A Hidden Life

Malick's Nazi-era drama sees the heart and soul overriding the State

"...await trial for treason, Fani is left with the impossible situation. Without Franz, and abandoned by the once-friendly neighbors..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...nightmare. Walker and Oram are perfectly cast here. It’s impossible to figure out who’s the madder one, so driven..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Muppets Most Wanted

This re-energized franchise has found its second wind: The Muppets' eighth movie proves that eight is not enough.

"...It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights. Yes, those wacky puppets are back in..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

John Carter

Old-school "Gosh, wow!" sense-of-wonder filmmaking is in short supply these days, but now John Carter has arrived to fill the void.

"...live-action Hollywood blockbuster (the first was Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), John Carter is by far the..."

March 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Opinion: Wildflower Center Fails Its Conservation Mission by Lighting Up Its Landscape

Field of Light exhibit glamorizes outdoor landscape lighting and ignores light pollution's harmful effects on wildlife, plants, and human health

"...leadership role in educating Central Texans about the harm light pollution does to our view of the sky and..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Column by Soll Sussman

Phoenix ‘Live from the Artists Den’ – At Anderson High!

French rockers during ACL Fest 2013: ‘Find us a high school’

"...Last month, 2,000-plus students at Anderson High managed the impossible: keeping a secret show at their school by one..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Of Stars and Scars

AFS Doc Nights: Nostalgia for the Light

"...His latest film, Nostalgia for the Light – actually, more of a meditative essay – is..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Day Trips & Beyond: Luminous Lagoon, Jamaica

The glow of the water is a natural phenomenon rare in such abundance

"...Luminous Lagoon outside of Montego Bay, Jamaica, is nearly impossible. The perfect time to see the natural phenomenon is..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Austin Beerworks and Jester King

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 1)

"...change almost hourly, and in a way that’s nearly impossible to keep up with:..."

March 27, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Review: Otello

Austin Opera staged a victory worthy of the Lion of Venice

"...His face is bathed in a sickly green light, emerald droplets of sweat betraying his fevered state. His..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

La Follia Plays J.S. Bach’s Greatest Chamber Music

Choosing Bach’s top chamber works may be impossible, but the baroque ensemble made a convincing case for five not-easy pieces in this concert

"...viola de gamba providing a deep contrast to the light keyboard. Smith's command of the instrument produced an eloquent..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Five Questions for Jim James

My Morning Jacket captain talks 'Light,' 'Sound' & 'God'

"...on Sunday, touts his first solo LP, Regions of Light and Sound of God...."

May 3, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Puerto Rican Inspiration

Simply made delicious food

"...Rico is one of those places that is near impossible to leave when it comes time to return to..."

Sept. 17, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Two Girls and a Guy

"...women want nothing more that to beat the living daylights out of this hideous cad, but after a bottle..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council Recap: New 4 U In 2022, It’s VMU2

City Hall dives into reworking its housing bonus programs

"...City Council worked through a relatively light agenda Thursday, Nov. 18, with the most controversial item..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

It’s a beautiful time of year to get your daytrippin’ on

"...to the water is often difficult at best and impossible at worst...."

April 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Bonus Bill of the Week: Mandatory Gun Shows

Undue haste to tie county hands and force them to cut rates

"...ceaseless attacks on local control, from fracking to red light cameras. But the latest would force local convention centers..."

May 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz'

Lamenting a death by celebrating a life

"...Young Aaron Swartz shined a light into darkness, and then entered it...."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Michael King

Fusion Confusion at La Mancha Tex-Mex Tavern

But the quest for a great plate of food is no impossible dream

"...the dark and dilapidated space, bathing it in natural light and bright colors, and decorating with Mexican movie posters,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Docurama Film Examines Indian Culture's Split Personality

The women of Indian beauty pageants and Hindu Nationalist boot camps

"...itself directly atop a seesaw's fulcrum, and it is impossible to stop watching the resulting documentary...."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Lather, Repeat: British Sudser 'Downton Abbey' Returns

Season 3 debuts Sunday with a two-hour episode

"...It’s probably impossible to have avoided at least a casual acquaintance with..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Anne Harris

Demolish, Revive, Reuse

Architect Michael Antenora talks about how saving rubble from going to the landfill changed his designs for Penn Field.

"...Command Center for the U.S. Air Force?) and a light-industrial center (we at the Chronicle should know: Our offices..."

Nov. 28, 2007 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...dire need of a new idea that will green light another call from the Academy. They need to look..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Liveblogging the Lege Part Three

"...of assorted ephemera and goings on. It's next to impossible not to suspect that this has been a ploy..."

Jan. 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Tied to the Tracks

"...transit authority inch toward an apparently final decision on light rail in Austin...."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Picking Apples

The Art and Commerce of Product Placement

"...seem to have taken over. From last year's Mission: Impossible (which should have been retitled "Three Cheers for Apple,"..."

May 16, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...wanted, and, I'm sure, will hold multiple votes on light rail until it gets what it wants. That's just..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...who were going to do things differently, in the light of day, and not raise our taxes?..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Reissues

"...Stevens (Hawaii Five-0 and Police Woman); Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible); and Robert Drasnin (Wild Wild West), are a few...."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

The True One

The Byrds' fifth dimension, Gene Clark, eight miles high and as wide as Americana

"...Gram Parsons' life and death are impossible not to mythologize. His group the International Submarine Band..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Louis Black

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