Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

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"...moral backbone in the years since Miss Dolly Parton’s comic classic premiered. Anything a shade bluer than a Sunday..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bow to the Grandmaster, Austin’s Best New Act Winner

11-piece group talks supergroups, self-mythology, and their “more than a band” family unit

"...(videography, editing), Nick Dow (guitar), and Quinn Decker (percussion, web design) – have captivated local audiences with this theatrical..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature by Catalina Perez

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"..."If you'd told me 12 years ago that Swingers' comic linchpin would end up helming one of the best,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Trailer: Brian Taylor's Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Austin filmmaker brings the demon hunter back to big screen

"...Austin-based filmmaker Brian Taylor has teamed with comics legend Mike Mignola to bring his greatest creation, Hellboy,..."

July 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David Dastmalchian Welcomes Satan to the Set of Late Night With the Devil

From Svengoolie to Carson, the hosts that made the horror

"...The Dark Knight. He's not just a face in comic adaptations, having voiced heroes and villains in multiple animated..."

April 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Madame Web

The Spidey-adjacent Madame Web isn't just bad, it's boring

"...meme-ification. A car crash would be more interesting. Madame Web is a fender bender – nothing calamitous, just a..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...of Warcraft, before there was even a World Wide Web, there was Dungeons & Dragons. Whether you’re a curious..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spy Kids: Armageddon Starts Its Mission This September

Fifth film in Robert Rodriguez's series heads to Netflix

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Aug. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"..."I've been making my friends uncomfortable at parties for..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...have been big-screen takes on D&D before, but like comic book movies in the 80s they rarely dragged themselves..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest

Because the best comedy always has a story to it

"...But what should you see on your tour of comic sketch talent? If only there was an alt-weekly who..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Cast List: Rose Byrne, Krew Boylan, Bobby Cannavale, Daniel Webber, Celeste Barber, Thomas Campbell (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Comedy Wham’s 200th Interview and Sixth Anniversary

Local epicenter of comedy celebration shines amidst the Fallout

"...favorite thing to hear when I talk to a comic I haven't met before is "Oooh, you're the one..."

Jan. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Is Live

On Story returns on PBS as fest announces live October dates

"...like New York’s Tribeca, Austin’s aGLIFF, and San Diego Comic-Con have announced in-person events for the upcoming summer and..."

March 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Feels Good, Man

The tragic story of Pepe the Frog

"...not how he started. Matt Furie, an unassuming indie comic artist, created the happily baffled amphibian, then built a..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...and editor of technical materials, a marketing specialist, a website developer, and a coordinator of contract proposals and other..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Six Local Books for Foodies for the Holidays

Texas food for the eyes and stomach

"...Here's the charming Ms. Johnson of the Hilah Cooking web series, with her third cuisine-based book. This one's a..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

One in a Crowd: "Dancers"

Short film needs your help to get en pointe

"...as her response. In the dramatic comedy short, stand-up comic Claire (Andreoni) ignores her own talents in favor of..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

An Evening With Chlane at ColdTowne Theater

In a light, enjoyable sketch show, comic couple Chloe and Lane Ingram show the cost to intimacy with just one person over others

"...would watch these two on their own sitcom or web series. But since that's not an option, you'd better..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The Great Feckin' Depression of Seamus O'Doherty

Th' dark-eyed Dubliner & his ginger mog: Captured by Austin's Izzi Ross

"...Seamus and Abbie, the first hardcover collection of the webcomic series by Austin’s Izzi Ross...."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 20 Hip-Hop Artists at SXSW Music

"...date, the San Franciscan's material references aliens, endangered species, web development language, and comic book trivia with wit and..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Faster Than Sound: Spider House Ballroom Will Cease Live Entertainment

Longtime local venue converts to arcade bar following co-owner misconduct allegations, code violations, and artist payment delays

"...Dorgan, who is banned from the property (see "Tangled Web," Dec. 21, 2018). In a meeting on the venue's..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Glass

M. Night Shyamalan's meta-comic trilogy crashes into Earth with a dull splat

"...to themselves? Picture Clark Kent forever oblivious to his dime-comic destiny or Bruce Wayne working a grinding day job..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doctuh Mistuh and Penfold Theatre's Nevermore

In Jonathan Christenson's musical, Edgar Allan Poe's life is imagined as a spooky, entrancing dance of the spirits

"...of Poe's youth embellish the misery with some grand comic excess: Suzanne Balling's Eliza, staring into the spotlight with..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Puns, Pigs, and Puppets in Austin Web Series Buckle Up

Ridesharin' dirty with writer Andy Silverman

"...Thankfully the new web series Buckle Up isn't a taxi version of the..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Gordon, Tony Greenhand, Ronnie Adrian, Udo Kier and Mark Webber...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eighth Grade

Modern middle school life has never been captured better

"...the screen of an electronic device, whether surfing the web for a new fingernail polish to wear to a..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...Cates was one of the hottest writers in independent comics. This week sees his first issue writing one of..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Teatro Vivo’s Enfrascada

Tanya Saracho’s dark comedy about moving on from heartbreak is staged with humor, honesty, and magic

"...downward until she finds herself trapped in the same web of magic she hoped would bring her beloved back...."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

DVDanger: Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD

New documentary on the influential and rule-breaking comic

"...Imagine comics with no Sandman. No Watchmen. No Preacher. That's a..."

May 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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