Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...before his sold-out reign of fire felt like finally coming face to face with an honest to goodness real-life..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Kosova in 1999. She told of her young daughter coming home from school on the day of the attacks,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Rising Son

The son of Muddy Waters inherits the family bidness.

"...in his father's tyrannosaurus-sized footsteps. Right on down to becoming a regular at Austin's Home of the Blues, Antone's...."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Head On

"...he covets), they're stuck in dead-end squalor, living at home with parents who caw and preach about the sanctity..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sxsw

"...Metal Blade outing. That bodes well for the band's upcoming spring release, but even better for the Austin-based outfit's..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

District 47

"...former Christian Coalition president Kirk Ingels, who is finally coming out of the closet a la Pat Buchanan, ready..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...and unofficial bonanzas for one-stop concert shopping during the coming week of Fest madness. Looking for more? Find the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 19-25

"...unpredictable. Was Euripides lazy? Trying too hard to drive home the point? Or were the endings added later by..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every year, there are still some titles..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...Austin a few years ago. The 20-year-old works in home remodeling construction, one of the estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

All About Nina

Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall

"...and the leaps and bounds people perform to avoid coming to terms with it, is the heart of Spanish..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Coco

A moving and colorful addition to the Pixar filmography

"...of Life in 2014 – this grand and haunting coming-of-age tale is a feast for the senses and a..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not Another Rom-Com

Sean Mullin brings a light touch to heavy material in Amira & Sam

"...Before becoming a filmmaker, writer/director Mullin served as a captain in..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...long hours have started already. "I tried to go home and get in bed by 9," said festival director..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Art Lives Here

Jennifer Chenoweth's home embodies the essence of the East Austin Studio Tour

"...parlor, the bathroom. Seemingly every surface in this 1,700-square-foot home is given over to the display of some drawing,..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...nasty superwarriors christened the Kursed, and intimations of a coming “eternal night” – thus scotching all hope that the..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wadjda

In this first Saudi Arabian film ever directed by a woman, much is revealed about the reality of life for women there via its story of a 10-year-old girl who wants a bicycle.

"...cinemas are outlawed (although television and satellite dishes encourage in-home viewing) and the proscriptions governing the public lives of..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Access Denied

Cap Metro saving money means hardship for neediest riders

"...Friday and visit Mom and Dad at their Allandale home...."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Sad But True (Well, Mostly)

Tapping real-life crisis for comedy in 'Drinking Closer to Home'

"...2008's The Summer of Naked Swim Parties. It's a coming-of-age story set in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1976; the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Yellow Handkerchief

Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.

"...story by the legendary newsman Pete Hamill. Titled “Going Home,” it recounts the true story of an ex-con on..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...we decided to have an abortion. I had been coming home late and drunk, and she didn't trust me..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Dancer in the Dark

Björk goes goes to the death chamber in musical interludes.

"...he's broke, the bank is going to take his home, and there's nothing he can do about it. Selma,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hard

"...Cruising, part Silence of the Lambs, and part generic coming-out story, and though it tries mightily to subvert the..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...six people and thinking, "Oh god, I could be home right now with the kids."..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Wild America

"...he and brothers Marshall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas of the Home Improvement TV series) and Marty (Scott Bairstow) spent several..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

"...Adouani and Carolyn Chelby. Film critic-turned-filmmaker Férid Boughedir goes home to Tunisia to tell the story of 13-year-old Noura..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

It's 2022, and someone thought we need a pro-Vietnam War comedy

"...Marine, now Merchant Marine, who spends his time back home drinking and skipping out on tabs. Many of his..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...adding two marquee features - diving documentary Dave Not Coming Back and women's arm wrestling drama Golden Arm -..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him

"...smashed his car into a wall on Sunset Strip, coming out of the legendary home of LA celebrity hedonism,..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shazam!

DC finally gets to the heart of why we love superheroes

"...has spent his childhood running away from one foster home after another. His latest home seems particularly frustrating; he..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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