'The NFL Beat': Week 12

Enterprising fantasy football journalism

"...As we enter the stretch run of the fantasy season, we see in the near..."

Nov. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

UT Basketball on a Major Roll

Defeat Spartans and Tarheels in the same week

"...praises another team in the aftermath of a dispiriting home loss, you know it’s a painful, but genuine, declaration...."

Dec. 24, 2010 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Tamara Drewe

Stephen Frears directs this romantic romp that combines the bedroom farce and the pastoral and stars Gemma Arterton.

"...Drewe is a self-absorbed celebrity journalist who reluctantly returns home to a hamlet in Dorset, England, where she intends..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...magician put out to pasture at a Yorkshire retirement home. The Dylan Thomas quotation is entirely appropriate, although not..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Christmas

The film has the perfect formula for holiday cheer: redemption through sentimentality, salvation through schmaltz.

"...saxophonist who decides it would be best to go home for Christmas after a run-in with two impatient bookies..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Nowhere in Africa

"...first encounter the Redlich family at their upscale German home, where mother Jettel (Köhler) flits between the guests at..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tatie Danielle

"...of this evil aunt as she moves into the home of her nephew and his wife; her previous roommate,..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baxter

"...strange little animal as he is shuttled from one home into the next, continuously searching for the perfect master,..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Another Fastball for Hank Aaron

Legendary slugger hits Austin, revisits 80 years of accomplishments

"...after-swing as the radio broadcast from his historic 715th home rang out over the loudspeakers. No. 44 sat down..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Sports Post by Chase Hoffberger

I Sold the Lousy T-Shirt Off My Back and All I Got Was This iPad

What's Apple's touch tablet actually for?

"...gaming genre (whatever that is), and the industry will run adrift in a sea of Bambi-eyes and fuzzy pastels...."

April 30, 2010 Screens Post by Adam Theriault

The Castle

"...brood. Mom, Dad, and the four kids love their home on the outskirts of Melbourne. It's a home that's..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Side of Hope

Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants

"...He never intended to move to Finland, but his home and family in Aleppo were bombed into extinction (by..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...The planned community of Suburbicon lures home buyers with the promise of happiness and prosperity for..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence

"...Public Enemy No. 1 to the humorless martinets that run the school...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Breathe

Home-invasion thriller is more methodical than innovative

"...Alvarez returns with a new nail-biter, Don’t Breathe. A home-invasion thriller, Don’t Breathe is an economical narrative that makes..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program B

The collected films in Program B examine suffering from different angles

"...Owing to their longer running times, the five films nominated for Best Documentary Short..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lily Tomlin, Citizen of Austin

The comedian on our town, Ann Richards, and getting hitched

"...on Friday, a trip to Austin is practically a homecoming. In the Eighties, she did an extended run of..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT Baseball in the Sports Capital of Texas

Round Rock? Sports Capital of Texas?

"...rather, the honor – of playing a de facto home series in the “Sports Capital of Texas.” How irksome..."

April 2, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

When Tragedy Overshadows Celebration

The story looming over All-Star break isn't about baseball

"...fuel was added to the fire during Monday night’s Home Run Derby when a fan almost repeated the Stone..."

July 13, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

ASL Powerhouse Gets Shut Down

The Austin Chronicle defeats BookPeople 9-5 and clinch a spot in the Alternative Softball League playoffs

"...at 2. In the first Shannon Stott scored a run on a hit to deep right field by Travis...."

Aug. 21, 2008 Sports Post by Kristine Tofte

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal

Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29

"...last game, going three innings and allowing an earned run while striking out two and walking one in an..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...prove he's a professional hitter, valuable for a stretch run. Maybe he'll get a pitch, maybe he won't...."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Derailed

The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is this thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages our sympathies.

"...(George), and enough personal problems to give Job a run for his shekels. His daughter’s juvenile diabetes has just..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shazam!

DC finally gets to the heart of why we love superheroes

"...his mom, Billy Batson (Angel) has spent his childhood running away from one foster home after another. His latest..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...hosting what is only the third program in its home venue on Toomey Road south of Lady Bird Lake...."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

House Arrest

APD brass decided they had a problem with Officer Jermaine Hopkins – so they assigned him to stay-at-home duty until they could figure out what to do with him. That was a really bad idea.

"...From the get-go, this wasn't a standard "drunk person's trying to drive home" call. May 18, 2013,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Afternoon Delight

A woman creates a tempest in her domestic teapot when she invites a lap dancer to stay with her family.

"...of activities drummed up by her circle of other stay-at-home JCC Moms and, yes, probably it’s also connected to..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...numbers, even by Hall of Fame standards – 630 home runs (5th all-time, behind Willie Mays), 2,781 hits, 1,836..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Impressionable Fest Quest

Some special last-minute NOLA Jazz Fest accommodations deals just for our readers.

"...B&B in walking distance. In addition, the breakfast is home-cooked with Southern TLC, the parking free and easy, and..."

April 20, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Front Room

Warped A24 drama about an old lady terrorizing her daughter-in-law

"...act of kindness opens the door to a slow-moving home invasion, as the seemingly decrepit old woman infests their..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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