A Trans Journalist With the Taliban in Transition

Austinite Monica Villamizar on Jordan Bryon's truth in wartime

"...In fact, he said, “I actively avoided covering the war.”..."

April 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...film classic, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jimmy Stewart as a naive, idealistic, greenhorn politician who tries to..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Austin Chronic: Doc Unprescribed Explores How Cannabis Is Helping People Who’ve Experienced War Trauma

goodblend hosts special screening for Veterans Day

"...harrowing, hopeful, frustrating, and inspiring. You see footage of war and the resulting injuries that will shake you. You..."

Nov. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Kevin Curtin

The War for Change in Kandahar

How Austin filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh made the first major Western film in Saudi Arabia since Lawrence of Arabia

"...the script was rewritten to focus on "the shadow war that was still going. You've got operators that are..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful

A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner

"...known for penning the book that drives the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, Hudes' words resonate like lyrics,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...2014: Fear-Mongering Alien Warlord Dan Patrick A hate-spewing conservative radio talk show host-turned-hate-spewing..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Breaking

Tragic true-life drama attacks how the system fails military veterans

"...amount of money. We soon learn this psychologically scarred Iraq War veteran isn’t detaining his two understandably frightened but..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oil and Gas

"...Dear Bob Hendricks and Mark Warren, I very much agree with your editorial that dependence..."

May 13, 2022 Postmarks

Rep. Lloyd Doggett Sees Threats to Ukraine's Democracy as Close to Home

Doggett: Ukrainian conflict is greater threat to Central Texans than many realize

"...Rep Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, isn't one to jump into war – he briskly opposed President George W. Bush's invasion..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Racist Relic Rock Removed in Lockhart

Campaign to move Confederate statue finally clicks

"...or any of the other things that the Civil War was fought over."..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Card Counter

Oscar Isaac takes the biggest gamble of his life

"...practices at Abu Ghraib at the start of the Iraq War. When he meets a young man named Cirk..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...suited to replace West, who was accused of committing war crimes in Iraq in 2003...."

July 16, 2021 News Feature

Stop Asian Hate Rally and Vigil

"...Sam Lee (not pictured) didn’t have a chance to warn his kids of the anti-Asian racism spreading. His son..."

April 22, 2021 Photo Gallery

Cherry

The Russos pull the threads between addiction and PTSD

"...have only heard the term in association with the Iraq War (pick one) or the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan,..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...explode tear gas and smoke bombs. A canister rolls toward Kirsch's feet. He and those around him, the size..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Notturno

Epic documentary chronicles the intimate and epic scale of life in four nations

"...that it was filmed it along the borders of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, this is a loaded statement...."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Is Not a Movie

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk embodies the importance of honest journalism

"...to be treated the same as crooks, bullies, and seatwarmers enrages me, and so I wanted to cheer with..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Alvarez, with her poignant new novel Afterlife; National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez, with her new novel, What Are..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Shut Up and Drum: Thor Harris Talks Politics and Humanity

We spent election day with local percussive rebel

"...homemade marimba. "You should make art that pushes everything forward, but in politics it's a little different. Bernie Sanders..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Opinion: Diversity and Equity in Times of Crisis

"...require hours of work and time to constantly move towards fluency...."

May 15, 2020 Column by Jeff Hutchinson

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Pink Floyd fanatics be warned: This document contains NO music. Every word, 7,900 or..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...from over the mural of Texan cultures is etching backward capital "E"s inside of the floor-to-ceiling windows; the effect..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...music’s most impressive artists, she shook last night’s Academy Awards with an ostentatious and incisive opening number that made..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

American Hypocrisy Revealed in The Misogynists

“Self-righteous, smug and wicked.” Onur Tukel pulls no punches in this extended Q&A

"...its immediacy – and potentially its longevity. "I'm looking forward to see how this movie plays three or 10..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

An Immigrant Family Brings Iranian Cuisine to Austin

Chef Amir Hajimaleki and his family honor the fundamentals of Persian cuisine in all six of their restaurants

"...The executive chef and co-owner of award-winning District Kitchen + Cocktails and Oasthouse Kitchen + Bar..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...zero-budget Wakaliwood action movie studio. As for gamers, Console Wars blows the dust off the cartridge for a speed..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...War Drums: If this is 2020, we might be at..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature

State and Local Politicians Respond to Soleimani Assassination

Officials and candidates comment on killing of Qassem Soleimani

"...legal, you needn’t consult either U.S. or Iranian officials. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi summarized the U.S. attack...."

Jan. 6, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...clutch of bad, black fate. Hank’s a hulking, broken Iraq war veteran suffering, in equal, awful order, from PTSD,..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War

Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time

"...military. All have experienced combat, from Vietnam through contemporary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some wear it more heavily..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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