Hitler's Hollywood

The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed

"...When dictators fall, what happens to the art created under their domineering control? Should it be suppressed?..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'Wild Beasts'

Five artists massage your corneas with vivid colors and Fauvist style

"...Art can seem mysterious at times, with all its various..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...Anyone who's ever taken a 19th or 20th century art-history class has probably felt a little inundated by the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

I'd Like to Thank ...

The 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Cap City Comedy Club...."

June 9, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club...."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mulan

"...an engrossing story, and a winning protagonist. Mulan is smart, brave, beautiful, and (it's about time!) not the least..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Hotel Eden

"...Yet it can also be enjoyed on an exclusively visual and aural basis, as a modern retlling of an..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Jason Eatherly and Dave Lowell: Depth & Decay"

A fluid, graphic quality keeps the dissimilar work of these artists cohesive and makes visual candy that is pretty delicious

"...& Decay" cohesive. This is important because the two artists' content is not especially similar. Lowell's The Ride, for..."

May 5, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Gay Place: Texas Is a Queer State of Mind

UT goes balls-out on Queer State(s)

"...balls-out exhibit of queer expression currently up at UT's Visual Art Center delicately refers to the video of Austin's..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

I Shutter To Think

Six photographers offer a snapshot of the state of the art

"...home to the world's first photograph, you'd think the art of the camera would rule. But despite the presence..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dark Streets

A collection of blues originals by the likes of Aaron Neville, B.B. King, and Etta James lightens this otherwise dreary exercise in modern film noir.

"...of cheesecloth, as if the search for the right visual complement to this tale of urban decay, melancholy, and..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...Ian Cion is for an art that is regional, for an art that utilizes technology;..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Articulations

The Great State

"...of the keystones of the new generation of Austin arts projects and one that is all the more important..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Whatever

"...affect the rest of their lives. Also, her film departs from the standard coming-of-age pack in its particular focus..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crumb

"...Starring: Robert Crumb and Aline Kominksy. R. Crumb: master cartoonist of the underground comix world. Even if you're not..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...Life: Clarity in an Age of Uncertainty, Bonnie Wan, partner and head of brand strategy at Goodby, Silverstein &..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

Inside

High-concept art heist flick is an arthouse dud

"...High above the city in a Manhattan penthouse, art thief Nemo (Dafoe) is tasked with stealing the priceless..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Hereditary

Toni Collette's burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror

"...It starts like a domestic drama: Annie (Collette) is a successful..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hot Summer Nights: Parquet Courts’ A. Savage

Texas native roosts locally on Saturday for free weekend

"...Austin Chronicle: How did this new project get started?..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...extra-heavy, metal machine music, and is something of an art prodigy and all-around Luciferian muse. A trim running time,..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CAMIBAart Gallery's Troy Campa

Troy Campa left behind a successful career in architecture to develop a new creative life with CAMIBAart Gallery

"...The upshot is a new voice in our city's visual arts scene: CAMIBAart Gallery, located at the Flatbed Press..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro goes Gothic, but falls short

"...leavened with a hint of Italian giallo, is a departure of sorts for the Mexican fantasist (and onetime Austinite)..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Common Purpose

Insights from Common House arts space

"...Airport Boulevard sits a very uncommon house. Full-time studio, part-time gallery, and temporary home for numerous visiting artists over..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Studio Visits: Rebecca Rothfus

This skilled painter and wizard at cutouts feels at home in her newly built studio at Canopy

"...Studio spaces in Austin are often visual indexes of the dozens of artists who have worked..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Dana Friis-Hansen

AMOA's former director presents his first independent show with an old friend

"...Dana Friis-Hansen left the post of Austin Museum of Art executive director in January, many Austinites feared the lack..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Working Homeless'

A new art exhibition speaks about and to people living on the streets

"...Daniel Rudin, a second-year graduate student in the studio art program at the University of Texas, has undertaken a..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Tiny Acts of Immeasurable Benefit'

Katie Pell's new exhibit channels the artist's positive energy and desire to celebrate everyone

"...then your life is full of epiphanies. San Antonio artist Katie Pell, whose exhibition with the utterly charming title..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Russian Ark

This tour de force of modern cinema is a technical feat filmed in one, uninterrupted, Steadicam take that leads us through a vivified tour of Russian history that wends through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

"...be said that even though Russian Ark is a visual spectacle and technical marvel to watch unfold, the film’s..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The legend of the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson abides in the performance of Johnny Depp.

"...portrait of the hallucinatory drug state. It's use of state-of-the-art visual technology to create such illusions as winged bats,..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

OUTsider Begins

Hold on to your manties, Austin's premier queer fest is here

"...This first-ever OUTsider boasts collaborative roots, a gang of artists on a mission to showcase queer artists and their..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

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