Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 13-19

"...per hour, and black marlin fish go 80 mph. These animals are your spirit creatures in the coming weeks,..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Review: City Theatre’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night

They were all in love with dying, and they’re showing it in Texas

"...its own way.” Such is Eugene O’Neill’s Tyrone family. Their unhappiness may be as unique as Tolstoy’s Karenins and..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 1-7

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In old Hawaii, the people loved their deities but also demanded productive results...."

March 1, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Review: City Theatre Tackles a Nineties Relic

Good performances can’t save The Twilight of the Golds from its datedness

"...Often, art reflects a flashpoint in history, capturing the worries and concerns of an era. Sometimes those issues..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Anatomy of a Fall

French courtroom drama shows the truth of people is always complex

"...Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Antoine Reinartz, Saadia Bentaïeb and Messi...."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ride the Eagle

Jake Johnson gets his head straight in this comedic kin to Walden

"...“I wish I had dog brains half the time,” aging slacker Leif (the inimitable and always charming..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt

In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle

"...up in my life, I practiced until I got the hang of it."..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...year for Austin filmmakers, with releases from three of the highest-profile directors (Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Ric Roman..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis enter the Pershing to a backslapping barrage of greetings. The couple..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Penfold Theatre's Henry V

This production in the park makes Shakespeare’s epic history into a satisfying show for a summer evening

"...and it's time for war. Six actors make up the cast in Penfold Theatre Company's condensed version of Shakespeare's..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...RUNNERS-UP: Zach Ernst (Antone's, Paramount Theatre), Adrienne Lake (Empire Control Room, Parish), Levi Murray (Electric..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Rogers Park

Love dies on the North side of Chicago.

"...and Grace (Sevigny) have been married for 10 years; the passion has withered and there are financial woes. Grace’s..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Austin Music Industry Award Winners Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, music writer, and more honored

"...as much hoopla as this Wednesday's Austin Music Awards, the Industry Awards go to the clubs, radio stations, visual..."

Feb. 25, 2018 Music Post by James Renovitch

50 Margaret Moser Cover Stories

"...Austin's 13th Floor Elevators, music to carry you to the next life” (Aug. 13, 2004)..."

June 29, 2017 Photo Gallery

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...Sweetly and appropriately the celebration of the extraordinary life of Margaret Moser continues..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...The Austin Music Awards ceremony isn't until next week, but..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1984: LeRoi Brothers, Angela Strehli, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Almost Christmas

Home for the holidays (again)

"...in this ambling comedy about a spirited family holiday gathering. The formula is an old chestnut, but writer/director David..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday SOS Interview: Car Seat Headrest

Will Toledo's bedroom confessional becomes a rock brigade – with empathy!

"...That's the hope of Car Seat Headrest brainchild Will Toledo, anyway...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Johnny Nicholas

"..."Roll, and I'll just feel something" begins the Vaughan Brothers' 1990 landmark Family Style, codifying the blues..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Don't Think Twice

In this comedy about comedy, Mike Birbiglia nails what's funny and true

"...writer/director Mike Birbiglia mines what he knows: stand-up comedy. The characters and settings of both films are based on..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch

Girls and Togetherness: straight white people crying

"...Like a confused Ben Carson pausing at the periphery of a double-Dutch game, unsure when to jump..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Playback: Bavu Blakes Carpes the Diem

Bavu Blakes seizes his own day, Shakey Graves lands an Austin City Limits taping, and the Saxon Pub turns 25

"...conglomeration of rappers and junior high students amassed in the lobby of City Hall...."

May 1, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...Some insist that the Texas state capital doesn't have a music industry infrastructure..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Theory of Everything

Based on Jane Hawking's memoir about her marriage to the scientist Stephen Hawking, this film really shows what goes into a relationship.

"...Marsh. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, David Thewlis, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake and Emily Watson...."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jess Klein’s Leap of Faith

After 15 years ‘I’m just gonna do and say whatever I want’

"...Thursday night at Strange Brew, Jess Klein celebrates the release of Learning Faith, produced by her manager Mark..."

July 2, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Le Week-End

A long-married couple amusingly dance toward the kind of despair borne from overfamiliarity.

"...Nick (Broadbent) before we see him as he makes the sound of something between a grunt and a sigh...."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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