Lit-urday: The Same Sky

Compassion on divergent paths powers Amanda Eyre Ward's novel

"...a good book – let's call it Lit-urday. Maybe the thing to make you feel better about your week..."

Aug. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Midnight Sky

George Clooney saves humanity from an Earth that no longer wants it

"...has been convinced, at some point, that it represents the end times - either as the peak of experience,..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How a Joke on Facebook Became a Punk Album With 17 Covers of the Same Song

Austin punks offer takes on Worm Suicide song "Babies Ruin Bands"

"...Most people scrolling through social media read the joke or click the GIF and move on. This..."

April 5, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Song Remains the Same

Led Zeppelin reunion boot

"...Zeppelin bootlegs prove beyond a scintilla of doubt that the second greatest English quartet were a mixed bag live...."

Feb. 13, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...With perfect poise, Sky Saxon sits cross-legged atop a bed of brown and..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015

Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books

"...In my favorite 2015 read, Joe Lansdale takes on the mythically true-ish story of Nat Love, an African-American marksman..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Flight of the Innocent

"...Jacques Perrin. Ten-year-old Vito (Colao) lives in Calabria, in southern Italy, a place where the sun bakes sleepy villages..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...Ah, young love. Whatever would we do without it? The multi-award-winning Swedish film Let the Right One In could..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...What event could bring together Gary Hart and John Sununu, Jonathan Lethem and Lemony..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 24th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2015 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...You've heard them, right? The voices you can't get out of your..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...Each member of Explosions in the Sky is branded with the same emblem: the black..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Sky Fall

Bradley Wiggins 86'ed from Sky Tour de France team

"...There has always been speculation about the power dynamic between..."

June 9, 2014 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Vanilla Sky

"...thought it was an odd choice for him. At the time, the director had just released the rock &..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Bringing Joy to Grief in Apple TV+'s The Sky Is Everywhere

And B. Iden Payne winner Jacques Colimon is the sun

"...Colimon turned heads over Valentine's weekend as one of the romantic leads of the strange and luscious new drama..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sky Cinemas Closes

Dripping Springs theatre forced out over rent during shutdown

"...was inevitable but still tragic that cinemas - among the first businesses to close and the most complicated to..."

May 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...Red Elk. This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...a passionate birder is likely to be interrupted by the birds nearby. Jane Tillman, a master naturalist and one..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Sacred & Profane: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Two full nights of damnation, retribution, and inner demons

"...Shaking the ACL Live at the Moody Theater temple Saturday and..."

July 21, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Review: “If the Sky Were Orange”

Journalist Jeff Goodell curates the Blanton’s call to action on climate change

"...The title of the Blanton Museum of Art's ongoing exhibition..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Lina Fisher

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...this upbeat documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl in the remote Altai Mountains who flouts centuries of tradition to..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

You Just May Be the One

A Monkees playlist of Michael Nesmith country rockers.

"...story isn’t a culmination of knowledge or reporting, but rather a passageway into the subject. Being a Michael Nesmith..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...Hey, true believers, are you ready for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? This being the 32nd movie in..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...search of hot coffee and warm flesh – apparently the undead no longer crave cigarettes – is just one..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dune 2 Cinematographer Greig Fraser Makes the Desert a Home

Oscar-winner discusses the challenges of balancing projects

"...can lead to a packed calendar. Take Greig Fraser, the Oscar-winning cinematographer behind the look of The Batman, Zero..."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...filled with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

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