The Wicked Sounds of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Comes to Austin

Honky-tonk yes, but there ain’t no tears in her beer

"...that had any semblance of a strong rhythm,” recalls Sarah Shook of her childhood, a time spent living under..."

Jan. 17, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

White Noise

That droning sound you hear is White Noise.

"...Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Chandra West, Sarah Strange, Nicholas Elia, Keegan Connor Tracy and Amber Rothwell...."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...Women Talking, the new film from director Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell), is part of the lineup..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Silverman Strikes Back

Telling the truth at the Paramount about Rick Perry and the n-word

"...Sarah Silverman knows how to make a shocking statement. But..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington

Remembering Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington

"...Lewy Body disease, a form of dementia, aged 72. Sarah Weddington, the prevailing plaintiff's attorney in a case called..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sarah Vowell's Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman

"...its aims and subject matter are akin to Hamilton's, Sarah Vowell's Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

"George Herms and Sarah Bancroft: LOVE George Herms"

Rhythm and tone take center stage at residence-based gallery Testsite

"..."George Herms and Sarah Bancroft: LOVE George Herms"Testsite, 502 W. 33rd www.fluentcollab.org/testsite Through..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Dems for Governor: Bill White, et al.

White stands out as Dems' best shot

"...By early afternoon Feb. 6, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bill White was on his fifth meet-and-greet of the day. For..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On Punk Rock, and the Passing of Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

"...major political figures – former mayor Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington, the lawyer, lawmaker, and advocate who successfully argued..."

Jan. 1, 2022 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Did the White House and ICE Collude?

Inquiring civil rights groups want to know

"...out if U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement or the White House were in coordinated talks with state officials before..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Soul Stunner Miss Lavelle White Turns 39 (or So)

“I had a hard life, but it channeled into the music”

"..."Don't go there with my age," Miss Lavelle White warns me...."

July 5, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...characteristic of her spiritual nature as is the Western/Indian/Mexican/folk art/white trash decor throughout her house. "The Rolling Stone writer..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW 2023 Announces Thao, Armani White, Blondshell, and Otoboke Beaver

Among 191 acts on the festival’s first artist list

"...the Get Down Stay Down. Philly streaming megawatt Armani White claims catchy 2022 hit "BILLIE EILISH.” (“Bitch, I'm stylish..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Not a Wussy Girl Band

"...(l-r): Shannon Wade, Susie Martinez, Sarah White, Lisa Wickware photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

July 16, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

From Slavery to Buffalo Soldier in Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Sarah Bird's historical novel tells one woman's unique tale of freedom

"...What's most impressive about Sarah Bird's latest novel isn't just the fact that it..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Feature by Marisa Charpentier

Top Chef Texas, The Finale. Finally.

Whose cuisine will reign supreme?

"...finale of Top Chef: Texas. While it’s true that Sarah is on a roll for the Canada leg, she..."

March 6, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Beyond Borders

Donate your dollars directly to starving children instead of this Jolie adventure.

"...and is stumbling about concussed and groggy. Jolie plays Sarah Jordan, the American wife of a British society gent..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winchester

Helen Mirren fights off ghosts with construction tools.

"...Peter Spierig. Starring: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Angus Sampson, Sarah Snook and Finn Scicluna-O'Prey...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top Chef Texas, Week 11: Who's The Fairest Of Them All?

Charlize Theron is such a queen.

"...The lady chefs hate Bev. TyLor gets the knife. Sarah thinks Lindsay should have won because she was the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...Directed by: Stiles White. Starring: Olivia Cooke, Ana Cato, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith,..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In America

The masterful storyteller Jim Sheridan, along with a wonderful cast, tell the story of a family whom you'll never forget.

"...Directed by: Jim Sheridan. Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger and Djimon Hounsou. New York’s Hell’s..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Sarah Bird is coming over for lunch and she's promised..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Top Chef Texas, Week 9: Things You Don't Say

The cheftestants are smoking. Literally.

"...she achieved success twice thanks to his genoise recipe. Sarah is not impressed, introducing a layer of tension between..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

"...home back into the clutches of his drug-addled mother, Sarah (Argento), who immediately takes him (in what can only..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...she puts animals instead of humans in her paintings, Sarah Higdon responds: "Well, I was formerly an anthropomorphic rabbit..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

This celebratory documentary skips briskly over the 60-plus-year career of one of jazz's pre-eminent and most original singers.

"...Gene Krupa and follows the artistic development of this white jazz singer whom many put in the same league..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Drop Dead Gorgeous

This parody of beauty pageants in the flyover states takes the form of a mockumentary filmed at Minnesota's Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant.

"...crew arrives in Mount Rose, Minnesota, to film the Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant, a cosmetic company-sponsored..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Wall

Sarah Moss' remarkable novella shows how one man's fascination with Iron Age Britain can manifest in the present in a terrifying way

"...ancient European history, using it to prop up their white supremacist propaganda. It's unsettling to watch for those of..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

An Excerpt From Blackout

Sarah Hepola's memoir on "remembering the things I drank to forget" – an excerpt

"...my index finger, watching the tip turn red, then white. It was no small feat, turning a group of..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Feature

Mom's Night Out

The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.

"...Directed by: Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin. Starring: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins, Logan White,..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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