Rich in Love

"...Suzy Amis, Piper Laurie, Ethan Hawke and Alfre Woodard. The team who brought us Driving Miss Daisy is now..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Former Spider House Cafe Has Reopened as Tweedy's

Run by the patio experts behind Kinda Tropical and Hotel Vegas

"...Johnny Yaklin was at a team meeting for Eastside hangout Kinda Tropical when he got..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Scream

Ghostface is back in the serial killer/movie nerd franchise

"...Craven was always going to feel sad. One of the few horror franchises that kept the same director over..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Latest UT-Aggie Matchup Is More Joke Than Game

How many Aggies does it take …

"...How many Aggies does it take to beat the Texas Longhorns? All of them and they might want..."

Nov. 25, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Joyeux Noël

The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable film is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the “Christmas truce” of 1914 from three sides in the battle.

"...Benno Fürmann, Dany Boon, Gary Lewis and Daniel Brühl. The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable international..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...Connie Behrhorst at the Poodle Dog Lounge photograph by John Carrico..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Scary Movie 4

What's new in this fourth edition of the popular-culture spoof machine? Well, Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil, for starters.

"...Rex, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen and Cloris Leachman. Witnessing the malingering demise of a franchise can be an unnerving..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...care, it surely evaporated as Mark Bell chased his brother down the I-35 access road on the evening of..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...on Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, when Melvin Jones called the police. He hadn't heard from his girlfriend Cinda Barz..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Bush's re-election Web site and a letter printed by the Chronicle (austinchronicle.com/gbase/ Community/Postmarks?StartTime=2003-12-05, www.georgewbush.com/GetActive/WriteNewspapers.aspx?aid=102)...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...for a couple of years with odd jobs and pass-the-hat singing gigs, Max Nofziger is now gainfully employed. Okay,..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

Mercury Rising

"...like a big plate of meat and potatoes. As the archetypal action hero Everyman, Willis has taken to expanding..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Know What You Did Last Summer

"...it? That film's screenwriter, Kevin Williamson, returns with yet another gory teen-trauma tale that both looks and feels ripped..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Left Behind

The Omnibeast – and a sect of video-art zealots at UT – is hungry

"...Although the Summoners' only dispatch promised to spare him should their..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I don't think we have racial bias in..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Ed Lowry had just headed off to teach at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale. Louis Black was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...Hernandez's days were numbered since 1989, the year then-President George Bush waved a bag of crack..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Which Way Will Austin Swing? Ninth Inning, 3 and 2

Home By the River

"...that can be looked at - going back to the grey beginnings of the stadium proposal - is the..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Pilgrim in an Unholy Land: Notes of a Lonely Cowboy

"...State Cowboys. Let me tell you, I’ve seen this team, up close and in person. Make no mistake –..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Spiral

Chris Rock reinvents the horror morality tale for the BLM era

"...It might be a controversial opinion among the fanboys and girls of the Eighties slasher franchises, but..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

RECAP: Austin FC Blanks Minnesota United for Second Straight Road Win

Fagundez goal enough as ATXFC relies on defense to knock off the Loons

"...times downright ugly, 1-0 victory over Minnesota United in the Twin Cities...."

May 2, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Smallfoot

Furry animated antics as yetis find proof: Humans exist!

"...Much like Monsters, Inc., this animated children’s film inverts the common storyline about human beings’ fear of others and..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Assassin

The bestselling series hits the screen

"...American Assassin aims to be the first film in a new action franchise based on..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tomorrow! Game of 'Game of Thrones'

Geeks Who Drink host massive trivia event

"...Geeks Who Drink is putting on a nationwide GoT-themed pub quiz night – appropriately named Fire Alone Cannot..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...dudes at a South Austin dive bar. Don't worry: They're poets, semiretired. One – Penn Jillette in timber and..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

An Activity of Alchemies

The alchemy of baseball makes possible the elongation and compression of time.

"...It is the only physical contest in which many men are required..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

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