'Rio Bravo' a Stop on the Road to Hollywood

Whether she's playing Feathers or Pepper, Angie Dickinson tickles

"...the existence of Hollywood, I think it would be Rio Bravo." The 1959 Western stars John Wayne as a..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Scott Ballew, Rio Bravo

Austin musician/filmmaker’s poetic phrases demand double takes

"...Smile,” echoing the sentiments that unfold across third album Rio Bravo, a constant scramble for meaning and connection. From..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Rio Grande No Longer?

An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande

"...booming border towns, and fast-growing cities line the Lower Rio Grande (known in Mexico as the Rio Bravo) as..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...In 2001, when Piña's platinum single "Cumbia Sobre el Rio" was released on his Barrio Bravo CD (WEA Latina),..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Assault on Precinct 13

This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.

"...gangbangers – was itself a reimagining of Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo. That film, one of the great director’s best,..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Team Spirit

The 2012 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...who will accept the Star of Texas Award for Rio Bravo. (The Chron chatted with Dickinson last spring on..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

Our mission to engage readers, excite debate, and reimagine the 'Chronicle' is ongoing; our new online forum is the latest step

"...our best, we should excite debate – whether an interior conversation with yourself, a more animated one with friends,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...with double the screens and programming than were offered prior to the venue's temporary closing a few months ago..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

¿Adelante con Bush o Kerry?

Election talk at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Austin conference

"...On immigration issues, "Family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo," said Barreto, using the Mexican name for the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More

"...Hollywood faster than working girl Heidi Fleiss and sparked various studios and concerns into a competitive courtship for Rodriguez's..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Save the Date: Texas Film Awards Returns in 2022

Celebration of Lone Star filmmakers heads downtown

"...to major projects that have defined Texas filmmaking, from Rio Bravo to Dazed and Confused...."

Dec. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...out the trash today & I’m on fire), the various Spandexed and Kevlar’d and super-powered heroes of the screen..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFS Cinema Announces Opening Dates

New two-screen arthouse specialists release first schedule

"...Star cinema with Texas Christening. Starting with Western classic Rio Bravo, the new strand moseys through Tender Mercies, The..."

May 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AIRC Changes Leadership

"...the top leadership position. Something of a fixture at various immigration-related events, Caceres has distinguished himself as one of..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

John Wayne Film Festival

"...Liberty Valance, The Green Berets, The Searchers, The Comancheros, Rio Bravo, The Alamo, True Grit, The Train Robbers, The..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...7pm Tues, 9:20pm Weds
EAST OF EDEN 9:15pm Tues, 7pm Weds
RIO BRAVO 7pm Thurs, 9:10pm Fri
SUMMER OF SAM with director..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar from hospital gurney to Angie Dickinson's feet – all in a week

"...Especially because Angie Dickinson was there inducting the movie Rio Bravo. I had to meet Angie Dickinson, an actress..."

March 16, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Living Maya

Austin becomes a hotbed of past and future Maya knowledge

"...who surveys archaeological sites and conducts digs at the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area in Belize, said UT..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...private investigator and former bail bondsman was terse and mysterious with his directions, as if setting up a payoff...."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Big Books: Part 3

Gift guide

"...Rio Bravo Publishing, 266 pp., $26..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Duke Ellington The Duke: The Essential Collection 1927-1962 (Columbia)

Reissues

"...my most personally significant Duke was the star of Rio Bravo, The Searchers, and The Shootist, so if you're..."

May 19, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...Few careers are as curious as John Carpenter's, and I'm convinced that over the..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

It's a Mystery to Me

"...certain snotty conceit that all genre fiction is somehow inferior to so-called "literary" fiction, that Hammett was a hack,..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...slowly, adapting a variety of roles. It was a period of transition and growth. The paper was getting better..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Food-o-File

The peaches are sweeter, the markets are fruitful, and the grass is greener on Jessie Street

"...Qui in the group. Sounds like the rumors about Bravo's Top Chef filming in Texas this summer could be..."

July 29, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Green Corn, Bola Pizza, holiday baking contests, and more

"...Time and Kocurek Family Artisanal Charcuterie. The Italian-made Forno Bravo oven is mounted on a trailer and decorated with..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hot!

Winners of the 18th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest

"...Garden Inn – Downtown, Uncle Billy's Brew & Que, Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant Individuals Red Sauce..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...rebuilding of the houses. Houses that are too small (inferior) for the modern person/family. Houses that were just fine..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...The mid-Eighties, until we went weekly, were a golden period of Chronicle editorial. This is Chapter 2...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Among the Smoldering Embers

The 17th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival: Contest results

"...of Marathon. That shows a man who is as serious about his hot sauce as he is about keeping..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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