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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"...Ten employees with the city's Development Services Department flew out to Las Vegas earlier..."

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

Sturgill Simpson Wows Austin City Limits

First of three performances in Austin this weekend

"...Few acts make their Austin City Limits debut amid such buzz as Sturgill Simpson Wednesday..."

April 2, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...A light meeting for the City Council at its first session today (Thursday) in a..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The city parking police catch up with the progressive hangout on Toomey Road.

"...If people in Austin just stopped using their cars, the Casa de Luz Center for Integral..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

City Acknowledges Its Debt to Sexual Assault Survivors

Seen and heard

"...going on," Mayor Steve Adler said during Jan. 27's City Council meeting. "Please know you made this a better..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

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

"...American Association of University Women donated $7,000 to the city of Austin for a book bus, which started a..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature

Naked City

Lege leaders talk at length about their mutually exclusive goals

"...the Greater Houston Partnership spoke in favor of new business taxes to underwrite the schools, although they differed on..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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

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

"...cannot help but notice that New Orleans was a city that held Mardi Gras and honored the devil, and..."

Sept. 6, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

The city's "hospital within a hospital" plan for reproductive services at Brack fails to satisfy.

"...Unlike a pool of tranquil holy water, the current city debate regarding the fate of reproductive services at Brackenridge..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...might cost too, usually about 50 cents for a single twirl. One could also arrange a possibly carnal "date"..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Naked City

"...The Austin City Council is on hiatus until June 27, which gives..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Controversy over the environmental record of Rainbow Materials Inc. costs the company a renewal of its city projects contract.

"...On Tuesday, members of the city's electric utility commission unanimously rejected a city staff recommendation..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...the tract where Auditorium Shores, Palmer Auditorium, and the City Coliseum sit. There's a city proposal on the table..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature

Noir City Film Festival Returns

This year's Noir City Film Festival highlights a forgotten master

"...Muller brought the long-running Noir City Film Festival to Austin for its inaugural Texas crime..."

May 8, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash

Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill

"...Last week, City Council delayed consideration of the seemingly unremarkable Item 12,..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The City Council is scheduled to vote today (Thursday) on a..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dixie City Delights

Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, Filé Gumbo

"...my pirogue in the bayou, cher, because it would sink. I've heard "Jolie blon" so many times that I..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

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

Naked City

Waco special counsel John C. Danforth has announced plans to indict former federal prosecutor Bill Johnston.

"...the Jahns may be charged, Danforth appears to be focusing his fire on Johnston, the former assistant U.S. Attorney..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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