Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...combination of a never-ending childhood, nonstop frivolity, and rebellion against one's parents has a natural appeal for baby boomers,..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Profiles

Jody Denberg talks to Patti Smith

"...Eyes." I read it as kind of a rage against this rampant consumerism that's going on right now...."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Only Happy When It Rains

Jean Caffeine's...

"...directions yet once more. Jean Caffeine wants to rock again...."

April 25, 1997 Music Feature

The Ugly End to Jason Dusterhoft's Police Career Was Only the Beginning for APD

Three chiefs gone in Austin

"...it. He did so even though he was going against official APD policy."..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chronicle Recommends: The Worst of the Oscars

From badly timed to just plain bad: When the Academy got it wrong

"...It’s Oscar season again, and while the Academy Awards are always a source..."

Feb. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend in Film

Nothing wrong with a little escapism

"...a ribald comedy about a girls' weekend in NOLA gone wrong, consider booking new laffer The Trip to Spain...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Blind Items

With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again

"...treatments of choice, from summer cottages to Manhattan pieds-à-terre. Gone, gone, gone are the hideous miniblinds and vertical blinds..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Blind Items

With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again

"...treatments of choice, from summer cottages to Manhattan pieds-à-terre. Gone, gone, gone are the hideous miniblinds and vertical blinds..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Big Turnaround (and Who's to Thank for It)

"...suggestions for the team as a sort of antidote against what was quickly becoming a fruitless season. When we..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...Dawg, I've known pleasure, jealousy, affection – though never again did I expect to find a heart in which..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...The decade has turned, so it's time once again to take up redistricting. As always, the process will..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Review: Stephen Mills’ POE / A Tale of Madness Is Pitch Perfect

Ballet Austin brings the master of the macabre to life (before killing him again)

"...Screeching violins underscore the tremulous strings of a mind gone wild, ominous percussion an insistent thrum felt deep in..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

This Hardcore Carnivore’s In a Class of Her Own

Jess Pryles schools meat-eaters on the how and why of the food they crave

"...to the sizzle as she flips a tomahawk steak again and again and again – her motto: Just Keep..."

Aug. 16, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Esther's Follies Returns to Lighten Austin's Post-Pandemic Load

Guess what long-running comedy troupe is vaccinated, back onstage, and ready to make the city laugh again

"...down, and we didn't want people to think we'd gone the way of, ah, half of Barton Springs Road..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...a week away, but that's still time (ad time again) for the fest to have added sci fi social..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...longhairs that love them. Yes! Read that last sentence again: "jet-pack-wearing stags!" Our minds are all squirmy in anticipation...."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Meg 2: The Trench

It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again

"...Sharksploitation is in – or seemingly, has never gone away, as argued in the recently released documentary of..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Au Revoir, Chez Nous; WB, Antonelli's; Howdy, Local Foods; Mmmmm, Pinthouse; and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...continues to fade and everything begins to open up again and, oh, here’s a suggestion: Let’s not do 2020..."

June 16, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Film Critic Re-Emerges to Watch In the Heights the Way It Was Meant to Be Seen

After 424 days away from the movie theatre it's time to be alone in the dark again

"...424 days. That was the longest I'd gone without being in a cinema since the day in..."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...normal as it would be for anyone else who’s gone through UT,” said the McCombs business major...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...she sings. "I wait forever and notice that it's gone."..."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...in 1992 and then cloned it over and over again until you had an outpost of golden ales and..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Latest update of Kipling's classic is caught in Disney's shadow

"...his own version: Yet rather than merely mimic '67 again, his adaptation is a pointed and bloody reaction to..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...of HIV medication Truvada as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, he decided it was time to get a..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...2014 is dead, done and gone. But we'll be living with the legacy of its..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend

12:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits

"...have two separate things going on. He was just gone three weeks which is the longest he's been gone..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Kickstart Your Weekend: Send Danni Danger to the Geekies

Former 'Chronicle' cover star needs help getting to L.A.

"...to help her make the trip, and get back again...."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: Haim

‘Oh my God, Lionel Richie? I’m going to cry.’

"...Two weeks before the release of Days Are Gone, L.A. neo-New Wave trio Haim’s much anticipated debut album,..."

Oct. 3, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

UT Alum Shares Harrowing Story of a Son Lost, Then Found, After the Boston Bombings

Brian Downes’ son and daughter-in-law severely injured in the blast

"...the nerves are pretty raw. Well, steel those nerves again, because you really need to read this story from..."

April 19, 2013 News Post by Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch

Thai director Pen-ek Ratanruang goes bang with a 'Headshot'

"...in 2002 while binging on obscure Asian cinema at long-gone S. 1st St. video heaven Pedazo Chunk...."

Oct. 9, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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