Pencils Vs Pixels

Touching documentary draws on the incredible history of animation

"...unauthorized history of the Disney renaissance was such a remarkable work that Disney finally bought the rights. The same..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin , V/H/S/99 , sharks, and more

"...ATTACHMENT D: Gabriel Bier Gislason Denmark, 2022, Texas Premiere, 105 min. Maja and Leah’s relationship..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Short Film Tour 2021

Best of the fest in these perfect miniatures

"...hmmm, ha, three variations on a huh (period, question mark, exclamation point). So it goes for the seven short..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

The Canadian musician's legacy re-enforced, not reconsidered

"...in a reveal appearing conspicuously at the film’s two-thirds mark, which proves a veggie patty between the lightly toasted..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Wendy Davis Enters Congressional Race

Big names, money in local Congress races

"...his race against Joseph Kopser to succeed retiring Lamar Smith. Roy promptly released a statement denouncing Davis as "the..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...– Severance Rebecca Makkai – The Great Believers Stephen Markley – Ohio Cathy Maxwell – A Match Made in..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hyde Park Theatre's The Wolves

This fun, honest, real production of Sarah DeLappe’s play zeroes in on the best part of playing a sport: being on a team

"...Maria Latiolais, Anikka Lekven, Estrella Saldaña, Bridget Sievers, Shonagh Smith, Kenzie Stewart, and Austin theatre veteran Rebecca Robinson) turn..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The awards mark their 25th anniversary with an influx of new members..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Kristofferson being profiled by future George W. Bush adviser Mark McKinnon; Stevie Ray Vaughan's two identical covers; Daniel Johnston..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ice Age: Collision Course

Latest entry of the series is overstuffed and meandering

"...core character into outer space. When Ozploitation legend Brian Trenchard-Smith signed on to direct the fourth installment of the..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...book, To Selena With Love, seemed like a punctuation mark, a bit of closure for you and that part..."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...work. Cast: Magge Brown, Dave Proscia, Wade Madsen, Jessie Smith, Pol Rosenthal (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Eco and TribFest: Festivals for the Rest of Y'all

Sate your inner policy wonk at these two fall favorites

"...of light rail, while Sen. Kirk Watson and Rep. Mark Strama will try to predict the shape of the..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Rowland Dies at 53

One of the matriarchs of the area organic farm movement died Friday

"...Texas families through community supported agriculture shares and farmers' market booths at the Westlake Farmers' Market, Sunset Valley Farmers'..."

Aug. 26, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...They've garnered attention for stylized covers of Madonna, the Smiths, and Britney Spears, but original tunes on their 2010..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Press Forward

Two exhibitions capture printmaking's experimental drive

"...Walters Art Museum." Like that popular touring show, "Repartee" marks the changes in artistic styles and subject matter among..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cutting on the Bias

Is Christopher Dunn APD's designated fall guy ... or a potential domino?

"...the night he was killed (Michael Franklin and Sir Smith), to see if they were in violation of any..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Have You Heard the Dish?

The ambivalent state of political journalism

"...and Life of American Journalism in the same week Mark Halperin and John Heilemann visited Austin to flog Game..."

March 12, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Lege Races Yield Weak Brew

Texas tea party efforts peter out

"...insufficiently conservative Republicans like House Elections Committee Chair Todd Smith, R-Euless, and even Senate Finance Committee Chair Steve Ogden,..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Races: Austin and Elsewhere

These candidates are all over the map on issues

"...HD 50: (Incumbent: Mark Strama, D) The Republican Party of Texas basically abandoned..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

And They're Off!

Primary filings reveal a who's who of contenders

"...6pm Monday marked the first major landmark of the 2010 elections: Filing..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Cash for the Future

Board approves 2008-9 budget in fractious meeting

"...go to the district's lowest-paid classified staff. Board President Mark Williams and trustees Karen Dulaney Smith and Lori Moya..."

Aug. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Perfect Getaway

This is a smartly paced and ultimately pure exploitation head trip that's a lot of fun if you can get past its third-act meltdown.

"...Long Weekend, Road Games, and any number of Brian Trenchard-Smith films, minus the nudge-nudge/wink-wink down-underisms and with a far..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's Next for the ARA?

As the longtime director departs and an audit looms, does the Eastside nonprofit have a future?

"...considered a replacement for Mar­shall. In the interim, Greg Smith, formerly project manager of the city's Neighborhood Housing and..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Ugly Truth

In this formulaic battle of the sexes, no one will be mistaking Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler for Hepburn and Tracy.

"...Nicole Eastman and screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, who both scored much better with their scripts for..."

July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Straus 85: Now It's 88

How the numbers break down, and full list of Straus supporters

"...Dan Branch from Dallas, Gary Elkins from Harris, Todd Smith from Tarrant County, and members-elect Button and Doug Miller..."

Jan. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Nov. 4 Election Results

"...(L)5,979 (4.7%)9,844 (3.0%)   U.S. REP, DISTRICT 21 Lamar Smith (R)49,163 (70.2%)243,209 (80.0%) James Arthur Strohm (L)20,902 (29.8%)60,773 (20.0%)..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature

Nov. 4 Joint General and Special Elections

Travis Co. Sample Ballot

"...Lamar Smith (R)..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

PUC Gathering the Western Wind

A new source for electricity is on the wind

"...struggling to bring something new and clean to the market. In the end, the PUC chose a compromise plan..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Thursday Sleepers

"...Gomez's hushed vocals and haunted lyrical style recalled Elliott Smith. – Doug Freeman Pink Nasty..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

« 1    ‹ BACK    7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16     NEXT ›    34 »