Review: Mattie's

Green Pastures lives at revitalized grande dame

"...five years ago, the entire place seemed dusty, weighed down with swags of Victorian(ish) drapery and overly polite quiet...."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Ten Things to Do on Christmas Day

Avoid the Grinch-y realm this holiday

"...Conjunto los Pinkys can turn anyone’s Blue Christmas around. Mattie’s Christmas Day Brunch Mattie’s 811 W. Live Oak, 11am..."

Dec. 22, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

Death, Grief, and Buddhism in Fantastic Fest’s The Long Walk

Laotian cinema pioneer Mattie Do's patiently ponderous tale

"...Mattie Do is a pioneer of Laotian cinema. In a..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Fantastic Fest Review: Dearest Sister

The tale of a haunted woman is much more than meets the eye

"...plenty of tips on surviving horror movies. Stay awake. Don’t smoke weed. Keep clothed. Don’t be a teenager. If..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

The Long Walk

Enigmatic supernatural mystery from the heart of Laos' forests

"...Directed by: Mattie Do. Starring: Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Noutnapha Soydara, Por Silatsa, Chanthamone..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pulse

Pulse, the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film Kairo, is the McDonald's Unhappy Meal to the original's elegantly obtuse sashimi o' sorrow.

"...remake of Kurosawa's genius is anything but: It's the McDonald's Unhappy Meal to the original's elegantly obtuse sashimi o'..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...Fest, features quite a few familiar filmmakers. Laotian trailblazer Mattie Do (Dearest Sister) returns with her latest, science fiction..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Fantastic Fest Is Shaping the Genre Film Scene

Fifteen years in and still fantastic

"...at FF, this year he pulls off a rare double-whammy with both the Texas premiere of his psychotronic vampire..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Tumbbad Brings Horror to India

Co-director Adesh Prasad on making a first for the nation

"...of the word. But like many countries, it oddly doesn't have a mainstream horror tradition. That's changed with Tumbbad,..."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

14 Romantic Restaurants for a Perfect Valentine’s Day Dinner

Luxury dining for the fancy, grand gesture-loving lovers

"...For the romantically-inclined among us, deciding what to do on the special day can be an overwhelming prospect...."

Feb. 13, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...time around, it's S Is For Stanley, Alex Infascelli’s documentary about Emilio D’Alessandro, the man cursed/blessed with being Stanley..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Adds Terry Gilliam And Metallica

Final round of films includes surprise big names

"...Disney's lawyers tearing their hair out, but the mental breakdown flick shot guerrilla-style in the Magic Kingdom is getting..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...Very early on Halloween morning, 2013, 87-year-old Mattie Miller, like most residents of drought-wracked Central Texas, greeted..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Something to Live For

"...Baptist Convention in his hometown of Chicago. Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel music, was flush in the..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Some Justice in Tulia

An "anomaly" in Tulia bust?

"...confirmed in court. Last winter, she had discussed the documents with her attorney, Jeff Blackburn, an Amarillo civil rights..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...or Dallas, or in a major trafficking hub like Laredo. It happened about halfway up the hot, dusty highway..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...College (now University), he recalls Austin's racial exclusion with candor and clarity...."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Hot!

Winners of the 18th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest

"...the first-place glass this year. The father-daughter team of Mattie and Russell Lewis (no relation to Jill and Kevin)..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Death Watch: The Stays Stop Here?

After a quiet COVID season, Texas' death row machine rumbles back to life

"...is happening – the state has fed Riles large doses of psychotropic drugs, hoping to make him sane enough..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: How Much Remorse, Repentance Is Enough?

Family of victim – and killer – wants sentence commuted

"...'but the threat of death lurks in both our shadows.'"..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Postmarks

"If you fail light rail again, you've sealed your fate to sucking a tailpipe and damned your city's 21st century global position."

"...-- 10 years from now, existing highways and a double-decked MoPac monstrosity will be woefully inadequate for our needs,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column

Roxanne Benjamin Believes There's Something Wrong With the Children

The director discusses her love of evil kid movies

"...and Thomas' kids, Lucy (Briella Guiza) and Spencer (David Mattie), may not be the perfect little angels their parents..."

Jan. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

We're sorry you feel that way.

"...quality of life in Austin. ROAD and their cronies don't share this vision for a cleaner city with more..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

How Staple! Is Turning the Page Toward a New Future

Austin’s indie media expo returns and it’s all because of one email

"...Just because you can’t see an alligator doesn’t mean it’s not lurking under the surface. Same goes..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad

Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?

"...Both the Republican Party of Texas platform adopted last week and Ken Paxton in one of his..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity: Left on Read

Find great queer literature at local LGBTQ booksellers during Independent Bookstore Day

"...OH BUT JAMES, you cry out, WHAT DO I READ? Well, my suggestion is to search for..."

April 26, 2024 Column by James Scott

Get Me Back to Austin

Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards

"...early in the game. What makes this case different? Doug Sahm. Make that the Doug Saldana factor...."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...UT prof and Texas Institute of Letters president Don Graham, whose new collection of essays, Giant Country: Essays..."

May 1, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith