Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns

Life’s a beach, and then you scry

"...their rumored album, Summer Fun? And so she writes letters to B—, letters that shed light not only on..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

No Man of God

Elijah Wood dissects the mind of Ted Bundy

"...Hagmaier (here played by Woods) and Bundy (Kirby) exchanged letters and sat down for interviews, including that last one..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

The titans of literature and their complex bond

"...men) reading the pair's own words culled from their letters, public appearances on the late, lamented, but always intellectually..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death Watch: How Much Remorse, Repentance Is Enough?

Family of victim – and killer – wants sentence commuted

"...Jaouad shared letters with Jones during her three years of cancer treatment..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Beast Beast

Lyrical look at Gen-Z life trips on its own good intentions

"...old lunchtime cliques are translated online as subreddits, and letters shuffled between desks in class are now likes and..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker

Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur

"...recordings of his thoughts and musings, answering machine messages, letters, various and sundry tell-tale found objects, and art. Always..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...news anchor. He's somewhere between a respected man of letters and a traveling sideshow act, and he's fully aware..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...to join, prospective members must promise to "work (write letters, emails, recruit others, and actively engage in efforts) to..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Martin Eden

Bafflingly relocated Italian adaptation of Jack London's novel skates by on charm and cheekbones

"...the budding author, littered with dozens of publishers’ rejection letters and stained by a personal rebuff that nearly breaks..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hill of Freedom

Delicate South Korean tale of love lost and found finally gets U.S. release

"...woman, Kwon (Seo), collects a mysterious bundle of undated letters from a school somewhere in Seoul. She stumbles on..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

COVID-19 Is Still Here, but Texas Wants Us to Move On

That's not an order

"...a Tuesday, May 12, press release, accompanying sternly worded letters from his office to Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio...."

May 15, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Vitalina Varela

Portuguese master of social observation visits migrant workers in old age

"...and 2006’s Colossal Youth (collected by Criterion as the Letters From Fontainhas trilogy). It’s a place of a particular..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Murals in Austin You May Have Missed

A guide to some of Austin's most notable new murals you may have missed

"...glass, mirrors, and ceramics. Cover image of The Roxy Letters, artist: Nathan Nordstrom..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...National efforts to support music industry gig workers emerged..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Indie contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...National efforts to support music industry gig workers emerged..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Assistant

The film industry’s quiet complicity in #MeToo crimes placed in stark context

"...chewed out by her boss and writes immediate apology letters for her “indiscretions.”..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Stories Behind Austin’s Iconic Signs

How both classic neon and changing design continue to draw patrons to local restaurants and theatres

"...Voyles) featured the name in red open face channel letters, along with "Queen of Pies" in gold script (a..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read

"...– and maybe herself in the process. The Roxy Letters is the account of her discontent and new inspiration,..."

Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...bestselling novel that has an epistolary structure, in which letters and emails are the means by which Bernadette’s daughter..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...artifacts in the exhibit (which rotate out regularly) are letters, speeches, campaign posters, and a 7-foot-long parade banner. There..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

Law Professor Ron Beal Surrenders to Governor Abbott's "Code of Silence"

“I wanted to let you know that you have won”

"...Beal had sent a sequence of letters to the governor and members of the Senate Committee..."

June 6, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Trial by Fire

Cameron Todd Willingham story deserves a better retelling that trusts the evidence

"...article of the same (terrible) name and Willingham’s jailhouse letters, the screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher pounces on the outrageous..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Edward Zwick Reopens Death Row Case in Trial by Fire

True-crime film takes another look at a triple homicide that never happened

"...before they gained access to another treasure trove: Willingham's letters to Gilbert, which she shared with Zwick and Dern...."

May 17, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek revise the poet's life and loves

"...documenting the restoration of Susan’s name to Emily’s original letters (from which Susan’s name was erased). The Times piece..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Transit

A contemporary retelling of life in occupied France has chilling modern resonances

"...start one than with a task to carry secret letters to a dissident author, only to find a bloody..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dumbo

Another Disney live-action remake, but this one has a little magic

"...resemble Uncle Walt. Dreamland, after all, is just five letters removed from Disney’s premier theme park, and Burton makes..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Startup Showcases Sign Language Based Artificial Intelligence at SXSW

No credentials needed for “AI for good” and coffee at Fairmont Hotel

"...Following on-screen prompts to sign series of single letters, users can order a customized coffee as the computer..."

March 12, 2019 Food Post by Alexandra Detmar

Huzzah!

"...deeply deserves an honor like this. ["Texas Institute of Letters Honors Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires," Daily Arts, Jan...."

Feb. 2, 2019 Postmarks

Maria by Callas

The genius soprano's contentious career in her own words

"...own words (and in cases where there are only letters and other written notes, the opera singer Joyce DiDonato..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

State Admin Law Judges Departing in Droves

State admin law judges departing in droves

"...In the intervening months, a file of similar letters has accumulated at the governor's office and in the..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

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