Children of Heaven

Young, impoverished, Iranian siblings go to great lengths to cover up the fact that they've lost a pair of shoes.

"...Hashemian, Bahareh Seddiqi and Nafiseh Jafar Mohammadi. Although many of the films we've been seeing from the recently resurgent..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heaven Is for Real

Greg Kinnear plays a dad who believes his son's claim to have seen heaven.

"...The empirical question of heaven’s existence is a rhetorical one by default –..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hierarchy of Hell

"...60, with the silver crosses inlaid into the neck of his ancient SG. Don't forget Geezer Butler, 59, and..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Far From Heaven

"...Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson and Viola Davis. Far From Heaven begins just like Douglas Sirk's 1952 Hollywood melodrama All..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...April 30, 2006, were assembled by an informal affiliation of arts writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...have left their distinctive brush strokes on the world of animation...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Dog of Flanders

"...You can take your child to see this adaptation of the classic children's tale, but don't blame me if..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All That Heaven Allows

"...Fifties-style tree-hugger who's more comfortable partying with a jug of wine in his work plaids and boots than is..."

July 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...They don't slouch in high heels on plush sofas. They do not bitch about their husbands or each..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The God's Heaven Truth

Rev. Gean West & the Relatives add another chapter to Texas funk history

"...decades. Unless you happen to be among the handful of parishioners at God’s Anointed Community COGIC in West Dallas,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Point Austin: Suffer the Little Children

Is Southwest Key providing child care at the border, or collaboration?

"...arrests as well as family separations – seizing minor children and confining them away from their parents, theoretically as..."

June 8, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...It was the second day of what would be a six-day trial of Keller and..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Prince of Egypt

"...are hoping that their new animated feature The Prince of Egypt will be the chosen one that will lead..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...phone at T-minus seven days and counting. The note of sheer hysteric excitement that informed our earlier conversations has..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...in the News section are accustomed to being bearers of bad news, but today we come bearing bad news..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Fables of the Reconstruction

Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress

"...About 45 miles north of Cabo San Lucas, on the resort-riddled southern tip of..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Myth of Che

The Short Life of Revolutionary Che Guevara

"...are a bitch. The best, like Evan Connell's Son of the Morning Star, can easily surpass its fictional equal:..."

July 11, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Tale of Princess Kaguya

From the bamboo grove to the moon

"...Coming of age stories are all over Fantastic Fest this year..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The 'Miracle' of Comedy Premieres Tonight

Sarah Silverman's first HBO special delights

"...opportunities and get intimate with Silverman from the comfort of your snack-strewn squalor of home...."

Nov. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Russ Espinoza

This Is Who We Are #5: Salvage Vanguard Theater's Death of a Cat

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...art online – which speaks to Austin's driving spirit of creativity. In tribute to that spirit, this series recalls..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love

35th annual local prom sets a new standard

"...an evening filled with historical performances, the emotional core of the 35th annual Austin Music Awards show occurred early...."

March 13, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...no mind to the national and nationally advertised barrage of merchandise, to what intrudes all ballistic like bright &..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Finding The Common Thread: Austin's New Fabric Heaven

Austin's newest fabric emporium is more fun than going for ice cream.

"...gallery", because the pieces on the walls are bolts of fabric, simply displayed and eloquently curated...."

Sept. 29, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Feast of Eire

Fadó Dissolves Stereotypes With a Varied Irish Menu

"...certainty is Irish, I must admit that my knowledge of Emerald Isle cuisine was pretty sketchy beyond corned beef..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper or parchment, a canvas or..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...normal, since she's in Nashville and in these days of skyrocketing fame and all the right moves, she's more..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Band of Brothers

In a brotherhood like Los Lonely Boys, all is 'Forgiven'

"...East of Eden, after Highway 87 splits from 71 in Brady,..."

July 4, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...that all I had to do to live in heaven on earth was to love everybody, and the way..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hundreds of Children Removed From FLDS Compound

State officials descend on West Texas polygamist sect after allegations of abuse

"...State officials have removed 416 children from the gated Yearning for..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Voice of the Writer

Readings From the Texas Book Festival

"...who arrived early enough to get a highbacked State of Texas Representative's chair were the envy of the hall...."

Nov. 14, 1997 Books Feature

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