Open Hearts

"...Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann and Niels Olsen. Open Hearts begins with what it’s like to be in love:..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Temptress Moon

"...never detract from the universality of the story. The cruel destruction of bitter hearts and innocent lives, plus opium..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hall Pass

Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis star in this Farrelly brothers comedy about two guys given a free pass by their wives from the vows of matrimony.

"...propulsives tapped not once but twice for punchline value. Cruel to its women characters and careless with its men..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

Goya-winning animation finds the demons within us all

"...sense that these children face overwhelming odds from a cruel world, there is a heartfelt sense of hope, that..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tsotsi

Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.

"...of a helpless baby to soften the hardest of hearts. Though Tsotsi takes the baby to his shack, he’s..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hill Country Film Festival Looks Forward With Old Friends

From Fredericksburg to the future

"...notable nods to that history. Opening night crime thriller Cruel Hearts is directed by Paul Osborne, who's credited with..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

Record Reviews

"...big hit "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)" to their cruel, cruel hearts was either on the dog-end of a..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Review

Page Two: Dial 1-800-Bentzin

How a rejected candidate can win back hearts and minds

"...This is when I remembered Barbaro's cruel stunt of a couple of decades back. I was..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...on TV so he can find comfort from the cruel world we live in. Unlike most Americans with a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...on TV so he can find comfort from the cruel world we live in. Unlike most Americans with a..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...run with the blood of our families is unbearably cruel, but it is a sanguine testament to what a..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Spirit Untamed

Soft reboot of the Netflix animated horse show never gets out of the gate

"...the story of horses and their humans into audience's hearts...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Hearts Beat Loud D: Brett Haley A father and daughter..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Kind Words in a Cruel World..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

'The Butcher's Hands'

Short Story Contest second-place winner

"...seemed to be his code, the bridge between their hearts, constructed from words he could never think of himself..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Dana De Greff

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Our readers talk back.

"...on the ground and gone. Find it in your hearts to forgive. You will have peace with forgiveness...."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...or "Imagine," but there's also the fragile, exquisite "So Cruel" and the wrenching "Acrobat." "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)"..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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Keep Off Barton Creek

"...with quantity. Reggae has never died. Only in the hearts of the weak. The evolution of reggae music has..."

July 18, 1997 Column

Live Music to See This Weekend

Unpacking Christmas in July

"...On the big stage outside, local trio Xetas’ jarring..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Kneeling Down at Noon

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Kneeling Down at Noon is a thoughtful and deeply humane drama that considers the way Islam informs the lives and actions of various characters

"...the threat of such loss ever pressing on their hearts, like a dagger's point that might be thrust in..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

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

"..."April is the cruellest month, breeding/Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/Memory and..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

There's a Light Beyond These Woods

An unrestrained celebration of Nanci Griffith

"...different labels. Now she has a new album out, Hearts in Mind, about love and about war, on New..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Future Museums, Charley Crockett, Merciful Heavens, Frederico7, Eric Unusual, and Bob Schneider

"...Out Lounge on Saturday alongside Cecilia & the Broken Hearts, Wache, and Grupo Massa, 6pm. – Raoul Hernandez Eric Unusual's..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...the bad guy doing good. From Barbara Stanwyck stealing hearts, to George Clooney proving the house doesn't always win,..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Death Watch: Intellectually Disabled or Mentally Ill?

Three cases raise the question

"...determined that executing people with intellectual disabilities qualifies as cruel punishment and violates the Eighth Amendment, but the CCA..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff