Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place

Film noir is a cinema of failure

"...the same, and from both butts thin, grayish trails rise until the credits fade out...."

June 3, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: They Died in Your City

Austin is built by workers subject to institutionalized injustice

"...their deaths June 10 while building a West Campus high-rise. The Department of Labor is investigating (primarily federal law..."

June 19, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...while the Senate fiddled, failing to debate a resolution against the troop "surge," and instead debating whether to debate..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

Page Two

The House Democrats' walkout was their best option in light of Republicans' vicious and highly partisan day in the sun; ending The Chronicle Hour quiets the right-wing voices in our head.

"...in Texas is to wield redistricting as a weapon against incumbents -- whose seniority benefits all Texans. Even against..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Record Reviews

"...That soundtrack you're hearing? The smooth-as-black-leather guitar laid up against fiery rhythms and lyrics glowering like the lake of..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...debut with this action thriller about a man’s vengeance against the men who murdered his mother. Cast: Dev Patel,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...isolated island In 1950s New Zealand. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship. But this..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...on our lives, starting with 2012's Downloaded, charting the rise and fall of music sharing site Napster, followed by..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas’ New Law Seeks to Kick Out Elected Prosecutors (Especially Ours)

"Rogue prosecutor" law takes effect Sept. 1

"...The nationwide rise in homicide rates in 2020 gave the GOP fodder..."

July 7, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Medusa

Brazilian religious/political allegory loses its venomous bite

"...fantastical horror film was written in retaliation to the rise of evangelical Christianity in Brazil, and the power the..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down

The congresswoman’s inspirational healing in an age of gun violence

"...Sen. Mark Kelly, had begun the mourning process. But against tremendous odds, Giffords underwent brain surgery and survived. Cohen..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Dina Barrish

Not Going Quietly

A suitably complicated study of the health care advocate

"...and documents the rapid decline of his neurological functions against the backdrop of his meteoric political rise...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Cody Song

J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius

Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult

"...July 5, 1998, to be exact) Church members would rise up against the norms who’ve robbed them of Slack..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Denise Ho: Becoming the Song

Pop and protest melded in the life of the Hong Kong star

"...doc Denise Ho: Becoming the Song, which follows the rise of the Cantonese pop icon, and her subsequent transformation..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Song Without a Name

Kafka-esque nightmare about a real state out of control

"...That shift allows her to feed in both the rise of the ultra-violent Sindero Luminosa terrorist group and the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

As Eviction Crisis Looms, Local Leaders Ramp Up Relief

Help is on the way?

"...state of disaster in Texas due to COVID-19. Filings against tenants had been concentrated on the Eastside and Southside,..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Council Preview: So Much Money, So Many Needs

Agenda touches on COVID-19, live music support, and transit

"...with them, if either need to self-isolate to protect against COVID-19...."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — who also comprise Nine Inch Nails, which will be inducted into the..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...joining a worldwide movement to alter that political consensus, against considerable odds...."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...near established neighborhoods – a new draft code has risen out of the previous effort's ashes...."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...for a county and state that's seeing an alarming rise in infections including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. About 732..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sunset

Period drama keeps the techniques of Oscar winner Son of Saul but loses the emotional weight

"...we witness the protagonist scurrying throughout the death factory against time and inexorability, in Sunset those same techniques become..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Her Smell

Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction

"...rock & roll movie has always been about the rise and fall, about coming to the brink of stardom..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...upcoming mega-blockbuster Alita: Battle Angel to squeeze in a surprise new project: Red 11, a semi-autobiographical-but-very-made-up story of an..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...to have a second sociological study of the King's rise and fall. But that Presley estate-sanctioned documentary was really..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...and raised in South Carolina, trumpeter Jeff Lofton has risen as a cornerstone of the Austin scene since landing..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 10th Anniversary Screening D: Scott Glosserman..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Forward Compatible

Silicon Cowboys details how Compaq took down IBM

"...No one knows, because against all odds, IBM was dethroned by three guys whose..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

On the Record: Sexism and the City

Council should get serious about gender equality

"...you're a woman, you're the last person to be surprised...."

Jan. 29, 2016 News by Mary Tuma

Zach Theatre's Evita

Zach Theatre's polished revival offers food for thought in this season of campaigns and debates

"...season of political campaigns, it's interesting to see the rise and fall of a past leader, one who inspired..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

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