Blood Simple: The Director's Cut

"...little whorehouses, there came along a movie in early 1985 that not only blew those myths out of the..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SLC Punk!

"...un-punk locale of Salt Lake City (hence SLC) circa 1985. While the rest of the U.S. was busily shaving..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Operation Condor

"...Jackie Chan. Not nearly as serious an outing as 1985's Police Story nor as ridiculous as the unwisely titled..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Conviction

"...been distributed outside of Italy, with the exception of 1985's X-rated Devil in the Flesh, which Bellochio co-scripted with..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's All True: Based On an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles

"...they came to be regarded as lost. Then, in 1985, the year Welles died, the footage was discovered in..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macross II: Lovers Again

"...(which eventually made its way to the U.S. in 1985 as the syndicated and dubbed Macross Saga), this film..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest

Documentary about the famous case brought against Judas Priest by the parents of two troubled teens who committed suicide – because of alleged backward masking on an album.

"...the media and the music industry in general. In 1985, Jay Vance and Raymond Belknap decided, more or less..."

July 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Noises Off!

In this screwball comedy, the behind-the-scenes activity of a traveling acting troupe threaten to bring down the play.

"...directed Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1982), Mask (1985), Illegally Yours (1988), and Texasville (1990). But here we..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Crossing the Line

"...compass reading. The story is based on Willim McIlvanney's 1985 novel The Big Man and directed by British up-and-comer..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mala Noche - Old Version

"...Own Private Idaho made his feature filmmaking debut in 1985 writing, producing and directing the extraordinary Mala Noche. Shot..."

Nov. 3, 1989 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Never-Ending Conversation

AIDS activist, Cleve Jones leads this year's AIDS Walk

"...hard to imagine when talking about death. But by 1985 in San Francisco alone, 1,000 people had died from..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Revisiting Bud Shrake's 1985 interview with the Chronicle

"...screenplays. Chronicle Editor Louis Black spoke with Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Daryl Janes, R.I.P.

Austin journalist Daryl Janes has passed away.

"...to publish the city politics paper The Daryl Herald, 1985-'87. Both Daryls would go on to cover similar territory..."

May 30, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

F/X2

"...Franklin. Starring: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy and Rachel Ticotin. 1985's F/X was never anyone's idea of an Oscar contender,..."

May 17, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cure Romances Austin

Friday (the 13th) I’m in love

"...Boy,” the latter performed for the first time since 1985), and deep cuts and album tracks galore. 1985’s The..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...Kid Blue: During the spring of 1985, director Jonathan Demme (Stop Making Sense) was in town..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...April 1985: The Back Room expands to double its size...."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Songs of Pain Was Not in Vain

The day a skinny young kid named Daniel Johnston came shuffling to the back door of the 'Chronicle'

"...1985: Deep into writing one Saturday afternoon at the offices..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...to this put-off was perhaps a bit dramatic. In 1985, I started a newspaper called The Austin Challenger, which..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...is flashing back to his first Ecstasy trip: May 1985, before the drug went Schedule I, before "America's War..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Where Are They Now?

"...Follies Years: 1985-87 (The Ritz)..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

The Color Purple

Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast

"...through its structure, which is distinctly different from the 1985 script by Menno Meyjes. Some of the restructuring in..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...Happy Death (1984) Poison 13 (1984-1987) Shockhead (1985-1986) Ballad Shambles (1985-1988) Daniel Johnston (1985-2019) Hand of Glory..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...Chronicle, including Dallas-to-Austin transplant Yen Tan. His narrative feature 1985 is one of the projects to share in the..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...1985, 6:30-7:55pm, Zach Theater, Badge Required..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1986-2000

"...Margaret Moser, seen here in 1985, co-produced the Austin Music Awards through swaths of four..."

March 2, 2017 Photo Gallery

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."Miami Vice Theme," Jan Hammer Michael Mann's 1985-89 network television smash rode New Wave's hairstyles, pastel blazers,..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...reckoned themselves transgressive, they shelved the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist (1985) with the surrealist nightmare monger's phallus-filled Landscape XX on..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...Eighties, using funds approved by Austin voters in a 1985 bond election, it didn't spend all of the available..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...The year is 1985: I was sitting in the Chronicle's office on a..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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