DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I

Low-budget horrors for the scary season

"...hand-crafted graveyard. Sometimes that's true for horror films too: the lower the budget, the bigger the ingenuity...."

Oct. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...FATHER OF THE BRIDE PART IID: Charles Shyer; with Steve..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New York and L.A...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Huey Lewis & the News, who play the Long Center Wednesday, might be..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...Nineteen ninety-six was the year we remembered the millennium. It came..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jazz Sides

"...which is in essence a traditional trumpet kicked through the grid of William Gibson's music shop. Six valves, three..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

National Top 10s

National Top 10s of 2006

"...7) Irving, Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers (Eenie Meenie)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...Thursday 15 - Sunday 18, the Vortex..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...More book than box per se, The Disco Box, compiled by Billboard and A&R veteran Brian..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Marc Maron, Nikki Glaser Headlining Inaugural Moontower Just for Laughs Festival

Amped-up comedy fest adds over 100 comics and podcasts

"...inaugural festival (running across downtown Austin April 13-24), and the headliner list includes Marc Maron, queen of the roast..."

Jan. 19, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

My Obsession: Time Travel in Movies

Falling down the wormhole of chronophysics in film

"...The flapping wings of a butterfly can cause a hurricane..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Column by Bears Fonté

On an Adventure With Sam Neill

Revisiting the ripping yarn with the "Jurassic Park" star

"...fleeing dinosaurs in Jurassic Park to Oscar-lauded films like The Piano and historical dramas like The Tudors, Sam Neill..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...“Hello from the sunny, COVID-free East coast of Australia,” emailed Acey Monaro..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW blurbing

"...Picks Peterson Brothers..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...When it comes to getting Texas the respect it deserves in the world of literature, there's..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

Culture Flash! March 2016

Honors for Dietz, compassion for ASO, and China for the ballet

"...recognition for a local playwright, an international premiere for the symphony, and a very special trip for the ballet's..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Listings

Blurbing Friday ACL

"...marinates in enough reverb to leave a tart aftertaste. The Brooklyn duo's The Swamp EP balances folk pop with..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for the..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...call from Jerry Wexler: Gerald Wexler, born 1917 in the Bronx to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Is This?

"...fouled by toxic chemicals spewing forth runoff waste from the gutters of punk rock? What is this creature rising..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hot Luck Announces Chef and Music Lineup

Tickets are on sale now for Aaron Franklin’s party of the year

"...announcement confirms what we’ve known since last year’s extravaganza: There’s no chance of a sophomore slump for the much-anticipated..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...1. The Sweet Hereafter (39) 2. Hands on a Hard Body..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...By the winter of 1977, when the Rolling Stones entered EMI's..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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