Fact or Fiction

"...Dear Editor I rely on the Chronicle to print enlightening and..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Postmarks

Fact or Fiction: Lights Out on ME TV?

Provocative post creates questions; TV Eye gets some answers

"...just came to TV Eye from Connie Wodlinger, executive director at ME Television: "I understand some misinformation has been..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Pulp Fiction

Tarantino's second feature film lights up the screen with the same blazing torch that it carries for the idea of the movies.

"...Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken and Bruce Willis. Screw pulp fiction. Make mine a valentine. A valentine to Pulp Fiction...."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sehr Flash: Fiction Becomes Music

Austin composer Russell Podgorsek teams with lit journal NANO Fiction to create short short stories with original scores

"...the atmosphere, to enhance the mood of whatever literary world you're diving into? Can a musical score complement a..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

Filmmaker Clay Liford on fan fiction from '50 Shades' to 'Star Trek'

"...My name is Clay, and my short film at Fantastic Fest this year is the one..."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Clay Liford

Plump Fiction

"...that says each person has their own personal heaven or hell preordained by the powers that be. Each heaven..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...and zombies: If these are a few of your favorite things, you're in luck. This weekend, the fourth annual..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Stranger Than Fiction

A good movie but not a great one, Stranger Than Fiction is reminiscent of the films of Charlie Kaufman but lacks that writer’s conceptual rigor and imaginative power.

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal,..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Worldbuilding With Science-Fiction Author Charlie Jane Anders

Signing for The City in the Middle of the Night at BookPeople

"...presidential hopeful Kamala Harris stated that climate change called for “science fact, not science fiction,” she probably expected some..."

Feb. 19, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...describe than it is to understand, this new cult favorite combines elements of science fiction, cyberpunk aesthetics, post-industrial moral..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Review: American Fiction

Uproarious erudite comedy gives the Black middle class a voice

"...American Fiction deals with a quaint notion, the idea of "selling..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Queer Lit: Gina Marie Guadagnino’s Debut Combines Lesbian Romance and Historical Fiction

The Parting Glass makes for an engaging, at times cheesy, read

"...I’m skeptical of historical fiction, having been burned far too many times by..."

March 4, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.

"..."50 Cent" Jackson, Terrence Howard, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Tory Kittles, Ashley Walters, Serena Reeder and Bill Duke. Jim..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

30 Minutes or Less

Jesse Eisenberg reunites with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for this action comedy about a hapless victim forced to rob a bank or be blown up.

"...as its central plot device had better be funny or, at least, thrilling. Otherwise, the narrative device will detonate..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction

"...his beloved Los Angeles. Anyone who has read the author of White Jazz, The Big Nowhere, or L.A. Confidential..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...you think, make you laugh, maybe make you cry or rage on behalf of the characters and situations therein?..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...Indeed there was, and had been for years. Brown's arrival coincided with the 20th anniversary of..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

American Fiction, American Reality

Cord Jefferson is putting the Black middle class back on the screen

"...Cord Jefferson has a knack for tackling social realities that..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Science Fiction Gets the Vapors

On steampunk

"..."We're living in science fiction," people like to say...."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson's literary comedy lets the Black middle class shine

"...Directed by: Cord Jefferson. Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross,..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Page Two: Fictional Fiction According to John Irving

Louis Black interviews his former writing teacher about his latest novel, Avenue of Mysteries

"...Man and The 158-Pound Marriage would follow, both to minor critical attention and not great commercial success. A decade..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Virgin Fiction

First-time publication is like a cotillion for writers, Martin Wilson writes as he reviews five new first novels. And debut novelists are the gussied-up belles at the ball, with butterflies in their stomachs, dreaming of the glorious future that awaits them.

"...Music for the Third Earby Susan Schwartz Senstad Picador USA, 255..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Young Adult Fiction

Mobley's mighty music

"...and they have stage flair. They're philanthropic, a model for emerging acts. A vitalizing force for making good on..."

Oct. 1, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Nisi Shawl Is Crossing the Streams of Fantastical Fiction

The Tiptree-winning author brings her new alt-history to the ATX

"...Malvern Books is a bookstore on 29th Street in Austin, Texas, where you can..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Downtown Owl: A Novel

In his fiction debut, pop-culture critic Chuck Klosterman carries over the best and worst of his distinctive voice

"...revealed his next book would be a piece of fiction, stating, "I often use my life as a literary..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Page Two: Life, Fiction, and Selling Out

Life, fiction, and selling out

"...in an unending series – collect them all ... or don't. It's up to you...."

March 31, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Fiction Favorites

From postapocalyptic islands to mining camps in Nevada, these novels will rock your world

"...duBois places – and wins handily – in her sophomore novel...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

Woodsburner: A Novel

Jumping off from Thoreau

"...a little-known event from the biography of Henry David Thoreau as a jumping-off point, local author John Pipkin produces..."

May 1, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch

Things That Came: It Might Be Science, But It Sure Ain't Fiction

'Videodrome' and 'They Live,' then and now

"...the face of what appears to be an imminent, real-world famine of historic proportions, the food of the future..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Five Pet Cats in Modern Fiction

And you won’t believe what happens to the third one

"...and all the rest of the content we’ve provided for the Chronicle’s Pet Issue, the first thing you’ll want..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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