, deep, and even threatening. The canvas is boiling with textures, disturbances like static that..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...illuminates a flick past those first few weeks in theatres and keeps it lighting up screens and imaginations for..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland

Back in September 2005, Vaughn decided to try his hand at the impresario game and Gathered together four young stand-up comedians for a 30-day bus tour of the heartland.

"...money faster than studio heads could count it, Vaughn, the new king of Hollywood comedy, decided to put aside..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Formulaic biopic captures subject's glow without critique

"...Directed by: Michael Showalter. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones and Vincent..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by Southwest..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Glow of the Tube

"...lives is remarkable, a kind of great equalizer uniting the largest number of people, giving them a common frame..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Kingdom

"...from von Trier (Zentropa) is a sumptuous feast of the sublime and the bizarre, both darkly comic and deeply..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Burnt by the Sun

"...Ingeborga Dapkounaite, Andre Oumansky and Viatcheslav Tikhonov. Set against the backdrop of the Russian countryside under Stalin's rule, this..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Attack the Block

Smart, quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an alien-invasion movie that's a breed apart.

"...and Jumayn Hunter. Smart, quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an alien-invasion movie that is a breed..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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