Suspect Zero

There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.

"...Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss and Harry Lennix. There’s a serial killer on the loose, and newly transferred..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"..."I saw this really weird guy the other night at Electric Lounge -- this..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Got Their Mojo Workin'

Mojo Press Gets Weird

"...Lansdale approached me in September of '93 about doing Weird Business. We started talking about doing this massive book,..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Get ready for anime superhero action!

"...Over the last year, the three big modern anime franchises that..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...The foundry of Autechre melts decades of dance and experimental..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...film arrives, a film foretold with ill-augur, that has the dedication, fascination and weirdo subject matter that pushes it..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Cabaret's 10 year anniversary series of divalicious evenings from the American Songbook. She also happens to be one of..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Life or Something Like It

"...Tiffany's outpost doesn't quite fit sandwiched between Subway and the Container Store, Jolie, too, is obviously a class above..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...The ink is black, the page is white...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans

Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve

"...For the last 20 years, the Alamo Drafthouse has been ground..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Baja

Kerouac-loving road trip stalls out fast.

"...flattery until it becomes a waste of everyone’s time. The second effort by writer/director Tony Vidal (following 2010’s The..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

One-Two Punch

Gene Luen Yang's 'Boxers' and 'Saints' duo takes on the Boxer Rebellion

"...When Gene Luen Yang takes on a big project, the literary world takes notice: He was the first graphic..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"...Nietzsche in one hand and the Bible in the other, Scott H. Biram's raising Cain...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Terribly Happy

This Danish import is a wonderfully unhinged and a painstakingly constructed meditation on a place where good and evil meet, mate, and make sour times sublime.

"...its own funeral march, a bedraggled processional of what their metropolitan betters recognize as weird, queer, and just plain..."

March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Welcome to the Chronicle Web extra full transcript of our interviews with..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...The bar's gonna be pushed back, and all this is..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Deadpool 2

The uncanny merc with a mouth returns with paternal instincts

"...massive nerd in an era of comic blockbusters. After the core Marvel Cinematic Universe broke all our hearts with..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Flatliners

This reboot is dead on arrival

"...Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, Madison Brydges and Kiefer Sutherland...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...Johnny Rotten to Madness, Ian Dury's influence made him the UK's street poet laureate with this 1977 corruption of..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

'This One Summer' Is a Story for All Seasons

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki don't take the trials of girlhood for granted

"...Yang's historical drama Boxers and Saints, adds depth to the usual mid-year media offerings with a powerful new book..."

July 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

"...My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is the second Herzog film of the season (the first was..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...Inside a dark room at the Salvage Vanguard Theater, a man stands behind a table..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...A week prior to the theatrical release of Richard Linklater's Bad News Bears last..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...Right about now, the whole city was supposed to be doubled over with..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...Let me introduce you to a little game called "the Fox and the Hedgehog." The way it's played is,..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

Royal Thunder Q&A

Mlny Parsonz wails

"...by storm in 2012 with LP debut CVI, but the Atlantans’ acclaimed follow-up Crooked Doors emits psych, prog, and..."

May 28, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...So, wait, the actress playing the fat-girl role isn't fat enough? Seriously?..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom

They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.

"...Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre. Yes, the members of this company are well aware..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"..."Do you remember Murray the K, Alan Freed, and high energy?...Do you remember rock..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

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