Film Review: Jordan Peele’s Us

The Get Out director has seen the enemy, and it is us

"...in Get Out, now America’s id is probed in Us...."

March 8, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: Queers Just Wanna Have Fun

A q-for-q way to help laugh the pain away

"...from it all by embracing our cherry-picked theme: Queers Just Wanna Have Fun...."

Dec. 6, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Mountain Between Us

This is what a boring plane crash movie looks like

"...during the descent pretty much says it all while simultaneously offering nothing of any great interest, much like the..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Like to Watch: Across Steven's Universe

The curious connection between programming and content

"...killed Firefly, but chief among them was scheduling. Not just airing the episodes out of order, but the long..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Wes Anderson Just Out-Wes Anderson'd Himself

Here's what you missed from the capacity event at the Paramount

"...finally an elder statesman of a lobby boy guide us through the story, one era at a time...."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Has a Few New Dimensions He'd Like You to Meet

The universe-explainer brings his 'Hidden Reality' show to Austin

"...Dr. Brian Greene isn't just a mildly popular scientist...."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

On the Just and the Unjust Alike

The rain, how it falls

"...Not at all like last year around this time...."

July 11, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: About Us

A reminder of just how bad things have gotten

"...Perhaps while we're all busy this week prematurely celebrating the end of the Bush..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Column by Michael King

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...do this?" she asks -- rhetorically, good-naturedly, but not facetiously -- at the thought of being "profiled" in the..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Don’t Go Away Mad, Just ...

If legislators want to break up with Austin, they should at least put their backs into it

"...Former state Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Hous­ton, who currently awaits sentencing for federal tax evasion (he..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Valleyesque: Not Just Weird for Weird’s Sake

Inside the pages of the new anthology from Fernando A. Flores

"...up front by the author. I nod at him like we know each other. We don’t, but he looks..."

June 8, 2022 Arts Post by Valeria Valdez

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...press secretary Ron Nessen was the guest host – hilariously subversive, for such a revolutionary program, born of the..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Review: The End of Us

Quarantine-made movie proves it can be done

"...You might justly believe that you aren’t quite ready to watch a..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Let Us Intro-Juice Ourselves

Five liquid suitors who want to be your next main squeeze

"...Are you cleansing, citizen? Are you dieting? Are you just being a human who craves flavor and nutrition and..."

Oct. 5, 2020 Food Post

What Would a 100% Tariff on Wine Look Like?

Spoiler alert: You might want to stock up now

"...12-bottle case will rise from $180 to $360. You'd likely consider changing your buying habits...."

Jan. 22, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...name emblazoned in silver are straight outta south side Houston, the H-town underground, hip-hop epicenter of the Dirty South...."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

“It’s Like Airbnb for the Food Industry”

Need a kitchen for your business? Stick a Virtual Fork in it.

"...It's hard to run a food business these days. It's never been a breeze, but lately,..."

June 9, 2023 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Live-Tweet The Devil's Candy With Us

Crank it up to 11 for this horror-metal medley

"...Like horror? Like metal? Like live-tweets? Then you better be..."

May 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: And Unto Us, a Code Is Born

A decade’s worth of groaning begets the promise of a new city

"...neighborhood Chronicle is watching the long, labored delivery of Austin's new Land Development Code, with which City Hall has..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Would You Like to Swap a Vowel?

City Council gets into its A-E-I-O-Us

"...Kitchen pointed to a pitiful 3.6% response rate – just 63 out of 1,763 property owners responded – during..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Tastes Like Biebs!

Wherein the Luv Doc contemplates the soft, tender flesh of an almost-royal Canadian

"...willing donor, would you try it? Don't have to like it, just try it? Say, for instance, Justin calls..."

April 29, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Tilda Swinton and Jim Jarmusch Go Together Like Cream

The actress dishes on ‘Only Lovers Left Alive'

"...Swinton is, I’m glad to say, every bit as luminous and ethereal in person as she appears onscreen...."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

Then again, maybe Kat Edmonson fits perfectly

"...and the not-so-dull roar of conversation at Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse on a day running from overcast to all-out rainy,..."

April 6, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Just Go With It

Instead of seeming effortless, this Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy has the lazy appearance of being effort-free.

"...so the idea of pairing these likable stars in Just Go With It may be the film equivalent of..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...Is it just us, or is the Austin Film Festival doing some..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bend It Like Beckham

"...Ameet Chana. Soccer's a tough sell in the States. Unlike the rest of the world (where "football" is a..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son." It rose from behind Jo's Coffeehouse up the next block of South Congress, as demanding..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...turned into a makeshift carnival for the premiere of Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's newest movie Spy Kids. A Ferris..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Someone Like You

"...spelling out the surface flaws of this mediocre film, like the lack of charisma between its stars or the..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Just Looking

"...work with the direction of this Fifties coming-of-age story Just Looking. Despite some cute moments, however, Just Looking fails..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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