We're No. 1!

Texas prepares to mark its 300th contemporary execution.

"...Some time in March or April, the state of Texas will mark another contemporary milestone in..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Plunkett & Macleane

"...I always worry when a film's press kit trumpets the director's grand work in the world of television commercials;..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...Texas is scheduled to execute James Allridge III for the 1985 murder of 21-year-old Brian Clendennen, who died from..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Taking Austin for a 'Spin'

TCBlog make the Austin rounds in the new Spin.

"...that for as much coverage local bands get from the coasts, Antone's might as well be in Dallas and..."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

No Parole for You!

"...Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, on Tuesday sliced the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles during an intense..."

Nov. 15, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...Seeing as how July is Crime Month at the Chronicle, it only seems appropriate that it comes with..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Point Austin: Rick Perry, Boy Scientist

When it comes to science, the Inquisition's got nothing on the guv

"...I'm sure there will be plenty more to choose from, but my..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Column by Michael King

In Our Names

The case of Napoleon Beazley shines a spotlight on the Texas system of capital punishment.

"...Try this for an "axis of evil": the United States, Iran, and the Congo...."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Michael King

DVDanger: Four Films in Search of a Cult

Retro releases and martial arts aim for new crowds

"...some, and has a chance of being rediscovered later. The question remains, can one deliberately make a cult movie,..."

April 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

The Executioner

"...knowledge. This latest drawing broke my heart. It's called "the Executioner". We did not discuss it, as I find..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Column

Interview

Steve Buscemi directs and co-stars in this film with Sienna Miller as the pair play out an emotionally charged pas de deux.

"...behind an uninteresting movie: In 2004, controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh (great-grandson of Vincent’s long-suffering brother Theo) is..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cowboy del Amor

Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.

"...women. Well, that's one interpretation, anyhow. Thompson calls it the "woman business": rounding up the fittest specimens and brokering..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

UPDATED: Death Watch: Most Notorious

Serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells scheduled for execution

"...UPDATE: A federal district judge in Houston has stayed the execution of serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells and that..."

April 2, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Pct. 2 Candidates Face Off

Commissioner hopefuls tackle gun shows, immigration laws

"...At a forum Monday night for the race to fill Sarah Eckhardt’s Precinct 2 Commissioners’ Court..."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Christopher Hooks

Death Watch: CCA Dismisses Buck Appeal

Ignores question of racial bias in defendant's trial

"...of Criminal Appeals this morning declined an appeal from condemned inmate Duane Buck, who has asked to have a..."

Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Supremes to Weigh In on Lethal Injection

Does current lethal injection method of 37 states subject prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment?

"...The U.S. Supreme Court ordered on Sept. 27 a last-minute..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

American Outlaws

"...nothing more than to be able to relay that the film -- filmed around the Austin and Hill Country..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Echoes From a Somber Empire

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. The documentaries of Werner Herzog exhibit the same fascination with..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

What Price Baseball?

The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi

"...by Robert Bryce Photos courtesy of the Texas Observer..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

Oscar Shorts 1993

"...by: Various. When casting your vote every year in the office Oscar pool, the categories of documentary and live-action..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Watch: Conveyor Belt to Lethal Injection Keeps Rolling

Ramirez will be prayed over as he dies

"...The Texas death penalty is often likened to a machine,..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

State Rep. Keel Responds

"...Letter to the editor, I am committed to continue working diligently to..."

April 11, 2005 Postmarks

Evil Dead Rise

Deadites go to the big city in the franchise's fifth film

"...Directed by: Lee Cronin. Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher and Morgan Davies...."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Trial by Fire

Cameron Todd Willingham story deserves a better retelling that trusts the evidence

"...Todd Willingham (a surprisingly effective Skins' O’Connell, in yet another masochistic role) was convicted for the crime of murdering..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Austin mainstays the Zellner brothers have managed to make a Western genre..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Robin Hood

Ridley Scott’s revisionist rendering of the Robin Hood tale is full of well-staged battle sequences and is something of an origins story.

"...Strong, Oscar Isaac, Eileen Atkins, Danny Huston, Mark Addy, Matthew Macfadyen, Kevin Durand and Scott Grimes. Scott’s revisionist rendering..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Torture and History

Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first step

"...There's a whole wing of pop culture devoted to the..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Goya's Ghosts

Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, Goya's Ghosts is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.

"...Portillo, Michael Lonsdale, José Luis Gómez and Mabel Rivera. The work of the great Spanish painter and engraver Francisco..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

Controversial Mexican film about a priest who struggles with sins of the flesh.

"...Ana Claudia Talancón, Angélica Aragón and Ernesto Gómez Cruz. The latest Mexican movie to win an international reputation and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Capitol Chronicle

Cheney's call to war is as illegitimate as ever.

"...These fought in any case,..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Michael King

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