The Pilgrim Returns

Q&A with Kris Kristofferson

"...did. But over the years, I have come to really appreciate the opportunity she gave me to be in..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Wreck Your Image

The New Old 97's

"...building towards some kind of saturation point, and we're really just a rock band."..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Recviews

"...When Americans get really depressed, I mean really, really depressed, like turn-up-the-Cure-and-break-out-the-carbon-monoxide depressed,..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

Complex World

"...as its energetic performances by groups like Providence cult heroes the Young Adults as well as NRBQ and Roomful..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Barbie Ferreira and an unusually uncool John Leguizamo. Refreshingly real and wrenchingly bittersweet, Bob Trevino Likes It stole our..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...J. SmithProducers: Jeremy Truong, Joe Conforti What if you really did put all the gays on an island? In..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...future Brooklyn, an ad executive uses a new Augmented Reality technology to conduct an affair with his best friend’s..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...easy and affordable, and we think we have shown real leadership in this area. For example, our recycling offer..."

July 25, 2003 Column

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...have gotten better with age. With guest stars like real-deal Hank Williams III, don't miss a chance to see..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...better or a shade worse than they are in real life, but you can't turn people into monsters or..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...land, of the Alamo and the Republic, of the heroes we've always talked about, and dials up the stories..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...forced into a fragile peace, the two men slowly realize that their duty to kill cannot withstand the intimacy..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...an arch at the university's south entrance honoring his heroes, who all happened to be members of the Confederacy:..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Stan the Man

The legendary name behind Marvel Comics comes to town for Wizard World

"...Hall – walking distance for most of Marvel's mightiest heroes. That was always part of Lee's plans. He said,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Food Events

Feb. 15-21

"...• Texas Humane Heroes Chili Cook-off Chili cooks and chili lovers alike are..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

He's Not a Lawyer, But He Plays One on TV

Austin actor Mehcad Brooks on his circuitous path from star athlete to Southern vampires and L.A. law on an Irving soundstage

"...run Jan. 21. But his acting dream is 100% real...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Late Nights ... and Suspense

"...a visceral thrill out of watching movies based in reality, where actions have consequences, and it’s not simply taken..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

First, Free Comic Book Day, and Then – Ka-Baam!!

Comic books and comedy improv go hand in hand, sometimes with repulsor rays

"...1) Nobody gives a shit about superheroes these days. We left those hyperbolic spandex-stretchers and their..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...Robot Group, upper plaza, One Congress Plaza, 111 Congress. Real Austin-produced robots and miniature train cars with robotic passengers...."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...the other people had done. That didn't make sense, really, because the first person you pay is the goose..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

What's so funny about being fat? Lots, if you're Jiminy Glick.

"...Glick's Hush Puppy shoes). I ask you, can you really tell the difference between reporters on Entertainment Tonight?..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...More Unsung TFC Heroes..."

June 29, 2001 Column

The Flash

Can we change history so this depressing IP smashup wasn't made?

"...Both characters end up almost as nonentities, carrying no real consequential weight to their appearances in a story so..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The lackluster return of the DCEU kid in a hero's body

"...be street-level for a superhero story to have any real merit, but “street-level” and “the power of the gods”..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Marvel gets tiny, weird, and wonderful again

"...of the series and launch a new era of heroes. The TV side of things on Disney+, such as..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thirteen Lives

Ron Howard's breathtaking recounting of the Tham Luang cave rescue

"...small part due to the complex rights issues surrounding real life events) for narrative convenience Thirteen Lives settles towards..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...aptly named Razor Fist (former boxer Munteanu). Then she's really caught off-guard by the way that he throws down..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Kahron Spearman Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

We Have an Issue: This Chaos Didn't Sow Itself

The Trump era ends with a bang, egged on by Texas politicians like Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton. Plus: Time to vote in the Austin Music Poll!

"...stolen and the system is rigged, they achieved their real goal – to genuflect to Trump and court his..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Vanguard

Jackie Chan goes back to being Jackie Chan in this globe-trotting action-comedy

"...an international terrorist, it is up to our Vanguard heroes Lei Zhenyu (Yang) and Zhang Kaixuan (Lun) to find..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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