SXSW Film Review: I Am a Hero

Japanese zombie flick takes Midnighters prize

"...for Sato) adapts the narrative thrust of the first half of Hanazawa's 18 volume series, while pulling back on..."

March 23, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Filth

Based on a book by Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh, this film keeps close company with a nihilistic character, but unwisely pulls its punches.

"...his fellow cops. There’s also the murder of a Japanese student by a handful of chavs that forms the..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Restaurant Roulette

A sampling of eateries from the ‘Chronicle’ Restaurant Guide

"...Kobe Japanese Steakhouse Steak, seafood, and chicken come in a variety..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...I didn't use a magnifying glass; there might be half a dozen, so amend that to read: There are..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Elysium You can see Japanese bands all over SXSW, but the always-popular Japan Nite..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

The Ring Two

Narrative listlessness and a lack of scares makes this mother-and-son reunion a shabby affair.

"...be the dampest movie since Waterworld, but it’s not half as entertaining watching Watts and Dorfman reprise their haunted..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Tree of Palme

It's the Pinocchio story filtered through the prism of cyberpunk animé.

"...a common enough yardstick by which to measure most Japanese animation. Nakamura, a key animator on watershed animé ranging..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Tech vs. High Touch

The midwifery debate is not new in Austin -- a Chronicle reprint from June 18, 1993

"...More than 20% of all pregnant women and almost half of the pregnant teens in Travis County got inadequate..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Reason Why

"...for her son's safe return? Eddie was torn in half by a blast of shrapnel during the Battle of..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

Renaissance (and Baroque) Man

As a curator for UT's Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober played a pivotal role in securing the Suida-Manning and Steinberg art collections, thereby giving some of the world's great art a home in Austin.

"...and custom carpentry, and developed a passion for collecting Japanese art and objects. Jonathan followed his parents into art..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Double Trouble: James Fotopoulos & Julia Halperin

"...should become even more interesting in contrast with the half-hour film, "Super Doll" (2000) by Austin local Julia Halperin,..."

Nov. 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...tenure. In the year following his appointment (1997-98), roughly half of the full-time faculty and staff left SMA. Any..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...dope-saturated Karen Black Film Festival; Waiting on Godot, a half-food-service-rant, half-Beckett-homage that packed the old Electric Lounge; and the..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paris by Net

Surfing to the City of Light

"...win. Amid the constant din of international tongues, three Japanese boys barged to the front of the glassed-in exhibition..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Features Feature by Margaret Moser

You Only Live Twice

Connery didn't want to play Bond anymore, and it shows, although Donald Pleasence's villain is as demonic as they come.

"...ninja training school to the "surgery" to make Bond Japanese (by shaving his chest hair), there's nary a moment..."

Feb. 17, 2000 Movie Review

Topsy-Turvy

"...case, and salvation -- in the form of a half-glimpsed trio of Japanese ladies on display in Picadilly Circus..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...the wall. As a rule, rattlesnakes never strike over half the size of their length, which is generally about..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...DAMNATIONS TX: With Half Mad Moon (Sire), the Damnations TX are poised to..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Unstrung But Not Unsung

"...Samurai. He tells me, "Harr, haar, Harrrrieeeeeeee, yuh yuh half ta seeeee it!!!" There was that fevered look of..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Harry Knowles

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...Gordian Knot, Nobody's Reel) are all represented, but almost half of the festival's scheduled 20 acts call Central Texas..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...the most visionary music ever to come from Texas. Half honky-tonk hero and half outlaw roots-rocker, Ely rides a..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...so tightly into the thick bamboo perimeter that you half-expect Arte Johnson to poke his head through the shoots,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 14-20

"...resources you need, not mediocre resources that are only half-interesting...."

March 14, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 4-10

"...time. I suggest an alternate approach, though. Spend a half hour writing your regrets on paper, then burn the..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Prints, Old Turtles, and Other Events This Week

Gotta gotta get out to get down

"...of popular media, and it all started with a Japanese animation from 1995.   – Cy White Tie Me..."

June 21, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...four seeds). Tickets for this tilt – the second half of a doubleheader with the men’s team – currently..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...preparation for the move. The building was cut in half before being loaded on the house movers. The new..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...card. - Doug Freeman Beck Was at Mohawk Watching Japanese Breakfast..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Tiki Tatsu-ya Reveals a New Old World of Culinary Adventure

Three years in the making, worthy of eternal returns

"...almost as remarkable as the quality. In some other, half-assed tiki bar, what's available to eat might be an..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Thanksgiving Feasts for Pickup or Delivery in Austin

And a couple of dine-in options for lagniappe

"...morning. Or, you know, you can order just a half-dozen biscuits with a variety of tasty spreads. Pickup Wed.,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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