Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off and On

Can Bellagio combine thoughtful food with thoughtful service?

"...in the hills behind it. Part of its charm lies in its gorgeous and inviting bar and elegantly stylish..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...[Music Editor Raoul Hernandez replies: The Independence CD release shows were recommended that week..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

Checklist for the Next Four Years

"...sustainable values – check Four more years of greed, lies, and living in fear – check Congratulations to the..."

Nov. 4, 2004 Postmarks

Oh, What a Lovely War Protest!

The Accidental Activist tells how the Lysistrata Project became a global anti-war phenomenon, from the perspective of Kathryn Blume, who co-founded and lived it

"...to war. So what did she do? The answer lies in The Accidental Activist, a solo show that Blume..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Bush League lambasting, locally-grown concerns, and a side of jazz.

"...the shame and humility that comes with making the deadliest decision one could ever make...."

June 22, 2001 Column

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...the owls and kids play? Right in Zilker Park lies the Austin Science and Nature Center, which offers camps..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

The Land of Laughs

"...Perhaps the problem, though, lies with me. I've wanted to read The Land of..."

April 13, 2001 Books Review by Shannon McCormick

Comfortably Butt Numb

11 movies, 24 hours, 230 stinky film fans -- a diary from Harry Knowles' second annual Butt-Numb-a-thon

"...sores." I discreetly pat my own ass, wondering what lies in store for it...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...you that the truth about Jerry's relationship with Doug lies some 180° away from that quote. After recording Doug..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Closer: Within Fucking Distance

Local Arts Reviews

"...and the rest of the world precisely what vulgarity lies beneath. Kind of like our own Who's Afraid of..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...slope from the numerous Civil War veterans and their families buried in the Confederate field. But when Bullock took..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...DFW model and Babichian extremes. Part of the blame lies with the lack of coalition building, exacerbated by people..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Holy Smoke!

The Barbecue! Bible

"...But the real meat of this tome lies in the chapters dealing with the different classifications of..."

June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Man With Susan's Plan

"...singular American filmmaker, deftly mixing his love of the fantastic with outright comedy and the occasional touch of genuine..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Italia With & Without

Week One: The Tour

"...cuisine of the eastern areas. The hotter, drier south relies more on dried pasta and other easily preserved foods,..."

May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Net Worth

"...legislation-free. It is not controlled or administered by private monopolies and -- owing to its fantastic growth -- is..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

"...up with a mixed bag of body parts; wild, fantastic flights of fantasy; and dialogue ripped from the pages..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...the long arm of John Law. West's real strength lies in the beautiful deep house he spins for these..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Louis Sachar: Top of His Class

"...story by concocting new and unexpected events, the more fantastic the better...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Gang of Guerillas

"...admittedly including Ortese, have been mixing the realistic and fantastic since literature began; it's not something that started in..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Books Review

AMOA and Mexic-Arte Shows Take Us to Personal Places

"...dream-like quality of his world. This theme of the fantastic is rampant in Morales' work, with truncated bodies next..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...Conservation Chair (1997) Austin Bullies Hays..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Film Festival, Barbecue: A Love Story. Last year's Deep Fantastic Blue resonated with that enjoyment and the richness that..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...wonder where the next Sundance breakout sensation like sex, lies and videotape, Reservoir Dogs, and Clerks was going to..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Game Report

What's on the Boards With Austin's Game Companies

"..."Come on in; the water feels fantastic!"..."

May 30, 1997 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Not having seen the trio since one of their earliest Blue Flamingo gigs in 1995, I anticipated a certain..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Page Two

"...watching a crowd that included Bill Paxton (Twister), Julianna Margulies (E.R.), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk..."

March 14, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Curriculum I: 10 Movies to Know America By

"...2. The Birds -- Even in our loveliest, most out-of-the-way places, there is a sense of an..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...bedroom is the fourth and final door, behind which lies Johnson's small rehearsal space and Anne's computer room. Naturally,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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