Lot of Livin' to Do

For 15 years, Paul Beutel has managed Austin's Paramount Theatre, programming its popular film series and live shows and bringing it back from financial ruin, and he still puts in six to seven days a week there. Where do his passion and devotion spring from? Would you believe Bye Bye Birdie?

"...Once you know about The Bye Bye Birdie Experience, everything about Paul Beutel falls..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Charles Whitman in the UT Tower

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Imagine: It's a sunny Monday, the first of August, 1966 -- and there you are,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

The Who Bettered, The Who's Best

Reissuing 30 Years of Maximum R&B

"...The music business is a peculiar one. Most employers at..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

The Budget Is Hell

Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day

"...To the victors, the spoils. The two big winners last Wednesday..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

The Word Made Song

Gospel Music in Austin

"..."Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness;..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

On the Rocks

Sofia Coppola heads to NYC for a slight but charming anti-rom-com

"...Directed by: Sofia Coppola. Starring: Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, Marlon Wayans, Jenny..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...even if he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"...Outside Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park on a soft May morning,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Slow, Stoned, Rugged: A tribute to Austin's original cosmic soulman Rusty Wier

"...Not only did Rusty Wier help develop the "Austin Sound," he embodied it. "Six-foot-five in boots and..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Enter the Funnyman

Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy

"...Three years ago, Danny McBride was just another unknown filmmaker living in Los Angeles struggling to make..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Maakies' Daddy in the House

Austin Books & Comics hosts Tony Millionaire

"...Depravity and bloodshed! Jolly Jack Tar and a barrel of woe! Maritime shenanigans à la Grand Guignol, and all..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...burned forever into my brain -- not so much the ones of horror, of heinous atrocity, but the ones..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3am: The Future Dot-Dot-Dot

Ellipses express exactly my sense of the future

"...You get accustomed to the nonsense that passes for commentary. It functions as the..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"..."I'll tell you a funny story about my mother," offers Terry Allen, grinning wryly like he does. "I..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Huntress Captured by the Game

"...From Diana by Irène Frain This may be the last time she still looks fresh to us. Another..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...in New Orleans will be a little different for the Krewe of Sinbad this year. They've been driven into..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit 100 degrees before the beginning of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

We Have an Issue: The News Is Always Breaking

It’s our Back to School issue... but what does “Back to School” even mean in pandemic time?

"...The Chronicle has been a weekly newspaper for nearly 40..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

How Many Fables in the Naked City?

More than usual this weekend, thanks to Vertigo and Natalie Frank

"...Because there’s fables, and then there’s fables...."

Aug. 13, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...Cedar Park strengthens its case as Austin's best suburb with the recent..."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders

Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature

"...Silverstein had never sat on a bull before. Yet the Austin-based filmmaker and UT RTF lecturer found herself in..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

And Then a Step to the Right

TV Eye

"...The Rocky Horror Picture Show on VH-1 all Hallowe'en night...."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Insider's Outsider Guide to Texas

Remembering Bud Shrake

"...There are some writers whose obituaries make you wonder how..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Drivin' the Devil Away

Miss Lavelle White

"...-- French record review of Miss Lavelle, Miss Lavelle White's 1994 debut on Antone's..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

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

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Troy

This big-budget adaptation of The Iliad tries mightily, but the end result is the sound and fury of Homer undone.

"...Peter O’Toole and Julie Christie in a mega-budget adaptation of Homer’s The Iliad has something going for it by..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Household Saints

"...Directed by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, Michael Rispoli and Victor Argo...."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Solo

Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder

"...“A passage of scripture is written on every cliff,” orated Unitarian minister..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

As Much Magic as Fact

In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas. Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.

"...We tend not to remember the Alamo. True, we've labeled the building a certified "shrine"..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

I'd Like to Thank ...

The 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 5, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."

June 9, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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