Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...None of us much want to spend our leisure time contemplating nuclear annihilation or government surveillance. But..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...intended to convey. From its nondescript title on down, World Trade Center serves as something of a Rorschach test...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World Cup Cocktails

A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament

"...they both provide a sense of community. We toast our victories, and commiserate our defeats … like the U.S...."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by R.T. Frank

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...the two big monument signs, facing each other, marking our place today – SEAHOLM on the one side, LIBRARY..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Wild, Wild World of Susan Tyrrell

Forbidden Zone director at the Alamo on Sunday

"...One of our favorite Oscar-nominated actors, the legendary Susan Tyrrell, will emerge..."

April 10, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...split off to Napa for the interview and a tour of his small vineyard. Our chat, which I recorded..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Enter the Funnyman

Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy

"...down with McBride on the back patio of the Four Seasons Hotel, to find out how a man who..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Defining the Name of the World

Denis Johnson's new novel is about grief, but told anew, as if we didn't know anything about it.

"...The Name of the Worldby Denis Johnson..."

July 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

How Austin Became the Cold Brew Capital of the World

No need to give up coffee during the sweltering season

"...most people's idea of cold brew meant hot coffee poured over ice (a cardinal sin for coffee geeks). Next..."

April 7, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Enter the Domain With Other Worlds Austin

Sci-fi film festival adds world premiere, new score, and award winners

"...latest round of announcements for sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin and its Under Worlds Austin horror sub-strand has..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Burning World: Into The Territory With Alex Pritz

Documentary explores the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe's fight for the Amazon

"...Alex Pritz: Top of our mind from the beginning of production was how to..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sherry Thomas Is Our Lady of Crime Solving

The game's afoot in a very different way in the Lady Sherlock series by Austinite Sherry Thomas

"...to re-examine what is at the core of the world's most esteemed detective?..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Experience the World in Eight Drinks Around Austin

A thirst for travel

"...and 2021 – may have put a damper on your travel plans, but it doesn't mean you can't escape..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Feature by Ali Linan

Shirley MacLaine and Sarah Green to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

Texas Film Awards announces more honorees

"...Dust off your party duds. The 2017 Texas Film Awards are coming..."

Feb. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saving All Our Changes

Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer.

"...remember when "computers" first became an ubiquitous part of your daily life. If you're under 30, you might well..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

The Reel World

Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.

"...certifiable lunacy -- the shrieking metal geeks of Wayne's World or the ranting ideologues of both right and left..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

A Brave New World

If Just for One Day...

"...about half an hour last Sunday morning, I began to fear that I..."

Nov. 24, 1995 News Feature

Bento Picnic Is Closing, Diner Bar Is Boosting Bailey, There’s a Republican With a Cafe for You, Salt & Time and El Chile Enter the Brunching Brawl, Farmer’s Fridge Brightens the Friendly Skies, and So! Much! More!

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Yes, citizen, it’s your “Food News Buffet” for the week that includes Valentine’s..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Trump’s Twitter Library, a Ferris Wheel of Cheese, and More From the Wide, Weird World of SXSW

Festival-adjacent events abound!

"...Your SXSW badge doesn't just gain you entry to films,..."

March 8, 2019 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin And the Wider World

State department visit puts global spotlight on tech center

"...city is one of the more truly international urban centers in Texas, but a visit by 26 ambassadors last..."

May 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Bodies, Our Cities

Austin and Beyond

"...backlash against annexation is gaining momentum, with legislative proposals pouring in from around the state on how Texas might..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: Enter stage left, a new managing director

After a national search, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center found its new managing director, Elisbeth Challener, right in its own back yard

"...When the Zachary Scott Theatre Center went hunting for a new managing director to replace..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bismillah Restaurant

Where to find some of the finest pastichio, moussaka, and moi-moi in Austin

"...much nicer and much bigger digs in the shopping center at the northwest corner of Airport and Lamar. Chef..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...year's hybrid event. The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aztlan Underground

In 'Aztlan Underground,' Aztlan Dance Company again shatters Latin dance stereotypes, twirling the pieces and making a mosaic of its own contemporary style

"...Santa Cruz Center for Culture, through Aug. 21..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Page Two: Ten Ways of Looking at an 'Austin Chronicle'

In celebration of our 25th anniversary

"...so, an extra issue has to be added to our 52-issues-a-year publishing schedule, to adjust to the calendar. This..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...people can accept the differences in others as being our strength rather than weakness, we shall never know peace...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...From world premieres to archive oddities; from the Arabic world to..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...it was that we were going to do with our lives...."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Forever Young

The alumni artists of "YLA 15" continue to transform our world into their own

"...Art in Austin"), but given the historical disparity between our country's majority culture and minority cultures, the validation by,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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