Fight Club

There's no middle ground in Fight Club: Either you go with its berserker ethos or go nuts.

"...Meat Loaf. Ikea kills. That's the message of Fight Club, an incendiary, psychotic film surely guaranteed to polarize both..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Happened to Bonnie and Clyde's Missing Gun?

In which we hear the report of a gun and a secret is revealed

"...coincidence, also involving that Deputy Oakley but a different gun altogether, has a local connection and is being revealed..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

March 2020 Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?

"...a compilation of Democratic Primary candidate endorsements from area clubs, unions, and professional organizations in contested races in the..."

Feb. 4, 2020 News Post

The Good Music Club

First meeting/taping of the Good Music Club

"...KUT's myriad endearments. Partnered with filmmaker Richard Whymark, she’s begun headhunting local bands to videotape for online segments. Monday..."

Jan. 18, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...course, Craggy Island) for sins against the church. The Club is its dark kin, but there's little humor here...."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...did still have something of value. That was a gun – specifically, a chrome, pocket-sized, .22-caliber Jennings Firearms Inc...."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UK's Increase in Crime Not Related to Gun Control

"...David Honish said in his letter of Aug. 8 ("Guns Prevent Violence") that the UK's ban on the ownership..."

Aug. 12, 2003 Postmarks

The Hightower Report: Rabbits, Endangered Rhinos, and the Dallas Safari Club

Rabbits, endangered rhinos, and the Dallas Safari Club

"...at the others: "Run, run – the rabbits have guns!"..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Column

The Good Music Club: Black Tabs

Mother Earth Rock

"...“Jumpin' the Gun”..."

Sept. 13, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ARIC: Black Marchers With Guns?

How the Huey P. Newton Gun Club got caught up in Austin Regional Intelligence Center's snitching program

"...do it on a bigger scale," Dallas resident Rakem Balo­gun recently told the Chronicle. "Going to the Capitol during..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

SXSW Interview: Kid Congo

Gun Club/Bad Seeds/Cramps guitarist just being himself

"...English Disco, then the president of the Ramones Fan Club, before forming the Gun Club with Jefferey Lee Pierce..."

March 16, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Get It While You Can

"...Elvis to the Clash, from Keith Moon to the Gun Club to the Rolling Stones, "get it while you..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Satin Steel

"...Leung, Anita Lee and Russell Wong. Kung-fu jungle cannibals, gun-running ventriloquist gangsters, and a vicious henchman with robotic arms..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...8:50pm, Headhunters Named for a gun-totin' regiment of bagpipers, L.A.'s the Black Watch has spent..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...(L.A. Confidential comes to mind, as does, begrudgingly, Fight Club), Crowley and screenwriter Peter Straughan fall wildly short of..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...different pores, as this synth/guitar foursome -- tearing up clubs across the UK and releasing slab after slab on..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Spotlight: Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

12mid, Maggie Mae's Gibson Room

"...his current Washington, D.C., base. "When we started the Gun Club, the mixing of fast punk with blues hadn't..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Some kind of weapon is being held to the heads of the hurry-up council

"...in less than one month. Has anybody seen the gun being held to the council's heads? I haven't. But..."

June 6, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

La Haine

With great passion and intelligence, Kassovitz graphically illustrates the violent disaffection of French immigrant youth.

"...the cops who, with some exceptions, are portrayed as club-wielding thugs determined to beat the rabble into submission...."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...only plays "dawn" music in the sense that their VU/Gun Club drone is 6am rock & roll. Sivert Høyem..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Chi-Raq

Spike Lee has his finger on our gun-crazy moment in history

"...theatres. It lobs a direct assault against our country’s gun culture and its repercussions in the horrific kill zone..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting the Shot

Cinema Club and Louis Black celebrate Samuel Fuller's centenary with 'Forty Guns'

"...a study in contrasts that will continue throughout Forty Guns: the domineering woman who gives as good as she..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Juno" slot; Largo, a doc about the famous L.A. nightclub that regularly hosts comics like Zach Galifianakis and musicians..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...A Raul's and Club Foot-era regular and darling of the New Wave scene..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Wimbledon

A terribly tender, good-hearted romantic comedy from across the pond.

"...retires to become tennis director at a cushy country club (where the toughest sport he’ll have is in fending..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hoodlum

"...and his crew showing up at the all-white Cotton Club and demanding that Schultz and, by default, Luciano back..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...THE BIBLE AND GUN CLUB..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Jesse James F. U.

Noted philanderer sets his sites on new venture

"...Cable Guy flannel, it can be difficult for today's gun nut to stand apart from the crowd. Whether it's..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

NRA: Don't Blame Guns, Blame Kung Lao

Gun boosters break Sandy Hook silence and attack movies

"...also how he steered clear of the big-selling, heavily guncentric games like Call of Duty and Modern Warfare...."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...addresses what some might term the elephant in the club...."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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