DVDanger: Willard

1970s rat insanity and its sequel, plus Catfight

"...comfortable in the office drama subplot. Willard's clashes with Ernest Borgnine as the man that stole his father's company..."

July 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Arts: Summer Snapshot

Theatre, dance, comedy, and lit events on the horizon

"...Ballet Folklórico de Texas At Paramount. June 3...."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1942, 102min/b&w, 35mm) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Ernest Borgnine's marriage to Ethel Merman lasted 32 days...."

May 5, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Dwight Yoakam Opens Rodeo Austin

First concert of two-week man/beast/cowgirl stand

"...band’s take-no-prisoners tribute to Merle Haggard. “Silver Wings,” requisite C&W 101 for any honky-tonk hopefuls, spun smooth and fresh..."

March 12, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...T.D. Bell & Erbie Bowser (95)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...music capital of the world if we lose musicians – if we lose music venues." He ordered staff to..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wayne Hancock

"...Texas roadhouse country music like it's 1955 and he's Ernest Tubb or Hank Thompson. Rockne-born in Bastrop County, he..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Jeff Nichols Enters Texas Film Hall of Fame

Loving director, Hector Galán, and Tye Sheridan honored

"...Joe, and stars in the upcoming adaptation of Austinite Ernest Cline's Ready Player One...."

Nov. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oops

"...Duke associated with the Ku Klux Klan is David Ernest Duke...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Column

Norwood Found Guilty

Case closes on 1988 murder of Debra Baker

"...cannot explain how it traveled from place to place – an argument for Norwood's case that may have fallen..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Ernest Hemingway made his martinis really cold by using tennis..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Catching Up With The Beer Diaries

Creators discuss what's next for the local web series

"...the series attempts to track down the brewery where Ernest Hemingway celebrated winning the Pulitzer Prize for The Old..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Food Post by Tucker Whatley

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Ernest Hemingway had a 15 parts gin, 1 part vermouth..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...The last, 2013's heartwarming My Favorite Picture of You – dedicated to his late wife of 40 years, Susanna..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...filmmakers drove the lemmings into the water because they ­wanted to make a memorable film...."

May 6, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Dave Insley

"...Insley's rich, round croon that can encompass anything from Ernest Tubb's bark to Willie Nelson's reediness, with the clear,..."

April 22, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music: Loretta Lynn

They don’t make ’em like the queen of country music

"...Midway through, she and her band, led by son Ernest Ray, openly disagreed on song selection. They attempted steering..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...was the three-peso CUP bill with a picture of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Sounded easy enough...."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two: May the Circle Be Unbroken

Exploitation film's family tree

"...The film worked for me on so many levels – narrative, acting, cinematic, musical (the score is by John..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America Director: Matt Ornstein Daryl Davis has an unusual..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...Between March 1955 and January 1956, a young, rhythm & blues-influenced country singer from Memphis, Tenn., named Elvis Presley..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Luv Doc: Bad Bacon

Yes, processed red meat causes cancer. Which village idiots were still laboring under the assumption it doesn't?

"...– The Cardiac Kid..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column

Get Ready for Texas Tiki Week

Cocktail umbrellas up

"...in a game of "Have You Ever" played by Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and an ebullient Alice B. Toklas...."

July 31, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Ernie Cline Gets His Game on With Armada

Novelist Ernie Cline's Eighties arcade love fuels his new sci-fi blockbuster, Armada

"...Austin-based author Ernest Cline hit the literary jackpot on his first attempt..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...adaptation and its remake. Here's the history: In 1927, Ernest Hemingway wrote a short story about two men who..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To Have and Have Not

Five-year Austinite Joe Pug is paying off

"..."I'd literally go straight from 
job sites, building walls and floors, 
to playing open mics..."

May 1, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Chronicle Recommends: Short Story Films

Small stories find their Hollywood ending

"...The Killers (1946) & The Killers (1964)..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Happy Prisoner Record Review

"...bluegrass mega-standards "Footprints in the Snow," originally tracked by Ernest Branch & the West Virginia Ramblers, and Dillards staple..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Happy Hundredth Birthday, Paramount Theatre!

Austin's original vaudeville stage announces Lyle Lovett and more

"...at the UT Stadium). Ritts praised the foresight of Ernest Nalle, who built a 1,500-seat capacity venue only 30..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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