From the Vaults: David Oyelowo

Rising star David Oyelowo is in two new films – with two more on the way

"...The actor David Oyelowo co-stars in two films currently playing..."

Oct. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Links to the 8-Bit Artisan

A clickable companion to the Party Time! Hexcellent! story

"...So, you just read the probing and insightful prose-gasm that is my feature story..."

May 3, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Face Off Recap: The Finale And What Came Before

So what happened to Matt? The long overdue wrap-up

"...Yeah, so there was this little thing called SXSW that got in..."

March 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: The City Council Blues ... Again

The price of all these things, twice

"...regularly scheduled work sessions – called in response to the Crisis of Austin's Democracy – actually have the effect..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Sex and the City 2

Two years after the end of the last film, Carrie Bradshaw now frets that the "sparkle" has gone out of her marriage. It's gone from this movie, too.

"...Chris Noth, John Corbett, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Mario Cantone, Willie Garson, Liza Minnelli and Alice Eve. Like Carrie..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long and Winding Road

Sir Paul McCartney flashes back to Rock & Roll High School in Arlington

"...The Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington is large enough..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...My rave review of the new Shins album, Wincing the Night Away, was less..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...It's never a good sign when a meeting begins with an argument about a clock. When people can't even..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is clear and bright, and there is a..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Joe the King

"...Brooks' dictum, it's not always so good to be the king. Whaley's directorial debut may be the feel-bad movie..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crucible

"...conundrum: how to film a drama about mass hysteria without the end product becoming shrill and hysterical? It's a..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Taste of Things

Charming touching tale of love between two middle-aged chefs in 19th-century France

"...From its English-language title, French-Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant) could..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: The RuPaul Express

Join the Ru-volution in Austin at one of our local Drag Race watch parties

"...pulled into your fave local queer hangouts last Friday with a brand-new lineup of queens vying for Ru-proval. Missed..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Homoscopes for the Holidays

Find the queer New Year’s event that’s best for your sign

"...Oh, boy: 2023 has one foot out the door, and 2024 is already knocking...."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column

Wild Child to Sir Woman, Kelsey Wilson Is Taking the High Road

The laid-back ringleader reinvents Wild Child and forges a new path with Sir Woman

"...Kelsey Wilson floats into the Pershing in her familiar long black dress, and immediately..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring – survival..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Worst Person in the World

Worst person? No. Best performance of the year? Maybe.

"...Julie (Reinsve, who won the Best Actress award at Cannes last year for her..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...Here we are, six months into the big coronavirus pandemic shutdown of 2020, and cabin fever..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Is Who We Are #7: Sharon Marroquín's The Materiality of Impermanence

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

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know..."

May 13, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Art Partying With Cherry Cola Dog

Make a space with a DIY approach to art and a Burning Man vibe, and you get the wildly popular Cherry Cola Dog

"...Two paths diverged in the capital city...."

Sept. 7, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts

Showdown on the fifth floor

"...A tale of two floors: On one, rows and rows of books filling the length and..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Return of the xx

First of two nights at the Moody has ’em dancing in the aisles

"...Four long years have passed since the xx sold out consecutive nights downtown at the Moody..."

May 11, 2017 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Great Beauty

An Italian writer and bon vivant reflects on his life in this walkabout with Felliniesque touches.

"...Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino. Starring: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greg Abbott and the Same Old Faces

The men behind the "too stupid to be governor" Tweet

"...Attorney General Greg Abbott is taking flack today after one of his most powerful campaign hatchet men Tweeted that..."

Sept. 14, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Priests of Syrinx

What’s in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anyway?

"...When did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony become..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Great Artdoors

Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas

"...The mercury is rising, but that just means more performing..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Butterfly's Life, From the Inside

Beautiful 'Farfalle' allows kids to step into a bug's world

"...on chrysalises as big as basketballs? Or climb inside one the size of a tent? The kids who see..."

Feb. 23, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Ambassador

With daring, gonzo filmmaking, this documentary film penetrates the blood-diamond trade in the Central African Republic.

"...Danish documentarian and full-time provocateur Mads Brügger is either fearless or insane, possibly a combination of both. His..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrestling in the Dark

WWE performs a house show at the Drum

"...There were no cameras. No ringside announcers. No pyrotechnics. All..."

May 16, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

A lovely, enthralling examination of the Paris Opera Ballet from Frederick Wiseman.

"...Directed by: Frederick Wiseman. In his fly-on-the-wall examination of the world-class Paris Opera Ballet, Wiseman travels..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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