The Giver

This movie based on a Newbery Award-winning novel presents teens in a dystopic society that's a manmade invention born of good intentions.

"...Teenage dystopias may seem to be all the rage in movies these days, as demonstrated by the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...Our most read film review of the year was also our most commented on, complete with..."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Maze Runner

Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.

"...Success begets success, or so movie studios hope as they chase after the next potentially lucrative teen magnet. For..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Signal

A trio of tech-savvy twentysomethings get waylaid and wind up as subjects in a weird but stylish sci-fi mystery.

"...– allow a cross-country trip to get waylaid by the provocations of a mysterious hacker. After being drawn out..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Best Little Arthouse in Texas

The Austin Film Society expands and asks you to help

"...to get what you want: In this case, it's the best little arthouse in Texas. When it reopens in..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...South by Southwest brought in the big guns for its third wave of showcasing artists,..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...What makes a family? For many in the Texas queer community, family isn't made from blood but..."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...its 30th anniversary this month. Griff Luneburg has run the intimate, Texas Union listening room for 28 of those..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Christmas Gumbo

Gift guide

"...offer joie de vivre. As Allen Toussaint puts it, "The alligator's goin' to fly ... the day it snows..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Socking the Newman

Fancy footwear becomes Austin’s talented star of stage and screen

"...it’s illegal to wear nothing but shoes on your otherwise naked feet. No one’s suggesting, in other words, that..."

May 2, 2017 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: A Bigger Check

A simple "I love you" phone call would have sufficed

"...gets all sentimental and sends checks to me, my brother, and our two stepbrothers. This year, by accident, I..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Wine of the Week

Give the gift of personalized wine this holiday season

"...gift, and Personal Wine, a local company, is doing the job in a novel way...."

Dec. 11, 2009 Food Column by Wes Marshall

The Memphis Goons

"...A stagger to the left of the Velvet Underground and a swing to..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature

The Hightower Report

The Gardener's Friend; Operation Pipe Dreams

"...The Gardener's Friend..."

March 28, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

What to Give the Starving Performing Artist O, for the Poor Player

"...To mangle poor old Will once more: "All the Yule's a stage/And all the men and women merely..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

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

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...In all the drama of Election Day, some of the drama of..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Young at Heart

The Austin Teen Book Festival is coming of age

"...Walk past the Fiction and Literature section at BookPeople, go up a..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Bedside Manner: Anglophilia

Reading lists from Legeland's token Brit

"..."Write about the books on your bedside table," they said. "It'll give..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...flat, but it looks that way, as open to the sky as if it were set on the edge..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Time Changer

"...cruise liner. And instead of sailing as before on the tides of mortal love, this time MacLeod is traveling..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Shinyribs, Late Night TV Gold

Austin's jolly purple joy-giver shines light into the midnight hour

"...fifth Shinyribs studio full-length not including 2018 Xmas LP The Kringle Tingle. Man behind the moniker, Austin's jolly purple..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Dale Watson's Annual Christmas Show & Dance

Continental Club, Friday, December 25, 2009

"...Ideally by now the manic materialist melee of the Christmas shopping season is..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Little Fockers

Surely we're not the only ones Fockered out as this franchise aims for low-brow smut in its third outing.

"...Weitz. Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Jessica Alba, Teri Polo, Colin Baiocchi, Daisy Tahan,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amplify Austin Is Needed Now, More Than Ever

This annual fundraising program amplifies the arts

"...The fundraising (and fund-matching) program runs for 24 hours –..."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nusrat Fateh Qawwali Khan

"...Along with Fela Kuti in 1997, the death of Pakistani spiritual singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan..."

July 27, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

SXSW Film Review: Raging Grace

Filipino British Gothic drama overshadows its own polemic

"...Under the classics of British Gothic literature, your Wuthering Heights and..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New on DVD: Equals

Kristen Stewart sci-fi romance is long on mood and light on plot

"...vengeful and reactionary result in big bombs being dropped, then why not eliminate all those nasty human emotions and..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Your Totally Badass Sunday

Filmmaker Bob Ray returns to Austin after his 'Total Badass Tour'

"...Austin auteur Bob Ray has returned to the 512 after spending over a month trapped in a..."

Dec. 19, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Women on Top

The Risks and Rewards of Being a Woman In Austin's High Tech World

"...nerves of steel come in handy. And Randi Shade, the president and founder of Charitygift (www.charitygift.com), is as tough..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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