Feeling Minnesota

"...A project developed at Robert Redford's acclaimed Sundance Institute, Feeling Minnesota (the title is taken from a Soundgarden lyric)..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

North Country

Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized, rousing, but nevertheless predictable account of the first class-action sexual discrimination suit.

"...extra boost. Set in the Iron Range of northern Minnesota, North Country features Theron as one of the first..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines: Ruby in Paradise

"...is the kind of talent that's pure American gold. Feeling MinnesotaD: Steven Baigelman (1996)with Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movie Titles for 1996

"...FAN, THE2.0(M.S.)8/16/96 FARGO4.0(M.S.)3/22/96 FEAR1.0(J.O.)4/19/96 FEELING MINNESOTA1.5(M.S.)9/20/96 FINAL OPTION, THE1.5(J.O.)5/3/96 FIRST KID2.5(M.B.)8/30/96 FIRST WIVES CLUB,..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"...a Blue Dress and the soon-to-be-released Bottle Rocket and Feeling Minnesota). Also due for premiere in select cable TV..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...11-15, with virtual screenings available online in Texas and Minnesota. Early bird passes are $50, and are available at..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to a Giant

The late Sen. Paul Wellstone was larger than life.

"...mournful reaction of Louis Dubose to the news that Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone had died in a plane crash..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Verde Report: Relax, Austin FC’s First Month Isn’t as Bad as It Looks

“It’s not like we’re behind the curve. We’re right there.”

"...during the first month. So why am I left feeling better about the club’s playoff prospects now than I..."

March 22, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Juno

This indie comedy is funny, smart, cool, and heartfelt, and features breakout showcases for star Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

"...no. The quips keep coming, but they slow, stop feeling so aggressively razzmatazz. The language settles down, and Juno..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...with what has come to be known as "The Minnesota Iceman," an allegedly real caveman (or possibly Sasquatch, or..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Nolan Ryan vs. Nolan Ryan? Only in Austin

Rangers play Express in exhibition game at the Dell

"...which the Buzz take on their major-league affiliate, the Minnesota Twins...."

March 28, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...a couple of days after the group's arrival in Minnesota, St. Paul police searched the trailer without a warrant..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Forte at Forty

Thriving under Jack Allen's leadership, KMFA endures as Classically Austin radio

"...Since Allen came to Austin four years ago from Minnesota Public Radio, one of the most respected stations in..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Gregor

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...The sublime, as you know, is that aesthetic feeling that results from the sequence of contemplating some object..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...he enrolled as a student at the University of Minnesota in 1997. Oak Street Cinema would become his neighborhood..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...up like I was as a Methodist in southern Minnesota, very conservative town and taught, "You shall not kill."..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

The AggreGAYtor: February 20

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Tom Pritchard of the Minnesota Family Council thinks he has it figured out by..."

Feb. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

'The NFL Beat': Week 12

Enterprising fantasy football journalism

"...Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears..."

Nov. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...other forms. There's California's air quality management districts, and Minnesota's regional tax-base redistribution (the "fiscal disparities system"). There's New..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sxsw

"...martini and repeating the words "Spank me," and "I'm feeling free!"). They also have fun with visuals: When the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods Rage of Innocence

"...Wade, a promising young politician, has just lost a Minnesota Senate election. Political mudslinging has exposed his presence at..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Books Feature

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...of the show and watches it back home in Minnesota. He got a wild hair to do ACL and..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'The NFL Beat': Maslow's Hierarchy

True NFL team needs

"...if you have shoes. You certainly don't worry about feeling loved and appreciated. At this stage, you are surviving..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...free agents. Going off my guts, going off that feeling one gets when a storm is about to hit,..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...idol-esque, and Boston-accented John Kennedy and the "you betcha"-ing, Minnesota-accented Hubert Humphrey through the Wisconsin presidential primary. There's terrific..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...balance of the old and the new, evoking a feeling of Billie Holiday or Nancy Wilson set to more..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

I Wanna Be a Paperback Writer

Perusing the Texas Book Festival Panels

"...by book's end. Both Deacon and Allen spoke of feeling as if they had died with their subjects. But..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature

Raving About Theatre

A Swarm of Wily, Unruly Theatre Types Meet in the Heat

"...of twisted sense. If you're going to meet in Minnesota in February, why not Texas in August? Given the..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lil Yachty’s Whiplash Catalog Run and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, and more kicked off at Zilker Park

"...teenage white boys. He abruptly cut through “NBAYOUNGBOAT” and “Minnesota,” mixing in crowd-pleasing feature tracks “Broccoli” and “iSpy.” Hitting..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

We Have an Issue: Babies on the Brain

In this week's cover story, new dads Kevin Curtin and Black Angels frontman Alex Maas talk about creativity and fatherhood

"...after seven years at the helm. Brunzell also runs Minnesota-based film/music festival Sound Unseen, which spread to Austin this..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

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