Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...the relationship between the Overlook Hotel and young Danny Torrance (played in brief flashbacks by Floyd, but as an..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Plane

Gerard Butler ages surprisingly well into elder action hero status

"...As commercial pilot Brodie Torrance, a widower with a college-age daughter and a history..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bring It On

Catfights, navel-baring, a Top 40 soundtrack, sugarcoated sentiments: Cheerleaders grab center stage.

"...guy, etc.), they do so engagingly. Kirsten Dunst, as Torrance, the cheerleading captain who must lead her squad to..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...1983 to document a year in the life of Torrance High in sunny Torrance, California. They gained access that..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

The Lighthouse

The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation

"...and shuffle-runs in pursuit of another. Ephraim, like Jack Torrance, is a character whose psyche has been fractured by..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pet Sematary

Latest Stephen King adaptation is a pretty good horror film, but nothing more

"...consciences; what makes someone like Louis Creed or Jack Torrance so terrifying is not the monster they become but..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Gay Place: Bless Me Sister

Watch our very own Weird City Sisters come up

"...The MJ Show MJ Torrance and special guests tinkle a range of classics, some..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW 2014 Interactive Awards

To the innovators go the spoils

"...EXPERIMENTAL Winner: Where is Danny Torrance?..."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...galore. As Jack Nicholson, unhinged as haunted alkie-author-cum-bad-dad Jack Torrance, makes his way toward the suite's bathroom, I quailed..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...TORA! TORA! TORRANCE!: Young, angry, libidinous Tora! Tora! Torrance! crosses prog-punk with..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...of this taken together, said Jim Mock, a former Torrance, California police officer turned nationally recognized drug recognition expert,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright at the Texas Film Awards

Ceremony celebrates Shelley Duvall, Erykah Badu, and Kaitlyn Dever while raising funds for filmmakers

"...place in movie history for her performance as Wendy Torrance in The Shining, the Ft. Worth native was a..."

March 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shelley Duvall, Erykah Badu To Be Honored at Texas Film Awards

Special screening lined up for Brewster McCloud

"...of course, all before a career-defining role as Wendy Torrance in The Shining – that is, for those of..."

Feb. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

SXSW keeps on trekking and we’re still here with your queer guide

"...Jan Seides hosts smokin' acts like Millicent Hughes, MJ Torrance, Dana McBride, and more! Fri., March 16, 6-10pm. BookWoman,..."

March 16, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I

Low-budget horrors for the scary season

"...Townsend's novel makes his desperation plausible. He's no Jack Torrance, talking to invisible guests: He needs this, and as..."

Oct. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"...After getting sober back home in Torrance, Calif., Kelly returned to Austin in 2008 to develop..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Gay Place: One Queered Up Year

This way a gay, that way a gay: Steer here, queers

"...Friends of Dozen Street Future of Air Travel, MJ Torrance, Datura, Sucka Please, MC Sweet Tea. Wed., March 18,..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Laissez Lez...

OUTsider, Valentine's and Mardi Gras make this one big gay week

"...up close and personal with the Bedposters with MJ Torrance and DJ Kid Gorilla. Thu., Feb. 12, 7-10:30pm. Dozen..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: $$ for Cats

Laugh out loud and support some baby Bobcats

"...personal with the BedPosters with a soundtrack of MJ Torrance and DJ Kid Gorilla. Thu., Feb. 12. Dozen Street,..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Announcing the Finalists for the SXSW Interactive Awards

The best of the cloud is coming to Earth

"...Fort McMoney Gumulon Papa Sangre II Where is Danny Torrance? Will Love Tear Us Apart..."

Feb. 3, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...of going to SST when SST was located in Torrance...."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...N.Y.) Fossil Collective (Leeds, England) Four Minutes Til Midnight (Torrance, Calif.) The 4onthefloor (Minneapolis, Minn.) Foxygen (New York, N.Y.)..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Went Black: Why Fantastic Fest is Motörhead…

…And vice versa.

"...Scatman Crothers when he gets "shined" by little Danny Torrance, all that matters now, all that remains, are the..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Gourds Are Austin's Best

Jan. 26, 2006 Postmarks

Shatner Awards

Jan. 24, 2006 Postmarks

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...California-27L.A. (Pasadena)James Rogan*Adam Schiff California-31L.A. (El Monte)NoneHilda Solis California-36L.A. (Torrance)Steve Kuykendall*Jane Harman California-49San DiegoBrian Bilbray*Susan Davis New York-2Central Long..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...in deep trouble in traditionally Democratic district California-36 L.A. (Torrance)R - Steve KuykendallTossupNCFDemocrat Jane Harman running for her old..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature

Scanlines

"...neither of them, but sweet, mop-headed Lloyd as Danny Torrance, the precognitic possessor of the "shining," whose twisted perception..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature