Turns Out the Title Wasn't Prophetic

The curious staying power of so-called lost film 'Nothing Lasts Forever'

"...20 years old, future Saturday Night Live writer and comedian Tom Schiller was traveling and living in Europe trying..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Tastes Off to Me

Why are the critics giving Salt a pass?

"...it infuriating for this viewer, “still naively wishing her entertainment might be tethered however faintly to logic.” But apparently,..."

July 27, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Don't Count Your Chickens, Dems

Keep voting all the way down the ballot, folks

"...lull you into letting your guard down. That's the message that Juan Sepulveda, Texas state director of the Barack..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...Last spring the Austin American-Statesman's top editors, Rich Oppel and Fred Zipp, launched a..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Count Her In

For 30 years, article by article, Denise Schmandt-Besserat has built an ironclad case to explain a mystery that foiled archeologists, anthropologists, and philosophers for hundreds of years.

"...that the origins of writing are actually found in counting -- began, as most such groundbreaking work does, with..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

Just Getting Started

Grumpy old men on the golf course

"...never even had a chance at getting green-lit. An action-comedy aimed at the AARP set (who should be offended..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...Norbert Leo Butz. If this is "real life," then count me out. It's not that there's anything terribly awful..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whatever it Takes

"...David Hubbard. Starring: Julia Sweeney, Colin Hanks, Aaron Paul, James Franco, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Marla Sokoloff, Christine Lakin and..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...– Big Boy Medlin, in a letter to Bill Bentley..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Love the Coopers

A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers

"...Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Olivia Wilde, Jake Lacy, Marisa Tomei, Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Alan Arkin, June Squibb, Anthony..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Human Traffic

"...of debauched Welsh clubgoers searching for the perfect night out, but it's less a smooth flight than a turbulence-battered..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yasmine Anderson's BFF Lasagna Recipe

Meal and music with a friend (from a safe distance)

"...people in my house, everyone talking at once or me just talking over everyone. Setting the table. Laughing for..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Food Post by Yasmine Anderson

Ruminations on a Sleepless Night or How the ‘New' Longhorns Look so Very Familiar

Joe O'Connell on the newest version of the UT football squad

"...my in-laws. My kid is throwing Mr. Moo at me from the nearby crib, and my wife has already..."

Aug. 31, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Last week's Summer Smut Issue gets a whuppin' from some prudent readers.

"...having grown up on the Chronicle, it seems to me that a sea change has occurred with our local..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column

The Luv Doc: Google Ghost Tinder Date

Some people don't have a digital footprint

"...Tinder date with a guy who was attractive and seemed nice and polite, but didn't talk much about himself..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Against Single-Sex Schools

"...just archaic and rather absurd; it's also cissexist. Hear me out before you cry "bleeding heart hippie dippie.” Cissexism..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Postmarks

SOS – Responsibility Does Not Stop at the Environment

"...as Save Our Springs Alliance that are advocates of environmental responsibility. However, in addition to environmental concerns, there are..."

April 17, 2007 Postmarks

“Miserable” Winless Stretch Takes Its Toll on Austin FC

Struggling club faces D.C. United tonight

"...If Austin FC wasn’t a soccer team and instead transformed into a mid-2000’s pop-punk band, it would be All..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

ACL Live Shot: Eminem

“Why Be a King When You Can Be a God”

"...a crew cut and red shirt that read “Never Count Me Out,” didn’t want any part of his accompanying..."

Oct. 5, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...arrived at disconnect. Given that so many of this country's problems are a result of the previous administration's actions..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Thankfully, the dark tone of the beloved childrens books is carried over to the screen, and the terrific performances and production design provide extra lift.

"...Directed by: Brad Silberling. Starring: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara Hoffman,..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham,..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Long Center, the frontman talked a mile a minute about Nick Lowe, Bill Graham, Thin Lizzy, etc. For the..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"...Count Down..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...and John Standing. Whither Bill Murray's career? The pockmarked comedian's last substantial role was in Groundhog Day some four..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2003

"...line was around the block. And like the final game of the big series (pick one), you can count..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

280 law professors, including some 13 at UT Law, sign a petition protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to halt the recounting of votes in Florida.

"...The controversy over the U.S. Supreme Court decisions effectively appointing George W. Bush president won't..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

The Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...that leaves viewers feeling as though they just watched some great, lost Samuel Fuller-David Lean collaboration. His 1994 film,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Last Castle

"...Directed by: Rod Lurie. Starring: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo, Steve Burton and George..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: How it Ends

Apocalypse-lite comedy isn't light on heart or humor

"...How It Ends, the dark comedy from co-writers and directors Zoe Lister Jones and Daryl..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by James Scott

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