The Interpreter

Although The Interpreter is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, it's hampered by its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.

"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, Jesper Christensen, George Harris..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

True Love Cast Out All Evil

New oral history explores the head and mysteries of Austin's psych pioneer

"...Beginning at the forewords (Billy Gibbons, Henry Rollins) and loping over his..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...When you imagine a 10-hour ride-along with a cop, there's a lot of stuff you expect – sirens, squealing..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...Tenney and John Carroll Lynch. Perhaps only Albert Brooks, the master of angst-ridden comic self-doubt and oblivious boorishness, would..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of the Cactus Cafe to hear an old..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Do You Trust the Police?

ACCESS News interviews APD chief

"...What should you do if you're stopped by the police? What if you're deaf? Those are among the..."

Oct. 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

From the Vaults: Ahnuld's Director's American Debut

Looking back at our Q&A with 'Last Stand' director Kim Jee-woon

"...When the Chronicle spoke with South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon in..."

Jan. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

How to Help Families Separated at the Border

Ways to volunteer, ways to donate, ways to take action

"...The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of breaking up families..."

June 20, 2018 Emergency Post by Kimberley Jones

'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs'

Monologist Mike Daisey takes a slightly different bite of the Apple

"...In his compelling one-person theatre piece, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Eighth Street Survivors Still Wait for Resolution From the City and APD

Sixteen months later, civil and criminal cases move slowly

"...To the Austin Police Department, the thousands of people who gathered..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post 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

One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...great guy. Seriously. Everyone says so. In fact, that's the very first thing they tend to say about this..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...In two years, Robert Schenkkan's LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; moved to..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...here in 2010, but he’s impressed huge swaths of the local music scene. Jazz heads upstairs at the Continental..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Off the Record

Ice Cube racks up the body count at Mohawk, Loxsly shines a light on Tomorrow's Fossils, and gift-wrapping local holiday offerings

"...night on Red River. Triggering round after round over the PA, each one like a closed-fisted punch to the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...About 150 or so people gathered on the gymnasium floor of the Northwest Recreation Center..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Fun and Games With the City Budget

The city takes its budget process on the road

"...By the time you read this, the city will have completed..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Translating the War

From Hebron to Camp Mabry: A Palestinian's path to U.S. citizenship

"...Sgt. Michael Turk arrived in Austin from Hebron, on the West Bank, in 1996, shortly after marrying a U.S...."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katie Hayes

Mikel Kane vs. the Medical Director

ATCEMS division chief suspended, demoted for waging war against MD

"...any surprise that last Thursday we learned more about the three-day suspension of an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hermenaut

Stuart Wade Reviews The Pop Journal Hermenaut.

"...The Fake Authenticity issue of the pop journal Hermenaut begins..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Books Review by Stuart Wade

"PrintAustin: The Contemporary Print" at Big Medium

To go or not to go: That's ultimately a stupid question

"...Because sometimes there's something in a gallery, something that's part of a..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: The Big Three

Remember major labels? Meet three underground locals on them.

"...In the local music scene, you rarely hear discussion of who's..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Genre Regenerator

South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all

"...In darkness there is profound beauty, and no other living director commingles..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Tip-Off

Where is Malcolm Gladwell's mind? What about now?

"...Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell wrote his first book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the business, $3 million should go directly to musicians who..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...The life and career of Orson Welles is so vast..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...fervent and in a hurry. Leslie Ziegler speaks with the same enthusiastic tones about her "gut bacteria" self-testing kit..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Right Snuff

Savage survivor and Sex Pistols witness Artly Snuff isn't just another face in Austin's eccentric crowd

"...December 30, 2010, with less than 48 hours in the year, Artly Snuff slowed to make a U-turn while..."

July 8, 2011 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

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

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