The Good, the Bad, the Weird

This rollicking South Korean film mines the traditional Western genre and infuses it with fresh, frequently hilarious life.

"...Jee-woon. Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho and Jung Woo-sung. The summer blockbuster season arrives early and from an unlikely..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: The Good, the Bad, and the Nacho

Fantastic Fest

"...Head Hurts" Lager®. Which just serves to prove our theory: Fantastic Fest is has come into its own a..."

Sept. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

FF2012: The Good, The Bad, And the Weird of Fantastic Fest

Surviving the liver-crunching, spine tingling, head-expanding fest

"...thing. Eight days of heavy, heavy film consumption (amongst other things, especially if you were Doug Benson, who took..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...dead, and top ten lists are insane, or, at the very least, they can drive you insane. It's a..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...great guy. Seriously. Everyone says so. In fact, that's the very first thing they tend to say about this..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother, his dad's second wife, her daughter, the family's animals...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ana Lily Amirpour on Her New Film The Bad Batch

Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship

"...Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour, whose first feature was the 2014 Iranian vampire, spaghetti Western A Girl Walks Home..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

Playing the Bad Guy

With actor David Stahl currently appearing as the wicked Richard III and actor Katherine Catmull having recently played the evil Goneril in King Lear, the challenge of playing villains seemed a ripe topic to launch a series of artist-to-artist conversations on craft.

"...(With this article, the Chronicle Arts section inaugurates a new series featuring conversations..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

More 'News of the Weird' Than Business

"...So, two years later, "Ms. Doe" wants to sue the makers of the adolescent cyber-game "boob show" for agreeing..."

March 2, 2005 Postmarks

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...A play ain't Athena. It doesn't spring full-grown from the brow of its..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Shot Heard 'Round the Dial

Austin' "Alternative" Radio Market

"...It's taken a while, but the three favorite words in Austin radio are no longer..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Weird = Good, Lunacy = Bad

"...Recyclable bags: Sure, everyone pitching in to clean up the toxic waste. Back in the old days (2012), a..."

June 5, 2013 Postmarks

The Warrior's Way

An Asian assassin seeks refuge in a small town in the American Badlands where ninjas and cowboys duke it out.

"...a strange, not-quite-successful but visually entertaining attempt to merge the tropes of the classic American Western with those of..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Ahnuld's Director's American Debut

Looking back at our Q&A with 'Last Stand' director Kim Jee-woon

"...When the Chronicle spoke with South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon in..."

Jan. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Genre Regenerator

South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all

"...In darkness there is profound beauty, and no other living director commingles..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The AggreGAYtor: September 24

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Rick Perry gets litigious, Bret Easton Ellis stirs the pot, and Dan Chois skips the celebration. Today's AggreGAYtor..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: January 13

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Russia twirls, Kansas roils, and Westboro keeps it weird, as your AggreGAYtor bear hugs Amy & Tina...."

Jan. 13, 2014 Qmmunity Post

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...THE NEWTON PLAYERS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

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

Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"...On a dreary Wednesday night in October, there are four people inside the Parlor on North Loop,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

Sophomore LP spins a sequel to the shoegazers’ extraordinary journey

"...I started the group in the years following my mom's sudden passing..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"..."Theatre gets to create a topic of conversation for a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Core

"...Bruce Greenwood and Terry O’Quinn. How much you enjoy The Core is going to be based on how much..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aiming for the Big Kill

Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick

"...Forget the myth. Western gunslingers drawing a lightning fast bead, and..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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