American Nightmare

"...Louis Black’s analysis is well-meaning [“Page Two: All or Nothing Is No Way Forward,” June 17], it is in..."

June 17, 2016 Postmarks

News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty

Representatives engage in ... legal combaaaaaat!

"...to Billie and Larry Mercer, the parents of Larry Jackson Jr. (Mercer is Jackson's stepfather), who was shot and..."

Feb. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Lit Meals on Wheels

'Road Show: Four Way Stop' finds literature in the everyday

"...Angermeier of Austin Bat Cave, Jill Meyers of A Strange Object press, and photographer Leon Alesi to set up..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Oz the Great and Powerful

Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.

"...The answer is not a resounding yes or no. This Disney prequel to MGM and..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Chronicle' Displays Audacity Placing Stories Next to Each Other

"...you begin the story with the phrase, "In a strange conclusion to a strange Austin news story ...,” this..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Postmarks

Humor

Rees' strips are provocative and wise, and delivered with a punch to the gut

"...Soft Skull Press, 256 pp., $15.95 (paper)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

Playing Through

The air sex competition at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz last week featured something that should be inherent in all sporting events, serious fun

"..."She's coming," someone in the audience responds...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson, Garret Dillahunt, Barry Corbin, Tess Harper and Stephen Root...."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...Directed by: Mel Gibson. Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Raoul Trujillo,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...Two years ago, on a South by Southwest Friday morning, Kris Kristofferson poked his head..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the practice of polygamy, especially focusing on groups in Southern Utah, Arizona and Texas, have used terms such as..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Love is never having to say "I erased you."

"...Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Jane Adams and David Cross. Oftentimes, love can lead..."

March 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What, Me Worry? Yes.

'American Splendor' is one of the most celebrated movies of the year, and everybody loves my comic again. But … I dunno.

"...first time I remember talking with Harvey Pekar was some 15 years ago. I was working as the Chronicle's..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Harvey Pekar

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

"...which makes Confessions of a Dangerous Mind look like some sort of weird, CIA-assassin vehicle, but the story, from..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Lives

Kate Breakey talks to Clay Smith about why she photographs dead birds and flowers and other animals.

"...up in a rural town in Australia on the Southern Ocean:..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Clay Smith

Writing in Tongues

Concepts exist in some cultures but not in others, Chronicle writer Belinda Acosta writes in an article about the art of translation. Sorting them out is left to translators, who must act the part of cultural guides, diplomats, and social chameleons.

"...There is an episode of the former NBC sitcom Mad About You in..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...contacted by the Chronicle to comment for this article, so in the interest of presenting valid information to Chronicle..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Letters at 3AM

Advice to a high-school graduating class: Face your fear and take risks.

"...was a man or a woman, what was said, nothing. I can't even remember that such a speech occurred,..."

June 9, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...for a little while, that's still too long. In some perverse way, it's only appropriate that the year is..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Reissues

"...Clyde McPhatter, both with the Drifters and as a solo artist. McPhatter is somewhat neglected today, because his most..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...want her to accept responsibility for killing a child, something she did not do." And accepting responsibility for the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reissues

"...& SHOUT: THE BIG OL' BOX SET OF 60'S SOUL..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Out of the Shadows

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

"...what I remember and say about it," says local songwriter/guitarist Jon Dee Graham. "The whole idea of `significance' is..."

July 25, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Most And Last Drastic Space

Letters at 3AM

"...the Sphinx was ever there! Only last century did some Frenchmen uncover it from eons of windblown sand. And..."

July 4, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...Jack Jackson, fiftysomething, wears glasses, has white hair and a white..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Pulp Fiction

Tarantino's second feature film lights up the screen with the same blazing torch that it carries for the idea of the movies.

"...Directed by: Quentin Tarantino. Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Amanda..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

What We're Listening to This Week

Christeene, the Bad Lovers, and Churchwood in this week's worthwhile listens

"...and gender-bending Christeene in "Alphabets," leadoff from the drag queen/singer-songwriter's riotous third studio album. Set to a cacophony of..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...On Saturday evening, Alex Peterson of Alexalone's blaring guitar work proved Captain Quackenbush's Coffeehouse..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity’s 2020 Guide to Gifting Queerly and Locally

Gifting queer cheer after one helluva year

"...guide, of course, is no different. Between finding new socially distanced hobbies (hello to all the queer plant zaddies..."

Dec. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

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