The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...monologue from beyond the grave, so pointedly does it echo that director's famously pragmatic pessimism. The Dead Don’t Die..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council Members Look to Tax Previously Exempted Waterfront Homes

Correcting the "Mistake on the Lake" could fund city initiatives

"...Representatives from the Ending Com­mun­ity Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) said current "no sit/no lie" and panhandling ordinances must..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Thinks Hard on Homelessness

Action on new rules set for June 20 meeting

"...June 20. Representatives from the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) said current “no sit/no lie” and panhandling ordinances must..."

June 7, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Can Social Impact Investing End Homelessness?

Catching up with the dais as they bet on success

"...toward (in this case) housing and services, coordinated by ECHO, for up to 250 people that can break their..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Set to OK New Contract for Downtown Homeless Shelter

Council ready to take next (Front) Steps

"...will help Front Steps better manage the ARCH workload; ECHO director Ann Howard explained that lowering the number of..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin Terror Fest Drops the Big One

Third year comer triples down at Empire & Barracuda June 7-9

"...“Machine Girl, TR/ST, Street Sects, Dalëk, Echo Beds,” ticks off Domi, whose family moved to Austin..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Time Trap

Time-bending thriller needed more, well, time

"...rather wooden and perfunctory. The (over)use of voiceover is echo-y and off; it sounds like they’re in another room...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Council: Come Get Loopy

Life on the dais, for quite a while

"...ultimately passed the plan, with Kitchen's amendments, last Thursday. ECHO: Is This Thing On?..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Review: con flama

Salvage Vanguard puts us on the bus for an illuminating ride

"...bus. In that time, traveling from South Central to Echo Park and back, she absorbed the personalities and stories..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pacific Rim Uprising

Robots vs. monsters sequel is pure scrap.

"...DeKnight (Daredevil) simply can’t muster much more than an echo of the original’s heart and soul. Genre fans are..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Permission

Polyamory and commitment weigh heavy in this New York rom-com

"...fire, a catastrophic event on the news – that echo the earth-shattering nature of this endeavor. This movie-viewing experience..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Homeless Count Saturday

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition to conduct annual survey

"...Ending Community Homelessness Coalition's 2018 Point in Time Count. ECHO relies on volunteer support to conduct their survey of..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

All I See Is You

A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently

"...having honeymoon sex). The extreme close-ups of Lively’s face echo the obsession angle they’re trying so hard to sell..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Foreigner

Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson

"...as both a hazy political thriller and a grim echo of Ted Kotcheff’s First Blood Rambo film, with Chan..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...is it? The family dog goes missing, eerie howls echo throughout the woods, and before long – another nod..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...2) The Echocentrics, Echo Hotel (Nacional)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Café Society

A lesser Woody Allen film, but not without its pleasures

"...Narratively, most of the setups and character attributes echo other Woody Allen films, but here the arrangements are..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captain Fantastic

Viggo Mortensen and family go off the grid

"...transportation (a bus!), and the rebellion against authority all echo the work of Sixties-era writers like Ken Kesey, with..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Echocentrics

"...side projects like Ocote Soul Sounds and now the Echocentrics. Like its predecessor, debut Sunshadows in 2011, Echo Hotel..."

June 24, 2016 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Embrace of the Serpent

Scientists and an Amazonian shaman interact in this unique film

"...The two journeys taken on the river also echo each other. Trading stops with various native tribes and..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...it establishes an ongoing data point to reflect for ECHO and its coalition agencies where there is the most..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Theeb

A young Bedouin boy in 1916 has an adventure in the war-torn desert

"...Ford would likely both recognize Nowar’s film as an echo of their own Monument Valley adventures. David Lean, maybe..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nowhere to Go

The struggles of homeless teenagers and young adults often go overlooked in Austin

"...help of LifeWorks and the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO), as those two organizations were already planning to conduct..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...stranger or involved in some kind of weird circle jerk/echo chamber, where they all ping on some basic political..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

News Roundup: Use of Force, Apartments, & TNCs

Jury awards $1M in civil rights suit; SOI ordinance halted

"...a “snapshot” of people experiencing homelessness on one day. ECHO announced the total number of homeless people counted was..."

March 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Dead Leaf Echo (New York, NY.)..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...Beattie, who learned the tenants of dub production – echo, track fading, keeping your eyes on the VU meters..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Dead Leaf Echo (New York, N.Y.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Inside Llewyn Davis

The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.

"...stars of the day. (The title and color palette echo Inside Dave Van Ronk, the 1963 album by Van..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Narco Cultura

This documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their relationship to populist narcocorrido music becomes a fascinating study of the cultural cycle of violence.

"...band Buknas de Culiacán. These narcocorridos carry a populist echo of the Depression-era fascination with the likes of Bonnie..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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