The Body as Canvas, Readying for Life in a Kill Zone

AFS Documentary Tour presents Tattooed Under Fire

"...body and says to the camera, "This is my storyboard." It's an eloquent and apt summation of the storytelling..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...Vice (Penguin Press) as my book of the year. Writing a detective novel (not to mention voicing your own..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Keeping It Together

You mean open source hasn't saved the world yet?

"...computer programmers and associated geeks spent 48 hours studying, writing, and revising computer code at Tek Republik in Austin,..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Page Two: Life, Fiction, and Selling Out

Life, fiction, and selling out

"...in an unending series – collect them all ... or don't. It's up to you...."

March 31, 2006 Column by Louis Black

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...Most forms of artistic expression have a brass ring of sorts..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature 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

Something Wild

There's no pussyfooting about it: The Truth About Charlie is a remake -- of the widely adored Charade -- and Jonathan Demme isn't apologizing for it.

"...I was hesitant to ask Jonathan Demme why he decided to make..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...After Eric Christian Wagner died in the early morning hours of July 4, 2001, he was mourned by..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"..."Years of watching the Lege in action," one veteran Capitol lobbyist told another, "can certainly make you a Christian..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...to Go," Dick Price claims that America was made for guys like him:..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution by Michael Meeropol University of Michigan Press, 400 pp., $29.95..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...Real World 3: The Puck Year Just for the record, I..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

"...It began in earnest around age 10 or so, when..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

"...It began in earnest around age 10 or so, when..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

What’s a Grand Jury, and Is It Being Manipulated to Indict Police Officers?

More cops are being indicted, but why all the secrecy?

"...Ken Ervin stood before a group of reporters this past February, fellow attorney..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...Bob Nicks' phone lit up with call after call as he drove over..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Drug Use Is the Reality for Millions. There Are Ways to Make It Safer.

A paramedic and harm reductionist highlights resources in Austin to reduce risks associated with using drugs

"...charges, including a current UT student and several alumni. Something mentioned to the press as a casual aside was..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Column by Claire Zagorski

Wasota Vegan Paradise Is Simple, Savory, Life-Sustaining

Two local vegans, Lawrence Eguakun and Graham Reynolds, talk meatless meals and The Movement

"...It takes a thief to catch a thief, so the..."

July 31, 2020 Food Feature by Graham Reynolds

ATX6 Makes It to Asia and Back All in One Piece

Local music ambassadors “made it in and out just in time”

"...knows me knows I’m an open book, especially when it comes to challenges and anxieties. This didn’t manifest until..."

March 11, 2020 Music Post by Leslie Sisson

Austin at Large: Take It From a Ninja ...

You know, you could just not say anything. Try that.

"...I don't do resolutions very well, so my intention for 2020 – a state of mind to seek, not..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...Sweetly and appropriately the celebration of the extraordinary life of Margaret Moser continues full speed ahead. Without..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...Organic gardener and longtime Austin resident Bob Easter is proud..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Tilda Swinton and Jim Jarmusch Go Together Like Cream

The actress dishes on ‘Only Lovers Left Alive'

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

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Second Life

For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director

"...A play's first production is unquestionably important. What were simply lines of dialogue on a page..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Came From Down Under

Aussie films swarm SXSW 09

"...find an American who can speak on Australian film without mentioning the names Russell Crowe, Heath Ledger, Nicole Kidman,..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

They're a Little Odd and Don't Know It

Randy Newman likes Billy Joel?

"...When a twentysomething colleague heard mention of Randy Newman, she cocked her..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Robert Faires

It's Like a Trailer but Bigger

Film makers: the web is your friend

"...One of the great things about SXSW is (wait for it, wait for it, buzzword ahead) the synergy..."

March 10, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

Will Sheff gets in touch with his feminine side.

"...Last week, Okkervil River digitally debuted its Golden Opportunities Mixtape, a marvelous live, nine-song..."

Dec. 18, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The End of the World as He Knows It

Richard Kelly does decadence plus dystopia in Southland Tales

"..."The future is just like you imagined," goes a tagline for Southland Tales, especially..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Something Out of Nothing

Joe Swanberg, anti-director, on Hannah Takes the Stairs

"...thinking about underwear. And of course he's thinking about it in a movie. "In what we'll be shooting, this..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

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