A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...bang in 1991 after his 9-minute, 16mm student film project "Bedhead" blew everyone's mind nearly a decade before the..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...will take a break from several of his ongoing projects, including, yes, writing the feature film of the long-rumored..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Pops on Top

Father may not know best, but DadLabs has made it its mission to make sure knows a little bit better

"...things, his role in co-creating the now-defunct Mr. Sinus theatre at the Alamo Drafthouse). What started out for the..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Res Publica

"...in the celebration of the completion of this long-anticipated project. Noon-1pm. The Battle Oaks, 24th and Whitis. www.utexas.edu/diversity/barbarajordan. Saturday25..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...– Members of Better Austin Today, a new political action committee formed to influence May's City Council elections Headlines..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...hang out with. (For the record, cosplay is a contraction of "costume play," i.e., dressing up like your favorite..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...quoting Peggy Venable on behalf of the Texas Citizens Action Network ["We Got Reds in Our Webs!" Sept. 26]...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.

"...university's or college's systems say without exception that the projects are proving harder, lengthier, and more costly than expected,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...The previous night Gunn had put these words into action with a groove-heavy set that practically tore the roof..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...his efforts to shut down the Cinema West adult theatre. He may get his wish there, if the city..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks

Slusher Kicks Ass!

"...dais, the neighborhoods who oppose the huge Regency Village project:..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Shortcuts

"...protesters paraded down Guadalupe during rush hour. Outside the theatre entrance to the Union building, the rally heated up..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...wirework and special effects are pretty dandy, and the action set-pieces are highly imaginative. This is one loony movie,..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Weekday Events to Make It a Craft Night, Movie Night, Trivia Night, and More

There's also some events during the day

"...Vol. 27, Issue 51 from August 22, 2008) and poet/theatre artist Zell Miller III holds the title until 2027,..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...Through April 21, Georgetown Palace Theatre..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...the movies and found out you're in the wrong theatre, and you should be in the screen next door?..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright

From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy

"...Pulitzer would make the series feel less like an action-movie trailer. His book has such a vast scope and..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Get Your Invigorating Art On This Weekend!

Kind of like a pep pill for the life of your work-fatigued mind

"...test,” that if you give a damn about serious theatre – serious musical theatre, at that – and about..."

Aug. 10, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

RTX Animation Festival Premieres Powerhouse's Castlevania

Rooster Teeth's Gray G. Haddock on the "new golden age of animation"

"...first time, the best of those shorts will be projected in front of theatre audiences. Haddock said, "I do..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...There was the early, stratospheric success in theatre (he first talked his way onto the stage at..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...and re-open two weeks later at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, where it will run in rep with All the..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Learning Desire

MindPop thinks about arts education in whole new ways, and what a difference it makes

"...teachers to enhance their course work with creative learning projects...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wharton Dancer

The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote

"...notable seven-decade career, one that saw not only more theatres across the nation dedicating entire seasons and festivals to..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Macbeth

In the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of Macbeth, the famously ambitious duo who murders its way to the top might well be the friendly couple next door

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre, through Feb. 25..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

La Tentación de San Antonio

UT Opera Theatre tackles the American premiere of Luis Jaime Cortez's La Tentación de San Antonio with vigor, but there's too much here to take in in one pass

"...La Tentación de San AntonioMcCullough Theatre, through March 7..."

March 5, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Day Trips

"...The theatre where much of the action happened in the movie..."

March 1, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Kustom Film Kommando

Interview With Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

"...is too genteel a word to describe the film's action, which consists of a 17-year-old Anger as the protagonist..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Capital Metro Responds

"...As a community-based dance company, Ballet East Dance Theatre has been the recipient of grants from the N.E.A...."

Aug. 29, 1997 Column

TIFs, TPIDs, and Puppy Love

City Council wrestles with Mayor Adler's Downtown Puzzle

"...direction to staff to analyze the entire set of projects and return with that analysis and the answer to..."

Oct. 2, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...on every front, from calling code enforcement to demanding action from District 9 Council Member Kathie Tovo...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

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