The Night Before

Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night

"...If your Santa wish list includes yet another “James Franco swings secretly gay” gag, then Christmas has..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

’Twas the Night Before Sundance

I'm coming for you, Robert Redford!

"...that was exciting, frustrating, insane, and incredible all at the same time. What was this message that elicited such..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

The Night Before Formula One

November 15, 2012. 14 Photos

"...Hurried preparations continue at Fan Fest, the downtown celebrations for the United States Grand Prix...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Photo Gallery

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...By the time beloved Austin restaurateur Harry Akin died in 1976,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

We Own the Night

Joaquin Phoenix is dynamic, Mark Wahlberg subdued, and Robert Duvall trusty in this otherwise redundant story about brothers on opposite sides of the law.

"...recently released Eastern Promises, it's likely you'll wonder what the deal is with all these Russian gangsters in the..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How the "Night of the Slasher" (Almost) Never Came

SXSW Midnight short's frantic journey to be made

"...Ask most filmmakers about making a short, and they'll tell you it's quicker and easier than a feature...."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Review: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats/St. Paul & the Broken Bones

Battle of the blue-eyed soul titans

"...Before and after Sunday’s mid-afternoon country clump – Kacey Musgraves,..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Holiday Viewing: Remember the Night

The key to a merry Christmas is a shoplifter in the house

"...Does going home for the holidays have you fretful? Are you fearing the same..."

Dec. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...is coming early to Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Interview: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

Blue-eyed soul wunderkind keeps screwing his life up and writing about it

"...to be doing this big weekend festival down in the Dominican Republic, but there’s weather. We’re trying to figure..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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

The Loser's Night Before New Year

"...'Twas the night before New Years, when all through the house..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Wes Marshall

SXSW Comedy: Audible Presents the Night Realm Tavern of Heads Will Roll

Get a sneak peek at Audible original at this Rainey Street activation

"...roads diverge at every renaissance festival. You can go the deadly serious route – clank around in chainmail, never..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Rosalind Faires

Into the Night With Joe Taslim and Timo Tjahjanto

Indonesian action flick The Night Comes For Us pulls no punches

"...Want to make Joe Taslim happy? Tell the Indonesian action star that his fighting style is reminiscent..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Calm Before the Crimson Storm

The Texas A&M Aggies ready for a wild one next week

"...nothing but a figure of speech. At least that’s the way it went down last week in College Station...."

Sept. 9, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

The Night the Lights Went Out at the Roller Derby

"...Last Sunday, like the first Sunday of every month during their season, the..."

June 7, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Night House

Rebecca Hall falls into a void of despair in this enthralling ghost story

"...Negative space scares artists. The instinct is to fill gaps with something, anything, even..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Saturday night, a few weeks back: The phone rings. It's a..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Recipe: The Night Hawk / Frisco’s Smothered Pork Chops

One of Harry Akin's signature dishes gets resurrected

"..."There is nothing accidental about quality."..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

Kerlin Prioritizes Kerlaches, Farmhouse Offers Intoxicants, Sawyer & Co. Cajuns Into the Night, SBK’s Downtown Again, and WTF Is Andy Baraghani Doing on SoCo?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Sept. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest: The Creatures of the Night Make Beautiful Music in Bloodthirsty

Director Amelia Moses on the allure of the werewolf

"...to play at Canada's Fantasia International Film Festival, and then get booked for Fantastic Fest in Austin. Filmmaker Amelia..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...into San Marcos Sunday morning, May 24, evidence of the previous night's storm was strewn all over the highway...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This moving, transformative show gives its autistic hero a deep and engaging humanity

"...The Mary Moody Northen Theatre, where St. Edward's University is..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The Damage Before the Blue Ruin

Actor Macon Blair talks revenge and homelessness in the new thriller

"...old saying about an eye for an eye leaving the whole world blind? When noir revenge thriller Blue Ruin..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...By Wednesday night, most of Austin was dealing with four overlapping crises:..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...her first UK show, took DJ'ing to Ibiza years before it became the island destination for ravers. He's been..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Prop. 1: The CART Before the Train

"...City Editor Mike Clark-Madison attributed Tuesday's stinging loss of the transportation bond (aka "Local Proposition 1") to urban Peter..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Flavor tripping the night away.

Miracle fruit makes lemons taste like lemonade.

"...The Chrontourage is the Austin Chronicle's promotions street team..."

July 31, 2009 Events Post by Logan Youree

Shoot the Messengers Before They Quit

Shami's campaign staff collapsing after email debacle

"...appearances, you are in charge of your candidate's message, then you are not in charge of your candidate's message...."

Feb. 17, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Night

A woman has a fling with a stranger in this thoughtful French import.

"...Claire Denis. Starring: Valérie Lemercier and Vincent Lindon. Friday Night, the latest film by French filmmaker Claire Denis, shows..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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