On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, Slacker, Tape, Waking Life, and A Scanner Darkly. His range..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...across our lovely and peaceable planet, I love Dame Julie Andrews. As a boy growing up in the Seventies,..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures

The Justice Project cites police department shortcomings when it comes to eyewitness identification of suspects

"...best practices for the administration of lineups. "This overall lack of sound, scientifically-based policy indicates that the State of..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Drug Laws Are So Fifties

Advocacy group calls for a return to the Seventies on sentencing

"...ahead of the politicians on this," said FAMM President Julie Stewart. "People believe in individualized justice."..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...and pair them with displays of their own creation. Julie Speed's medicine cabinet and Willie Nelson's hair sample both..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

There Will Be Film

"...ACTING KUDOS (FEMALE): Julie Christie (Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Melanie Sobel's Letter

Former Williamson Co. animal shelter director Melanie Sobel's open letter defending her record and recounting her experiences with Williamson Co. government

"...unprofessionally, particularly by Commissioner Boatright and Commissioner Covey. The lack of planning and forethought involved in WCRAS was highly..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

APD's Stan Knee Goes East – Way East

After nine years, APD Chief Stan Knee steps down and moves – to Afghanistan

"...a cop's cop, have been disappointed by the chief's lack of visibility on the street. Many complain that he..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Julie JacobsenPeople Are Too Uppity About CoverDear Editor:..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column

Day Trips

The good and the bad news from the year 2005

"...by selling off parcels is as shortsighted as the lack of adequate funding...."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Our readers talk back.

"...her recent Taser story, besides the health risks and lack of studies on target populations, there's a big piece..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Mr. Black:..."

July 30, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...involving numerous factors, and in no way reflect a lack of respect for the talents involved in Broadway Texas...."

July 2, 2004 Column

Julie Delpy

"...Julie Delpy Friends, Wednesday, March 17 Willowy French actress Delpy..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Marc Savlov

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Our readers talk back.

"...Julie Lamb..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Another festival weekend, this time jazz; plus Mars Music not going under, and Bill Hicks -- still dead, more CDs.

"...Spoon's "Small Stakes," made in Austin by Peter and Julie Simonite, should be airing this Sunday on MTV2's 120..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Blacks & whites & various Blues

"...The Nation of Islam is the only black national organization in this country that truly represents the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column

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Our readers holding forth, but not holding back.

"...to date has serious problems -- most importantly the lack of any true efforts to involve either the citizenry..."

June 1, 2001 Column

A Name for a Ghost to Mutter

In her new script A Name for a Ghost to Mutter, playwright Cyndi Williams uses the fuel for great drama: colorful writing, focus on relationships, big climax, tidy resolution. But while all the hard parts are accounted for, all the right moves taken, the play stops just short of smoking.

"...Peyton Hayslip, Anne Hulsman, and Ron Berry (as Maud, Julie, and Augie, Lucretia's brood) capture sibling tension and have..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Grand Old Mess

Can Travis County Republicans Ever Get It Together?

"...running for another term despite strong indications that she's lacking the support needed to win. But Chairwoman Becky Motal..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Book Reviews

"...pigs and studies survivalist tracts. His daughters, Nellie and Julie, deposit their children with Duane and his wife, Karla,..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Books Review

Screamlines

"...as marked as the difference between the classic 1931 black and white version of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi and..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Also surprising is the lack of movies with numerals at the end of their..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

The Trojan Women The Trojan Women

"...continue to be so even now, after its destruction. Julie Buchanan as Helen, the women for whom the war..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature

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Travis County Bond Propositions

"...happen if we don't fund this? Inadequate services, a lack of safety for the inmates and the guards, and..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by The Chronicle Editorial Board

From The Peacemaker to The Rainmaker... and Everything In Between

"...One thing the season won't lack is star power. It's everywhere. Star match-ups abound. Witness..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...paying people not to break the law. It's called blackmail. We are seeing privatization run amok. Be leery of..."

May 23, 1997 Column

Page Two

"...the literally hundreds of films his companies, his wife Julie, and he have produced, but the dozens he directed...."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Seven in Focus

SXSW '97 Film

"...collaboration was as producer's reps on another directorial debut, Julie Davis' I Love You... Don't Touch Me!, which proved..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

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Latino Leadership

"...a bad writer simply because the reviewer seems to lack a context in which to place her work (which..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

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