The Big Squeeze

The writers' strike hits close to home

"...to a flurry of filming activity in Texas and elsewhere in anticipation of the strike that never happened. Many..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Trade

This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.

"...into a melodramatic excess that threatens to disengage viewers; elsewhere, he seems to have borrowed circle pans and sun-baked..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Angel-A

Luc Besson delivers a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash note to the city of Paris that stars a petty crook and an ethereal beauty.

"...that, s'il vous plait." So the man's been busy elsewhere, and now comes Angel-A, a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Surf's Up

This animated avian surf epic is most alive when its radio-friendly pop hits accompany beautiful CGI waves.

"...penguin a golden shower to heal a stingray wound. Elsewhere in the film, characters go sledding in a volcano..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...wonder whether the money couldn't have been better spent elsewhere. Environmental Board member William Curra said that "some of..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Happily N'Ever After

The animated Happily N'Ever After isn't just cynically humorless, it's shoddy-looking to boot.

"...just a witless retread of old lines better used elsewhere; one character gets a pie in the face, licks..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Top 10s

National Top 10s of 2006

"...1) Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere (Downtown)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

TV Eye

A Snippet of What's to Come

"...watch the first 20 minutes and read a recap elsewhere. I've already done this with Sleeper Cell, the Showtime..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

How much you'll love (or loathe) JB and KG's passion for the power chord and all it entails will depend, most likely, on your familiarity with the duo beforehand.

"...whose core motivations (pot, rock) have already been well-established elsewhere is unclear. That said, director Lynch keeps things moving..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

TBS tries to be funny

"...drama" to brand their palette of dramas first aired elsewhere as they dabble in producing originals (The Closer) that..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Point Austin: Endorsed!

Take a long look at the 'Chronicle' opinions – and then leap

"...each other, and drafting the endorsements that you're reading elsewhere in this week's print edition or, at greater length,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Miami Vice

Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs don't belong in this new time slot, but Michael Mann's movie turns out to be dreary and monochromatic.

"..."go-fast" boats) from stateside to Cuba to Colombia to elsewhere with the only noticeable result being that you may..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

GOP Redistricting: Hosing down the ballot

The implications of three Republicans – Henry Bonilla, Lamar Smith, and Michael McCaul – all based somewhere else and representing Travis County, aren't merely about the county's representation in Congress. In a world of old-fashioned partisan politics, changing of guard also has down-ballot implications.

"...Bonilla, Lamar Smith, and Michael McCaul – all based elsewhere and all representing Travis County (as the state has..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Mr. Dante Remus Lazarescu of Bucharest descends into a distinct rung of hell when he calls for an ambulance and is subsequently schlepped through Romania's uncaring medical system.

"...as he’s variously ignored, diagnosed, chastised, and passed off elsewhere. Mioara, who stays by his side throughout the ordeal,..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...The New York Times). Johnston will display visual art elsewhere in NYC, as well as in Brussels and Houston...."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...in Austin," believes many parents who sent their kids elsewhere didn't bother to research the source of Porter's bad..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Loosey-Goosey Land Agreement?

Environmentalists and AISD face off once again over school construction in Southwest Austin

"...developers would offset the extra cover with open space elsewhere...."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...in a still-blue county – should be re-elected handily.Legislature (Elsewhere)SD 7: "Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Casanova

Hallström’s latest is fine but unambitious, content with what it is – an arthouse trifle with tricorner hats, corsets, and powdered wigs.

"...it’s a shame the characters are kept so busy elsewhere publishing pamphlets (onscreen pamphleteering is really the cheapest form..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...greater density – Downtown, in her own neighborhood, and elsewhere. Someone's going to have to explain to me how..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The streets are mean, and so is the City Council

"...uncertainly – approval. Modeled after similar language in resolutions elsewhere that have withstood legal challenges, the four ordinances, in..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

Apparently, I got it all wrong

"...their expectations and seek what they want to see elsewhere if the existing formats don't please them. I don't..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked in Ashes

This documentary follows a group of spiritual voyagers through a series of pilgrimages and trips to Indian ashrams and holy festivals in order to create a portrait of the yogi life.

"...it’s ironic that her film seems less than solemn. Elsewhere she follows the initiation of Santosh Giri, a 14-year-old..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Secuestro Express

This Venezuelan film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas bursts with stylish technique and gruesome tension.

"...the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin and South America bursts with stylish technique..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

With two storms, nature has increased the speed of America's decline by several years. This series of columns sketches what we're in for (for good as well as for ill). The focus of this column is air travel and the tourist industries.

"...pay attention to where we are. You can't go elsewhere for culture; you must cultivate it where you are...."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...his Emmy-nominated turn as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on St. Elsewhere, or any of his other 200-plus performances – then..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Budget Frenzy

It ain't where they live

"...six out of 10 Austin firefighters choose to live elsewhere than in the city where they work. And in..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

City will seek north location for courts

"...plans at SATC opens the door for court construction elsewhere, the most likely being land next to Big Walnut..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

A singularly dreadful example of what can happen when potentially capable comedians check their brains at a committee meeting and go slumming for dollars.

"...by Dutch police, and derided as a "doped-up cracker." Elsewhere in this flaccid sequel’s interminable 83 minutes, you have..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...if Van Sant intends to inspire guilt; here, as elsewhere, he is exasperatingly abstruse. And in this striving to..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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