Ley Line, Geto Gala, Indoor Creature, & Van Mary Heat Up Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Support the Central Texas Food Bank Sept. 12 at Far Out Lounge

"...party. A lineup of Ley Line, Geto Gala, Indoor Creature, and Van Mary, along with a DJ set by..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The True Originals

In her solo show 'True Originals,' painter Daphane Park has created a series of mutant portraits that are 1/3 female creature, 1/3 creepy textures, 1/3 dreamy background

"...and detail that was compelling. Now she's back with "True Originals," a solo show that contains crisp edges and..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

From the Vaults: Still a 'Heavenly Creature'

Melanie Lynskey started Down Under at the top

"...It may be hard to believe, but 1994's Heavenly Creatures was the first feature film for its co-stars: Kate..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music Adds 80 Acts

Steve Earle and Easy Life highlight sixth list

"...away, the fest adds another 80 acts this week. True songwriter’s songwriter Steve Earle has signed on to revisit..."

Jan. 31, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Cocaine Bear

The ursine Dr. Rockzo goes on a bloody comedic bender

"...Loosely based on a true story – the cocaine part, anyway – Cocaine Bear..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Anthony plays young Max, a true believer in all things Christmas, yet he’s at that..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Babadook

Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures a disturbing spook story about a mother, a son, and an unnerving presence in their house

"...Samuel’s bedroom and warns against a dark and evil creature who cannot be gotten rid of once he’s been..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson moonwalks among us for a final hurrah.

"...preparations for his 50-concert comeback extravaganza is a strange creature indeed. Neither a true concert film nor a strict..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Wild Things Are

This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.

"...easily evinced by this freewheeling but tonally and aesthetically true adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s book. Jonze, in..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Best Friend

An antiques dealer is more at home with his silent artifacts than with his fellow Parisians, until a cabbie teaches him the basics of social interaction.

"...that he does in fact have at least one true friend in this world, the hapless François enlists the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Little Children

A modern Emma Bovary and her should-have-been Mr. Right discover that while their suburban American lives may yet have a second act, it could well end up as a tragedy.

"...complexly interwoven film is Sarah (Winslet), a wonderful, woeful creature of sly intellect who realizes all too well that..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Order

Mysterious doings in a Catholic sect, on the whole more silly than scary.

"...when in his element Ledger can be fine and true (à la A Knight’s Tale), here he’s just overearnest..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Pinocchio

"...live action and animatronics by, among others, Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the special effects team behind Babe. Based on..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...decades-old conspiracy that has quite possibly poisoned every living creature on Earth...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...a god among actresses – gave us our first true, arguably perfect, glimpse at a live-action Maleficent, one of..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Dark Horse

True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart

"...muscular torso flexing with each lengthening stride, suspending the creature in an airborne state of physical grace for a..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Alien Trespass

Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films, Alien Trespass is a deeply affectionate homage to the era when every kid on the block knew what "Klaatu borada nikto" meant.

"...cast that plays the whole thing as straight and true as Jack Arnold (Tarantula, Creature From the Black Lagoon)..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"..."Is it true to the book?" shriek legions of fans, clutching their..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Human Nature

"...while on a nature walk. Nathan promptly has the man-creature hauled back to his lab and installed in a..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ColdTowne Theater’s Bigfoot, The Musical

ColdTowne brings the rarely seen creature into the spotlight for a show that’s rarely without laughs

"...starring in ColdTowne Theater's production of Bigfoot, The Musical. True to the monster's elusive nature, this is but the..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...some major animation events, a plethora of restorations, the true story behind Wonder Woman, and an international smorgasbord of..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reliving Roky Erickson: July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019

Creature with the Atom Brain

"...and Okkervil River, with whom he recorded 2010 LP True Love Cast Out All Evil...."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Interview: Applecart

Into the woods with the media satire horror flick

"...Applecart is that rarest of cinematic chimeras: a conspiracy creature feature, with an added dash of true crime critique...."

Sept. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Claw-in-Claw With The Lobster

Director Yorgos Lanthimos reveals the beast within

"...Find true love in 45 days, or you’ll be turned into..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

16 Experimentalists to Help You Get Weird at SXSW

"...5:30pm Stacked Holodeck of electronic artists (Majeure, Curved Light, True Creature) score Lesley Keen's neon animation of the birth..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

SXSW Music Preview: Holodeck Records Rescores Egyptian Creation Myth at AFS Cinema

Synth whisperers soundtrack Ra: Path of the Sun God

"...scores one of three “chapters” to the piece. As True Creature, she conjures twinkling, underwater music boxes and 18-bit..."

March 11, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...Tran as Curved Light, expansive Pittsburgh composer Majeure, and True Creature...."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Very Krampus Christmas

Seasonal scares at the House of Torment

"...And all through the House of Torment, Not a creature was stirring … Except for the Krampus, in sinister..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Birthday Bash

Growly troubadour – still canny after all these years

"...today, the longtime Wimberley troubadour defies comparison. He’s a creature all his own...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...lab to "see what's on the slab"? Is your creature of choice a childlike, tortured shambler, only able to..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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