Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...Alejandro Escovedo married Nancy Rankin in a private ceremony in Austin on..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...Sapachai "Sap" Apisaksari and I became fast friends in the..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 Films of 2022

"...1) TÁR With exacting precision this movie demonstrates how great women are..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Where the Pyramid Meets the High

Long lost 13th Floor Elevators founder and visionary Tommy Hall – found!

"...Tommy Hall, 62, lives in a run-down San Francisco residence hotel. His crowded..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Trybyszewski

Love Hurts

Action-comedy stars Ke Huy Quan as a real estate agent pulled back into a life of crime

"...Directed by: Jonathan Eusebio. Starring: Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose,..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø's crime series hits the big screen

"...Directed by: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"..."Everything is cinema." – Jean-Luc Godard..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Vanaja

Unlike the Bollywood films most mainstream audiences expect from India, <i>Vanajai> operates on a far more realistic level, with the added bonus of a melodramatic story that's a real heartbreaker.

"...Directed by: Rajnesh Domalpalli. Starring: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Karan..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Time Changer

"...Directed by: Rich Christiano. Starring: Paul Rodriguez, Richard Riehle, Jennifer..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Actress

"...Directed by: Stanley Kwan. Starring: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Shing..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who the Hell Is TVHeadATX?

The local wheatpasting provocateur reveals … a thing or two

"...TVHead’s bold work can be found all over the city, his wheat-pasted posters and ubiquitous stickers pulling public eyes..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...One fundamental story, two plotlines, three basic tales, five boilerplate set-ups, or seven narrative..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...Like clockwork, the season of gifting is once again upon..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial

To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State

"...Leslie Moody Castro's mission was to put the "Texas" back..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fault in Our Stars

The film does justice to the popular novel in this judicious teen tearjerker.

"...Directed by: Josh Boone. Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Church of Misery’s Riff Worship

Japanese tsunami hits Red 7 on Monday

"...After almost two decades, Japanese doom quartet Church of Misery competed its first U.S. tour last year, 15 dates..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Terrible Beauty

The first day that Sam Baker could hear again

"...The train ride from Cuzco to the majestic ruins of Machu..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Avenue Montaigne

A young Frenchwoman moves to Paris from with nothing but the knapsack on her back and the innocent gleam in her eye.

"...Directed by: Danièle Thompson. Starring: Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

She Lives

Clementine Hall was the 13th Floor Elevators' hip, maternal Wendy, providing food and security for the band's tribe of Lost Boys

"...In the mid-Sixties, the Rock Wife didn't really exist. There..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tape

<i>Tapei> is a confined microcosm: three characters, one room, and a whole lot of head-trippery. Old high school friends reunite years later in a dingy Michigan motel room for a night of tricky revelations.

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...A youth leaves home to seek fulfillment in the wide, wide..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mind the Bullock

"...Dear Editor:..."

March 28, 1997 Column

Double Happiness

"...Directed by: Mina Shum. Starring: Sandra Oh, Alannah Ong, Stephen..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Linguini Incident

"...Directed by: Richard Shepard. Starring: Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goodnight Mommy

Nine-year-old twins suspect that someone is impersonating their mother

"...Directed by: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring: Susanne Wuest,..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: And It Was All Right

Notes on a life saved by rock & roll

"...I'm in a tortured dream straight out of "The Sorcerer's..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...Fantastic Fest is coming. Get some sleep while you can...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Stay Alive

Contrary to the hopes of geeks everywhere, <i>Stay Alivei> is not an all-zombie musical remake of Sly Stallone's 1983 <i>Saturday Night Feveri> sequel, but instead a fatuous and dull horror film about gamers.

"...Directed by: William Brent Bell. Starring: Frankie Muniz, Adam Goldberg,..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...Directed by: Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. The dead have..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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