Along Came Polly

Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston date and become more than just friends.

"...the manic, borderline-subversive comedy of his earlier days (Zoolander came awfully close on that point), and the latecomers crave..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Polly's Chapel, Bandera

Frontier chapel survives 140 years in the woods

"...Polly's Chapel stands in a heavily wooded area along Privilege..."

June 5, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

How's Your News, SXSW?

SXSW Film gets Academy-approved and an opening night film

"...A couple of new developments came down the pike from our friends and neighbors at..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Polly Parsons' late-model Maxima rolls up under the iron Hickory..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

PJ Harvey Troubles the Water

Stubb’s sell-out offers little hope yet God-like force

"...respectively. If the writing was on the wall for Polly Jean Harvey’s sold-out show at Stubb’s Friday night, the..."

April 29, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...Palm, he will taunt me about the weather. "Hey, Polly, hot enough for you?" he will say...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...to the Lizard Lounge -- where that retro club Polly Esther's is now -- wanting to try some Ecstasy...."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...would place local tow truck operators at strategic locations along congested freeways to quickly and efficiently haul away wrecked..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...the Drafthouse's 40-foot inflatable projection screen at 11 stops along the way. These events were no ordinary outdoor screenings,..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...the UK's XTC and the U.S.'s Varnaline. – Raoul HernandezPOLLY PAULUSMA11pm, Nuno's At home in the UK, this critically..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...title page marked CONFIDENTIAL: FOR LOUIS BLACK'S EYE ONLY came the April 30, 2003, version. Within a day or..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...title page marked CONFIDENTIAL: FOR LOUIS BLACK'S EYE ONLY came the April 30, 2003, version. Within a day or..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...soul ..." she hissed, and I was mesmerized). Then came along a little song called "Love to Love You,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

¿Agua Fest?

"...of being Eddie Van Halen and found themselves practicing "Polly Wolly Doodle" instead, died May 14 at the age..."

May 30, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Restaurant Options to Pair With Smithville's Small-Town Charm

Things to do when you're out east of the big city

"...figured he could turn into a powerhouse of barbecue along the lines of his original Craft Meats food trailer..."

May 15, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Polly Robertus..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...where it belongs, will show every young crud who came before him just what writing and singing a song..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...brutal psychopaths. The filmmaker uses numerous distancing tactics and camera ploys to explore the effects of screen violence. (Sept...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Cum On Feel the Noize

The New Dessau Music Hall

"...changing, and Dessau Music Hall aims to change right along with them. Perhaps you've noticed the ads in the..."

April 24, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a grieving man, panning past crowds of African-Americans bustling along Central Avenue. These moments flash. In them, Tak Fujimoto's..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Return to Sin City

Gram Parsons, back in a big way even if he never left

"...Emmylou Harris first came to the public eye through her work as duet..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...some of Chan Marshall, and others of a young Polly Jean Harvey. It all depends on her mood, whether..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Gibraltar v. Bradley

The Gibraltar case could be a road map for the FDIC vs. Bradley.

"...$15 million personal loan. That money they quickly spent: Along with a third partner, Ira Yates, they bought a..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Academy Leader

"...irreverent feel as Rushmore, was bankrolled by big-time producers Polly Platt and James Brooks of Gracie Films, which is..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...in her story. Such things as slow-motion shots, rapid camera pans, and striking compositions all help us understand the..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...(much use is made of a toy Fisher-Price Pixelvision camera, as well as more conventional techniques), but Almereyda's direction..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature