Letters at 3AM: Stirling at Road's End

Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out

"...Route 66 was two guys – George Maharis (Buz) and Martin Milner (Tod) – driving highways..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye: Let the Bloodletting Begin

Feeling lukewarm about Ice and Fire kick-starter Game of Thrones

"...book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, the series takes viewers into a world..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, Pablo Schreiber, La Chanze, Olivia Thirlby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (World..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...Moore. Ah, well. At least you're not relegated to George Lazenby's fate: Having to tussle with Jimmy Wang Yu..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

F*ck

Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.

"...another – as when it appears as though Judith Martin (Miss Manners) has taken off her microphone and walked..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

EAST, at Ease

The 2006 East Austin Studio Tour reveals 86 studios and one stacked pod art city with a shared alphabet

"...Barry George Sculpture Studio (10)..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Jackson Ngai, who brutally murdered UT piano professor Danielle Martin last year, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

Page Two: Look Who's (Still) Talking

Miers nomination pushes right-wing spin machine into disturbing, delicious overdrive

"...there are no more hidden White House wives of George Bush to be appointed to positions for which they..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...an army of Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, and Ricky Martin wannabes for MTV and People magazine...."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Hightower Report

Bush wants to deplete your Social Security; ChoicePoint may have helped deplete your bank account

"...think tank theorists, corporate-funded front groups, and of course, George W...."

March 11, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Assault on Precinct 13

This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.

"...the great director’s best, stars John Wayne and Dean Martin, and while Carpenter’s version lacked star power of any..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Towns & Places

"...after the band's San Antonio debut.8 "Amarillo by Morning," George Strait Songwriters: Terry Stafford, Paul Fraser Year Charted: 1982..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TV Eye

Who was left off the list for this year's Emmy nominees.

"...Under), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Kiefer Sutherland (24), and Martin Sheen (The West Wing). Omissions include Donnie Wahlberg and..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...that finally resulted in his signing Trigger, Willie's beat-up Martin guitar. That came on the heels of hosting a..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Half Past Dead

"...and seeking revenge for his wife's death, à la Martin Riggs. He's also sorta spiritual and gets to keep..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Yousuf Karsh: A Retrospective

The Oswald Gallery's retrospective exhibit of Yousuf Karsh's black and white portraiture is a small sample of Karsh's career, perhaps, considering the span of years in which he worked, but it's a representative one, and perfectly displayed in the snug front gallery.

"...Martin Luther King Jr. Georgia O'Keeffe. Winston Churchill. Alberto Giacometti...."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Review

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Martin Junior High became Martin Middle School this year --..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

News from around Austin

"...Longtime Austin activist turned Georgetown retiree Della Green has filed to run for mayor,..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...to wax eloquent on the heroism and brilliance of Martin Luther King Jr. As we chatted during our tour..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips

The historic Army forts around Central Texas and beyond.

"...outposts on the edge of Texas civilization was Fort Martin Scott. Established in 1848, two miles east of Fredericksburg,..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Forsaken

"...the genre and gives us vampires without fangs. Granted, George A. Romero's Martin trod similar ground, albeit from a..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...George Stevens had directed Fred & Ginger in Swing Time,..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Some Florida voters disqualified as ex-felons by misused Texas Department of Public Safety information

"...When Gov. George W. Bush announced his presidential candidacy last year, he..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Coach's Corner

Coach weighs in on a couple of sports-related lawsuits, and the presidential race.

"...I'm now convinced that if Marty McSorley had killed Martin Brashear, the NHL establishment and their sycophant stooges would..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...St. Martin's Press, 177 pp., $29.95..."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Savinifest

"...Savini. Tom Savini, the special-effects wizard behind most of George Romero's creep-fests (Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders, Martin) and..."

March 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Council Watch

City plots downtown's retail future

"...governor. Slusher noted that it was legislation signed by George W. Bush that exempted Alcoa from this session's tighter..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Local Bestsellers

This week's list of bestsellers is from Congress Avenue Booksellers, 716 Congress.

"...of Texas & the Southwest, 1513-1900 by James C. Martin and Robert Sidney Martin..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Column

Bill Minutaglio

"...of life for Bill Minutaglio, author of First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, has been..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature by Jessica Berthold

October Previews

"...D: Paul McGuigan; with Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Stephen McCole, Jenny McCrindle, Gary McCormack...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

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