The Last Sin Eater

Jesus Christ, the original sin eater, has his hands full with a bunch of superstitious Appalachian immigrants from Wales in the 1850s.

"...Based on a novel by Francine Rivers, The Last Sin Eater takes place among a community of Welsh immigrants..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Forget it, Jake; it's Sin City.

"...first film, the bruisers and dames of Frank Miller’s Sin City are back doing what they do best: throwing..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sin Nombre

Winner of dual awards for directing and cinematography at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this immigrant drama is suffused with gritty realism, poetic imagery, and melodramatic hokiness.

"...Suffused with gritty realism, poetic imagery, and melodramatic hokiness, Sin Nombre is a jumble of intentions striving to be..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Original Sin

"...the dirty yellow incisors behind the little half-smile. Original Sin is taken from Woolrich's great 1947 novel Waltz Into..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sin City

This ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages.

"...Stahl and Michael Clarke Duncan. Let’s not mince words: Sin City kicks ass. You’ll have to excuse the language,..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Sin City to Odd City

Local poster crew providing special print for special screening

"...Ain't nothing odd about a little sin. So it makes sense that Austin's newest suspects in..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: East Austin’s Mercado Sin Nombre

Cafe specializes in corn and coffee

"...let their menus have the last word. At Mercado Sin Nombre, a daytime-only cafe recently opened in far-ish East..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Sin

Portrait of the original Renaissance man lets obsession obscure the vision

"...frequently accused of greed in the incohesive historical drama Sin, but the only real transgression is his pride, whether..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chris Jericho: From Y2J to 'Sin and Bones'

WWE superstar on touring and the next big things in wrestling and metal

"...while) to the squared circle as Fozzy's fifth album, Sin And Bones hits stores. This Friday he'll be joining..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Diversidad Sin Fronteras, PJ Raval Unite Over Trans Rights

Call Her Ganda screening hopes to highlight trans migrants

"...As federal and state attacks on immigrants have intensified since the xenophobic Trump administration, a doubly marginalized group –..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mary Tuma

Go and Sin No More

The real sin is failure to fund public education

"...Actually, that last issue remains unsettled, since the question facing the special session of the Legislature..."

April 30, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Sin Like You Mean It

The Flametrick Subs & Satan's Cheerleaders

"...one exploded in a shower of bone fragments and singed fur. A gentle rain pattered down around me, bright,..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Man Mountain and 'Sin City'

"...Willie Nelson at the Armadillo. According to the book, "Sin City" was added to the set list thanks to..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Guilty as Sin

"...this nonsense are heading for St. Tropez. Guilty as Sin is a tired, silly piece of glitzy Hollywood hokum,..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Sin Is Not Fun

"...good Christian, don't forget how fun it is to sin" was an unnecessary comment that does not reflect EAST..."

Nov. 21, 2015 Postmarks

The Sins of Sin City

"..."Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City was a heartless, lifeless, soulless exercise in green-screen..."

July 10, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Return to Sin City

Gram Parsons, back in a big way even if he never left

"...apart, and their influence continues, people like Elvis and Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. The fact is, he's being celebrated...."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Parker Woodland Channels Sinéad O’Connor in Music Video for “Stranger”

Pop-punk trio goes simple to illustrate complex emotions

"...As Time drops, Parker Woodland sneaks in a second single to showcase the album’s emotional and sonic range. “Stranger”..."

Sept. 4, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

"Neighborhood Bound: Austin's Mobile Libraries" & Unbound: Sin Fronteras

"...three-decade run for the Austin Public Library's bookmobile fleet. Rising fuel costs and budgetary issues put the brakes on..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature

Paramount Theatre Announces Star Wars, Pink Flamingos, Sin City for Summer Classics Film Series

Plus Robert Rodriguez gets his star on Congress Avenue

"...buy a ticket for a very special screening of Sin City at 7:30pm, complete with Q&A with Rodriguez and..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...Has it really been 18 years since the first Cine Las Americas International Film Festival debuted..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...music tradition: narcotic cosmic country, the 13th Floor Elevators' incensing garage-bred psychedelia, and Trance Syndicate's equally scintillant and somnolent..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

A Bigot Without Sin Steps in to Chide the Rest of Us

"...but what we are really saying is: Recognize their sin so I can continue in mine. If you want..."

Oct. 27, 2005 Postmarks

I Am Better Than You, I Am Holier Than You, I Am Without Sin, I Get to Cast the First Stone, and the Second One

"...to realize God does not like for us to sin? How many of us were humbling ourselves in prayer..."

Sept. 6, 2005 Postmarks

Mentally Battered by 'Sin City'

"...Dear Editor, I just arrived home from seeing Sin City based on the Chronicle's four stars and AC..."

April 7, 2005 Postmarks

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...stand in green stone. Black prongs represent the branches. Using pencil, Arismendi has drawn photographic images of at least..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird

"...executions would be charged for, e.g., premeditated murder, for refusing a trial of new evidence, then, personal cost might..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Postmarks

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...in excess of 100 miles per hour, all without causing traffic jams. In reality, the two 0.8-mile-long tunnels in..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

'Sin City: A Dame To Kill For' Premiere

"...the Texas premiere of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,..."

Aug. 21, 2014 Photo Gallery

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...to young people without having them tell the usual immigrant-crossing-the-border narrative. Of course that's a pertinent theme, but we're..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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