Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin Historic Site

Original Texas capital returns through new museum

"...the center of colonial Texas civilization with a new state-of-the-art museum...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Music Review: Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

Hyper-speed rapper subsumed by full band and tech issues

"...It all started out just fine...."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

“The Geometry of Space and Time” at Mexic-Arte Museum

Sebastián’s sculpture evokes string theory via concrete forms

"...It is sleek, dynamic, and well-integrated into the old part of an old city...."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...get rid of a stranger who won't leave his apartment...."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Studio Visits: Bethany Johnson

In a sharply divided two-room studio, Bethany Johnson slowly works herself out of a rut

"..."I remember in college leafing through an Artforum and not feeling too excited about anything," recalls Bethany..."

June 21, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

'Leticia Bajuyo: Event Horizon'

Wormholes and wonders await you in the air-conditioned womb of Women & Their Work

"...interior of Women & Their Work holds an enormous two-part sculpture called Event Horizon by Leticia Bajuyo, and, as..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Three Steps Forward, One Step Back

Various projects slated for I-35, Airport Boulevard, and Congress Avenue

"...City Council has finally approved funding and a June start for the I-35 Makeover Project, a symbolic reconnection of..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Talk to the Hand

The first ever Puppet Parts Film Festival

"...more in mind of a motorcycle-gang tough than an artist whose mission in life is to integrate puppetry into..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

A Look Back

"...SWAMP (Southwest Alternate Media Project), the Austin Museum of Art, Houston PBS, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston...."

April 28, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Latin Beat

"...crossing from Tinseltown's highest-paid Latina. Great production values, fine (computer-generated?) supporting cast, and a winning performance from Jenny. When..."

May 11, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...the days when François Truffaut sat around complimenting the artistry of his favorite Hollywood directors, the beast known as..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Y2Klean!

Follow Lorne Opler on his New Year's quest to make his laundry A-okay for A2K!

"...closet will only last about a week before I start to reverse my underwear and socks and wear them..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...people that even though blazing gunfights, asteroid explosions, and computer-generated animals may be very exciting, in trading special effects..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

All About Guitars

"...their backs where their wings meet. They deflate and start over, the layered cries echoing through the treetops...."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Postmarks

Nichols Is Biased

"...no mistake about it: The votes of the Dougherty Art Center, LACA, Comité en Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column

Scanlines

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

"...all-inclusive title. Though reasonably unified, the entirely autobiographical film (part one of a planned series), is best viewed as..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...NADJAD: Michael Almereyda; with Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze, Martin Donovan, Peter Fonda, Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn,..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...it goes away for whatever reason, I can always start my company then," he shrugs...."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Connective Issue

Web 2.0, online gaming, but everything's in-between

"...arguably serve a greater good in that they transcend art and enter the realm of information. Last I checked,..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Visions of This Town

Max Crace & the 1998 Austin Guitar Calendar

"...Wolfson As a highly successful commercial photographer and graphic artist, Max Crace is no stranger to deadlines. In his..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Scanlines

"...their help in providing videos and laser discs.) Aaron Eckhart and Matt Malloy letting it all hang out in..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature

I Want My MP3s

The rise and demise of Austin's once dominant file-sharing service, Audiogalaxy

"...genteel neighborhood just off Lamar. Behind the F8 Fine Art Gallery, the firm's doors face residential-style fences offering no..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Culinary Studies

Cooking Schools in Austin

"...was like, what was desirable or unique about a particular school, what one school offered that another did not...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...films like Long Shot, Good Boys, and The Disaster Artist, Rogen stars here alongside Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek, Beetlejuice..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why's Everybody Always Picking On Him?

David Sedaris on nitpicky fact-checkers and spiders' thighs

"...lining the walls to Sedaris' pen and then onto carts, which are then whisked away and taken downstairs. Sedaris..."

June 27, 2008 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Austin, Stacey Smith has been recognized as Best Female Artist at the Austin Hip-Hop Awards on numerous occasions. To..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The 11th Hour

Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

"...15 seconds of screen time. To get through one particular three-minute stretch of The 2 Bobs, more than 250..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Making Gestures

"'You can have my husband but please don't you mess with my man' is my kind of cheek," visiting Michener Center poet Heather McHugh says in an interview with Chronicle writer Lissa Richardson. "And cheek's my favorite part of a Texas anatomy."

"...McHugh is a Northerner at heart. Born in Canada and still maintaining dual citizenship, she..."

May 4, 2001 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Into the Pink

Interview With Filmmaker and Novelist Gus Van Sant

"...as a cast of characters with thinly veiled real-life counterparts...."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

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