SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Missing shouldering your way through the South by Southwest crowds?..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Blanton Museum Undertakes a $35 Million Makeover of Its Grounds

With the international architectural firm Snøhetta, the UT museum will add community spaces and art to its outdoor experience

"...Being inside the Blanton Museum is a great experience...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...El Federico wasted no time making his feelings known about the pandemic. No sooner had..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...The law is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners

Austin-linked films Blinders, Horton Foote win

"...Tragic diving documentary Dave Not Coming Back, and family drama Paper..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housing Casts Shadows on Council's Preelection Agenda

The home stretch

"...brief, 44-item agenda to get through today, Oct. 29, leaving the four incumbent members on the ballot plenty of..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Checking In: Kalu James Brews Up Some Strong Juju

And soothes us through the valley of the shadows of death

"...2017 LP Time Undone put Austin’s Kalu James on the national map with..."

June 19, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tainted

Cold Canadian crime drama wears its sins on its sleeves

"...Directed by: Brent Cote. Starring: Alan Van Sprang, John Ralston, Sara Waisglass, Lina Roessler,..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Is Who We Are #11: Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre's blood pudding

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and..."

May 26, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...This is a story where we don’t know how it ends. It starts in August..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Book Review: The Body Double

Emily Beyda's debut novel is ready for its close-up

"...You remember the final scene of Sunset Blvd.. Norma Desmond is at..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...I had to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"Ashley Benton + Christopher Lee Gilmer" at Wally Workman Gallery

Art is, we’ll insist, transcendent when its foundation is skill and passion

"...Some art just looks like art, you know what I mean?..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...The illustration came into my possession last Monday morning...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2019

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

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dance Repertory Theatre's 2019 Fall for Dance

In works ranging from tender to tense, the student dancers in the UT Department of Theatre & Dance embodied the spirit of "I can do anything"

"..."I can do anything."..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...If you can't laugh at evil, what can you do? That's the message of Jojo Rabbit...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jojo Rabbit

Anti-hate satire in the ruins of the Reich finds heart and humor in the chaos

"...Directed by: Taika Waititi. Starring: Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hunting Down the Clickbait Beast in The VICE Guide to Bigfoot

Zach Lamplugh and Brian Emond are on the case at the Austin Film Festival

"...There are many things that can be said about Bigfoot...."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Esther's Follies Meets Scooby-Doo in The Haunting of the Tavern

In this new murder mystery comedy, chasing Emily the ghost leads to some real high jinkies!

"...Is that the Mystery Machine parked in front of the Tavern?..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Day Shall Come

British satirist Chris Morris puts a human face on security theater

"...Directed by: Christopher Morris. Starring: Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks, Denis O'Hare and..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi takes on hate and Hitler with humor and pathos

"...With the real world in literal flames and global politics riven..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Paper Chairs Makes Theatre With a Little Lone Star Surregionalism

The Texas premiere of Will Arbery’s Plano play knows place like home

"...It could be that you don't realize it yet, citizen, but there's something about Plano..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 8-14

"...Since July Is Crime Month at the Chronicle, the ruffians..."

July 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"Likesness" at Northern-Southern

In this group exhibition, people who depict people are the luckiest people in the world

"...by a man who commits graphic design for a living, and when that gallery is mostly known for its..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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