The Crying Game

"...Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson and Jim Broadbent. The Crying Game is one of the best movies I've..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Crying Boy (and Bob) of OU

"...The Crying Boy of OU is apparently getting his mug..."

Oct. 12, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The End of the Affair

"...a story about an illicit sexual affair and all the love, deceit, and jealousy it engenders, The End of..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Butcher Boy

"...Hart and Milo O'Shea. Deeply tragic yet savagely funny, The Butcher Boy is an audacious account of a troubled..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ballad of Little Jo

"...Ian Mckellen, David Chung, Carrie Snodgrass, Rene Auberjonois and Heather Graham. This conscious attempt to put a new spin..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker becomes dictator Idi Amin in a ferocious performance that often dwarfs the more ordinary aspects of this picture.

"...Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney and David Oyelowo. At the heart of this movie is a ferocious performance by..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Designated Mourner

"...Starring: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson and David De Keyser. The Designated Mourner is one man's elegiac yet disdainful recollection..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spoilers Are the New Black

Are we too squeamish about our right to be shocked?

"...The Crying Game. The Sixth Sense. "Luke, I am your..."

June 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...There are two kinds of vampire. Sexy and pained, or..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luck and the Literature of Football

Longhorns live to fight another day

"...Tim Tebow crying through his John 16:33 eye black. Colt McCoy praying..."

Dec. 7, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

A Victory by the People

Filibuster, parliamentary gamesmanship kill abortion bill … for now

"...It took until 2:20 in the morning for the Texas Senate to determine whether 12:02am..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Pluck of the Irish

AFS Essential Cinema hand-picks four nights of rare Irish filmmaking

"...George Bernard Shaw – and yet for most of the 20th century, the story of Ireland on film was..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Get in the Shower

If someone offers you a breath mint, you take the fucking breath mint

"...been fighting more and more since we moved in together this summer. She wants me to go to couples..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Game Plan

The Rock plays a quarterback whose life is altered by the daughter he didn't know he had.

"...Directed by: Andy Fickman. Starring: Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedgwick, Roselyn Sanchez, Morris..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Gospel According to Lee Fields

Soul man tells it all ahead of Saturday’s ice cream social

"...for 2002’s Problems and again on 2009’s My World. The latter was the first of four albums with the..."

June 22, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Where in Austin to Watch the World Cup

And get food and drinks while you do

"...Every four years, soccer fans rejoice in the global sporting union that is the World Cup. This..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Sports Post by Leena Alali

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...A sunny Saturday set the scene for a packed day of live music at..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...sit in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...Filming of There Will Be Blood near Marfa was in its second..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Celebrated for the Least of Reasons

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

"...and took to writin' just like him, 'cept for the money: Larry L. King is an original and authentic..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Luv Doc Recommends: FronteraFest Long Fringe's 'The Dick Monologues'

Blue Theatre, Saturday, January 31, 2009

"...Consider the possibility that you don't know dick. You might think..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

The Soup Peddler Yellow-Bikes Its Way to 16 Years

David Ansel’s soup-delivery service thrives in the new Austin

"...In most growing cities, the beloved funk is too often replaced by the corporate..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Who's That Guy on the TV Set? That's Not the Don I Know!

Winemaker Don Pullum samples 'The Taste'

"...When I first saw Don Pullum on ABC's The Taste, he was crying. I had never seen him..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Best of Chris Isaak

Stylish, Orbison-esque crooner hits the Moody

"...is enough to make even a seasoned writer giddy. The native Californian shot to fame in 1990 with his..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

ATX Television Fest: Structure of a Sitcom... and the Rise of Anti-Sitcoms

Comedy magic with Dan Harmon, Paul Scheer, and more

"...The ATX Television Festival is a one-size-fits-all fest. It’s roomy..."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The first three chapters delved into seminal expressions of the..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...Musicians in the University of Texas Longhorn Band refer to the group..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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