Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...2014 is dead, done and gone. But we'll be living with the legacy..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The “world’s first Iranian feminist vampire spaghetti western” is a spooky doozy

"...Directed by: Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marno, Dominic..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...The fifteenth annual Fantastic Fest – the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Festival 2022: Queer for Fear

New Shudder series gives queer audiences a genre to call their own

"...From beginning to end it was clear that the ATX TV..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...Directed by: Hayden J. Weal. Starring: Thomas Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, Tōmairangi Ihaia, Jess..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...Directed by: Jack Henry Robbins. Starring: Mason McNulty, Rahm Braslaw, Lindsley Allen, Kerri Kenney,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...¡Silencio! Niños peligrosos jugando! 2) Parasite..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...1) Mad Max: Fury Road The alpha male riding shotgun to a woman in a..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Hungarian film about a Jewish prisoner conscripted to burn the Auschwitz dead finds moral redemption in the unimaginable...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...John Frusciante is pure music. On a hazy, Southern California summer morning on the Sunset Strip, in a..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mediocre Media '96

A Rough Beast Kicks in the Water

"...1996 may go down as the year when the gathering energies of the..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Chris Walters

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...Yunuen Alvarado sat motionless at her desk. The 18-year-old undocumented Texas..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Big Ups for ‘Detective Downs’

Norwegian P.I. at Fantastic Fest updates the gumshoe tradition

"...He wears a trench coat and fedora. With a cigarette dangling..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chris Jericho: From Y2J to 'Sin and Bones'

WWE superstar on touring and the next big things in wrestling and metal

"..."When I was a kid, I wanted to be in a rock and roll band, and I wanted to..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban

SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider

"...The most extreme six-week abortion ban in the country is..."

May 5, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Let Me Show You Something You May Have Missed

Sean Perry's photographs offer to show you familiar settings in a whole new light

"...Does the world need another photograph of Darrell K. Royal-Texas..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Magna Carda's To the Good People..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

SXSW Interview: Santigold

Philly pop songstress struggles with change on new disc 99¢

"...Since releasing her sophomore LP Master of My Make Believe..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Cop Car

Two boys go on the lam in Kevin Bacon's cop car

"...Directed by: Jon Watts. Starring: Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim and..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...just like every life has a history, but rarely do the two commingle to such a fantastic and phantasmagoric..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...The last time Jimmie Vaughan sat down with the Chronicle..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Slender Man

Creepypasta's most iconic creature hits the big screen

"...Directed by: Sylvain White. Starring: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair,..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Forget it, Jake; it's Sin City.

"...Directed by: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...It's difficult to think of a city more defined by its bars than..."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

SXSW Panel Recap: Does Satire Still Matter? Eh, Sure

The Onion writers question what's left to mock

"...As a political satirist, what do you do when your president is a walking..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Mary Tuma

Jennifer Sherburn’s Eleven Eleven: 02

Bold new dance series continues its planned 11-month reign of beauty

"...Maybe you remember when Austin’s Jennifer Sherburn did that incredible thing with a troupe..."

Dec. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eastside Trailer's Giant Spud Creations Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

The Southern fusion cuisine of Anything’s Baked Potato has earned its cult following

"...In the shadows of the Carver Museum and Cultural Center,..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Food Feature by Haris Qureshi

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