Running With Scissors

This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.

"...the cat ended up in the stew pot, stirred with maniacally morose glee by Paltrow. It's an added bonus,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Running With Scissors to Savers

Getting scissor-silly in the wee hours

"...I don't have a problem with used clothing. Rather than provoke disgust, they strike me..."

Feb. 10, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...(How fine, precisely? Later this week, we'll be running a full review by the Chronicle's own Jessi Cape,..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts stars in this adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's novel about a journey of self-discovery, but the result is undercooked.

"...bad he only has half his face to work with. Director Murphy (Glee, Running With Scissors) makes a disastrous..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Moontower 2018 Review: "Weird Al" Yankovic

With his latest tour, "Weird Al" causes the nerd apocalypse

"...30 years I’d be driving around in a bus with Emo Philips,” he said, “I would’ve responded, ‘Yeah, that..."

April 23, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

BS3 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

"...The BS3 runs April 20-25, with 55 different showcases in 13 venues, all of which..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature

Summer Reading 2003

Summer Reading 2003: Augusten Burroughs' follow-up memoir to his bestselling Running With Scissors

"...plastered. He reached for the Dewar's but wound up with a fistful of floor. As blood dribbled down his..."

June 6, 2003 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Cinema's Labyrinth

The year in film, 2006

"...this is one movie whose impact can't be quieted with the words, "It's only a movie."..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Pulling back the (iron) curtain on Fun Fun Fun Fest and the Flying Balalaika Brothers in time for the 40th anniversary of the Armadillo World Headquarters

"...way out the door and around the parking lot with people who had really good reasons why they shouldn't..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Stink Is All Over

The BS Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Takes Over Austin

"...festival has ballooned into 55 shows in 13 venues, with 75 performing companies serving up both improv and sketch..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Super

Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page star in this tonally odd superhero spoof that veers between cartoonish stylings and gruesome violence.

"...least, looks like it was shot from atop a running engine. The intention perhaps is to affect the hum..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fake Fast Food Restaurateur (and Filmmaker) Kevin Smith Welcomes Austin to Mooby's

Silent Bob talks fan connection, veganism, and Mooby's origins

"...dined on some patios where menus have been replaced with QR codes, but mostly I’ve optioned for trailers and..."

May 11, 2021 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...and spots soft as May violets.” This phrasing, along with prompting queer inquiry into Lincoln’s legacy, stuck around as..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Censorship 101

"...clearer understanding of what is and is not censorship. With the Art Guys show, the museum was doing what..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

Uyghur Skewers Meet the American Dream at Camino Alamo BBQ

Smoke on the West Campus sidewalk

"...your food while watching and smelling it cooking, waiting with bated breath for your number to be called...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

'Fayette'

First-Place Winner

"...a table of hunting knives right inside the door with a sign that said IT'S SUMMERTIME YOU GOTTA HAVE..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Burke Nixon

Halloween Mask Instructions

Choose your weapon

"...the moon is full and the attack ads are running fast and loose, you can still hear Perry recount..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I don't like Sexy Scissors and I think the sign is objectifying women and..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

The Unexpected Guest

For Different Stages' staging of The Unexpected Guest, director Johanna Whitmore has tried to bring Agatha Christie's 1930s English village mystery into a contemporary setting, but with the text still rooted in the phraseology and linguistic mannerisms of the past, the result is a stilted and, ultimately, wooden production.

"...Running time: 2 hrs, 20 min..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...childlike myself. All of us secretly have little kids running around inside of us, the kind that want ice..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...and tens of millions more in soft money garnered with a wink and a nod from corporations and political..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...highway from Lubbock to Amarillo, in a Panhandle county with more cows than people. The bust put tiny Tulia..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...imagining, attempting, and perfecting unique moves, which they merge with selections from a vast repertoire of established moves. Sensuous..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and Flowers [Sept. 27]. This has nothing to do with the flowers they arranged for Courtney Love, which were..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Column

Halloween Mask Instructions

A-choo! Some guy just sneezed into his hand instead of the crook of his arm. Better get your mask on ...

"...(diagnosed with Type A Influenza Thursday, Oct. 22)..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion: Diary Of A Collection

What goes in before the clothes go on

"...I tried to lubricate my brain back into shiny, running condition. Nothing brings it all back like doing it...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

How to Make a Piñata

Honorable mention

"...for how to make a stubborn burro, a bull with sharp curved horns, a star with multicolored points, a..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Jenny Browne

Harness the Sun for Backyard Solar Cooking

Make memories and meals while you watch your kids learn

"...on the sidewalk" adage, but I only ended up with a gooey mess and a ticked off dad. And..."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Meteor Turns a Convenience Store Into a Neighborhood Hang for a New South Congress

Before and after noon, diners find craveable carbs and chill vibes

"...Congress thoroughfare. A row of tables flanked by a running blond wood fence houses at its end a tooled..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Public Notice

"...and self-righteous finger-pointing. So there. But if you weren't with us, what you missed was a list very much..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

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