The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town

A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?

"...the far right. In 2020, UT established the right-wing-donor-funded Salem Center for Policy, whose infamous hire Richard Hanania tweeted..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...of the vampires for the 1979 TV miniseries of Salem's Lot...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Report Reveals UT Austin Scholar Wrote for White Supremacist Publications

Elon Musk a fan of his work

"...Richard Hanania, a visiting scholar at the school’s right-wing-donor-funded Salem Center since March of last year, wrote articles under..."

Aug. 9, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...Films (Shudder); Hightown (Starz); Home (Channel 4); Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform); Outcry (Showtime); Snowpiercer (TNT); Solar Opposites (Hulu); Tales..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rooster Teeth Teases RWBY Volume 8 at Comic-Con

Plus first word on Red vs Blue: Zero, Transformers

"...synopsis: "Our heroes' worst fears have finally been realized: Salem is here, and the timing couldn't be worse for..."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dog Doc

Charming portrait of a vet pushing the boundaries of medicine for the sake of the pups

"...certified and qualified vet with a practice in South Salem, NY. He just happens to apply some therapies that..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Islamophobia Is out of Hand

In Texas and the nation, anti-refugee and anti-Muslim fervor grows

"...of the Muslim Capitol Day, when CAIR representative Alia Salem thanked President Trump and Biedermann. They are the ones..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...less The Falling and a little more Lords of Salem...."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Deborah Esquenazi..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov's Top 10 List

"...The Lords of Salem, You're Next, Spring Breakers..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Animals are Coming: 'You're Next' Early Screening

Stars AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton coming to town

"...of horror Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond, The Lords of Salem.)..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Midnighters, Shorts

U.S. premiere of Rob Zombie's 'Lords of Salem' among after-dark selections

"...Rob Zombie's latest scarefest, The Lords of Salem (pictured), was among nine titles announced Wednesday as part..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature

The AggreGAYtor: January 14

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• The all-female Salem College is wrestling with whether to allow a transgender..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Stuffed Locally

Give thanks for the local harvest with these market-fresh recipes

"...sure-fire side dish for the big day.  – Gracie Salem..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Undiscovered Jewels

Formula One visitors get a taste of Austin's best hotel dining

"...all year round. Here, Chronicle contributors Wes Marshall, Gracie Salem, and I share our thoughts about the hotel restaurants..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Chasing Mavericks

Starring Gerard Butler, this inspirational surfing drama somehow fails to inspire.

"...but rests squarely at the feet of screenwriter Kario Salem, who goes for maudlin melodrama over the visceral vibe..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goodbye Solo

This small marvel of a film by American portraitist Ramin Bahrani is a large-hearted examination of human curiosity and kindness and the limits of both.

"...lenses the industrial brick and sunrise/sunset of Bahrani's native Winston-Salem and the foggy, fall-colored Blue Ridge Mountains with equal..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...vampire's casket trope, bringing to mind both Stephen King's Salem's Lot and Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. Hartnett is stoically..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Julavits' Gordian rendering of a maybe-abduction in 1985 West Salem counters as a dark, even hostile, take on the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...along the way: NCSA, Harlem School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University, First Philadelphia Charter School for Literacy, Community..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Path Not Taken

"...[“Justice or Vengeance?,” News, Nov. 4]. Within my hometown, Salem, N.H., a similar case has put a friend in..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Postmarks

Junebug

With this film built on a host of remarkably nuanced Southern characters, first-time filmmaker Phil Morrison announces himself with assurance and uniqueness of vision.

"...Carolina people. (It’s no surprise – Morrison is a Winston-Salem native, and MacLachlan graduated from the North Carolina School..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

If they launch it, viewers will come

"...June 20 & 21: Salem's Lot, 8pm on TNT. Rob Lowe stars in this..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The Alamo address, an angry Anglo, and anal a-bombs

"...Canaanites originally founded Jerusalem. It was known as Ur-Salem, salem being the Canaanite..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Book Reviews

Kimberley Jones reviews Sarah Vowell's follow-up to Take the Cannoli.

"...Gettysburg Address ("What He Said There") and commercialism in Salem, Mass. ("God Will Give You Blood to Drink in..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Mike Rosenthal

Texas Platters

"...wistful, however, Rosenthal is workaday, Movin' In approaching Kevin Salem's rugged commingling of garage rock and melodic pop. Like..."

April 12, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...KEVIN SALEM: Returning to the scene after five years, New Yorker..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Zoolander

"...among them Fabio, Duchovny, Vaughn, Natalie Portman, über-babe Laura Salem, Lenny Kravitz, and more designers and modelistas than you..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Handicapper's Guide

Slam-O-Rama

"...Winston-Salem..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin

Preliminary Bout Schedule

"...Connecticut, Greenville, Chicago Hot Springs, Vancouver, Pittsburgh Manhattan, Montreal, Winston-Salem New York, Hollywood/Los Feliz, Kalamazoo Albuquerque, Venice Beach, Mesa,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

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