Page Two: Stories Without Words

Would I miss Israel for Israel? I worried.

"...the world for millennia and my heart throughout my life...."

Jan. 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...departing Ireland in the early Fifties for a better life and hopeful future in the titular New York City..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lucy

Scarlett Johansson goes totally badass in this far-fetched but riveting Luc Besson action film.

"...there can be a re-eruption of vision in an unexpected way. Among my all-time favorites, Besson’s best films are..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...San Antonio for lessons, that it was just your life? DB: The bigger the competition got, the more pressure..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Film Unfinished

This fascinating documentary uses recently uncovered footage to piece together and decipher the ulterior meaning of a Nazi propaganda film recorded in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.

"...out, relaxing, and enjoying the modest comforts of ghetto life as they parsimoniously refuse to give even a crust..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Drawer Boy

Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy is a sweet, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately moving story of lifelong friendship well-staged at Hyde Park Theatre

"...a sweet, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately moving story of lifelong friendship, the sort that could so easily drift into..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Scanlines

Zulu Dawn

"...Bunch). The excitement of this film is partially in unexpected, complex military maneuvers, which the director conveys effortlessly. Theater..."

April 2, 1999 Screens Feature

Dude Descending a Staircase

Four for the Read

"...him? And especially why a 500-page book on his life? Because, if you'll forgive the pun, there's more there..."

May 8, 1998 Books Feature

The People vs. Larry Flynt

"...ride by his wife, Althea, the love of his life. Unlike most film biographies in which the love interest..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lovers

"...film noir by way of melodrama. Based on a real-life incident involving seduction, betrayal and murder which occurred in..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Live Election Night Results & Updates

The latest from the polls and candidate watch parties

"...happen for her tonight. Skidmore would need to make unexpected gains in the remaining E-Day vote to force a..."

Nov. 6, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Austin Film Critics Pick Boyhood

AFCA showers Linklater favorite with four awards

"...alcoholic was not too far removed from the actual life of this one-shot movie star...."

Dec. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tilda Swinton and Jim Jarmusch Go Together Like Cream

The actress dishes on ‘Only Lovers Left Alive'

"...you’d lived for 3,000 years. It’s a perspective on life that is such a clear thing. She doesn’t sweat..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 1

It is only a matter of time before an interconnected world work force begins to ask, 'Who are we really working for?'

"...The unexpected always happens...."

Nov. 4, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letter at 3AM

Donating money to causes is fine and necessary, but it doesn't get you off the hook; active human energy is what generates change. Bite off a chunk of trouble for yourself. There is no hope or solution without you.

"...But I do believe in possibility. One thing in life is certain: The unexpected always happens. Sometimes it's best..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...Cob County and their moonshinin' ways made for an unexpected smash when it lead the way after the Great..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: You Can Call Me Bill

A meditation on death from the liveliest man you'll see

"...Can Call Me Bill, a supposed documentary about the life of the actor, musician, horse racer, raconteur, author, comedian,..."

March 19, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Interview: Lingua Ignota

Kristin Hayter on academia, catholicism & the complexity of violence

"...out in the Providence scene, so it was totally unexpected that anyone cared...."

Nov. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...new Hulu comedy series Casual, which charts the dating life of a bachelor and his newly divorced sister. And..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Expressing Himself

How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical

"...time in the show and how it's affected his life. For the full version, visit austinchronicle.com...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: This Monkee Went to Heaven

The death of the Monkees' Davy Jones butts up against the local In Passing list at next week's Austin Music Awards

"...it in Robert Faires' remembrance (see "All Over Creation: Unexpected Losses," Feb. 10), but it makes sense given Aulie's..."

March 9, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Phil Aulie Working Hard With His Band

"...you so much for your article "All Over Creation: Unexpected Losses" [The Arts, Feb. 10]. Phil Aulie was my..."

March 3, 2012 Postmarks

TV Eye: Make Way for Midseason Shows

New Year, New TV

"...the Vs in a way that could threaten his life. I liked the injection of some unexpected and welcome..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...for love, for feeling, so scared of intimacy and life, that I devoured the culture's remnants, reflections, and refractions..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...carrying on some sort of sick perversion in real life. This might be the sickest film I've ever seen...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...... but don't. If I've learned one thing from life in the theatre, it's that miracles don't like questions...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...a very cool theatrical sense. Like Shakespeare, it's about life and death struggles: All the world's a stage. But..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Texas' Own 'Roe v. Wade'

The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether medically necessary abortions for the poor will be state-funded.

"...of rape, incest, or immediate danger to the woman's life...."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...his office, and when Penny turned around at the unexpected sound of approaching footsteps, a galvanized steel pipe crushed..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

West Coast Meets South of Texas

"...RCA Nashville to be more precise, an unexpected choice for a label that is more familiar with..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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