Ghost Rider

The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.

"...Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Peter Fonda, Sam Elliott and Donal Logue. Ghost Rider is based on..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"...it was the beat, almost a Cajun two-step. Like Sam Phillips looking for a white boy with a black..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ATX Television Festival Red Carpet

June 6, 2013. 30 photos.

"...For more on the fest, see "Play It Again, Sam."..."

June 7, 2013 Photo Gallery

Oscar Shorts 1993

"...total of five) and last year's live-action winner by Sam Karmann, “Omnibus,”about a harried office worker who boards his..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Rider Replies

"...Kathy Rider, President..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column

A Journey Into 'Graceland'

Director Ron Morales talks kidnapping and guerrilla film making

"...on the society and the culture, but at the same time it's changing there. It's becoming better economically, but..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fighting a Rising Tide

The 78th Lege chipped away at abortion rights

"...against the Texas Dept. of Health over a budget rider that denies family-planning funds -- including federal funds --..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...about the first two days of shooting for Easy Rider in New Orleans in Don't Tell Dad: A Memoir..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...debut feature, telling the story of an African-American rodeo rider and a young women on the outskirts of Houston,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Planned Parenthood Wins Round 1

A federal judge halts (temporarily) the state's plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood for nonabortion services

"...U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks has granted a preliminary injunction to six state..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Planned Parenthood Sues

"...week, several Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates filed suit over Rider 8 in the just-passed state-budget bill, which prohibits abortion..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...categories but the Frontier Award to the film Easy Rider, the 1969 counterculture hit directed by Dennis Hopper and..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen goes to the Texas Film Hall of Fame and tells who was dripping in what

"...to see if those provisions were in his contract rider, but his rider was not listed (our lovely Lucinda..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Music: List No. 8

Big Krit, Cloud Nothings, Brandy, Brandi, and 187 more.

"...Panoramas, Population Unknown, QT, the Ripe, Rocketboys, Slow Motion Rider, Soul Track Mind, Subkulture Patriots, Sweet Spirit, Thousand Foot..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...He started out in films that same year, but it would take him a while to..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...race for governor Headlines• At press time, federal Judge Sam Sparks declared that the term "necessary steps" in Austin's..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Rep. Todd Baxter's resignation. In Tuesday's drawing, Democrat Kathy Rider won the top placement on the ballot, followed by..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...member Donna Howard, and former AISD board president Kathy Rider. See "Naked City below."..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...novelist and calculating-machine heir William S. Burroughs. At the same time, he maintained his Paris Review friendships, and through..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

AFS Texas Documentary Tour

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

"...latter, of course, will be the target audience for Sam Wainwright Douglas and Paul Lovelace's film The Holy Modal..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Cabin Fever

A festival breakout shocker that twists genre conventions into a jarring battery of scares.

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent and James..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...London, Cymande cut three unforgettable records that have been sampled by everyone from De La Soul to the Fugees...."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...such as Truffault and Murnau and Tarkovsky and Jodorowsky. Same goes for comics – I look at them for..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: House on Willow Street

Kidnapping meets possession, plus more home releases

"...logic here seems misguided, since the film flips from Sam Raimi territory, through your new favorite Turkish horror Baskin..."

March 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

APD's Copeland Suspended 90 Days

Oft-mentioned cop disciplined for April detainment

"...Acevedo wrote that Copeland, on patrol with a civilian rider that evening, violated the department’s Response to Resistance Policy,..."

Oct. 21, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Day Trips

The Charles Noyes Memorial created by Pompeo Coppini is a tribute to a son who passed on too soon

"...of cattle when a calf bolted, causing horse and rider to fall. The horse got up, but Charlie lay..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...Tears" by ? & the Mysterians, "Woolly Bully" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, "She's About a Mover"..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tales Behind the Posters

"..."My friend Sam Cutler, who worked for the Grateful Dead and produced..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...plan, due at the end of the month. Those same numbers will be used for the independent Charles River..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

March 7 Primaries

"...Sample Travis County ballots – actual ballots will vary according..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature

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