The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...Things just don’t go bump in the night in The Quiet Ones. They resound with the..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hammering 'The Quiet Ones'

Director John Pogue talks spooks, science, and "Mad Men" stars

"...When it comes to horror, there aren't many movie studios whose name alone chills the..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...If anyone remembers Barry Smitherman from his time as Public Utility Commission member, they'll..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The People Person

Peter Hedges' Pieces of April brings the novelist-screenwriter out of the quiet and into the filmmaking fray.

"...you've almost certainly heard of his work. He penned the screenplay for his first novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Little Agents of Satan

Slow clap for almost getting the ball across the goal line

"...popular North Austin restaurant. We were seated outside, so the kids (ages 2-5) were playing (quietly) around our table..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...In the 1990s, it was predictable that a slew of unmemorable,..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Now Streaming in Austin: "Angus and the Boys"

Austin crime short shows the power of manipulation

"...It's always the quiet ones. Take Angus, the central figure in Austin..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

The Apostle

"...Billy Joe Shaver, Billy Bob Thornton and Miranda Richardson. The movies haven't portrayed the evangelical preacher in a very..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...true villain, a monster who relishes delivering pain? Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...Willie Garson. Surely enough ink has been spilled over whether a women’s picture can own the weekend box office..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...Bryan Poyser was driving to the wrap party for The Cassidy Kids in 2005 when..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Every time Denny Freeman picked up his guitar, whether a lean and mean Fender Stratocaster or a beautiful..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Staying on Message With the San Antonio Spurs

Twitter branding with the NBA's most notoriously conservative squad

"...first glance it seems like an accident. Navigate to the Twitter directory on the San Antonio Spurs' website and..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

The Tiger Rising

Feel-good family drama may lose the little ones along the way

"...Metaphors about the emotional cages in which we sometimes enclose ourselves are..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wordy Wranglers of Typewriter Rodeo

The whole country's saddling up with Austin's vaqueros of verse

"...You hear them before you see them, the clickety-clack of letter keys..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...this paper’s co-founder and co-owner, announced his retirement from the Chronicle. In this week's issue, he files his final..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting father to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Mopping Up the Red in Green Room

Austinite Macon Blair on neo-Nazis and Patrick Stewart

"...It's always the quiet ones. In violent thriller Green Room, Macon Blair..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Face to Face With the King of Trill

I got to meet Bun B and it was real.

"...I'm handing the reins over to Chronicle City Beat editor Anne Harris..."

May 23, 2008 Music Post by Anne Harris

Into the Woods, In Search of Sator

The secret family history behind Jordan Graham's supernatural horror

"...in a spirit that communicated with her that became the core of Sator, the supernatural woodland horror created by..."

April 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Complicity And #MeToo in The Assistant

Kitty Green unravels systems that enable the Weinsteins of the world

"...On the day that Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

25 Questions You May or May Not Be Wondering Before the 'Breaking Bad' Finale

And if you weren't before, you are now

"...In case the title didn't give it away: Spoilers ahoy!..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Sunny Side to Every Situation

Defending Ethan Hawke and the virtues of John Wayne in a wet shirt

"...even after I admitted I should lose. That is either blind devotion, or you didn’t actually bother to read..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...They don't slouch in high heels on plush sofas. They..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...here's that interview with Nate Southard and Lee Thomas, the co-chairs of the annual World Horror Convention that's invading..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

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