Where There's Smoke …

Across the country, perspectives on the smoking bans offer a very mixed bag

"...When the Times published an article in February declaring NYC's smoking ban – enacted under Mayor Michael Bloomberg in..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Plaza With a magical black box and quick toes, NYC's Nini Camps mixes on-the-fly sampled song segments, creating overlapping..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Interior. – Greg BeetsTURING MACHINE11pm, Whisky Bar Knowing this NYC instrumental trio was named after English theoretician Alan Turing..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...and soul sounds of the Sixties and Seventies. The NYC quartet has drawn raves in the Big Apple for..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

The Wedding Date

Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.

"...who, in the film's exceedingly quick set-up, scours the NYC positions-wanted advertisements for a male escort to accompany her..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hide and Seek

John Polson's psychological thriller about a father (Robert De Niro), daughter (Dakota Fanning), and the creepy goings-on in their house in the woods dangles over the precipitous edge of awfulness a full 90 minutes before toppling into that abyss with a resounding clatter.

"...inches away from Halloween playacting throughout. De Niro is NYC-based child psychologist David Calloway, who moves himself and daughter..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

"News dissector" Danny Schechter examines the media's complicity in promoting the war on terrorism.

"...mission. As a group, journalists are largely based in NYC, the media capital of the world, and as a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Manson Family

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

"...a cause célebrè in the underground-filmmaking world. Alongside the NYC cinema-of-transgression icons Nick Zedd, Richard Kern (whose 1985 short..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden doc.

"...sound of the Ramones than the Beatles, actually. As NYC scenester/author Legs McNeil points out in End of the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Taxi

Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.

"...poorly when transposed to the big screen. Fallon plays NYC cop Washburn who finds himself minus a squad car..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cellular

Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.

"...a sniper in the last freestanding phone kiosk in NYC). The Perfect Score’s Evans is here as Ryan, a..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

Another Saturday night at the bookstore, and some really awful TV

"...glam merchants the Real Heroes sold out both recent NYC dates and reportedly drummed up interest at RCA and..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...sets off to track down son Sam (Gyllenhaal) in NYC while a Dick Cheney look-alike watches haplessly from D.C...."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'King of New York' (Special Edition)

With Abel Ferrara's first real budget came name talent and new blood

"...penthouse, Frank White (Christopher Walken) wastes no time reclaiming NYC's dope game. A man of conflicting principles, he also..."

May 28, 2004 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Food-o-File

Mario Batali has discovered Austin's Matt Lee, but not in a good way; Hoover's has a new breakfast; and the Alamo Drafthouse finds food on the tracks

"...Local gelato entrepreneur Matt Lee has been discovered by NYC restaurateur/Food Network celebrity chef Mario Batali, and that's not..."

May 7, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Color Bars9pm, Saké on Sixth These NYC multi-instrumentalistas send out a plushly produced luv vibe on..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Vonne is a real pistola. After a stint in NYC, the former model moved back to Texas and cut..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood loads up your plate with events and a piece of the Big Apple.

"...STHCWAFF-NYC-BBQ..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Gigli

"...too, appears for a one-off, thundering monologue as the NYC mafioso running from the feds. While uniformly overacted and..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Raising Victor Vargas

"...straight from Kids, Larry Clark’s 1995 film about aimless NYC teens drinking and sleeping their way toward self-destruction. But,..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

House of 1000 Corpses

"...debut film was (and has remained) high. Fans of NYC’s White Zombie have savored the musician/filmmaker’s twisted sense of..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Appetizer Adventure

Virginia B. Wood interviews Chronicle contributor Mick Vann and Arthur Meyer, authors of The Appetizer Atlas.

"...photographer" from a list they had. We chose an NYC photographer, and if we'd gone to NYC and rented..."

April 11, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...DAREDIABLO: NYC's Darediablo are all instrumental, letting a rumbling bass, guitar,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...steel-mill town, then for a dozen years performing in NYC, and finally to Austin. (18th Floor Plaza, midnight) --..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Twice as Nice

Nancy Savoca comes with two films tucked under her arms -- Dirt and Rebel Without a Pause.

"...The Austin Chronicle: You've explored the Latino experience in NYC in The 24 Hour Woman and now in Dirt...."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

"...Kathryn Hahn and Rebecca Harris. Hudson’s Andie Anderson, an NYC writer with "serious" aspirations working at a fluffy women’s..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drummer Wanted: Richard Maxwell

Drummer Wanted, Richard Maxwell's drama of a young garage musician's relationship with his mother while recovering from a broken leg was memorable, but chiefly for the distinctively expressionless, uninflected style of delivery that called to mind really bad acting on purpose.

"...Richard Maxwell, artistic director of NYC Players, is the U.S. performance community's hot new flavor..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drumline

"...took “crowd participation” to an exhilarating new high). Hotshot NYC drummer Devon (Cannon) arrives at A&T's band boot camp..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...GRUPO FANTASMA: Drawing its members from as far as NYC and as close as Laredo, Grupo Fantasma sounds like..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...Ed Sullivan Theater, W. 53rd & Broadway, NYC. Backstage at 'The Late Show With David Letterman.' 3pm...."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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