Point Austin: So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Ya

After a couple of decades … bidding farewell

"...“Point Austin” column, and it marks my formal step into retirement from The Austin Chronicle. I’m not entirely done..."

March 27, 2020 News Column by Michael King

Amy Gentry on Good as Gone

This Austin author didn't set out to make her first novel a thriller, but now that it's out, she's good with that

"...speakers, I sat with former Chronicle columnist Amy Gentry to discuss her debut novel, Good as Gone. The Houston..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2021

Which films did you care most about as the pandemic rolled on?

"...Yet it wasn't just big releases: From indie horrors to Yaoi anime, here are the 10 reviews by the..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

A Shaggy Dog Tale in Norwegian Mindbender Good Boy

Writer/director Viljar Bøe explains life inside a dog costume

"...of all time. It's also the casting call for Good Boy, the new film by writer/director Viljar Bøe. But..."

Sept. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity’s 2020 Guide to Gifting Queerly and Locally

Gifting queer cheer after one helluva year

"...It’d be an understatement to call 2020 a $hit$how of a year. If there’s..."

Dec. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Review: Good Boy

It's pet vs. poltergeist in ghost story with a twist

"...It’s a moment that’s universal to all pet owners: the way an empty corner or..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Alejandra Martinez

Danny and Michael Philippou Say Talk to Me

Creators of the new A24 horror on the foolishness of youth

"...In new A24 horror, Talk to Me, the greatest peril is not the supernatural force..."

July 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Something Vaguely Comprehensible

Sometimes what you believe to be your strength is actually a weakness

"...I crushed hard on a local girl from my hometown this summer and it's tumbled me into a female..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...You want to read books that enrich your life? That make you..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Opinion: Gratitude Is Good for You

It’s the perfect time to thank the people in our lives who never get enough recognition

"...in our lives that we don't get a chance to pause for a second, take a step back, and..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by Kriya Handa

Are Republicans Trying to Kill Voter ID?

"The target keeps moving on me" complains Elections committee chair

"...Todd Smith is getting exasperated. You can hear it in..."

May 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Page Two: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Free speech: Do we have to spell it out for you? Plus, a farewell to a great American filmmaker.

"...love him tenderly when abruptly he takes Natalie Wood into his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?"..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

An Austin D.A. Turns to Detective Novels

Q&A with Mark Pryor on his Paris-set Hugo Marston mysteries

"...former journalist turned lawyer who now works as a prosecutor for the Travis County District Attorney's Office. He writes..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Why I Read ...

"...What have some local writers and literary folk been reading this year and how have their readings influenced their..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...it in the script. But even calling their show Urinetown: The Musical couldn't keep audiences away or keep theatres..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good

Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang brings his newest work to Austin

"...Luen Yang's Boxers and Saints is physically heavy enough to be used as a doorstop and narratively deep enough..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Editor’s Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Q&A: Sealed Room Terror in We Need to Do Something

Max Booth III and Sean King O'Grady close the bathroom door

"...Whatever you do, if you watch We Need to Do Something, do not repeat the supernatural incantation that..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Allies in the Industry

Giving Austin actresses a seat at the table

"...15 Austin actresses of various racial backgrounds sat down to read through a screenplay by Jonny Mars and Joshua..."

March 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

What Happens to Us

First Place winner

"...tell anyone about the list, but if I had to, I would rather tell Madeline than my mother. I..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessica Rutland

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...How is it that the World Horror Convention happens to be taking place in Austin this year, and how..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Why We Listen to What They Say

"...years now, starting as a geeky idealist and evolving into a perceptive cultural critic with an international reputation. Earlier..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

How to Adult: Advice for New Grads, and Anyone Else Still Trying to Figure This Thing Out

100 things we know now that we wished we knew then

"...great, but we’re on a budget. (Whoops, we meant to include that, too. #101: Make a budget.) Thing is,..."

May 10, 2024 Features Feature by the Editorial Staff

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...fantasy thriller crossed with cultural critique, and it seemed to go all over the map. An interesting map, and..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

It's a Mystery to Me

"...snotty conceit that all genre fiction is somehow inferior to so-called "literary" fiction, that Hammett was a hack, that..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019

A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest

"...a crush on. Most likely, they’re just real damn good...."

March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2023

A-bombs and b-movies were what you were interested in this year

"...the year's biggest movies were, and now we're starting to see what the year's most critically acclaimed and award-winning..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

David X. Cohen Brings Futurama Back to the Future

ATX Television Festival brings some of the cult show's voice actors together for a table read

"...That's old news to Futurama, the cult favorite science-fiction animated series about a..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2015

How to enrage God's flock in 322 words or less

"...“Most-read” is not the same as “most-liked” – indeed, readers..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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