Hyperreal Film Club
Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 38, Number 42
Issue Supplement
First Plates 2019
ON THE COVER:
news
Austin at Large: Money Changes Everything
Or, scenes from the class struggle in Silicon Hills
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Supreme Court Weighs in on Fetal Burial Law
Indiana law upheld, Texas suit to move ahead
BY MARY TUMA
Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett Demand Voter Purge Documents
If state leaders have "nothing to hide, why wouldn't they turn those documents over?"
BY MARY TUMA
Mixed-Use Riverside Project Moves Forward
Planning Commission recommends rezoning to Council
BY MICHAEL KING
Former Austin Firefighter Faces New Sex Charges
Marcus Reed now accused of indecency with a child and aggravated perjury
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council Members Look to Tax Previously Exempted Waterfront Homes
Correcting the "Mistake on the Lake" could fund city initiatives
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Battle Lines Drawn on Convention Center Expansion
Arguments escalate on how to spend hotel occupancy tax revenue
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Despite Protests, Leander's Drag Queen Story Hour Will Go On
Local church saves event
BY MEGAN MENCHACA
LGBTQ Activists Urge AISD to Better Support Queer Youth
Activists want AISD to do more with church money
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Concrete Mix Plant Vexes Southwest Neighbors
Residents concerned over safety, noise, and pollution
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
FIRST PLATES 2019
Over 100 of the Best and Brightest Restaurants in Austin
Our favorite restaurants broken down by neighborhood
The Top 10 Austin Restaurants According to the Chronicle Food Editor
Jessi Cape names her favorite eateries of 2019
BY JESSI CAPE
A Beginners Guide to Japanese Food in Austin
Where to find traditional dishes beyond sushi and ramen
BY JESSIKA ROTH
10 Global Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets to Spice Up Your Kitchen
Scale up from that upcycled wine bottle rolling pin
BY EMILY BEYDA
A New Wave of Elegant Dinnerware in Austin
Eliana Bernard elevates everyday dining
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
14 Fabulous International Bakeries Right Here in Austin
From macarons to kolaches to milkshake cookies, we got you covered
BY EMILY BEYDA
17 Austin Bars With Great Food and Drinks
These one-stop shops are known for more than booze
BY EMILY BEYDA
Taste of Black Austin: Joi Chevalier Talks Green Book
Honor the story of African American travelers during Jim Crow
BY SYDNEY GREENE
InterStellar BBQ Shoots for the Stars
The team behind Noble Sandwich brings traditional barbecue to Northwest Austin
BY ROD MACHEN
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 13, 2019
music
Los Coast Doubles Down on Its Psych-Soul for Label Debut
Local fivepiece embraces the spirit of wandering
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Faster Than Sound: Austin Terror Fest Crosses Over
Two birthdays and a dark christening
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
screens
AUSTIN ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2019
Austin Asian American Film Festival Raises Its Profile
Asian cinema is back on the calendar and AAAFF celebrates its filmmakers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Seadrift Tells the Forgotten History of Vietnamese Americans in a Texas Town
Austin director Tim Tsai shares a murder on the Gulf
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation
South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Looking Back on 15 Years of the Townes Van Zandt Documentary
Producer/Director Margaret Brown revisits her movie
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Film Reviews
American Woman
Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town
The Dead Don't Die
After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history
Men in Black: International
The MiB stay Earthbound in a sequel saved by its stars
Shaft
Three Shafts are definitely worse than one in this failed revival of the blaxploitation classic
arts & culture
Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free
The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Penfold Theatre's Henry V
This production in the park makes Shakespeare’s epic history into a satisfying show for a summer evening
ColdTowne Theater’s Bigfoot, The Musical
ColdTowne brings the rarely seen creature into the spotlight for a show that’s rarely without laughs
Hideout Theatre's Dystopian Teen Future
In this take on Hunger Games and Divergent-style tales, the improvisers struggle to find a plot or laughs
columns
Qmmunity: On Finding Queer Joy
Plus, more Pride events to help you forget it’s hot outside
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: San Antonio
Tree of life displays feats of clay
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: A Little Bit Metro
Some people defy sterotypes
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
13-0!
U.S. goalfest puts exclamation point on the first round of the WWC group stage
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
