Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...and Washington, D.C., talk about the differences between the "blue state voter" and the "red state voter."..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Austin at Large: The Cost of “Whatever It Takes”

Project Connect hits a patch of rough news but – so far – stays on the tracks

"...it did after voters approved the Capital Metro­Rail Red Line in 2004...."

April 15, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Props A & B Score Easy Victories

The big engine that did

"...the "initial investment," which would bring the Orange and Blue lines – light rail along North Lamar and South..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning

Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report

"...city's major goals over the next 20 years (as outlined in the Austin Strategic Mobil­ity Plan) is to achieve..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active "Shooters"

"...Station, bringing the high-frequency 803 (and the future Orange Line; see Project Connect's Blue Line to Connect ABIA to..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Mobility Weekend

"...Project Connect's series of public meetings on the Orange Line (North Lamar-Lavaca-South Congress) wrap up tonight – Thu., May..."

May 17, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...To turn Texas blue, a goal everyone from Nancy Pelosi on down threw..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...legal-dope enthusiasts and T-shirt sellers eager to turn Texas blue. There is beer. The actual debate is still eight..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Genie, Light That Fuse

Get the early scoop on Fusebox 2013 at Blue Genie tonight

"...veggie chili being cooked up by the imagineers at Blue Genie Art Industries, who are offering a sneak peek..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Noisy

Straight cis people are getting too comfortable making pronoun jokes, and it’s annoying

"...kept on, morphing into cis people making “Socks with blue hair” jokes they heard on TikTok. Not only are..."

May 10, 2024 Column by James Scott

The Comedian

De Niro plays an aging insult comic

"...refuses to see him as anything else but the blue-collar character he played in a hit Eighties-era sitcom called..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...guileless Aisholpan and her soaring companion break through the sky-blue glass ceiling of northern Asia to claim her own..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Diverting but rarely riveting, this latest offering from the Marvel Universe kicks the can down the road some more.

"...throughout the X-Men films, and I’ll be first in line to argue that pop-culture films are as worthy a..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Saw the Devil

A serial killer meets his match – and then some – in this nasty revenge drama from South Korea that's nevertheless executed with superlative style and wit.

"...homage to the comparatively placid world of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet or the dark pop poetry of Quentin Tarantino’s..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wolfman

This monster reboot disappoints terribly, making up in blood and entrails what it lacks in heart and soul.

"...woes can account for it. Amid the eddies of blue-tinted CGI fog and a battlefield's worth of the “red..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elf

Will Ferrell's Elf is a new way to spell fun.

"...premise and take it to the end of the line. In his first leading role in which the whole..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bubba Ho-Tep

Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.

"...are no big surprise. Elvis (Campbell) is cooling his blue suede heels here (he’s afflicted with a penile growth)...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saba Blue Water Cafe

Chronicle Food editor Virginia B. Wood ventures into uncharted territory at Saba Blue Water Cafe on Fourth Street, and likes what she finds.

"...Saba Blue Water Cafe208-D West Fourth, 478-7222..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Tied to the Tracks

"...Administration before it releases D.C. dollars for the Red Line, running from the Eastside to Cedar Park, the first..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

We Have an Issue: Always Be Bustling

Pride events, cultural fests, celeb sightings, and Project Connect progress fill a packed calendar

"...It's wild now to remember a time when Austin..."

June 3, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring

Evan Husney grapples with wrestling's hidden history for Viceland

"...where the in-ring fantasy melds into reality and the line between wrestling performer and wrestling character blurs – sometimes..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

The Beguiled

A steamy and engrossing Civil War thriller

"...the original’s Eastwood role as the bearded and bloodied blue-belly, initially found in the woods by Miss Martha’s youngest..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Father’s House: A Moment With Bruce Springsteen

“His lyrics tethered me to my family, the way they grew up”

"...back of the building and down Sixth Street, the line at BookPeople on Thursday bustled with hundreds of people..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Post by Libby Webster

North Face

Based on real-life events of July 1936 in the Swiss Alps, this German film is a gripping and epic account of men vs. mountain vs. other men.

"...solitary, treacherous peaks. Today, you have to wait in line to ascend Everest. Where's the sturm und drang in..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...are beginning to sound a lot like Dec. 25. Slim-line Digipaks at slim-line prices make stupendous stocking stuffers of..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...latest golden boy: long on cheek bones and piercing blue eyes but short, perhaps, on substance. Josh Hartnett with..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"...a revelation or perhaps caused you to reconsider your line of questioning?..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

American Beauty

This Oscar winner is a bleak comedy of suburban mores and one man's sudden rejection of the arrangement.

"...Kidman to new heights of stagebound erotica in The Blue Room, tackles his film debut with gusto, alternately savaging..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...book, regardless, but Usher's casting right on down the line is near-perfect, making this one of the most riotous..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flipper

"...theatre watching playful dolphins leap out of a sparkling blue-green sea. But, Flipper's story is a tired fish tale...."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

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