The Big Chill

The dashed hopes of idealistic youth and the rationalizations that come with maturity provide rich fodder for a group of old college chums who reassemble for a weekend following the suicide of one of their peers. The Motown soundtrack is a side benefit.

"...Meg Tilly and Jobeth Williams. Excerpted from original review: The cooled embers of idealistic passions, the sudden “face-to-face” with..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...To truly understand the success a single song can achieve, look up songwriter..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Big Thrill

Heart of Film Distinguished Screenwriting Award recipient Lawrence Kasdan talks shop.

"...He got his enviable first gig penning Raiders of the Lost Ark for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, then..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Big Sigh

Beach House's warm embrace

"...It's fun to see the evolution of a band, to be invested enough, from..."

April 23, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Wedding Weekend

This earnest, well-acted ensemble film is a seriocomic meditation on what it means to be an American male approaching the dreaded four-oh.

"...and Camilla Thorsson. A poor man's companion piece to the forthcoming Sex and the City, this earnest, well-acted ensemble..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

"...Directed by: John Bailey. Starring: Lily Tomlin. There's so much to life. So much uncertainty, so much..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The TV Set

David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver star in this dyspeptic drama about the work of creating television shows.

"...Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman and Lucy Davis. The journey of a television show is a depressing tale..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Bodyguard

"...Rumored to have been rife with personality clashes and other assorted problems during its production, this film emerges as..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Snapshots From the Fest

Interviews and winners from the Austin Film Festival

"...A packed crowd at the Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference was treated to revelations..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...L'chaim! It's time to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new feature from Black Swan director Darren..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Return of the Secaucus Seven

"...story of a weekend reunion of college friends from the Sixties, Sayles' first film plays like a precursor to..."

April 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...was a pivotal year for America, for Austin, for the embattled world-at-large, but most of all for the Mighty..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Cap Metro Botches Yet Another Big Event

Same story, different chapter: SXSW

"...running a transit agency, shouldn’t you plan ahead for big public events? If you said “yes,” then you have..."

March 18, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Recognizables

One night, one of a kind

"...is a marathon monsoon of movies and guerilla marketing, the Austin Film Society's annual Texas Film Hall of Fame..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Kolaches Are a Big Hit in Brooklyn

Homesick Texans visit bakery for a taste of home

"...tiny West, Texas, over Labor Day weekend to celebrate their Tex-Czech heritage with polka music and kolaches, homesick Texans..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Food Post by Phillip Pantuso

The Weird, Weird West

Giddings gets retro-futuristic for Weird West Fest

"...Strap on your best leather chaps and fire up that home-crafted iron horse: The..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

How Mr. Denton Spent His Summer Vacation

"...Blackburn, Lunatics, and One Day Closer to Death. And the New York-based publisher has rights to the first look..."

July 31, 1998 Books Feature by Mike Shea

ACL Live Shot: The Joy Formidable

Front dynamo Rhiannon Bryan, nascent rock goddess

"...Before the chill set in on Saturday evening, Welsh trio the..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

The American League Is a Joke

"...I can't scrape up a couple of tickets to the cold, wet, but playable game that could clinch the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Take a Walk on the Wild Cider

Some local ciders and meads to honey up the apple of your eye

"...much nature at its best – even moreso, for the drinking classes, when those components of the unfabricated world..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lit-urday: Margarito and the Snowman by REYoung

Austin author’s latest waggles an icy pistola at your hangover menudo.

"...The last time REYoung had a book published – Unbabbling,..."

Oct. 1, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...Eight stories up on two wheels with one destination: the top of an unmanned parking structure reserved for state..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Aether Galvanizes the Austin Gallery Scene con Gusto

Venues moving, shows shifting, public works coming like a gang of glory

"...So I do, I use the ultrasoft blanket that the gallery owner provides, snugging it..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Buttering Your Muffin

Never discount the sexual voraciousness of a pimply-faced teenager

"...I've discovered a wonderful cure for the stress I endure when stuck in Austin's awful traffic:..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

17 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in Austin

From East Austin to Downtown, here are our favorite cold, creamy treats

"...There isn't a day that can't be improved with ice..."

Aug. 10, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

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