Exploring the Auteurs of Early Black Cinema

AFS screens rare and influential selections from the Pioneers of African-American Cinema

"...On the next two Sundays, the Austin Film Society will screen..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

California Split Is the Raging Bull of Poker Movies

AFS double bill pairs Altman film with Ron Mann's biographical doc

"...as infrequently as a straight flush over quad aces. The allure of gambling is easy to understand but difficult..."

Jan. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...So Charlie Kaufman is the best screenwriter of the 21st century, eh? Compared to..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Mystic's Dream

Loreena McKennitt in Dallas.

"...when she does it's rarely in this part of the country. Her show Tuesday night at Grand Prairie's Nokia..."

Oct. 11, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...living, seething, bouncing bridge between pioneering local post-punks of the Eighties (Scratch Acid and Butthole Surfers) and their contemporary..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Night Has (Nearly) a Thousand Eyes With Sideshow Revivalists 999 Eyes

Austin original celebration of exceptional oddity returns

"...With a name like Whorie the Clown, it's no surprise she ended up as part..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...When a director makes a film, the most obvious first question is, "Why this movie?" In..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Big Bill, CupcakKe, Echo & the Bunnymen, Blxst, Boris, and more live shows to fill your evenings

"...London, NME would've long ago run articles effusively praising their peculiar strain of punk and proclaiming them the next-big-thing...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantasia Review: Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

Inside the mind and art of France's genius of decay

"...There's a long list of horror directors (William Lustig, Abel..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Todd Haynes Melds Sound and Vision in The Velvet Underground

New music documentary reframes the New York quartet as experimenters and innovators

"...It's not that the Velvet Underground were an influential band, though they were...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso

"...wrote back David Garza on Friday when queried about the fact that his name lists among four producers on..."

April 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...H.P. Lovecraft has enjoyed something of a renaissance in the past few years. Once recognizable only to a few..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Public Notice: The New Apartheid?

Everyone hates the non-transect zones

"...It's early yet in the review process for the first draft of CodeNEXT, the..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

'The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting'

Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke serve as inspirations for Ariel Dance Theatre's new dance-and-music collaboration

"...Andrea Ariel wasn't that sold on The Man Who Sold the World or its glam-rockin' creator..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Hail 'The Lords of Salem'

Rob Zombie on his fifth feature, a decade in the making

"...Rob Zombie admits it: "I've always been obsessed with the bad characters." His first four turns as a film..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Jeff Daniel Phillips Fears 'The Lords of Salem'

How a caveman walked with a Zombie

"...Don't let the title fool you. There are few lords in Rob..."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Exorcism: Part II

In this sequel, the devil follows the same girl from the backwoods to New Orleans; sadly this follow-up has none of the smarts of its predecessor.

"...Treat Clark, David Jensen, Tarra Riggs, Louis Herthum and Muse Watson...."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film 2013: The Janet Pierson Guide

Film fest chief talks themes, screens, and surprising changes

"...Janet Pierson has the coolest job – and the toughest job. As the..."

Jan. 31, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Eye of the Storm

Doc explores the creative vision of an album cover art pioneer

"...helicopter flies over Saunton Sands in North Devon, England. The crystal beach is littered with roughly 700 empty hospital..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Austin Powell

Beside the Point

Council cools its jets in post-SXSW haze

"...hipsters at day parties, you gotta be relieved that's the case. When our staunch, if not sober, public officials..."

March 21, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

All in the Delivery

Penn Jillette on 'The Aristocrats'

"...Everybody says he's great, so he must be"); Scorsese's muse, Robert De Niro ("the worst actor in the world..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Human Touch

Violinist Laurie Young Stevens finds the passion and flash in baroque music

"...or kowtowing to Couperin. Oh, she adores and esteems the music of these great composers as much as any..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is full to the brim. Dancers..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...Languishing in the corner, monopolizing the dust that might have otherwise spread..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...no longer elects its City Council in May elections (other area cities still do, including Round Rock, Georgetown, Lakeway,..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The Absinthe-minded Professors of Violet Crown Spirits

Three Austinites are producing the first Texas-made absinthe

"...Matt Mancuso was disappointed. He'd heard so much about absinthe in his college years and even before that –..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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