Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...In 2014 the Saxon Pub, the legendary Austin listening room on South Lamar, was going to be forced to..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts exposed in the Alaskan wilderness

"...film from the director of Blue Ruin and Green Room without breathtaking acts of violence, and here he delivers..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Breaking In

Getting locked out of your house without keys has never been more dangerous

"...than a passing nod to the far classier Panic Room, this derivative seat-squirmer has a few good moments in..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Party

Sally Potter's dinner party theatre is a delicious dish.

"...Indeed. Writer/director Sally Potter’s drawing-room comedy is a tragic farce in which the secrets..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warrant Issued for Former Austin Fire Lieutenant's Arrest

James Baker allegedly videotaped female colleagues in the shower

"...set up a camera inside of a women’s locker room to spy on co-workers...."

Nov. 16, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Another distorted salvo from Dinesh D’Souza

"...to detail and counter the distortions, there simply isn’t room. Although in his last film, America: Imagine the World..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Louis Black

True Grit

Three women under siege in feminist western The Keeping Room

"...mind of Julia Hart when she wrote The Keeping Room, which she called "a more progressive version of the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...frame with so many terrific actors, there’s hardly any room left for a story...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...Scott's eagerly awaited The Martian, Patrick Stewart in Green Room, Tom Hiddleston in High-Rise, and the year's most hotly..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mardi Gras 2015: Carnival Digs

Where to laissez lay those bones during Mardi Gras season

"...Mardi Gras town or have not yet booked a room, planning can be intimidating. Here are some websites and..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

Hidden Room Theatre resurrects an odd comedy of Shakespeare's day

"...– with the entertainment factor enhanced in the Hidden Room Theatre's staged reading by Ryan Crowder's suavity as Fabell..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Riding the Wave of Rum Punch

Pleasant Storage Room fuels summer fun with rum

"...Pleasant Storage Room208-D W. Fourth, 512/322-9921 Tue.-Sun., 5pm-2am; happy hour, 5-7pm..."

May 16, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Bad Words

Jason Bateman plays a grown man who finds a loophole to compete in a kids national spelling bee, but the reasons are only known to him.

"...to sleep in a janitor’s closet instead of a room at the hotel where the bee takes place, Trilby..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elegant but Uneven

There's room for improvement at Goodall's Kitchen & Bar at the Hotel Ella

"...mansion and another 38 in the annex. The dining room and cozy bar are on opposite ends of the..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...become inflamed with the realization that there is wiggle room under said boot. Once a pawn in the Hunger..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Studio Visits: Bethany Johnson

In a sharply divided two-room studio, Bethany Johnson slowly works herself out of a rut

"...two spaces. I have a light table in this room – I also have a web design business, that's..."

June 21, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

12

Essentially a Russianized version of the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, 12 is a moral powerhouse that's both intellectually riveting and indescribably poetic.

"...essentially a Russianized version of Sidney Lumet's masterful 1957 courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men, which was itself a remake..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Christmas Tale

Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.

"...Otis Redding from the scratched LP in the living room, but there doesn’t seem, at first, like there’s much..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Certain Ringing in the Ears

Rat Bastard's noise caravan rolls into town

"...aka Rat Bastard, would gather his group the Laundry Room Squelchers - named after the laundry room the bar..."

April 4, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Freedom Writers

Although based on a true story, this is another movie in which the cute white lady goes into an irascible high school and makes everybody love learnin'.

"...English teacher Erin Gruwell (Swank) and her students in Room 203 of Long Beach High School is true. Yet..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dancing in Twilight

This intercultural Houston-made film is an off-the-beaten-path ensemble drama that shows a healthy disregard for Hollywood rules.

"...broken, you get to see how much your old room has changed or hasn’t. Perhaps fearing that there’s too..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Oldboy

This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park is a multilayered, intensely performed, shockingly violent, and viscerally visual tour de force.

"...awakens in what appears to be a seedy motel room – complete with hideously tacky wallpaper, threadbare carpet, double..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Enron Autopsy

Alex Gibney on The Smartest Guys in the Room'

"...wrote a book called The Smartest Guys in the Room that Barbara Boxer likely masturbated to at least once;..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Dinner Rush

"...(Aiello), owns the place, holding court in the dining room and running a modest bookmaking operation on the side...."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Star Chambers

Take a peek behind the dressing room doors of Austin theatre through the lens of photographer Bret Brookshire.

"...Dressing rooms are hallowed spaces. They may not always look like..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cube

"...through which egress can be made. The trick? Some rooms contain deadly booby traps such as whipping razor wire..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Caught

"...then a job in the store, and then the room that belonged to their son Danny (Schub), who is..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Damage

"...of a building off a Paris street; in the room next to the one in which Stephen's wife sleeps;..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jailer Who Shot and Killed ER Patient Indicted for Deadly Conduct

Victim’s family’s attorney represented George Floyd’s family

"...Wright six times in the back in an emergency room in Kyle in December 2022...."

April 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Snapshot: Project Panic

To celebrate the Chronicle’s July Crime Month, staff go sleuthing at Austin Panic Room’s newest escape game

"...description for the hi-tech "End of the Line" escape room at Project Panic – the four-years-running Austin Panic Room's..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

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