The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The animated gang return to save their park from an evil mayor

"...could, if you chose, scan this sequel to 2014’s The Nut Job as a genuinely subversive attack on capitalism..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Greedy Lying Bastards

The greedy lying bastards are those responsible for destroying our planet's climate, and this documentary is naming names.

"...One of the interviewees in eco-activist Craig Scott Rosebraugh’s new documentary describes..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Wind in the Willows

"...and why haven't we heard about it? More to the point, why haven't all the children of the land..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get on the Bus

A guide to anti-war events nationally and in Texas on Sept. 24

"...Shadowed by the tapestry of heroism and misery Hurricane Katrina has woven,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a Western without a compass.

"...a revisionist Western, check out 2011’s Rango, in which the actor gives voice to an animated chameleon in a..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Live Shot: The Joy Formidable

Front dynamo Rhiannon Bryan, nascent rock goddess

"...Before the chill set in on Saturday evening, Welsh trio the..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...We felt we had to ask. Because, before the election, we asked Why Would Anyone Vote For Donald..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Filling the Gap

In the wake of Uber and Lyft's exit, drivers and riders look for alternatives

"...With Uber and Lyft picking up their ball and going home in protest of Prop 1's..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

'The NFL Beat': God Bless Commissioner Goodell

Protecting the shield

"...explain why every NFL fan in America is demonizing the man who may be single-handedly preserving the longevity of..."

Dec. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Greedy

"...Olivia D'Abo, Ed Begley, Jere Burns and Phil Hartman. Greedy ain't greedy enough. Sure, this comedy from writing team..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Into the Blue

There's a crisp little thriller anchored in this movie about pretty people wearing skimpy swimwear in a beautiful locale.

"...have Jared (Walker) and Sam (Alba), dive-bum lovers in the Bahamas. Their boat is leaky; they live in a..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hard Word

"...effort, with polished, craftsmanlike direction from debuting helmer Roberts, hitherto noted for "tough-guy" movie scripts (Riders of the Storm)...."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

D2: The Mighty Ducks

"...sequels and self-perpetuating merchandising paraphernalia. But last time out, The Mighty Ducks gave birth to a new DIsney-owned National..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson's candy-colored tribute to The New Yorker

"...in quarantine for more than a year, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is at long last in wide circulation...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Sea

"...Gísladóttir and Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir. Colder and bleaker than the Icelandic countryside in winter, this domestic psychodrama by the..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Letters at 3AM: 'I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing'

"Route 66" taught me that I did not want to be rooted again

"...me in. I wasn't grateful. I felt no loyalty. They were not my kind. But I'd been on the..."

June 29, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...The longtime countercultural icon – an early member of the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U.S. Is the Problem

"...July 11]. This mass exodus from Central America is the result of past U.S. intervention, which created armed right-wing..."

July 11, 2014 Postmarks

Not All Boomer Greed

"...Dear Editor, David Whitworth's column in the Sept 11 issue [“Time to Look in the Mirror..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

The fountain-pen economy

"...Even the word "greed" is not negative enough to characterize the..."

June 5, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Beware the Shilldebeast, My Son

The subcultural survival guide to dealing with corporations

"...A bad day for Suicide Girls at the "Selling Sub-Culture Without Selling Out Panel" at SXSW Interactive...."

March 14, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Holiday Spirit, Lightly Warped

John Waters tackles holly and jolly live at the Paramount

"...Filmmaker John Waters is not exactly the kind of guy one pictures curled up..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Lege

Parading in the Rain

"...a hard legislative session: One thing stood out amid the pomp and circumstance at last Saturday's short-lived gubernatorial inauguration..."

May 12, 1995 News Column by Robert Bryce

The AggreGAYtor: November 7

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...nails it, and President Obama knocks it out of the park. Today’s AggreGAYtor is proud to be an American...."

Nov. 7, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

The LuvDoc chats with lactation specialist and writer Kristine Kovach

"...I met Kristine Kovach at the Austin Music Awards maybe like 10 years ago. Could..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Chronolog Post

Beside the Point

What awaits council under the tree

"...Once the stockings are unstuffed and the wrapping paper's swept away,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Extend Our Trail (If Not Our Sympathy)

New astroturf org backed by developers pose as anti-developers.

"...want, you should lie, distort, and take advantage of the innocent public for your own gain, right? Guess that's..."

Oct. 2, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Owen Kline Turns the Funny Pages

New movie looks at the grotesque and absurd sides of collection

"...When it comes to the issue of obsessive collecting, and its resulting culture of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin At Large: Blinking in the Bright Light

Austinites stagger into the post(?)-pandemic streets, waving at the new neighbors

"...I'm writing this column at my desk, at the Chronicle, underneath our old friend the I-35 upper deck,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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