Roll 'Em

March

"...A mob boss begins having panic attacks and goes to see..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...filmmakers, actors, producers, buyers, distributors, agents, journalists, or garden-variety culture trendies. Nowhere is this more evident than at the..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in telling..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in telling..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...treated Aboriginal characters as rounded and from a distinct culture. By contrast, Kent said, "There were films made in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...much this bogeyman story has permeated not only our culture but the entire world. Why do we all have..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...as the consensus forms. He's the antithesis of the mob mentality. The comic is a flame – like Shiva..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

TV Eye

After a 16-month hiatus, The Sopranos' fourth season finally arrives, accompanied by a slew of related books.

"...than willing to give you the history of the mob drama. That's all good. But the real question is,..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: The Apache Wars in History and Myth

Indeh, Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth's new graphic novel

"...far more often be used to manipulate and inflame mob passions and attitudes...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Up South

Austin MC Bavu Blakes takes it to the streets.

"...Raised by parents immersed in African-American culture, Blakes learned that one goes "up south" to get..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Feature by Chale Nafus

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...was so crappy, and since "solo drumming" and "popular culture" are rarely used in the same sentence, one expected..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...the name. Also, renaming Rosewood is not "overwriting" black culture. It is about writing new black history which is..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political resonance to this day. Featuring Richard O'Brien,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...laid-back, gently twisted Southern rap. Indebted to Outkast, Goodie Mob, and an album-oriented success like Kendrick Lamar, Rashad locks..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...the Dead Director: Alexandre O. Philippe The definitive zombie culture documentary, from the makers of The People vs. George..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam

"...Circle ties together several Boston bands, including the Rival Mob, No Tolerance, Step Forward, Mind Eraser, and World War..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...lengthy run, FM changed the course of American pop culture. Many of its earliest readers went on to change..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Viva la Vida

The 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a new twist this year

"...to celebrate life and our environment through art and culture...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person From 'Harper's Magazine'

The argument that Harper's Magazine is all that stands between ourselves and idiocracy is a bit much, no?

"...quandary, of course: If you're part of a dominant culture, the only anthropologically correct thing to do is to..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Books Review by Cindy Widner

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...because of their shortcomings. I once saw a wretched mob movie set in New Orleans, but the filmmakers were..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a conspiracy. JFK was shot after reputedly making the mob mad, who had helped him get elected in Illinois;..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

The Austin Avalanche of Rock & Roll!

When IRS Records' 'The Cutting Edge' Came to Town and Made Me Want to, Too

"...a lifeline, an encyclopedia to certain strata of "underground" culture. It predated MTV's somewhat spotty, often smarmy, yet somehow..."

March 16, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...Working with that major-league mob?..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

Postmarks

My Vote, My Message

"...Lloyd Doggett has voted consistently to subvert our American Culture. He has undermined the concepts that our Founders intended..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Column

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...Harlem in the Twenties, when underworld refinement flourished in mob spots like the Cotton Club. Splashs of red satin..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...Harlem in the Twenties, when underworld refinement flourished in mob spots like the Cotton Club. Splashs of red satin..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...first film in this Taiwanese trilogy focusing on the culture clashes between grown children and their parents. Here, a..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Weekday Events to Make It a Craft Night, Movie Night, Trivia Night, and More

There's also some events during the day

"...are back, with nostalgia for the fashion, music, and culture of the post-Reagan era on the rise as we..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else

Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion

"..."soccer moms in their Cabriolets took over like the mob." His print breakthrough arrived at a post-collegiate record store..."

July 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

6 Austin-Based Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

These homegrown podcasts are original, diverse, and sure to entertain

"...to know about it. Whether or not you’re a horticulture enthusiast, this ecology podcast introduces an array of existential..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

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