Big New Photobook Puts You in the Heart of Antarctica

Your coffeetable will never be cooler without this

"...location within the stark landscapes and oceanic vistas of Antarctica by globetrotting lensers Dietmar Baum and Tini Papamichalis...."

March 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"...the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica, the literal bottom of the world. In the past,..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whiteout

Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal who must investigate a murder in Antarctica and wrap it up quickly because winter is starting in three days.

"...of this boilerplate serial killer thriller. The setting is Antarctica – which, as a title card helpfully points out..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

"...and Jeanne Balibar. Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-16 expedition to Antarctica would be a fascinating story in itself, but this..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pebble and the Penguin

"...true love who must battle his way back to Antarctica. The characters are great and the voice talents of..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...who, at the beginning of the century, went to Antarctica to capture dead souls on film. The bees start..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Antarctica

Who knew Antarctica was really made of cheese?

"...AntarcticaCity Theatre, 3823-D Airport, 569-6155 www.antarcticashow.com Through Feb. 11 Running..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica (Epic)

"...Modest MouseThe Moon and Antarctica (Epic) The best art often comes from the darkest..."

July 28, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Dita Von Teese: Your Beauty Mark

Our intrepid reporter and his friend take the new book for a test drive

"...huge. One of those coffee-table books, right? Like that Antarctica book I reviewed a while ago. But there’s a..."

Dec. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DJ Spooky at SXSW Eco

October 4, 2012. 16 Photos

"...DJ Spooky performs Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica at the Stateside Theatre, Thursday, Oct. 4 as part..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Photo Gallery

The Thing

Functioning as a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing, this film answers questions even though there's little mystery.

"...Antarctica, 1982: Thirteen men, two women, and something from another..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.

"...to make it stand out. Like carrying snow to Antarctica, Mr. Popper’s Penguins is not on a fool’s mission...."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happy Feet

Raise your flippers in praise of these animated yet flightless fowl, who sing and dance and fight the eco-wars.

"...throughout is charmingly presented, and the CGI re-creations of Antarctica are stunning, allowing the film to shift among glorious..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Madagascar

Animated zoo animals head back to the wild

"...this particular Alcatraz, they are plotting an escape to Antarctica), he too breaks out of the zoo and hoofs..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

This Is Electroclash

Eighties retro-synth bands like the Faint, Fischerspooner, and Austin's This Microwave World prove that the best way to move forward is to look back first.

"...hybrid featuring the NYC-based ex-members of the New Order-inspired Antarctica. Privilege's mishmash of nu-wave bands, including roadshows like Glass..."

April 25, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...LOOVEN: After the disillusion of the New Order-for-the-late-Nineties outfit Antarctica, the members delved further into electronica. The result is..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Coffeetable Books

Remembrance of Things Past

"...do it so much better. Luckily, we still have Antarctica, that alien, foreboding, incredibly beautiful and hostile spot at..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...of literature, Sara Wheeler's book of her travels to Antarctica, Terra Incognita (Random House, $25 hard), chronicles the spiritual..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music

15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites

"...the Pixies, The Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse, The Bends and OK Computer by..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Hemisphere. It would have melted as much ice as Antarctica has lost in the last decade from global warming...."

Nov. 30, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

BBC Names Top 100 Comedies of All Time

Film critics poll picks Some Like It Hot for top slot

"...critics filing from 52 countries and every continent save Antarctica. As for my own list, I too settled on..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to NASA, Antarctica, technically, is the world's largest desert...."

April 21, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Soccer Watch

"...qualifying Nov. 10-15 across five other continents (not you, Antarctica), with a number of games on various cable networks...."

Nov. 11, 2016 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Chronicle Recommends: Cold Climate Films

Chill out with these movies set in frozen lands

"...with a chance of paranoiac, metastasizing terror at U.S. Antarctica Research Station No. 31. John Carpenter’s nihilistic shocker is..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...particularly, with that lost race of Yetis living in Antarctica – were you concerned at all of getting trapped..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Loving Day

Mat Johnson's novel Loving Day is all there in black and white

"...buddy-movie fantasy thriller set in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, we were ready to follow the author just about..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...highest temperature ever recorded on the entire continent of Antarctica is 63.5°F at Hope Bay on March 24, 2015...."

June 19, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...foreign bands, hosting hundreds of performers from six continents. (Antarctica's music scene still sucks.) Another mind-blowing element of SXSW:..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Modest Mouse

No new material and none the poorer for it

"...About on “Custom Concern” and 2000’s The Moon & Antarctica with “Dark Center of the Universe,” it was, predictably,..."

Nov. 9, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

SXSW Music: First List

Conference releases initial list of 171 showcasers

"...The cull touches on six of seven continents (sorry, Antarctica), as well as 24 local mainstays, not including Ssleeperhold,..."

Oct. 22, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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