Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...Fences, Salma Hayek's directorial debut, The Maldonado Miracle, and Frank Pierson's A Soldier's Girl. HBO was there with Normal,..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Emo's turns 10.

"...a breather. "We're gonna be there forever," warns owner Frank Hendrix. "At the end of time, there'll be Keith..."

July 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...event for wizards, was depicted. "It's like Rollerball, the James Caan movie, but with broomsticks," Murphy said. Devo Carpenter,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Suzanne Frank, Rick Riordan, Jim Sanderson, Moderator: TBA..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Masters of the Universe

He-Man and Skeletor (Lundgren and Langella) face off, while teens battle to save the universe.

"...Directed by: Gary Goddard. Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Jon Cypher, Billy Barty, Christina Pickles,..."

Feb. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frankenstein's Daughter

"...Frankenstein's Daughter D: Richard Cunha (1958); with Donald Murphy, John..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Live Shots

Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation

"...the Beastie Boys traffic in primal funk, a Bootsy Collins/James Brown type funk! Never mind that there were few..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: Frank Capra; with Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, Priscilla..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Road Shows

May

"...Dru Hill, K-Ci & JoJo, Uncle Sam, Mya, Next, Frank Erwin Center..."

May 8, 1998 Music Feature

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...an "emerging information-and-entertainment superpower." According to Baffler editor-in-chief Thomas Frank, who is one of Newsweek magazine's "One Hundred Influential..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Fastball: The Band That Saved Hollywood?

"...for it again. It'll be the first release in Frank Kozik's Man's Ruin label's Fuckemos American Heritage series. Kozik..."

May 1, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

"...to make sense; hey, is this Barry Black or Frank Black?). This trick is a favorite in classical music,..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Review

Mayor's Race Contribution & Expenditure Reports

"...builders Todd and Mike McLemore, $1,000; Irving developer J. Frank Miller, $750; Golf investor David Ruehlman, $750; environmental engineer..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature

Record Reviews: Texas Platters

"...Disc One: Peter Case, James McMurtry, Joe Ely, Poi Dog Pondering, Son Volt, Sonny..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Review

Live Shots

"...same could be said for the whole damned festival. Frank Hill and I agreed: bring on the 50-week edition...."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...and their uncertain futures. Cast: Marco Pigossi, Mya Taylor, James Bland, Marisa Tomei, Bill Irwin, Sean Mahon (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...the quintessential time capsule of today's West Campus. CLARENCE JAMES..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Faster Than Sound: KindKeith Has What You Need

A dreamy alternative R&B debut and a few major venue reopenings, too

"...studio, moved here for a job offer from owner/bandleader James Petralli, connected through the singer's mother being best friends..."

May 14, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...• The regional premiere of Call Me by Your..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...Otto Preminger's doozy of a dope fiend melodrama. Skeleton-thin Frank Sinatra jitters his way through this triple Oscar-nominated masterpiece..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Junior Franklin (7/22/83)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nina on Netflix

Simone leads a chorus of music docs streaming online

"...ilk. Like Georgian Ray Charles (1930-2004) and New Orleans’ James Booker (1939-1983), whose doc Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius..."

July 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Dictator's Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy) James Donovan (The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Walter "Shakey" Horton, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Calvin Jones, and Willie "Big Eye" Smith. He..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...James Taylor arm wrestling Neil Young; the Band living on..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

A Land Shaded in Melancholy Hues

The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999" connects the blues aurally and visually, and reveals how the South, like the blues, is full of contradictions: dark and woeful yet beauteous and jubilant.

"...Etta James is wailing. From a scratchy vinyl 45 comes her..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Politics & music & the politics of music.

"...The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands, and supplemented it with recommendations of..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...his usual milieu of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Frank Sinatra, but he also exhibits a sensitivity and depth..."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

From Script to Screen

"...Roy E. Disney, Stuart Gordon; with Joe Mantegna, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales...."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

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