The Dressmaker

Kate Winslet stars in this adaptation of the Australian best-seller

"...– Hemsworth gamely accepts his assignment here as arm candy with a can-do grin. Teddy is Tilly’s intended, but..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drinking Buddies

Mumblecore pro Joe Swanberg successfully ups his game by using professional actors in this observational drama.

"...Kate (Wilde, stretching her legs after so many mere eye-candy roles), the promotions manager for a Chicago craft brewery..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Never Back Down

Never Back Down is like The Karate Kid meets Fight Club by way of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"...down to their gym shorts and show off their rock-hard physiques. (The eye candy in this movie never ends..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Big One

"...sure to please its human host. Well, Moore is hardly quite that ego-less, but his routine as America's roving..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Game a Day

Team Chaos has been busy making games for you

"...of my life on a game that closely approximates Candy Crush. I say "wasted" to save face with my..."

April 14, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Ourshelves

What sort of brain food sits on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy?

"...on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy? A colorful, tasty mix of literary fiction, musical criticism,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

What We're Listening to Right Now

Darden Smith, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Fuvk, Photokem, and more notable local sounds

"...like the afterparty to the main event – though hardly essential, it's still a name-checking good time...."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...approaches the queasy pederast horrors of Slade's previous film, Hard Candy, a movie of dubious moral clarity but undeniable..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Taps Baby Rose, Heart Bones & Laundry Day

108 more acts added to music fest

"...Bones, and NYC quintet Laundry Day, who gun it hard in the indie boy band lane...."

Feb. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

One week after the Hole in the Wall closes, the Black Cat burns down.

"...back from Finland, and she brought back this weird candy that's full of vodka. Not just as an ingredient,..."

July 12, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Prophet for Our Times

For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.

"...get paid for it, then it's okay; I'm working hard and then I can just totally enjoy it."..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...movie in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's kinda hard to remember exactly what happened when, and to who,..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Your Yuletide Gifting Gay

Qmmunity gathers a list of local queer-owned businesses to shop this holiday season

"...go out of style, and when you gift the hard femme in your life a stunning choker from Desired..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...the list just goes on and on. It's so hard to pick just a few of our favorites...."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Uber, Lyft Form PAC, Push Petition

Newly formed Ridesharing Works for Austin PAC wants to make Council regs permanent

"...wore a pink Lyft shirt, offered us water and hard candy, and two clipboards worth of petitions in the..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...the Grieving Widows, the Melbourne roots rocker bashes even harder, this time with My Friend the Murderer. – Raoul..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Remembrance of Flavors Past

Holiday food memories

"...in decorative foil and twisted on the ends like hard candy. We laughed over the ridiculous riddles included inside..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Food-o-File

"...with spun sugar Christmas ornaments and pulled sugar and hard-candy Christmas ribbons; a gingerbread box spilling forth an assortment..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Food Column

Russian House Becomes Just 'The House'; Cowboy Breakfast Brings the Free Noms; Tatsu-Ya Takes Over Former Contigo Space; This Month Is All About the Women Everywhere; and More

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

"...of Meanwhile will gather in the brewhouse to craft Hard Candy, a lower-ABV IPA with fruit flavors of white..."

March 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...rebellious, self-proclaimed "Voice of the Struggle" flips his own hardships into fuel for those he loves, but he also..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Molly Burch

"...her longing atop plucked harp and floating, feather-light vocals. "Hard Candy Christ­mas" retains its country roots with supplemental slide..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Austin's Adult Store and Sex Shop Roundup

Get naughty locally

"...Hard Candy..."

Feb. 3, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

LezzDance: gone, but not forgotten

"...UCA Hard Candy Christmas Dee Dee Davis and Tatiana Ladanova emcee..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: More to Watch This Halloween

Part II: Slavic rednecks, emo vigilantes, and crazed snipers

"...Candy? Check. Costume? Check. Halloween movie selection? Wait, you still..."

Oct. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Launches Streaming Platform

Festival programming and original content comes to SXSW On

"...a zillion (or so) “thought leaders” in town, it’s hard to imagine that there isn’t something at SXSW for..."

March 10, 2015 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

ACL Live Shot: Chvrches

Electro Scots ride the lightning

"...Martin Doherty’s crackling, hard-candy synthesizers, Lauren Mayberry’s spitfire pipes and cutthroat lyrics, and..."

Oct. 11, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Vecinos

Playwright / actor Rupert Reyes pays tribute to his father and the pull of the past in this sweet comic romance

"...suburb of Galena Park just east of Houston is hardly Proust's Illiers-Combray, but because I spent so much of..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Farmers’ Market Report: February 8-9, 2014

Broccoli, quail eggs, mead, and sausages

"...even believe it. These cold snaps have been very hard on area farmers; if you like the fact that..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Playback

Christmas wishes for the local set

"...personal message, sitting in a puddle of "frog piss-flavored hard candy." Even with $250 and $35O price tags, fans..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: A Weekend on the Crust

Cruising Austin's Eastside with the Gospel Truth, Chumps, and Stza

"...Sixth Street or ogle at the leather-skinned, Harley-babe eye candy. My loss. All the entertainment I needed went down..."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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