Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...fervent and in a hurry. Leslie Ziegler speaks with the same enthusiastic tones about her "gut bacteria" self-testing kit..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...Rhoda Winter Russell remembers Mary Wigman addressing her, rolling the "r" and lowering the pitch to emphasize the final..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Attack of the Cybermen

Activism empowered by the Internet

"...into some bizarre yet highly entertaining mash-up of V for Vendetta, Transmetropolitan, and 2000 AD's Judge Dredd? Seriously, have..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Into the West

Kelly Reichardt re-creates the hazards of the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cutoff

"...On the Oregon Trail in 1845, a wagon train of three..."

May 6, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Seventh Day

Judith Shulevitz considers the Sabbath at the Austin Jewish Book Fair

"...In 1929, the Soviet Union set in motion the nepreryvka, or the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

See Reverse Side for Title: Part I

If English first-wavers had trouble getting ahold of American roots music, Americans themselves weren't much better off, piecemealing together the foundations of today's national scene

"...Clapton, but was Jeff Beck, this new guitarist playing for the Yardbirds, anywhere near as good as the Blues..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Decoder

Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda

"...I met Lawrence Wright in 2001, before 9/11. The day he called, I was the only..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Square

A satchel full of ill-gotten cash looms over the characters like the iconic root of all evil in this fantastic Australian suspenser.

"...Hanna Mangan-Lawrence. This vicious little Australian suspenser debuted at the SXSW Film Festival ’09 and then failed to materialize..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Joseph Stack Manifesto

Reprint of pilot's suicide note

"...The pilot who crashed into the building in North Austin..."

Feb. 18, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Hasbro brings their boy toys to life with this story about an elite fighting squad.

"...by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Rachel Nichols, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"..."Hello, my name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache, and I am president of the National..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Something the Grackles Made

The life and works of Mr. Pants

"...sociable fellow, an amiable seeker well-suited to survival in the cloistered, miscreant-infested asylum of The Daily Texan entertainment department..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Page Two: The Art of Surprise

S.R. Bindler's Surfer, Dude continually pulls off the unexpected

"...The Austin Film Society is hosting a special premiere screening..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Future of Funny Has Already Happened

Welcome to Spaced, the cult British comedy with Star Wars in its eyes

"...It's been nearly a decade in the making, but Spaced, the brilliant, hilarious, impossibly superfantastic British..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Along the Bias

Lack of media objectivity cuts all ways

"..."When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!"..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Louis Black

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Shot in the Dark

The Texas Documentary Tour presents Paul Devlin's 'Power Trip'

"...thriller about corruption, assassination, and street-rioting over electricity in the former Soviet Union." Yes, you read that correctly –..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...If there was ever a perfect man for a perfect moment..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: Doing the Right Thing

The city takes a small step toward racial reconciliation

"...Thus far, the best thing to come out of the ongoing public..."

June 3, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Back in the Mirror

First-time director Niels Mueller on 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon'

"...Niels Mueller's The Assassination of Richard Nixon manages the rare trick of..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

American Ho

An old friend from work turns up in a very different occupation

"...If her nipples were rubbing against my arm – the way hers were at that moment – it wasn't..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...lost its tonic anchor and harmonic charm. Poetry jumped the fence of meter and rhyme. To read a "good"..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Gospel of John

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

"...Lintern, Scott Handy, Stuart Bunce and Lynsey Baxter. Put away your preconceptions about the Jesus Christ of the movies..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

They See Dead People, Too

The story of a young blind woman who undergoes a corneal transplant and begins to see visions of the dead, The Eye may sound familiar to fans of The Sixth Sense, but the Pangs' film is a far more creepy affair than M. Night Shyamalan's crowd-pleaser.

"...Apex, which had begun a slow decline into unreliability. The replacement was a slim Korean-made Daewoo that could read..."

June 27, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

San Diegans pay for sorry sports teams; and a small town stuffs Ronald McDonald back into the clown car.

"...Let's go to the Sports Desk for another edition of the "Wide, Wide,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...men and a town. That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

How the Wolves Survived

That band from East L.A. keeps getting better

"...Few bands of Mexican-American descent have had the impact on American rock &..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Deep in the Art

How In the West Became Deep in the Heart (of Texas)

"...In the summer of 1985, troupe members of Austin's avant-garde Big..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

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