Warrior Witches in Hell

"...illustration by Jason Stout Most dramatic TV shows depict cops, doctors, and lawyers..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin

A week in the life of local government

"...the Chamber of Concrete/Austin American-Statesman war on public education to the eternal shell game that is the Domain development..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Cornelius WEDNESDAY..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Budget Is Hell

Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day

"...Ernest Hemingway once wrote that nothing is as bad as war. He never covered a council budget session...."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Allen Ginsberg in Hell's Kitchen

"...reasonably well-read party could quote. This doesn't make it good (though it is); but it does mean that someone..."

April 25, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Where Did Austin's Affordable Housing Go?

A new study shows that middle-class families are being priced out of Central Austin

"...50 grand a year and think you (and your kids) now have snowball-in-hell odds of ever affording a house..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Homage to a Road

"...illustration by Jason Stout In the music of the Southwest, one image is..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Third Coast Invasion! Austin At San Diego Comic-Con

Mondo, 'Darksiders,' and 'Ultimate Spider-Man' at SDCC

"...It's never hard for a nerd to find something cool to do in Austin, but, man,..."

July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX at SDCC

Austin creators head to the San Diego Comic-Con

"...So it's San Diego Comic-Con and no, we're not bitter at all that,..."

July 18, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?

Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film

"...It's no newsflash that Austin is a film town. The last few years saw the local scene expand..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'86 Plots,' One Graphic Novel

Local comic creators need a Kickstart

"...bands, movie makers and even chefs have wised up to online fundraising behemoth Kickstarter. Now local comic creators are..."

Sept. 11, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

6:45

Time loop horror relives a perfect and perfectly terrifying day

"...different result. That’s actually the opposite of time loop stories, where a protagonist drives themselves crazy when they realize..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Anglophilia

Reading lists from Legeland's token Brit

"...bedside table," they said. "It'll give a fun insight into the inner workings and literary habits of a Chronicle..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF2012: 'Boneboys'

A lot less chainsaw in this new Texas massacre

"...the Texas film industry was ecstatic but the state tourism authorities were furious. Doubt the San Antonio tourism board..."

Oct. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Powerhouse Animation Is Making a Mark

Local studio continues to expand portfolio

"...In an age of glossy, photo-realistic, computer-generated cartoons, what Austin's Powerhouse Animation does seems as..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Finding Gold in a Dust Bowl

Jenny Lewis, Bill Murray, and other nuggets from ACL

"...get it. “No, it’s a festival that’s pretty much Downtown,” I tell them. “I wake up and eat eggs..."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Lucie Arnaz comes this Sunday to entertain Austin as a part of Austin Cabaret's 10..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Surfwise

This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.

"...Directed by: Doug Pray. Having previously dug into Seattle grunge (1996's Hype!) and hip-hop scratch (2001's Scratch),..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Secret Life of Pets

Hollywood has the cure for those dog-day afternoons of summer

"...Kids tend to come out of movies with questions. Here’s..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...Like God and the Devil, - - writer Donald E. Westlake..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Comic Books and Forward Motion

"...trivia. We all know about the Lincoln-Douglas debates that took place all over Illinois in 1858. They’re famous for..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...We've been thinking about you. We loved your dad too. He was unique. He was tender and smart. He..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

'Benji' Directors Coodie and Chike

Change, for better and for worse

"...Through some fortuitous coincidences I was able to sit down with the..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What is time like? Most..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...rockem-sockem World Trade Organization protests in Seattle -- not to mention the abduction by UFOs of the latest Martian..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Austin has an established agreement with the city of Galveston to receive evacuees by bus during times of crisis,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Shoot for the Moon

Actor Danny Trejo has made a film career out of playing criminals. Before that, he made a career out of being one. In town to shoot Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids, Trejo visited Travis High School to talk to students about the lessons he learned the hard way.

"...hesitantly, unsure if they should ask him for his autograph. At Travis High School, where he has come to..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...Editor:..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

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