In the Bedroom

"...Directed by: Todd Field. Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, William Mapother, Marisa..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Writer Edwin "Bud" Shrake, who passed away last week after a..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...The trouble with owning an all-region DVD player these days..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In the Shadow of the Shepherd

A church's expansion plans threaten a neighborhood. Sound familiar?

"...Helen Almanza and her husband Albert have lived in their house on Meadowbrook Drive in the heart of..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Permission to Approach the Bedroom ... er, Bench?

Death row inmate denied retrial, despite evidence of affair between judge and prosecutor

"...The Court of Criminal Appeals denied death row inmate Charles..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Explosions in the Mind

Thurston Moore brings Ecstatic Peace! above ground

"...If a tree falls alone in the woods, and it does in fact make a..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

S.L. Houser’s Earnest “Wind in the Door” and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Rod Gator, BLK ODYSSY, and Cloud Companion

"...Paper Cuts features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on the @austinchronicle Spotify...."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

Austin's WriteByNight Is a Writer's Port in the Media Storm

Goldberg & Duhr: Easing the agony of blocks and deadlines

"...My friends and I didn't think it was going to last for long...."

Feb. 6, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hoover: Caught in the Flash

Artsy nude photos of teacher took on dramatically different context when viewed through lens of a high school classroom

"...Austin High art teacher Tamara Hoover can explain, without a..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Blattidae in the Park

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins..."

April 30, 1999 Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rain, Broken Glass, and a Dead Body in the Dumpster

Fourteen hours of Elizabeth Reeder's A Very Bad Day

"...At the South Austin headquarters of the so-called Test Prep Guy,..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...Real World 3: The Puck Year Just for the record, I am not..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...His grandfather, 90, was running out of time, so Will Sheff..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Trust the Man

With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.

"...Directed by: Bart Freundlich. Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Garry..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Bedside Manner: Taking It to the Couch

Book Learnin' for Gamers. What's Missing Here?

"...In which I tell the reader why I don’t read..."

Nov. 22, 2010 Books Post by James Renovitch

The Son's Room

"...Directed by: Nanni Moretti. Starring: Sofia Vigliar, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Jasmine Trinca, Laura Morante and..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enter the Tangent

This has very little to do with Othello, and everything to do with Bob Dylan

"...Bob Dylan's gotta be a Shakespeare guy: He took the title to his 1997 album Time Out of Mind..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Babadook

Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures a disturbing spook story about a mother, a son, and an unnerving presence in their house

"...Directed by: Jennifer Kent. Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music team’s Wednesday sightings at South by..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Bring the Zilker Summer Musical Home This Year

You can dance, you can jive to the Summer Musical and Mamma Mia! even if you can't get to the Zilker Hillside

"...As of May 26, you could still plan on seeing the 62nd annual Zilker Summer Musical starting July 10...."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Search of a Well-Set Table? Bring Back the Bling

Set formal holiday tables this year with thrift store finds

"...I never got to really see the dining room tables that I was continuously reminded were..."

Nov. 30, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Wedding Banquet

"...Directed by: Ang Lee. Starring: Winston Chao, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Sihung Lung and..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best of the International Tournee of Animation

"...Directed by: Various. Collecting together in one film the “best” of 25 years..."

Aug. 20, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The American Analog Set Reunite for First Shows in Nearly 20 Years

Austin bedroom-pop pioneers play two Rollins Theatre shows

"...In the wake of last year’s 5-LP retrospective, New Drifters,..."

Aug. 14, 2024 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Good Liar

Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick

"...Directed by: Bill Condon. Starring: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Mark Lewis Jones, Russell Tovey..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...Directed by: Angela Robinson. Starring: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton,..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man on the Moon

"...Directed by: Milos Forman. Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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