The Low Life

"...Like hamsters on a treadmill, the twentysomethings in The Low Life are on the road to nowhere -- all..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Can't Imagine Being as Low-Life Sick and Hateful as 'Chronicle' Staffers

"...OK the cover cartoon of someone getting his head blown off in front of his kids? That a joke..."

May 22, 2006 Postmarks

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...McRaney and Bill Cobbs. You need only see Get Low for absolute proof that, while Hollywood may be in..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school

"...in Tammy, yeah unto The Boss, and now to low-grade college comedy Life of the Party...."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

An Unfinished Life

An Unfinished Life never transcends its simple storyline to charter original ground, but it’s the kind of movie you can’t fault too terribly much, primarily because its heart seems to be in the right place.

"...Manheim. Thoroughly predictable from start to finish, An Unfinished Life rehashes Silas Marner by way of Miramax. In this..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Larger Than Life

"...endorsement, but my expectations for this movie were so low as to be under sea level. Going in, Larger..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This story of a milquetoast with a wild imagination stars Ben Stiller and is as pretty as it is busy. Opens 12/25.

"...A mild-mannered Life magazine photography editor capable of astonishing feats of derring-do..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...quest to hunt down the mythic jaguar shark that swallowed his best friend whole. But I think Anderson and..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Majority Identify as 'Pro-Life'

But say abortion should remain legal

"...today reveals that 50% of Americans identify themselves as "pro-life."..."

May 23, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

"...Van Zandt's inspiration consumed the younger songwriter’s music and life, and helped propel him to national acclaim with the..."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Choosing Life!

Texas lawmakers debate Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, and Pro-Adoption license plates

"...Worth, is asking lawmakers to "equalize" the proposed "Choose Life" license plate law by adding an additional license plate..."

May 6, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fantastic Fest Review: Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

The big dreams and lost chances of a forgotten exploitation king

"...of sorts to the mince pie), and two, Cliff Twemlow. Only one of the two has earned a documentary,..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Murder, Mayhem, and the Underbelly of Life

Friends in Low Places

"...in -- beautiful on the surface, stone hard just below, dangerous water down deep. Like the region, she seemed..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

Fantastic Fest: 'The Life and Death of a Porno Gang'

Sex and death make a bloody mess in Serbia

"...this year will push more buttons than Serbia's The Life and Death of A Porno Gang...."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Blind Side' Follows the Life of a Top NFL Prospect

Michael Lewis' book chronicles the life first-round NFL draft prospect Michael Oher

"...name from The Blind Side, a book about his life by Michael Lewis. The book, which partially chronicles Oher's..."

April 20, 2009 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Show Low is the name

"...why. It's not far from a place called Fool Hollow. Founded in 1871, it sits on Route 60 in..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Column

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...issues Austin faces. To get a 30,000-foot view of life in each city, the Chronicle interviewed news editors of..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

AFF: 'New Low'

Can a total zero have star quality?

"...mean to be unkind, but Wendell (played by New Low writer/director Adam Bowers) has very few redeeming qualities. And..."

Oct. 21, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...The following is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation with..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...waves disrupt the current in the microphone as it flows into the transmitter. The transmitter converts the disrupted current..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

People of Low Income Have Rights

"...services ghetto." As stated by Arthur Sampson, “People of low income have a right to a high quality of..."

June 23, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: They're Not 'Pro-Life'

The health care cuts are anti-women and anti-family

"...By the numbers, this is what "pro-life" looks like:..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Column by Michael King

AISD Copes With Post-COVID Life

With falling enrollment, budget woes, and “behavioral events” maybe the kids aren’t alright

"...country are struggling to help students readjust to campus life after the COVID-19 pandemic claimed thousands of lives, stressed..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Steve Winwood's Back in the High Life

Live review of the jam band godfather's Sunday set

"...from his Traffic days, including an inspired mashup of “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” and “Empty Pages.”..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Katrina Aftermath Radio: A Brief, Dysfunctional Life

Attempts to set up a low-power FM for Astrodome residents killed by bureaucracy

"...three was in response to the proposal of a low-power FM radio station for the benefit of Hurricane Katrina..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen

This double-layered documentary examines the creation of a Hong Kong action film and the impossible feats performed by the Asian stuntman.

"...two dozen HK actioners to his credit and a lifelong fondness for the grueling lives of the phenomenally resilient..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: A Low Tolerance for Inaccuracy

Further proof that Latin is a trash language

"...I have been laying low datingwise for, oh, about two years and finally decided..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Low-Waste Cooking Is Possible With a Few Small Daily Changes

Waste less, save more

"...journey on her Instagram account @the_zerowastejourney in 2019 after following lots of accounts. "[Many] seem to have a lot..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

My So-Called Social Life

What happens when Facebook RSVPs stop being polite ... and start getting real

"...and pretty drunk? Asked (by me) and answered (by Follow That Bird! and Dikes of Holland)...."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Austin's Active Shelf Life

Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?

"...not funded it well enough to maintain the informed lifestyle to which we have become accustomed, in an era..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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