Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...it: This odd romance will be out Feb. 12 via Epic Pictures Group. Happy Valentine's, everyone! 5: The Devil's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...draw a direct line from family-planning funding to abortion via their favorite target, Planned Parenthood. In fact, the vast..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...9) Evil (aka New England Patriots, via a predicated trade with Cincinnati): It’s important to remember..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Pissyourpantstastic

They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under

"...her debut, Moments in Movement, is being released stateside via Kill Rock Stars. The best of the lot might..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Naked City

Light rail loses big in San Antonio, casting aspersions on the chances that a similar proposal will pass in Austin.

"...Saturday when just 30% of Alamo City voters supported VIA's proposed quarter-cent sales tax hike for a 53-mile-long light..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Sound Salvation

Austin's Class of 2000

"...and that's fine," says Wan Santo Condo frontman Bob Via. "We get a response when we play and I..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Feature

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...other essayists. Joining Nicholson, who really writes the introduction via the importance of a single noise in the opening..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Land of Sleeper LP to the psych slices of L.A.-via-Denton's Pearl Earl and locals White Dog. The Sunday closeout..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Unionization: Everyone’s Doing It

Sept. 30: More than 70% of nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Central Austin, part of Texas’ largest private hospital network, vote to form a union.

"...a wave of efforts across different sectors. Workers at Via 313, the popular Detroit-style pizza chain, saw success in..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

See for Me

Home invasion thriller smartly updates Wait Until Dark

"...assistance: “See for Me,” an app that connects her, via her cellphone camera, to a bored gamer, Kelly (Kennedy),..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Thanksgiving Meals and Food Pantries This Holiday Season

Where to find Turkey dinners, volunteer opportunities, and more ways to help

"...Sides and Pies Canned/packaged food & pies, distributed via drive-through. Turkey not included. Thu., Nov. 18, 5pm. Mar­tin..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Hop on this crop of opps for top Pops shops

"...are from elsewhere, but all of them are available via the magic of the same internets you’re using to..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crab Rangoon Pizza, Justine's Justin Returns, Lutie's at the Commodore Perry Estate, Rosen's Goes Brick-and-Mortar, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...that Tso’s Chinese Delivery and those pizza virtuosi at Via 313 have joined forces, briefly, to offer a crab..."

April 7, 2021 Food Post

Fantastic Fest and Fangoria Welcome You to the Blumhouse

Win exclusive Mondo prints for two weekends of watch parties

"...moderated by filmmaker Karyn Kusama (The Invitation) - RVSP via Facebook...."

Oct. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready or Not

Campaign doc charts the gap between youthful enthusiasm and electability

"...on Fuse on Sat. Oct. 3 at 8pm Central via www.fuse.tv, and will be available for rent or purchase..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin

Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser

"...broadcast on CBS Austin, it will also be streaming via the Luck Reunion Twitch feed, and via the campaign..."

June 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs

Knowledge is power

"...and no doctor," said Central Health spokesperson Ted Burton via email. "The site tests more than any other location..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action

An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts

"...and their plan to exit their grueling, beyond-Dickensian lives via a poorly thought out plan involving a mass protest..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Southwest and RRCD venues. Campaign manager Jim Wick estimates via text that "the involvement of the music community was..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Night School

Kevin Hart goes back to school. Sadly, not comedy school.

"...up his job as a barbecue pit salesman – via explosively cheap CGI effects – Teddy sets out to..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Searching

Innovative thriller keeps the tension on the small screen

"...of kindergarten, piano lessons, and so on are shown via the tech of the times, moving from Microsoft Windows..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Stories

Three very British tales of terror.

"...debunking the supernatural, as we are introduced to him via his reality TV show, exposing a psychic onstage who..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Top Eight Places to Get a Truly Austin Pizza

Weird pies for local culinary adventurers

"...Garbo’s Lobster Pizza Via 313 Austin is in for an unusual treat this..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Food Post by Acacia Coronado

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton directs this film adaptation of the creepy kids' favorite

"...the Hollowgasts, an extreme Burton makeover of Jack Skellington via Slenderman via H.P. Lovecraft; squadrons of Nazi bombers overtaking..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos

First animated Mexican movie to receive wide release in the States

"...without the gruesome realities of the razored spurs, spurting avian gore, drug-enhanced killer roosters, and the overall seediness of..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...privilege to work directly with over 150 K-8 students via classroom visits, camps, and field trips and impact over..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

UFC Fight Night Pounds the Erwin Center

Edgar dominates, but it's a mixed night for Texas fighters

"...a record-breaking performance that ended with Edgar submitting Swanson via a neck crank with four seconds left in the..."

Nov. 24, 2014 Sports Post by Mac McCann

Watching the Watchmen

A crash course in privacy, in case you've been (not unreasonably) living under a rock

"...also the watchers, and we're documenting what we see via social media, stored as data...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Watch

This comedy is awfully lightweight although Richard Ayoade lends some spark to the goofy quartet.

"...genius in his native UK and, well, everywhere else via YouTube; see Garth Marenghi's Darkplace for proof positive.) Stiller,..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Serve Man

Briggo: an Austin company at the crossroads of taste, technology, and social interaction

"...splash of soy milk – and pay for it via your stored account. In a nearby kiosk, a robot..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Feature by MM Pack

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