SXSW Film Review: The Greatest Hits

Love means never having to flip to the B side

"...when a sudden flash from our personal past overwhelms the present. In the romantic drama The Greatest Hits, however,..."

March 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...severe drought conditions seem to be improving. In December, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District declared a Stage 4..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature

Catch the Holiday Hullaballoo, Win Free Home Slice Pizza for a Year, Check Out the Newest Cambria Hotel, Know That Counter Culture Will Return, and More …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 29, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Loren Hosts the Milk Bar, Bar Peached Brings the Fall Harvest, Perry’s Goes Mexican with Verdad, 12 Days of Free Lunch Is on Its Way, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 21, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...Horror in the theatre can be challenging to execute...."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Storing Vintage Wine, Celebrating Italian Style, Cheesing National Queso Day, Tiki-ing Up the Roosevelt, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Sept. 6, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Tribune Lays Off Journalists and Entire Copy Desk

Colleagues call it “a mistake” and “incomprehensible”

"...Another legacy newsroom has joined the alarming industry-wide trend of..."

Aug. 23, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

To Catch a Killer

Formulaic killer-with-a-gun drama has the guts to defetishise firearms

"...nearly a decade since we’ve heard form Damián Szifron, the innovative zany director of the Oscar-nominated anthology Wild Tales...."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...Red River Street and beyond for booking agent- and genre-themed showcases alike...."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

Day Trips & Beyond: Love Lock Bridges in Texas

A guide to "love locks" (and rocks) across the state

"...Learn all about the tradition and where you can take part in it,..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Holiday Eventsoff the Beaten Path

Suggestions for those who have done every merry thing

"...As the weather gets colder (and then randomly hotter), the Austin..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

Suerte’s Patio Opens, Thanksgiving Gobbles Hard, Otoko Brands a Sake, Nido and Industry Get All Brunchy, Aviary Collabs Supercharge Sunday Nights, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 16, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Alchemy Theatre's The Virgin Trial

Elizabeth I's violent life reimagined as part The Crown, part Criminal Minds

"...plays, dramatizing five generations of medieval power struggles for the British throne, focus largely on the kings. In more..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Chef Tony’s Giving Us the Side Eye, Texas Hill Country Wineries Are Metal AF, We’re Foodily Fighting the SCOTUS, an NYC Barman Totally Crushed That Garrison Bros. Bourbon Brawl, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

July 6, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Steve Earle, Fresh Off Jerry Jeff Tribute, Deepens Songbook at Gruene Hall

Vagabond resilience & bristling resistance potently commune

"...Jeff Walker. Friday night, at a sold-out Gruene Hall, the San Antonio-raised folksinger ultimately proved his own twang the..."

June 27, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh gets multiversal in this incredible comedy

"...Everything Everywhere All at Once opens, suitably enough, with the camera going through the mirror. That’s a not-so-subtle way..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Daniels, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan live up to the title

"...The opening night film of any festival should define it,..."

March 12, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

What We're Listening to Right Now

Medellin Collection, Kady Rain, David Ramirez, Slomo Drags, Whitmore Sisters, and User Unauthorized

"...On the first song of a debut album, the Medellin Collection..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Half-Price Pizza, SXSE Laotian Party, Boozy Miracle on Fifth Street, the Embiggening of Micklethwait's, Hex Kitchen Sorcery, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings:..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Q&A: Claudia Black on Time Now

When picking people and places is as important as the script

"...There are a lot of reasons why an actor takes..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...Two instant Oscar hopefuls have been added to the Austin Film Festival, with the addition today of Wes..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw

A nightmare in nineteenth century New York

"...That there was little pure about American's Puritan roots is a..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...years later, he built himself a grand house at the corner of West Avenue and 15th Street, at the..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Boogie

Love and basketball in Queens as a story of Asian-American integration

"..."They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review 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

New TV and Streaming Shows to Catch in February

Plus 2020’s year-end best movies debut on streaming services

"...your media diet, returning shows to welcome back to the rotation, and the at-home debuts of a handful of..."

Feb. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Roosevelt Room Pivots Without Sacrificing Craft Cocktail Experience

Crafting COVID-era accommodations

"...It's the necessary new normal: temperature checks at the door, masked..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Food Feature by David Brendan Hall

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...Anna and the Apocalypse..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Checking In: Bonnie Whitmore Sticks to What She Does Best

“I’m hoping to have a lot more stories to share after all this”

"...Assesses Doug Freeman to open a lead review in the Chronicle on news stands now: “Bonnie Whitmore works musical..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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