Obviously From Someone Without Any Sin

June 24, 2008 Postmarks

Without Sin and Holier Than Thou and Thou and Thou

April 8, 2005 Postmarks

The Theft of Wages Is Sin: Fighting for Migrant Workers

Advocates for migrant workers and local law enforcement team up to get deadbeat employers to pay up.

"...who hire migrant workers and refuse to pay them increasingly face criminal charges that could land them in jail...."

Dec. 27, 2002 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

Sin by the Numbers

"...is) may, temporarily at least, be inaccessible to American business. Then the American middle class would suffer the consequences..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Sin Buddhism

Comptroller Nixes Tax Exemption for "Non-Believers"

"...Since that original rebuff in 1995, Collins has unsuccessfully appealed..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Yellow

"...futures and the world outside of the Los Angeles basin where the live. Taken as a cultural study, it's..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tangerine

Indie drama shot with an iPhone provides a riveting take on two transgender BFFs

"...the sun-kissed sidewalks of West Hollywood, and working girl Sin-Dee Rella (Rodriguez) is a woman scorned. Newly sober and..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Roof-Riding to an Uncertain Fate

First-time feature filmmaker Cary Fukunaga captures the immigrant experience in Sin Nombre

"...and Sundance Institute graduate Cary Fukunaga's riveting debut feature, Sin Nombre, will likely leave you with a newfound appreciation..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Carrie

Sin never dies.

"...There’s still no sin like original sin, and whether it’s Stephen King’s source..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Spirit

Graphic novelist Frank Miller delivers this film version of Will Eisner's classic comic-book series.

"...no soul at all. And that's a crying shame, since Miller, himself the celebrated creator of the Batman: The..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Happiness costs. I know better now than to indulge this happiness, but still I drive on and I can't or won't stop. It isn't right that I and my Chevy, and you and your car, eat up the world's resources at the rate we do. We're driving in sin.

"...Pa started to sing. It sounded like, "Cheyyyy Ma-rieeeee ..." Then he shouted,..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Road to Redemption

"...(Condra, Underwood), are a young couple living both in sin and in Sin City. Amanda works as a secretary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Buy the Snake

They say it's a sin to kill a mockingbird

"...ways to kill a mockingbird. They say it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. Well, if it is, I..."

April 14, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Eye

"...Directed by: Oxide Pang and Danny Pang. Starring: Lee Sin-je, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Yut Lai So..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...Chronicle music scribe Margaret Moser, who sat with the singer's ex Clyde Woodward during his "long last moments," listening..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

That Old Time Religion

16 HP's David Eugene Edwards sounds off about his band's holy-roller music

"...16 Horsepower could easily be categorized as church-going mountain cousins to the Gourds and Bad Livers, or bastard sons..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mufasa: The Lion King

Live-action Lion King story continues with a sequel and prequel in one

"...were asking for, and one that commits the cardinal sin of an original Disney property: leaving you in the..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...Skywalker with all the impact of a proton torpedo missing an exhaust port. If it feels like the return..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Family

Outsider comedy has a lot less Insane Clown Posse than you might expect

"...bromide at the core of this sweet if mostly unsurprising debut from writer/director Steinel. But as this once-upon-a-teenage-misfit can..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Climax

Gaspar Noé's acid freakout dance-a-thon teaches us that drugs are bad, m'kay

"...In transgressive cinema, there is only one real sin, and that is to be boring. That happens somewhere..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Border

Swedish coming out drama has a mythological bent

"...has an uncanny skill of smelling out guilt and sin. She's – if not happy – at least satisfied..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Let the Corpses Tan

Deliciously lurid crime drama is pulp in all the best ways

"...and Bruno Forzani. Starring: Elina Löwensohn, Stéphane Ferrara, Bernie Bonvoisin, Michelangelo Marchese, Marc Barbé, Marine Sainsily, Hervé Sogne and..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blockers

Butt-chugging gags can't hide Blockers' big heart.

"...tension; instead, Cannon just lets the high stakes of losing your virginity, and how, and when, and with whom,..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thoroughbreds

America's class system goes under a bloody scalpel.

"...this examination of crime and punishment is an unseen sin in Connecticut: diffident teen Amanda (Cooke, an expert in..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Club

Chile's Oscar nominee is a dark drama about pedophile priests

"...indictment of the Catholic Church, and, specifically, the church’s sinful strategy of moving known pedophile priests from one diocese..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellion

Austin filmmaker Kat Candler explores the sins of the father in this dark drama starring Aaron Paul.

"...inequity: Fairly or unfairly, the sons shall bear the sins of their fathers. Here, a middle-class family living in..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Filth

Based on a book by Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh, this film keeps close company with a nihilistic character, but unwisely pulls its punches.

"...for pitch black, that is most definitely a cardinal sin...."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Angels Sing

This sugarcoated Christmas tale is an Austin-born and -bred affair.

"...Pipkin and produced by Austin’s Elizabeth Avellán (Spy Kids, Sin City), this sugarcoated Christmas tale is reminiscent of an..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Amy Smith

The Collection

This follow-up to the horror/torture film The Collector seeks to mold a new franchise.

"...his co-screenwriter Patrick Melton are touted in The Collection’s advertising as the screenwriters of Saws IV through VII. Make..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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