Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...On the Sunday morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...Monday night, I submerged into the couch and stared at my television, cross-eyed and drooling,..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Grand Designs of Ia Ensterä and Jason Amato

"...As noted in the All Over Creation column "In Praise of Designers", two..."

July 17, 2015 Photo Gallery

The New Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

"...The exterior of the newly renovated Alamo South Lamar theatre..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Photo Gallery

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Tebow's Piss-Poor Arm and More

Fantasy sports: 'D&D' for dudes who get laid

"...If fantasy football is the grown man’s version of Dungeons and Dragons, we have..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Point Austin: What the GOP Wants for You

The 2010 Republican Party platform is a real nightmare

"...As we enter the summer doldrums and the rhythm of political life is..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Hitting the Budget Barbells

The annual city budget workouts begin, and you're all invited

"...The city budget returns, and with it, all the perennial..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Then again"..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: The Capitol Circus Decamps

Did we learn anything more than the meaning of 'chub'?

"...The dust is still settling down at the Capitol from..."

June 5, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens

The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics

"..."No one would have believed in the middle of the 20th century that human affairs were..."

March 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...nervous. And it's certainly more than enough to justify the geek-chic culture. But while Chris Ware reigned through the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...One by one, these individuals take the stage of the Austin Community College..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times, June 18, 2000..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Littlest Lunachick

Big Emo, Mommy Emo, and Little Emo

"...Brittany and Eric Hartman photograph by Bruce Dye The last time the Lunachicks visited Emo's, they brought with..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"...meet Virtual Reality on 42nd Street." That's one of the phrases Paco Nathan, president of Fringeware, Inc., has used..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

"...John Brady. In a move that, temporarily, may appease the thousands of ticked-off fans angry at Comedy Central for..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...It's the third Wednesday morning of the month. Rosewood Apartments resident..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...Throughout history, the economics of creativity have often acted as a barrier..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic

"...I suspect I will always remember the first time I saw Avatar...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Better Passenger

Trusting someone with your life can be really scary

"...Driving with my girlfriend scares the f**k out of me! Today she swerved across three..."

June 23, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Off the Record

Remembering blues drummer 'Uncle' John Turner, tracking the devil and Daniel Johnston, on-air with Seattle's KEXP, Abandoned Love Records, and more

"...The Story of an Artist..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Top 10 Quotes of the Week

"...1) "We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders...."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Wonderfully fun, albeit markedly chaotic and incoherent, Buckaroo Banzai is one of those movies that has earned a strong cult reputation on the basis of its mile-a-minute cross-cultural references and pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo.

"...movies that has earned a strong cult reputation on the basis of its mile-a-minute cross-cultural references and pseudoscientific mumbo..."

Nov. 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aliens, Martian Colonies, and Dwarves

1997 Hugo Nominees Reviewed

"...when a young girl's heart turns to fancy. And aliens. And Martian colonies. And dwarves...."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Feature

The Luv Doc: Coming Out Unscathed

You're kind of a superhero when you're unconscious

"...bullets and lasers - usually in post-apocalyptic scenarios - either by gangsters or aliens/monsters. Somehow I always manage to..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

President Bush and the Left Are the Same When It Comes to Illegal Aliens

"...To the Chronicle and my fellow citizens, It’s ironic, isn’t it,..."

Dec. 9, 2004 Postmarks

Hunting Down the Clickbait Beast in The VICE Guide to Bigfoot

Zach Lamplugh and Brian Emond are on the case at the Austin Film Festival

"...There are many things that can be said about Bigfoot...."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...Why won't anybody tell me what the fuck is going on?..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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