Hearts of Darkness

"...Directed By Eleanor Coppola. This documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now is named for that film's inspiration, Joseph..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...have snagged the director's credit for 1996’s The Island of Dr. Moreau, but it was initially the vision of..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the edge of Springsteen

"..."Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau." – Meat Puppets, "Plateau"..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday

Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

"...died due to Parkinson's disease, worsened by a case of COVID-19 last year. The Austin artist spent her final..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Awesome Overload: Alamo Does the Kobayashi Maru Class of '82

Alamo Drafthouse screens 1982 30 years later

"...even that. Thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse's imminent "Summer of 1982" series, you can experience that insanely great summer's..."

April 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Light and Darkness

Light and Darkness: In the bright cacophony of black and white, a confession of despair and an ode to uncertainty

"...left. Reason has been orphaned – in the face of the current administration, its followers, and its apologists, any..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'

Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers

"...Elegantly mannered and exhaustively researched, the writing of Anya Seton has captivated readers for decades. Books such..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...The Light and the Darkness..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Lou Reed Box Set Tells Tale of Early Solo Career

The RCA & Arista Album Collection's 17 discs document the Seventies and Eighties

"...on my desk. Lou Reed had completed the remastering of his first 16 solo albums during the final months..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...past June, a Chicago theatre company became the focus of national attention when the Chicago Reader published a 12,000-word..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Eyes Wide Shut

Kubrick's final work gets sexual

"...Who knows what darkness lurks in the hearts of lovers? Kubrick apparently does,..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Low Life

"...James Legros and J.t. Walsh. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...exalted purpose: the Texas Book Festival’s annual free celebration of all things books and bookish...."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Mourning Hickenlooper and Blount

Two friends of AFF die suddenly

"...for Austin Film Festival friends, with the sudden deaths of filmmaker George Hickenlooper, whose latest, Casino Jack, closed this..."

Oct. 31, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Recap: The Director and the Jedi Q&A

Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson on their different Skywalkers

"...Last Jedi star would have sat through an hour of his knock-knock jokes...."

March 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...will always be in Luke Skywalker’s shadow. But what of those day players for whom standing near a landspeeder..."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hickenlooper Lobbies for 'Casino Jack'

George Hickenlooper on his Jack Abramoff film

"...George Hickenlooper, the director of Casino Jack (which opens in Austin this Friday at..."

Jan. 5, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl Talk's Gestalt

Gregg Gillis and his monster mash-up brain

"...Ripper. The 42-minute mix encapsulates nearly as many years of Top 40 radio, reducing and warping hundreds of samples..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Behind the Music

George Hickenlooper and 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip'

"...[Editor's note: Parts of this interview have been taken from "Daydream Believer: George..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Daydream Believer

George Hickenlooper and 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip'

"...One of the most anticipated films at SXSW Film 04 –..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Target Markets

Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure

"...1979 – a scant four years after the fall of Saigon – Francis Ford Coppola's lunatic fever dream of..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Big Slutty Bears and Old Familiar Faces

S.E. Smith (I Live in a Hut) featured in Coldfront interview

"...We have a special soft spot in our hearts around here for former Chronicle..."

March 18, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Book Review: I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson

Coach's autobiography is a tale of U.S. sports and U.S. history

"...UT-Austin’s athletic program is currently undergoing one of its periodic convulsions, the dismissal and replacement of 4-year..."

March 3, 2021 Sports Post by Michael King

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...Pile II, OBN III's is the Red River equivalent of the Ramones' Rock 'N' Roll High School, with members..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Blogging to Utopia

The new alternative press

"...Web stories: notably, Napster and the monstrously hyped idea of WebTV...."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Scanlines

Living in Oblivion

"...what happened to his career? Well look at that profile! Tom Hanks got all his roles!..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...such old-world things. Like many emerging from the worst of the pandemic, Tonya was doing her best to work,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...The latter qualifies as a sure bet by virtue of the fact that a summer musical has been produced..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...Sylvia Syms and Ken Stott. Lacking the sly mordancy of the Warren Zevon song for which it’s titled (screenwriter..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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