Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...The morning of May 28, Beerland owner Richard Lynn announced the sale of the 18-year-old punk club..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore

"...to the big screen; the pair previously co-wrote Tim Burton’s weird and wonderful Ed Wood and the equally outré..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...Joan, he made the shows better. And in Booth's Richard III, he made the show...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pick a Headliner: Paul McCartney vs. Metallica

We break down each act's stats so you can make an informed decision

"...Influences: Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chronicle Recommends: The Many Faces of Frankenstein

Celebrating the cinematic legacy of Mary Shelley's creation

"...smells. In 2012, king of the goths director Tim Burton reanimated (hehe) his 1984 short film “Frankenweenie” (starring Shelley..."

Aug. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...comedy about the love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton while filming Cleopatra was originally set to open..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright

From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy

"...1963. And at its heart were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, having an off-camera affair with more sizzle than..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

SXSW Panel: Lawrence Wright

“Trump is the most 'Texas' president we’ve ever had”

"...In the meantime, his play Cleo, about Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the making of Cleopatra, is in rehearsals..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael King

Austin Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

Dude ranch antics make this reimagining of Strauss too busy, but when the music takes center stage, it’s gorgeous

"...such a bold reimagining. Austin Opera's presentation of the Richard Strauss classic Ariadne auf Naxos is the latest...."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...glancing – or tethered to previous film incarnations, like Richard Donner’s Superman, Tim Burton’s Batman, or Patty Jenkins’ flag-planting..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...and how much damage they caused along the way. – Richard Whittaker WHAT FAILED Bathroom Bigots..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Ana Lily Amirpour on Her New Film The Bad Batch

Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship

"...shit taking itself too seriously for awhile. Remember Tim Burton's Batman? How much humor there was? And now, superhero..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

My Cousin Rachel

Love and murder on the English Highlands

"...forgotten 1952 Hollywood version (which starred a very young Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland, sister of Joan Fontaine,..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...James Burton 2008..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

MondoCon Heads Downtown

Pop culture print gathering to occupy Statesman space

"...Martin Ansin Oliver Barrett Richey Beckett Florian Bertmer Jonathan Burton Scott C Sam Wolfe Connelly Becky Cloonan (Marvel's The..."

April 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...who gets to define what conservative really is? – Richard Whittaker Budget: Spread Too Thin?..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

By the Sea

Angelina and Brad topline this modern-day arthouse relic by Jolie Pitt

"...movie-star husband. This couple is no Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton braying at the moon as George and Martha..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...You still hadn't turned the corner on punk so Richard Dorsett had forced a copy of the Beserkley release..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The latest from Aardman Animations is one baaaaaadass movie

"...Directed by: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Medium Is the Message

The co-director of Inside Out talks shop

"...century-plus, sure. Chuck Jones, Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, Tim Burton, Will Hanna (of Hanna-Barbera fame), The Iron Giant's Brad..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mayoral Cabinetry

Who needs taxes?

"...PAID: Brandi Clark Burton: Environmental activist; founder of Austin EcoNetwork. Joene Grissom: Owns..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...the original body horror, as returning astronaut Victor Carroon (Richard Wordsworth) transforms into a monstrous, flesh-absorbing mutant. Indulging U.S...."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Oughta See the Pictures

Hollywood forever: New film books reviewed

"...Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin (Simon & Schuster, 576pp., $30). This is the..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Feature

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...vs. Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle Enemy. For The Double, director Richard Ayoade is the one orchestrating the doppelganger brain damage...."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Locke

In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.

"...dad. Hardy has a field day with them, ghosting Richard Burton’s melodious Welsh accent and percolating rage, but it’s..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fiction Favorites

From postapocalyptic islands to mining camps in Nevada, these novels will rock your world

"...from a Louis Menand piece in The New Yorker: "Burton, fifty-four at the time, and already a beautiful ruin..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

New in Print

Three recent releases go behind the scenes for Hollywood reads

"...or be swatted away, including the super-agent Swifty Lazar, Richard Burton, and Jack Lemmon...."

July 12, 2013 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...hand, he says, Au­stin has become "the manifestation of Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class," the book..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

DVD Watch: Snitch

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...the biggest name directors and producers – Tony Scott, Richard Donner, Katherine Bigelow, John McTiernan and Steven Spielberg –..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: ‘Life Is Sweet’

What a gorgeous ensemble of oddballs and misfits

"...ballooning budget and affair between stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is celebrated in a two-disc release with a..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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