Kill the Trumpet Player

Don Cheadle does Miles Davis in freak-fusion biopic Miles Ahead

"...to discuss specific development decisions behind Miles Ahead, but game to criticize the general Hollywood climate for financing films..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Seven the Hard Way

Picks 2 Click: Local septet of acts braces for SXSW

"...gritty outfit with drummer Wes Cargal, Not in the Face...."

March 4, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...better – it’s that kind of movie, but the surface story follows a Puritan family cast out of their..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Recommends: Films of Love

Romance is in the air in this month's movie picks

"...plays a 79-year-old manic pixie dream girl to a baby-faced, 20-ish, death-obsessed Bud Cort. Fluffed by a Cat Stevens-infused..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Soccer Watch

"...Costa Rica as we go to press Wednesday, then faces Mexico at 3pm, Sat., Feb. 13, and Puerto Rico..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game to compete. Things will be compared. Things will be..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty

Representatives engage in ... legal combaaaaaat!

"...new org doing work rather than playing the PR game." – M.K...."

Feb. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Public Notice: Common Ground?

It's always darkest before the dawn

"...member of the Real Estate Council of Austin. Both face re-election campaigns this Novem­ber, and each will likely face..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Viceroys' Topdog / Underdog

This black-owned artist collective makes a passion-fueled, powerful debut with Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer-winning drama

"...Lincoln, he's just returning home from work, still in whiteface – our first hint that Parks will challenge our..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Mustang

Five Turkish sisters fight the patriarchy in this widely hailed drama

"...Despite its surface similarities, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's feature debut is not a..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Shake Shack Chickens Out

Daily Austin food news

"...pressure or will the competition have egg on their face? Find out at 9pm...."

Jan. 14, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...over the moon. The stage lights reflect Derek O'Brien's face onto Buddy's guitar like Jesus on a tortilla...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

The Hightower Report

Why have major TV networks pulled the plug on Bernie?

"...to the scoreboard to see who's winning the exciting game of "Presidential Election Media Coverage."..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...poster Brit for rock & roll's bumper sticker slogan faced certain jail time. To cope, he holed up in..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

Can the WWE make an action star out of Dean Ambrose?

"...knows what it's like to get punched in the face – because he has been. His job is to..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ambiguous Oracle: Company’s New Austin Campus Displaces Longtime Residents

Legal group calls Oracle plan "a slap in the face" to low-income renters

"...and the city’s welcome, as “a slap in the face” to the mostly low-income former residents...."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Playback: The FAQs of Austin Music 2015

Q: Is Austin still the "live music capital of the world"?

"...restated himself among our best musical poets with Complicated Game, B-3 organist Mike Flanigin stepped out from sideman status..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...entertainment, explaining, "There are three hours until the basketball game." A separate protest, which received less media attention, took..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

UT Football: The Best and the Worst

Emerging Horns transition out of a season of gross extremes

"...two halves, the matchup featured everything nobody saw coming: game-changing injuries, costly Baylor turnovers, and a bench clearing (semi-)..."

Dec. 8, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Soccer Watch

"...Several international games were canceled in Europe this weekend, following Friday's terror..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

When They Were Kings

My All American revisits UT Football legend Freddie Steinmark

"..."I read [Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story] and it made me cry...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"..."The taproom puts a face to our business and helps educate the consumer on..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Soccer Watch

"...goal with about 10 minutes to play, then the game-winner in overtime. It was their third loss of the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

UT Football: Half Glass Full?

Horns in sight of a bowl; while Missouri raises other possibilities

"...How could the Kansas game be viewed?..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Suffragette

Carey Mulligan gets her Norma Rae on in this historical drama

"...Maud Watts, Carey Mulligan delivers an engaging performance, her face providing an elegant canvas for conveying Maud’s joys, fears,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Hip-Hop at Home With the Armadillo

Weird City Hip-Hop takes another strike, but Austin City Limits hits a home run in landing Kendrick Lamar taping

"...Lamar's performance at ACL Fest proved a game-changer. He was the lone hip-hop artist on the Zilker..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

UT Football: How Soon Is Now?

Recapping the season ahead of Saturday’s matchup against Kansas State

"...You had a trip to South Bend to face a talented Notre Dame team, featuring a healthy Malik..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Knock Knock

Keanu Reeves stars in Eli Roth's latest horror film

"...victims usually dying in some sort of agonizing torment: face chewed off, genitals raggedly removed; the Greeks did not..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Game of Zones

Tweak in PUD rules preempts the Grove at Shoal Creek

"...settled. The BCRC and Garrett Martin of ARG met face to face two weeks ago and agreed to secure..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...themselves, sowing the fields and attempting to hunt for game, often unsuccessfully. When Louise gets bit by a raccoon,..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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