Erica Nix Is on the (Mayoral) Run

Local queer fitness icon aims to keep ATX weird, queer, and affordable

"...Austinites, queer workout guru Erica Nix has a lot of thoughts on the city’s future. She’s expressed those thoughts..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Election Ticker: Noises From the Primary

The latest on local and state races

"...The "Draft Delia" folks – shadow campaigners for Mayor Pro..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

DVD Watch: 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

Hitchcock's original 1931 take, newly restored, debuts on Blu-ray

"...Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much may be the more..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

This Is Who We Are #5: Salvage Vanguard Theater's Death of a Cat

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know when..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Writing 'The Reader'

Scripter David Hare on Germany's long reckoning with its past

"...The back flap of Bernhard Schlink's 1995 German-language The Reader..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Kevin Kelly

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...that this is a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...a newspaper in 1990, you would quickly note that the nation was on the brink of a disaster. It..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

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

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wild Goose Lake

Chinese noir stumbles over its own remarkable style

"...As gangster flicks go, The Wild Goose Lake is more elegiac and restrained than..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

A Hundred Years of Shadows

One hundred years after "The Great Train Robbery," motion pictures have transformed consciousness into a Kingdom of Shadows.

"...One reference book says "The Great Train Robbery" was 11 minutes long; Kevin Brownlow's..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Desk

"...Paul Pryor, its popular right-wing radio talk show host, off the air Monday. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Pryor,..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Fear of a Black Network

"...yo'self, before you wreck yo'self: advice from Chris "Bring the Pain" Rock Howdy. I come crawling off the couch..."

July 4, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Powers of Tenn

Talking Tennessee Williams' genius with critic John Lahr

"...Blanche DuBois was no Athena...."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out at the Movies

Equinox Knocks

"...He's a high school quarterback whose throwing arm is the ticket to a state championship. He also wears plastic..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature

Our Town, Our Time

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of The Laramie Project retells the story of Matthew Shepard's murder in a compelling, heartfelt way, but it also tells a town's story and gives us the opportunity to see our town in its reflection.

"...There is the actor directly addressing the audience, setting up..."

March 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Doctor Death

Checking in with Hospital Productions

"...Stumbling through the streets of New York City, a sixth sense pulls..."

Feb. 8, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

More Gore From Housecore Horror

New film fest adds more classics plus a locally lensed premiere

"...Anselmo and Texas true crime writer Corey Mitchell cracking the whip at the new Housecore Horror Film Festival, it's..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Watanabe. … And it’s about time. Christopher Nolan’s vision of Bob Kane’s seminal hero returns the character to the..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shine a Light

'In the Shadow' and more selections from the 15th annual Cine Las Americas

"...blood-red tides, ominously exotic seaside location, and multiple layers of feverish, sexual psychodrama, Nicole Elmer's debut feature, In the..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Destroyer

Nicole Kidman's grimy noir mistakes grit for intrigue

"...grimy cop drama about revenge and redemption that scratches the underbelly of Southern California with dirty fingernails. It’s contemporary..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Duets

"...Giamatti and Angie Dickinson. This awkwardly nuanced story about the world of karaoke hustlers and other lost souls will..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Devotion

Airborne biopic finds warm friendship across the military's racial divide

"...Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski, Joe Jonas, Joseph Cross, Daren Kagasoff and Serinda Swan...."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Holy Spider

True crime drama is an indictment of theocracy and misogyny

"...Something evil lurks in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran. As Muslim pilgrims..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

eXistenZ

An elaborate cat-and-mouse game between human reality and game reality from David Cronenberg.

"...old self. After stumbling badly with his last film, the pointless and disjointed Crash, the Canadian director has finally..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...League, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema bigwig and prime mover behind the third annual Fantastic Fest, which opens at the Alamo..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...The fifteenth annual Fantastic Fest – the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Live Shot: Chelsea Wolfe, Ioanna Gika

Americana gothic: sinister prophecy v. angelic melancholy

"...upon entry. A deep purple spotlight cast a thorny shadow over the enormous cross upon the back wall, which..."

Nov. 10, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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