FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...Sylvia: "We said it was a combination between Robert Rodriguez and Ed Wood. Robert because of the do-it-yourself..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...Robert Spillar, director of the city's Transportation Department, thinks BRT..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...June 12 federal deadline and sidestepping questions about the wisdom of more of the same – but also agreed..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

'Sin City' may offer almost no suggestion of a moral substructure. But it insists there is morality, no matter how fragmented.

"...Robert Rodriguez's Sin City has been discussed by all reviewers..."

April 15, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

An amalgam of influences with a life of its own, the Chronicle is smarter than we are

"...have never broken it and I never will. The wisdom of my ancestors was firmly lodged in my head;..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Closing Open Records

Rick Perry and George W. Bush treat open records law as an obstacle to be gotten around, not a cornerstone of democracy.

"...to see state archivist Chris LaPlante and state librarian Robert S. Martin. "Dr. Martin stated that he was personally..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...for its humanity, for its characters, for the way Robert Duvall and Michael Caine walk across the landscape, for..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Robert E. Donohue Jr...."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...fetish if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough to..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...Book of Dreams by Jack Kerouac; introduction by Robert Creeley City Lights Books, 356 pp., $17.95 (paper)..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

Austin Heart of Film Festival Schedule (Revised)

"...of the numerous, notable guests scheduled to appear include Robert Altman and screenwriting collaborator Anne Rapp (Cookie's Fortune), James..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Austin Heart of Film

Screenwriters Conference and Festival Schedule

"...of the numerous, notable guests scheduled to appear include Robert Altman and screenwriting collaborator Anne Rapp (Cookie's Fortune), James..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...ROBERT EARL KEEN: When Robert Earl Keen puts the pedal..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: Robert Wise; with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

News Boss

"...for the Barton Springs Salamander" and derisively suggested converting Robert Mueller Airport into a theme park called Salamanderland. Predictably,..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Record Reviews

"...now is the album's decadence and fin de siecle wisdom available here at home. And is it dated? Hell,..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Review

Live Shots

"...JUNIOR BROWN, ROBERT EARL KEEN..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Music Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 7-13

"...was an activist, entertainer, and philanthropist who gathered much wisdom in his 74 years. I've chosen one of his..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

We Have an Issue: Ready to Roll?

The film industry prepares to reopen during a pandemic. Plus: How to be a true patriot this Fourth of July.

"...during a pandemic, and speaks with Austin favorite son Robert Rodriguez on the eve of his own movie shoot..."

July 3, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Playhouse's Monroe

In Lisa B. Thompson's tender drama, young African-Americans work out where they belong in the world

"...handful of intimates with their own ideas. Dispensing matriarchal wisdom and dictating propriety in all matters is Cherry's grandmother,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock & Roll

Rod Stewart mispronounced the session basher's name, but Carmine Appice survived nonetheless

"...about rooming with Prince, hanging with Hendrix, and advising Robert Plant to move more onstage would seem bombastic, but..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing

The script for this baseball play is a bit wobbly, but Austin Playhouse fields a strong production for the win

"...opportunity and seems unable to make the wisest choices. Robert King Jr. brings to O'Neil a quiet dignity, knowing..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Robert Earl Keen 10pm, St. David's Historic Sanctuary With his..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...Christopher Evan Welch, costar of Judge's show Silicon Valley. Robert Rodriguez will present his pal Guillermo del Toro with..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Not Again

Racism distorts justice in Ferguson case

"...I can't claim any special wisdom on the ultimate meaning of the avalanche of events..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...to ask: Is that a good thing?" said author Robert Whitaker. "Are they better off five years later, 10..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts'

Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start

"...bonds has been flexible, with constant questioning about the wisdom of building new schools when some have empty desks...."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Pastures of Plenty

Q: Ships and vans share what in common? A: Hazardous waste.

"...but these days Lindsey uses it to dispense witty wisdom between songs and to sing blues, folk, punk, and..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Summertime Blues

Auditioning for the blues – at band camp!

"...the chapel. Along the way, he instills nuggets of wisdom to make their lives onstage easier – if they..."

June 22, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Another State Assault on Women's Health Care

New state rule targets Planned Parenthood, cuts almost 200,000 women from basic health care

"...abortions. But last year, at the behest of Sen. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, the HHSC rewrote the definition of "affiliate"..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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