State of Wonderment

The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art

"...a vision or challenge. Major cultural events such as South by Southwest and the Austin City Limits Music Festival,..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir

Run, Haruki, run, you skinny Howard Roark!

"...change but the movement from "we" to "I." Not so strange for a memoir, as Running tackles life, long-distance..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Books Review by James Renovitch

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...In the halcyon days of alt.country, say ten or so years ago, Blue Mountain was in the thick of..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Miss Understood

Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass

"...out at the Backyard, hangin' with Dylan," booms Ray Benson jovially from his cell phone. "He goes: 'Hey, have..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...Nothing worked. The wastebasket filled with antacids, Pepto-Bismol, and Alka-Seltzer..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...Some of my earliest memories are of woefully dubbed English..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All Aboard for Middle Earth

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.

"...shudder at the mention of "my preciousssss," if you associate Sting more with magic blades than Scottish pop stars,..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot

José Rivera's References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is a magical love story in which nature reflects human relationships, and this Refraction Arts Project production is beautiful to look at with several stand-out performances.

"...that the woman he thought he knew has become someone else entirely...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...show Survivor.) What other human beings think about you (sometimes) determines whether you live or die, as well as..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Letters at 3AM

Michael ventura mediatates on the permeability of reality.

"...can be heard in the other. And that you sometimes walk through gateways so that, while still wholly in..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

In Person

Ellen Dore Watson at UT

"...I am stupid with awe of Ellen Doré Watson. Reading her work does that to you, makes you..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature

Under Covers

Dusting off Jackets

"...Supposes by Ellen Currie (Scribner, $10 paper), to say something about the black humor of the Irish, the particularly..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...early thirties who spends his days performing feats of Software Engineering. He would probably be described by his neighbors..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...opens his film conventionally enough, with black-and-white graphics giving solemn voice to the history of Pantex, a Department of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Callum Rennie, Donald Fong. Multiculturalism as a concept is something to which most of us pay lip service, but..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

"...by: Taika Waititi. Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Chris Pratt and Karen Gillan...."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Collective Burgeoning

For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year

"...on the professional front – a promotion, say, or some new acknowledgment from one's peers. Try to imagine, then,..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes to mind when trying to..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Frankie

Family drama is far less fun than a walk in the woods

"...Directed by: Ira Sachs. Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Jérémie Renier, Sennia Nanua, Ariyon..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eye

"...Sin-je, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Yut Lai So and Yin Ping Ko. This moody Hong Kong thriller..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...an otherwise deserted section of West Second Street for some kind of music and egg cooking competition. No roof,..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...The One Knite was an oasis of soul. The room was a little box, sitting at the..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Letters at 3AM

No matter if it's an unknown young singer like 17-year-old Sahara Smith in a little club on South Lamar (the "unknown" part won't last long in her case), no matter if it's in the room of an unknown poet destined to remain unknown, no matter – there are acts of creation, however desperate, that cannot be stopped.

"...recently won a Grammy (not her first) for the soundtrack of Good Night, and Good Luck. She sang often..."

March 31, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...got you better than Spider-Man got Gwen Stacey (too soon?). How's about every film in the series reviewed? Phase..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Oh, that wild, strange, and relentlessly delightful novel of lunacy and logic! It..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...seek ways to make our operations more efficient. Doing so is always important, but even more critical at this..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Retribution

Liam Neeson does the Liam Neeson thing, this time with exploding cars in Berlin

"...Directed by: Nimród Antal. Starring: Liam Neeson, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Modine, Noma Dumezweni, Arian Moayed, Lilly..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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