The Treasure in Other People's Trash

Your loss is Davy Rothbart's gain

"...As editor and creator of Found Magazine, Rothbart spends a lot of time crisscrossing the..."

May 29, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Dreamsville

16 Magazine and the birth of music journalism

"...no fanfare, fawning memoir, VH1 special, or even People magazine blurb, the most important milestone in rock journalism turned..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Safety Not Guaranteed

Love and time travel commingle in this debut feature which stars Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass.

"...Darius, an intern working for a glossy, trendy Seattle magazine, she's droll, melancholy, and transcendent in equal measures. (And..."

June 15, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Catching On

No Depression Magazine

"...Dog thrown by the folks at No Depression, the magazine which has given itself the charge of covering the..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Wanted

Based on Mark Millar’s ultraviolent comic-book miniseries, Wanted isn’t so much a movie as it is a parade of fast cars, big guns, heavy metal guitars, exposed cleavage, and tests of masculinity.

"...Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and Kristen Hager. If Maxim magazine ever decides to branch out into filmmaking, Wanted is..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

True to Its Own Terroir

Can Saveur magazine save the soul of the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival?

"...Texas foods and wines every April. The event was founded by Fall Creek Vineyards owner Susan Auler and a..."

April 4, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

What Happened Was …

"...intervals and claiming to have a publisher whom she found through an ad in a magazine (“Can you write..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Singles

Love in the Nineties: no drugs and the sex is scary. Actually, Cameron Crowe documents the habits of a generation that adapted.

"...characters' day-to-day lives in a way that is rarely found in movies. Crowe fashions his characters' stories like a..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The world's favorite bisexual, black-leathered, dragon-tatted, hog-riding hacker is back in action.

"...paramour, Mikael Blomkvist (Nyqvist), a crusading journalist at Millennium magazine and the series' co-lead. As in the source book,..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

National Closeup Alert: Dwell Spotlights Austin Architects

Dwell magazine focuses on local architects.

"...If you're going to be featured in a home-design magazine these days, you couldn't ask for a better kingmaker..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...Morton and Common. Based on Mark Jacobson's New York magazine article, American Gangster does a crackerjack job at nailing..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peach Fuzz: A Nudie Mag Stripped

In their magazine, Kelly Dugan and Laura McNairy deliver all of the skin and none of the grossness

"...and without all the misogyny and, like, grossness." She found a partner in McNairy, assistant editor, whose enthusiastic response..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel's unorthodox but true story about a protagonist who is stripped of all self-movement and expression is equal parts reverie, despair, and social experiment.

"...of 45, the French writer and editor of Elle magazine (French edition) suffered a massive stroke that left him..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Down to You

"...youthful vitriol: As the story of a first love found, soured, and then redeemed, it's all fore and no..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...Cuban Missile Crisis, at a time when the world found itself in the midst of a cold war grown..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...as it comes in at number three on MovieMaker magazine's prestigious annual Best Places to Live and Work as..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals

How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads

"...much simpler path. "I read about it in a magazine."..."

June 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Fest films (and all relevant tickets/badges info) can be found here. Full press release after the jump...."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music News: De La Soul, J Balvin, and T Bone Burnett Headlined Hump Day

Music happenings yesterday and today

"...Obviously, SXSW Music is now in full swing. Wednesday found bigger crowds and higher showcase concentrations for the fest’s..."

March 14, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Drink Ribera. Drink Spain.

No place for the timid

"...region, the mountains and the vineyards, but that he found the roads in Priorat to be quite treacherous...."

April 12, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

I Call B.S.

Playback hates on Grizzly Bear

"...While at a house party Saturday night, I found a piece of forgotten birthday cake, so I bit..."

April 15, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...amiable citizen after all that wonderful Chronicle-sanctioned confrontation, I found myself at a loss, wandering the streets at odd..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...Review, a few well-worn issues of Austin Monthly, Stuff Magazine, and some decomposing installments of The Sporting News. When..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

My First Etsy

"...live music. Instead, it was the Maker Faire, Make Magazine's ode to all things DIY, which you can read..."

Oct. 24, 2007 Design Post by Nora Ankrum

Gibby Speaks!

Gibby Haynes talks about his problems.

"...in the early Nineties when he was doing the magazine Thora-Zine. It was a fanzine that him and his..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Review: Shrewd Productions’ Small Steps

Intriguing maiden voyage for local playwright’s campy sci-fi romp

"...year, a retired policeman from the Isle of Man found a set of mid-10th century Viking jewelry, including a..."

July 25, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Checking In: Skeleton Releases Best Death Metal in Recent History

20 Buck Spin debut puts blackened ATX death metal on the map

"...Writes Decibel magazine: “Iron Age’s 2009 sophomore blindside The Sleeping Eye forged..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Berlin

At last complete, Jason Lutes' graphic novel is a masterpiece

"...fest (details below). Our interview with Lutes can be found here. Now, here's a review of his novel...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Music Review: Garden & Gun Showcase

Are you ready for the country (revolution)?

"...Leave it to hip Southern living magazine Garden & Gun to put together SXSW’s most packed..."

March 15, 2018 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Vacationing with Zakk Wylde

You and him kicking back and listening to Neil Young

"...Osbourne, Black Label Society, and as a solo artist, found time for a phoner on the Fourth of July..."

July 7, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

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