Thank You, Central Time Zone: A Preview of the 2007 NFL Draft

"...like to have play for the Colts, and then around 200 players that could be drafted in the late..."

April 26, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Prescriptions for Survival

When it comes to going back to school, what will be, will be…

"...jeweler, spend a week getting to know your family around every major holiday? The school metabolism, though intense, is..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Tokyo Drifter & Branded to Kill

Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki was fired from his film company for his off-the-wall cinematics; these two Sixties gangster movies explain why.

"...seems fairly conventional, but in Suzuki's film, story is nothing and style is everything. The film jerks from one..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...between the two men, and by the time it comes around, there's a sweaty-palm level of tension in the..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Cactus Lee, Nemegata, Font, Grace Sorensen Set for the Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party

Freebie springtime standby returns to Hotel Vegas March 15

"...venues, delayed set times, notoriously erratic Texas weather: Almost nothing about South by Southwest is predictable. Right as rain,..."

Feb. 29, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Six Uncanny Canned Cocktails

Yes, they can – and we'll drink to that

"...So, okay, we’ve already acknowledged that nothing beats having a live bartender right there...."

Nov. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin FC Rediscovers Its Intensity in Win Over Houston Dynamo

ATX, Dallas will face off in Copa Tejas showdown

"...attacking from Cecilio Domínguez and Sebastián Driussi, and an all-around high level of effort and desire lifted Austin FC..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws

Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature

"...of Senate Bill 8. This makes abortion illegal after around six weeks of pregnancy, which in practice is a..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Buddha Throws a Party

One version of the origin story of the zodiac

"...a bit tricky here, but basically each creature-element duo comes around once every 60 years, and none of them..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...a group that says it doesn't plan to be around permanently. AKF has no plans to start a website..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...week of April 2020 while almost 2 billion people around the globe were unable to move freely due to..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...dropout still living in an upstairs room in a nothing tiny town in the French Pyrenees. But a change..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW

Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary

"...When it comes to comedy, there aren't many brands as famous as..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: A Piercing Conversation With Nicolas Pesce

Why are we all so attracted to serial killers?

"...The accepted wisdom when it comes to storytelling is "write what you know." But that's..."

Sept. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wife Stories

Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito on life as a comedy couple

"...Wife. It's not just another noun when it comes to comedians Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito, currently on..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Forward to the Past With Future '38

Director Jamie Greenberg on his fake period piece

"...cinema is always going to raise questions. When it comes to time-travel masterpiece Future '38, Jamie Greenberg is coy..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Lemon

An excoriating critique of white privilege dotted with funny freaks

"...dissociated blind girlfriend (Judy Greer, perfect). He really has nothing to live for. Why, then, does he insist on..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

Send a Card for Girlfriend's Day

Director talks Bob Odenkirk's Netflix crime comedy

"...When it comes to crime noir, Netflix's Girlfriend's Day has it all:..."

Feb. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: More to Watch This Halloween

Part II: Slavic rednecks, emo vigilantes, and crazed snipers

"...picked out a spooky feature for tonight? OK, if nothing in part one of our Halloween home release guide..."

Oct. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David Bowie’s Auto Memorial: Blackstar

Swan song LP admits “I Can’t Give Everything Away” but almost does

"...Jan. 8 – its creator’s 69th birthday – Blackstar comes wrapped in funeral black, excerpting the titular symbol on..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Christeene: “FUK V29”

Queercore provocateur releases new video

"...The gender-ambiguous shock artist appears dirty and bedraggled, writhing around a warehouse while stone-faced onlookers react...."

March 2, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Calm Before the Crimson Storm

The Texas A&M Aggies ready for a wild one next week

"...“One game at a time” is nothing but a figure of speech. At least that’s the..."

Sept. 9, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

The Pachangón Begins!

Latino festival ushers in sixth year starting tonight

"...Pachanga Latino Music Festival in this week’s paper centers around Saturday’s 21-act bill, but the six-year-old festival offers a..."

May 10, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

'Face Off' Recap: Double the Work, Half the Pay-Off

Giant successes and monstrous mistakes this week on SyFy's FX show

"...Oh, sure, there are the judges, but when it comes to guests, we had John Rhys-Davis luvvying it up,..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

30 for 30 Season Debuts With 'Broke'

Andre Rison and others explain where all the money went

"...not going to be a rule-of-thumb for the second go-around for the ESPN documentary series...."

Oct. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

The Good and Bad of the Rain

Roads closed, power returning after last night's storms

"...new local record for the date, but with it comes the cleanup and rescue efforts...."

Jan. 25, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Independent Games Festival = cubicle fun = no productivity

"...are playable on standard Internet browsers or you'd get nothing done. Here are those games:..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Point Austin: Rick Perry, Boy Scientist

When it comes to science, the Inquisition's got nothing on the guv

"...Bach. But more to the point, had Perry been around in 17th century Italy, he would have been firmly..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Pilot Program

The Latino Comedy Project eyes a move to TV with El Channel

"...could be used for a more cohesive program centered around a plot, with characters that interact with one another?..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Hooping

Eighty-eight keys are too heavy, too melancholy, says computer-key stroker Laura Scarborough

"...she's staying as composer for the Quixotic dance company. Nothing wrong with the original accommodation, only the new digs..."

July 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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