The War Zone

"...from a shopping trip with Mum, inadvertently spies his sister and father in the bathtub together. Roth, to his..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After Years Pursuing Citizenship This Austinite Questions Her Future in the U.S.

Young ambassador to Austin’s French sister city might stay abroad

"...as Austin’s ambassador to Angers, France, one of Austin’s sister cities. “I was very excited about that, because I..."

Feb. 28, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Luv Doc: Too Much Closeness

Or how to develop resting bitch face

"...by a large group of loving friends and relatives. My parents made a big point about making everyone feel..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Get Over It

You're not responsible for someone else's happiness

"...Tell me this – why are men so controlling? My sister barely gets to leave the house or do..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...My intention in gathering this group was not to find..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Andrews. As a boy growing up in the Seventies, my heart simply raced with wondrous grace as Andrews, in..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Volver

No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude.

"...Bad Education (transvestite), Talk to Her (comatose), All About My Mother (grieving parent). Volver also returns Cruz to the..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Perfect Day

This earnest, soulful, and jarringly melodramatic rave-culture love story is from Melbourne, Australia.

"...Cutie drives by and spits on you. Not even my idea of a good time. Still, chalk one up..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Cooper for the 353rd District Court judgeship. Speaking for myself: This has nothing to do with the lesser of..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

Bread and Roses

"...has penned two previous Loach films, Carla's Song and My Name Is Joe. The story is situated within the..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...for me a potent dose of nostalgia which rattles my sense of the present. I ache for specific things:..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Snake Blood

"...My dad has been anxious for me to write about..."

April 28, 1995 Features Feature by Suzy Banks

A Lesson in Gender Fluidity: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

SXSW selection finds new life courtesy of Amazon Prime

"...Love Me, Belovitch revisits his richly lived past: from Army wife to modeling; to working as a sex worker..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Emily West's "Why Eulagene?"

Second Place winner in the 2017 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...For Christmas, the last time she was here, my sister gave me a Rubbermaid tub full of shit...."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Emily West

Entertaining Angels

Skylark Lounge pianist Margaret Wright plays divine

"..."She's my mama!" he exclaims. "She's a part of me." Do..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Help Desk

What to do when you're faced with a personal crowdfunding conundrum

"...My sister is in the middle of a GoFundMe campaign..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Divya Srinivasan Is Living
the Dream of Art

The multimedia creator's work wakes a world's imagination

"...But, yeah, I always liked to make stuff on my own. I didn't take art classes – I was..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Unlikely Reporter From the Secret Sexual Jungle

Suzy Spencer sets aside true crime to explore Americans' particular passions

"..."The first advice I got was to meet my sex sources at the IHOP," Spencer says. "It's because..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Sad But True (Well, Mostly)

Tapping real-life crisis for comedy in 'Drinking Closer to Home'

"...corner from me. Now her teenage daughter Ella babysits my daughter Jane, and her husband David has had the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Love Bath

SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood

"..."My first choice for a single was 'Love Bath,'" he..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Back to Babs

Barbara Lynn at Antone's tonight

"...and Brenda Lee and then people like Gatemouth Brown, Jimmy Reed, the kind of music that I still do...."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Freight Train Outta Town

Jesse Hercules Taylor

"...My story of Jesse Taylor doesn't all fit together chronologically,..."

March 31, 2006 Music Feature by Jo Carol Pierce

After a Fashion

Did that gal on the local news crew DHOH? With so many great stylists in Austin: why, why, why??? And guess who was seen at Starlite again?

"...am witnessing greatness. At El Sol y la Luna, my sister Margaret and I parked ourselves at a table..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Vertical Ray of the Sun

"...Vietnamese vacation (I'm sold). The story revolves around three sisters, although the film moves so delicately, so precisely frame..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...bed in a maternity ward, but that was how Amy Louise Smith spent the first eight days bonding with..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"..."Let's go to the Pearl Street Warehouse." It wasn't my first time in a gay bar -- far from..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Defining World-Class

When Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood moved to Austin 30 years ago, the Driskill was a run-down, pitiful shadow of a formerly grand hotel threatened with foreclosure and destruction. Now its new owners want it to be a world-class destination. How does the Driskill Grill define "world-class"?

"...My dining companion, my sister, and I had forgotten that..."

May 19, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

See What You Want to See

"..."I had to let go, and do something from my heart."..."

May 28, 1999 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bob Schneider

"...came to this place where I lost all of my self-consciousness and just danced. It was cathartic. After that..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Everyone Gets Naked

David Sedaris Interviewed

"...I'm lying on my bed in this standard-issue Dallas hotel room, channel-flipping mindlessly,..."

June 20, 1997 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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