Hyenas
Hyenas 1992, NR, 113 min. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, Starring Ami Diakhate, Mansour Diouf. Mambéty transfers Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s tragi-comic play The Visit from Switzerland to Senegal. An economically depressed village hopes that a new rich resident, who in her youth was a town beauty, will share her wealth. But first she wishes to correct…
Top 10 Individual Artists of 2004
1) Beverly Penn 2) Marc Silva 3) Stella Alesi 4) David Leonard 5) Sean Perry 6) Young-Min Kang 7) Meggie Chou 8) Roi James 9) Gabel Karsten 10) Candace Briceno Honorable mentions: Willie Varela (Mexic-Arte Museum) Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (Austin Museum of Art) “Lounge!” (Arthouse)
Top 10 State Stories
Our state leaders bumble through the year
DiG!
DiG! transcends the typical “rock movie” format and aspires to something greater: an examination of why we create and what we receive from art.
Top 10 Installation Art Pieces of 2004
Rachel Koper lists her favorite group exhibitions of 2004
Top 10 Media Stories
The year in print and broadcasting
Red Lights
Leave it to the French to fashion an anguished psychological thriller that, in its last moments, also turns out to be a tender love story.
Top 7 Individual Artists of 2004
Rachel Koper lists her favorite individual artists of 2004
Top 10 Election Moments: From Their Lips to God’s Ear
From their lips to God’s ear
Top 4 Classical Music Forces (and Visual-Art Event) of 2004
Honestly, when it comes to classical music in Austin, rare is the occasion that does not live up to expectations. That said, of dozens of events attended in 2004 – theatre, classical music, and even the occasional visual art exhibit – the excellence of the local classical music scene stands out. 1) Jenifer Thyssen (Le…
Top 10 Law Enforcement/Public Safety Stories
Year in review for cops and firefighters
Page Two
Gratitude and goodbye to Will Eisner, whose comic ‘The Spirit’ is the epitome of great American art
Top 10 Drug-War Stories
Struggling against the hysteria
The Dependables and the Discoveries
The year in food, 2004
Letters at 3AM
This month celebrates the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’ ‘Don Quixote,’ the first great novel of Western literature and the most prophetic, in which deconstruction, postmodernism, and literary theory wind up bumping into one another and falling down hard
Top 10 Reasons to Give It Up and Turn Republican
Stop fighting it
Never Say Die!
Austin’s arts scene plays ‘the comeback kid’ in 2004
About AIDS
Got medications you don’t need? Don’t throw them away! They could make the difference between life and death for HIV-infected people in poorer countries. Access to medications is one of the biggest problems facing HIVers in less-developed nations. Fortunately, several organizations will take unneeded pills and ship them to doctors and patients in places where…
Top 10 Reasons I’m Leaving the ‘Chronicle’
Mike Clark-Madison has left the building
Top 10 Performances That Transported Me in 2004
Robert Faires lists his favorite theatre, dance, and classical productions of 2004
After a Fashion
Stephen gives you 10 good reasons to love our culture. Oh wait, those aren’t good reasons.
Naked City
Happenings from Austin and beyond
Each in Its Own Language
The year in books, 2004
Day Trips
A look back at 2004
A Dog Law With Teeth
Travis County tries to collar loose dogs
Texas Top 10s
The Chronicle music staff picks its Texas Top 10
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Deadly dental plaque, world’s wealthiest pals, and burnt matches on an ironing board
Wild Horses Into French Fries?
The Bush administration refuses to protect wild horses
National Top 10s
‘The Chronicle’ Music staff’s Top 10 national albums
Soccer Watch
Top 10 Stories of 2004
The Hightower Report
The Pentagon bills an injured soldier, and Home Depot gets a tax break
TCB
Closing out a turbulent year
Apeman Hop
An extended music haiku for 2004
Anybody’s Home?
The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert’s ‘The Last Days of the San José’
Few ‘Sideways’ Glances
The critical consensus at ‘The Austin Chronicle’ deems ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ the best movie of the year
10 Locals To Catch Up With
1) What Made Milwaukee Famous, Trying to Never Catch Up 2) The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Discovered Covered (Gammon) 3) Gibby Haynes & His Problem (Surfdog) 4) The Arm (Last Gasp) 5) Grady, Y.U. So Shady? 6) Nick Curran & the Nightlifes, Player! (Blind Pig) 7) Eve Monsees & the Exiles (Serpent) 8) Darden Smith,…
With A Little Help From His Friends
Children’s author Trevor Romain tries out DVD
Top 10 Most Memorable Theatrical Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2004 (A Hierarchical List)
Barry Pineo lists his favorite stage productions of 2004
‘Apeman Hop’ Lyrics
(by Dee Dee Ramone) He’s got so many problems, you can count them one by one. He’s a filthy, stupid apeman, he never has any fun. He lives in the jungle, in a cave by a hill, Plays an old log drum, he’s primitive, barely human. Apeman hop, apeman hop. Paint the face of a…
Film News
Despite a forlorn fall, Austin racked up its second best film year ever in 2004, and, cross your fingers, 2005 is starting off strong
Top 10 Performances of 2004 That I Ruminate Over After the Dust Has Settled
Heather Barfield lists her favorite stage performances of 2004
Critics Poll
The ‘Chronicle’s music staff rates the best local and roadshows, new acts, and more
TV Eye
Just before I threw out her TV (or at least thought about it), I looked back at television in 2004
Top 9 Group Exhibitions of 2004
Jacqueline May lists her favorite individual artists and group exhibitions of 2004
Top 10 Local Stories
Central Texas in 2005
White Noise
That droning sound you hear is White Noise.
