The Outskirts of Hope

Jo Ivester launches civil rights-era memoir

"...medical clinic and teach high school literature in one of the poorest areas of the country...."

April 14, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...have a logline. Some films are a logline. If you visit the IMDb page for The Parts You Lose,..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Get to the Bottom of 'Top of the Lake'

New miniseries premieres on the Sundance Channel Monday

"...Top of the Lake, the new project from director Jane Campion..."

March 17, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Fables of the Reconstruction

Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress

"...About 45 miles north of Cabo San Lucas, on the resort-riddled southern tip of..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...as ex-con Jimmy in Lone Star crime flick South of Heaven, he thought he was opening a new perspective..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...years ago, a packed Alamo Drafthouse was ripping the roof off at the U.S. premiere of You're Next. And..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...it, and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

Out of the Blue

Dennis Hopper’s lost film murders the Seventies

"...For sheer what-the-fuckery, it’s hard to beat Out of the Blue’s opening scene: A drunk Dennis Hopper, Linda..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Are You Concerned?

"...the last five years. That's 2.75 times the amount you previously paid. Where else do you see rampant inflation..."

Dec. 4, 2018 Postmarks

Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic

Stay home, stay safe, and still scratch that travel itch

"...full swing, and while a scenic drive might improve your mental health, it goes against the statewide ban on..."

April 8, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...There have been bands skirting around the edges of city life, some making an impact and others helping..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...Alyssa Harad’s memoir Coming To My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride (Viking) before I..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Ashes of Time

Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese Falcon

"...John Huston, then hard at work on their adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, decided the best thing..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"...in, then out, then in again, clutching a copy of the local Fugitive Post...."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Gwen Zepeda Effinger: Diva of the Doublewide

"...1997, Monday: I don't know why, but a lot of times I have nightmares about fish. ... Dreams in..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature

The Making of an Endorsement

"...restricts the city's ability to incentivize exactly the kind of (re) development that Austin has decided we need: dense,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...Jonas Wilson immediately recognizes Clifford Antone making the rounds of his namesake club during a "We Three Kings" tribute..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...project. So he ran through a long, withering gauntlet of government loan programs and came up short. "You wade..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Vines of Ridicule

"...World Dictionary has to say about parody, and as you walk through the current show at the Jack S...."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Reverse Crossover of La Mafia

The Empire Builders

"...Quintanilla Perez was slain last spring, few people outside of the Latin music industry really knew who the young..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

The Faces of "New" Country Buck and Hag Revisted by Lee Nichols

"...is a pretty unassuming little city. With a population of only about 150,000 and few tall buildings, it seems..."

May 26, 1995 Music Feature

Gomorrah

The viral progression of organized crime in Naples, Italy, is starkly portrayed in this violent and deglamorizing gangster movie.

"...its first frame to its last. As a deromanticizing of the myth of the suave, Michael Corleone-style gangster icon,..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Timbuktu

Jihad in Mali goes from comic to horrific in the blink of an eye.

"...to view the usurpers’ doctrinaire fanaticism as the utterances of zealous buffoons. When the proscriptions and use of force..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...For years the missing pieces of Florida's storied soul scene were buried in a closet..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Cucaracha, La

"...Crespo, Joaquim De Almeida and Eric Roberts. A tragicomedy of near-Shakespearean proportions, Jack Perez reimagines Old Mexico and the..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Plutonium Circus

"...Directed by: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Guncrazy

"...Tamra Davis' directorial debut is a noir-ish, adrenaline-fueled tale of a love on the border between teen angst and..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Call Me by Your Name

Tenderness comes in many tongues in this coming-of-age romance

"...heat yet so light, so lyrical, in its vision of that catch-of-breath space between adolescence and adulthood, Call Me..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sing Me Back Home

The Return of Libbi Bosworth

"...major event that will shape how others will view you, and how you will view yourself -- for the..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...It sounds like the grandfather Buddha of Austin country music, big daddy Don Walser, but closer..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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