Dick

"...lackluster interest until a convoluted series of events leads them to President Nixon (Hedaya, in full ham on wry..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...1960s and early 1970s, when the idea of a downtown waterfront civic complex began to coalesce, there were no..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fortunate Son

The Return of John Fogerty

"...And how 'bout them Baby Boomers, anyway? Fogerty's songs are essential to The..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The New Payola

When Radio Stations Become Concert Promoters

"...now they should have played twice -- once by themselves, once in a package deal, and both times for..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Mean Girls

This isn't your mother's Mean Girls. Because it's really bad.

"...(Rapp) and her Plastics. Yet to cut time to bring in musical numbers, microscenes that gave the film full-rounded..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Charli XCX: Alone Together

Pop icon's "making of" doc is a sugar rush of positive fandom

"...Iggy Azalea in the flashing neon lights of a rundown nightclub?) But for the first time in nearly a..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...mildly from the spotlight when it's not trained on them. Neither are they wallflowers, of course – impossible for..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Run All Night

Liam Neeson reunites with his Unknown and Non-Stop director for another action ride

"...unfairly contaminated by that same sense of staleness, among them an informal trilogy of pulpy collaborations between the hulking..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Andrew Bird

Virtuosic violinist gets Handsome at the Paramount tonight

"...someone’s material when you have a personal relationship with them?..."

June 16, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Rise of the Guardians

Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman team together like Cartoon All-Stars in this animated picture.

"...a giant LED globe at mission-control headquarters that tells them how many children believe in them at any given..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...collapse of '09 – when one too-casual discard brought down the entire Northern end of the pile – Mma..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

Fast & Furious

This third franchise sequel doesn't have as much smarts as speed, but it's still an uncomplicated, undemanding lark.

"...friend Brian (Walker), an undercover cop who meant to bring down Toretto's smuggling ring but instead fell in love..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The House Bunny

A Playboy bunny who's been ejected from the mansion becomes a sorority house mother.

"...bubble. Out of necessity, Shelley ends up at the run-down Zeta Alpha Zeta house, which quickly becomes the most..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

War Dance

In this acclaimed documentary, Ugandan schoolchildren, victims of the brutal 20-year civil war, compete in a national dance contest.

"...their dance." This two-pronged documentary, which follows the ups, downs, and all-arounds of a group of Ugandan schoolchildren –..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Obtaining a back-alley abortion in Romania proves to be rivetingly tense in this visually spare but assuredly virtuosic film.

"...revolution that would eventually topple President Nicolae Ceauşescu and bring about the first chirpings of democracy was still two..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Hightower Report

Revisiting the Arrest of Protesters; and Speak Out for America

"...Homeland Security has developed a public-service television commercial to bring fear down to a gut-wrenching, emotional level. This ad..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"...full-length on local imprint Peek-a-Boo Records, the Project cascades down from its euphoric realm...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Left Behind

AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"

"...a law you have to have an excuse to bring to school that is the cause that you didn't..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Sparking a Prairie Fire: Cindy Sheehan at City Hall

The founder of Camp Casey and her "Bring Them Home Now" Tour arrives to a big Austin welcome

"...a Winnebago christened The D.C. Express. Working her way down off the bus and through the crowd to a..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Songwriters and Spirit Chasers

Resentments Jon Dee Graham and Stephen Bruton go mano a mano about their new albums.

"...together. So what could be more obvious than sitting them down for a roundtable discussion on their new albums..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...by bands. Matt Meshbane co-runs the Bandland equipment store downtown, the "real world" spinoff of the www.bookmyband.com Web site..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...Farris, in the mid-Nineties the APD administration effectively shut down a major drug and corruption investigation -- at the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Devil's Island

"...traditional stoicism of the natives and it threatens to bring everything crashing down once again. Set in the blustery,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hugh Beaumont Experience

Mark and Sarah Pratz

"...has managed to raise a well-adjusted teenager. "I didn't bring my world home with me," says the elder Pratz...."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

Keep Off Barton Creek

"...and finds secret meanings in these films is fooling themselves...."

July 18, 1997 Column

Race the Sun

"...the snobby preppies from Sutcliffe Academy combine to inspire them to attempt the unthinkable. They will build a solar-powered..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Texas GOP Leaders Won’t Criticize Antisemites, Nazis

What does “tolerate” mean?

"...The Texas Republican Party can’t even bring itself to denounce Nazis anymore...."

Dec. 5, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 10-16

"...breakthroughs, the less likely you are to experience a breakdown. Be as unruly as you need to be to..."

March 10, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...the music had finally found its audience two generations down the line. Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story sees..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Boy Erased

Joel Edgerton goes to gay conversion therapy's heart of darkness

"...normal by any standard other than that imposed on them by organized religion and their concerned, often hateful, families...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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