The Saints of St. Paul, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'Fun Is Good'

"...Kevin Bacon. Squeal Diamond. The Notorious P.I.G. – Piggy Smalls. These are just six of the former and famed..."

May 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

'NFL Analysis 101': The Last of the Southern Belles

"...pupils. We need to dive right into the heart of our subject. Since last we met, much has happened..."

March 9, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Thank You, Central Time Zone: A Preview of the 2007 NFL Draft

"...to Texas from the East Coast for a multitude of reasons. I don’t like to wear pants (this is..."

April 26, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. II)

A roundup of pro and college football

"...The 2010 football season is already one full week old. That alone..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Sports Post by John Razook

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk rock has remained merely a minority musical taste...."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

DVDanger: 'The Lords of Salem'

Or, in defense of Rob Zombie as a filmmaker

"...Case in point: This week's DVD release of The Lords of Salem. I feel like I have..."

Sept. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2012 Film Awards

Audience and jury prizes announced

"...Grand Jury Winner: Beware of Mr. Baker (D: Jay Bulger) Narrative Feature..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Now & Forever

New Orleans institution riles up the Paramount Friday

"...The mother of all New Orleans’ brass tacks, the Preservation Hall Jazz..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Awards Announced

Jury and Audience picks

"...Grand Jury Winner: Beware of Mr. Baker Director: Jay Bulger..."

March 13, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Second, and more – will screen over the course of the nine-day film festival and conference. Selections for the..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

NFL Preview

"...game is rather difficult, just ask the singing psychic of Texas, Fran Baskerville, who obtained her future-seeing powers when..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Football Prophecies

Stone cold locks for week 4

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate of..."

Sept. 27, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Football Prophecies

NFL week two

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate of..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Living Legacy

The Many Facets of Kelly Fearing

"...known. A working artist with more than 50 years of experience would never forget an arts writer's casual offer..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

'The NFL Beat': Back To Reality

NFL playoff scenarios

"...have ever seen. They would run on a combination of lithium-ion battery packs and pure hate, reaching glorious onscreen..."

Dec. 29, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Fighting

This film is set amid the world of underground street fighting where the plays bob and weave for love and respect.

"...Rivera, Flaco Navaja and Peter Tambakis. On the face of it, Fighting, the new film from the director of..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The NFL Beat': Bye Week Bros

Fantasy fill-in friends

"...you turn to your boys, and if the fantasy football season were MarioKart, we'd be on the level with..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

Our little season is all grown up

"...McFadden blew a tire Week 9 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in what turned out to be a case..."

Nov. 10, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Football Watch

Phillips out; will Gilbert be next?

"...audience was privy to the latest low point for Dallas as the Green Bay Packers dismantled the Boys to..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

'The NFL Beat': Week 7

Fantasy notes for all the lucky people, and their shoes

"...life while I have lived in a basement. The small, eye-level window in the corner reveals a fluctuating pitter-patter..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...I keep Patrick Rosal’s collection of frenzied-cool poetry Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive on the..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Like Running Into a Brick Wall?

"...Are my eyes deceiving me? Did the New Orleans Saints defense really hold the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a..."

Nov. 7, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Football Watch

Young out, McCoy banged up, Texans collapse, and more

"...eligibility and bragging rights. Thanksgiving evening, 7pm, ESPN. The Saints/Cowboys T-day matchup is starting to look really interesting. 3:15pm,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...playing the unabashed curmudgeon next door is the kind of thing Bill Murray could do in his sleep, this..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The NFL Beat': Week 12

Enterprising fantasy football journalism

"...As we enter the stretch run of the fantasy season, we see in the near future..."

Nov. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Football Watch

Go Jets!

"...ran into former Chronicle freelance writer and New Orleans Saints fan Robert Gabriel at the UT vs. UConn basketball..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Sports Column by Mark Fagan

Mr. October

"...Just in the nick of time, major dividend No. 1 darted for 65 yards..."

Oct. 9, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Time 4 Sum Aksion

"...Watching Marcus Mann and the McCallum Knights run up a 41-0 halftime lead against the..."

Oct. 3, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Football Watch

The Horns did it! The Cowboys didn't.

"...The Longhorns defense held Nebraska to just 202 yards of offense and 13 points, helped by some timely dropped..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Football Watch

Another tough week for football in Texas

"...in the Lone Star State we've entered some sort of football Bizarro World where Baylor comes into Darrell K...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

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