Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...Talk about a shocking transformation: As the bumbling and heartbroken hero of indie smash Thunder Road,..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Giant Dog Rewrites the Bible

Locals cover Arcade Fire’s entire Neon Bible LP

"...If you think about it, “The Well and the Lighthouse” already sounds like A Giant..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Fall of the American Empire

Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary

"...The title of veteran French Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s latest..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...Joe Nick Patoski, Austin is a city like no other, an anomalous spot of “blue in a sea of..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

Levitation Review: The Make-Up

Frugging, shrieking, chanting, walking across upraised palms

"...Sixties NYC rock primitives the Fugs had a manifesto-as-song, “Frenzy.” The Make-Up don’t cover..."

April 29, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Point Austin: On the Backs of Immigrants

In the war over "sanctuary," the victims are most vulnerable

"...In the wake of word out of the U.S. Department of..."

April 28, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Sense of an Ending

A man's past comes back to haunt him in the form of a letter

"...In adapting Julian Barnes’ novel, the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner, playwright Nick Payne does..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Save the World With Bill Nye

SXSW Eco closing speaker thinks we're not a lost cause

"...If there was one takeaway from Bill Nye's closing keynote speech..."

Oct. 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Seven Skeletons of Lydia Pyne

The local science historian debuts her new book about famous fossil hominids

"...seven skeletons, and she wants to tell you about them...."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Great Austin Beer Scavenger Hunt

SXSW is brewing

"...It’s shameful, really. The treacly suggestions on “How to Do Austin Like a..."

March 10, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

DVDanger: The Last Survivors

A different kind of post-apocalyptic teen heroine

"...Bloopers. Deleted scenes. DVD special features sometimes blur together. But the contribution of The Last Survivors star Haley..."

Aug. 4, 2015 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 Attack

When the wife of an assimilated Arab in Israel is identified a suicide bomber, the unwitting husband questions both his marriage and hiss Palestinian identity.

"...weeps as she says goodbye to her husband at the beginning of The Attack, the latest film from Lebanese..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Impossible

The sound and fury of the Christmas tsunami is deeply harrowing as shown here through the microcosm of one family's experience.

"...First, to dispel the two talking points attending The Impossible, Juan Antonio Bayona’s..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Documentary? Artwork? Puzzle? Prank? Social commentary? This film by the British graffiti artist known as Banksy is, indeed, all of the above.

"...Documentary? Artwork? Puzzle? Prank? Social commentary? This film by the internationally renowned British graffiti artist known only by his..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tragedy on the Border

AFS Documentary Tour| Kieran Fitzgerald|The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez|Tommy Lee Jones

"...You may detect something familiar about Kieran Fitzgerald's doc, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez, and Tommy Lee Jones' directorial..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Tales of the Rat Fink

Ron Mann's Tales of the Rat Fink is an ebullient survey of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's life that revs along with the zest a souped-up hot rod.

"...Directed by: Ron Mann. The career of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth is a perfect..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Beside the Point

This week's action at City Hall

"...in hindsight. Think about what you vote on," said the normally stentorian Pat Johnson, in an atypically contemplative moment..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

View From the Top

"...a small-town girl who dreams of a life in the sky, servicing first-class passengers on route to Paris or..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Outside the Box

The evolving idea of what it means to be experimental in this oh-so-traditional world is explored by filmmakers like Garcia Crow and Schiesari in the 25th season of The Territory, a television series showcasing the best short experimental works by film and video artists from Texas and around the world

"...For an experimental film, the brave little opus called "Loaves and Fishes" may not..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

"...Directed by: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. After the holocaust, three things will remain, says Tammy Faye Bakker..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Bookshelf

The Wedding Jester

"...by Steve Stern Graywolf Press, $14 paper..."

July 23, 1999 Books Review

Slaves to the Underground

"...platitude, young director Kristine Peterson shows us some of the endless ways in which the political is personal. The..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Search for One-Eye Jimmy

"...80-minute feature, One-Eye Jimmy haphazardly follows a day in the life of several Noo Yawk small-timers as they search..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Folles may rest assured that Mike Nichols' adaptation of the famed French film (itself based on a French play)..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The State of Naomi Shihab Nye

The well-traveled poet talks about loving Texas and being this year’s recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s Texas Writer Award

"...Naomi Shihab Nye fulfills the old saying about not being born in Texas but..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...A Changing of the Alt-Rock Guard..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Best Music We’ve Seen So Far at SXSW 2023

An insightful Jeff Tweedy, sunshiney Armani White, and more

"...Though South by Southwest Music officially started yesterday, the Chronicle music team, as usual, spent the weekend sniffing..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

On the Nightshift: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Keep Running

At Moody "with the white-hot light of the oncoming train”

"...band that needs no introduction. Right? Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band!”..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...Southwest’s music week is typically chill in comparison to the ensuing pandemonium, but when our writers hit the clubs..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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