Black or White

Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer play guardians who fight over the custody of their granddaughter.

"...2014 was a banner year for race-minded movies from African-American filmmakers. Selma examined the political..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Black and White

"...fast and loose with the rules. His new film Black and White is a fascinating, perplexing, amusing, and irascible..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Cat, White Cat

"...Directed by: Emir Kusturica. Starring: Srdan Todorovic, Sabri Sulejmani, Zabit Mehmedovski, Branka Katic, Adnan Bekir, Jas'Ar..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Black and White Photograph'

The second-place story

"...In the bottom of a drawer filled with nylons, white socks, fountain pens, and yellowed bank drafts, there is..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Bill Cryer

'Black and White and Read All Over': They got the shots

'The Austin Chronicle' pays tribute to the often-unsung shutterbugs who have added so much to our pages with the exhibit 'Black and White and Read All Over: 'Austin Chronicle' Photographers Celebrate 25 Years'

"...Words eat up the lion's share of the ink in..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chet Baker in Black and White, but Still Blurry

Bruce Weber reminisces on Let's Get Lost

"...trumpet great Chet Baker, to South by Southwest Film for a retrospective earlier this year. The film will play..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...Actor Jack Black, screenwriter and actor Mike White, and director..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Black and White

Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker

"...by Tom Wicker Wm. Morrow and Co., $25, hard..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...The Austin City Council has officially apologized for the role the city has played and may still..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...Lardi, Burghart Klaussner, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock, Susanne Lothar, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leonard Proxauf, Leonie Benesch and Steffi Kühnert. A..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...this week took steps toward erasing the legacy of white supremacy that haunts every American city, Austin included...."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Capital City Black Film Festival Grows by Leaps and Bounds

Four-day event showcases African-American experiences in cinema

"...With scorching triple-digit heat indexes finally broken by torrential rains, further..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Hey – Are You White?

And what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?

"...Black may be beautiful, but here's a somewhat paler man..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The White Crow

Biopic of the great dancer Rudolf Nureyev rarely finds its feet

"...Ballet only has meaning if there is story to connect the movements: That's the gist of what..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Capital City Black Film Festival Returns

Year two gets even more ambitious

"...Now in its second year, the Capital City Black Film Festival has enjoyed enough increased attention and additional..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Dear White People

This idea-packed comedy pokes holes in the notion of a post-racial America.

"...Writer/director Justin Simien shatters all illusions of a post-racial America..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...systemic racism at a Monday meeting. Following nationwide rallies for Black Lives Matter, Commission Vice Chair Jonathan "Chaka" Mahone..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...Directed by: Joe Talbot. Starring: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Mike Epps, Finn Wittrock, Danny..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...Marshall Thompson, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and Parley Baer. Originally made in 1982, this long-suppressed film is finally seeing..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opinion: White Privilege in Austin’s Unhoused Community

Alberta Phillips, chair of the ECHO Board of Governors, explains the kind of racism that can lock Black people into a lifetime of living unsheltered

"...In the aftermath of a blistering winter storm that swept through the state last month, city officials..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Alberta Phillips

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...shades can’t block the decades of disappointment and frustration underscoring an atypically short response from him: “Nah, it’s gone.”..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder and..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fear of a Black Network

"...Check yo'self, before you wreck yo'self: advice from Chris "Bring the Pain"..."

July 4, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities

A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community

"...I feel it is necessary to be on the record about the HOME initiative: As originally drafted, it's a..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Alberta Phillips

Soul Stunner Miss Lavelle White Turns 39 (or So)

“I had a hard life, but it channeled into the music”

"..."Don't go there with my age," Miss Lavelle White warns me...."

July 5, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ground Floor Theatre's black do crack

In this new solo show, writer-performer Florinda Bryant shatters the myth that black women must go it alone

"...the phone on the job, a query of a co-worker on break. She's smiling as she asks the unseen..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Playback: White Riot, Black Identity

Crowdfunding a black punk narrative, shuttering the Houston Press, and soundtracking Enchanted Rock

"...For all its best intentions of inclusivity, punk remains the..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...air of local ABC affiliate KVUE. Punching the theme for the late-night talk show are the twin saxophones of..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...Directed by: Rupert Sanders. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane, Bob..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All Shades of Black

How do you define film noir?

"...couple of weeks, Olive Films will release three mostly forgotten films from the Fifties – Union Station, Appointment With..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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