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.

"...Directed by: Spike Jonze. Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Pepita Emmerichs and Steve Mouzakis. “Be..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where the Wild Things Are

The 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival features more female athletes, more mindfulness, and more emotion

"...Like an epinephrine shot, the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival is set to rev..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

We Have an Issue: Where the Wild Things Are

What's going on at Texas Memorial Museum?

"...There are newer and fancier museums to choose from, but..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Where the Wild Things Roamed: Visiting "The Misfits" Shooting Set

Savlov visits the set of John Huston's "The Misfits"

"...bone-brown brush and tufts of spiny desert thistle dot the landscape, which rises in slow-building slopes before descending down..."

June 28, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Where the Wild Things Blog

What we're afraid of finding – or who we're afraid is finding us – when we tell stories on the Web

"...If 2006 was the year blogs really made it onto the Interactive agenda,..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin

The Chronicle's film critics count off their favorites of the year

"...In the world of film, it was the year of the..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Beards Are

Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's unlikeliest new stars

"..."There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

In Search of the Wild Art

'Cracks in the Pavement' leaves art objects in unexpected spaces throughout the city

"...Where does art belong?..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring – survival..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Wild, Wired West

CD-ROMs Make Virtual History

"...Not since the inven- tion of barbed wire has technology flashed across..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Feature

Into the Wild

Balmorhea might not be one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, but it scored the movement

"...Beneath the bridge that divides Columbus, Texas, the Colorado River treads..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Where the Sea Used to Be

"...Ah, wilderness.The uncharted wild is not only Rick Bass' favorite subject,..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Books Review

Wild Thing, We Surely Loved You

RIP Maurice Sendak

"...News came of Maurice Sendak's passing after the workday started, which means the collective calling-in-sick-and-cuddling-up-to-his-books will have..."

May 8, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

To the Wonder With Austin-Made Movie The Adventures of Thomas and Felix

Director Micah Barber finds inspiration in the questions kids ask for his magical fantasy

"...They say that making a movie is kind of like..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting father to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

"Valerie Fowler: Nature and Other Stories" at the Butridge Gallery

The art here tells local stories but is universal in ways that are loud, strange, and reverent for uncontrolled nature

"...I'm used to seeing images of Austin. Most of them are straightforward, really wanting to be pretty and recognizable..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Critics Picks for the Week: Jan. 1-7

"...Marjorie Baumgarten Where the Wild Things Are Me and Orson Welles An..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Movie Review

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 8..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Luv Doc: Debbie Downers

It is truly fascinating to witness the beautiful butterfly squeeze back into an ugly caterpillar

"...have Wednesday wine nights at various places around town where we get together and drink wine and catch up..."

May 25, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Wild Wild West

"...Salma Hayek, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline and Will Smith. The pillaging of classic (and in this case, not-so-classic) television..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the business, $3 million should go directly to musicians who..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...The longtime countercultural icon – an early member of the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wayne Alan Brenner's 10 Favorite Arts-Related Things of 2019

Kinetic performances and galleries mounting great show after great show kept the year exciting

"...1) RUB A DUCK (Frank Wo/Men Collective) The collective's most recent kinetic visitation into our mundane realm..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Every Northern European culture knows that Robert Frost was wrong. The..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...into San Marcos Sunday morning, May 24, evidence of the previous night's storm was strewn all over the highway...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Page Two: The Art of Surprise

S.R. Bindler's Surfer, Dude continually pulls off the unexpected

"...The Austin Film Society is hosting a special premiere screening..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

“Valerie Fowler: The Story of the Deer in the Road”

Wonderfully painted memories of where the wild (and even-toed ungulate) things are

"...It's time to play another game of Good, Better, Best...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...sloshed some on my shirt. "I'm a mess," I declared. "Maybe you better kiss me now."..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...Let's be honest, no one is really ready for the holidays this year. It's hard to get festive when..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »