Among Us

The gypsy feet of playwright Ruth Margraff keep wandering back to Austin, and we're fortunate that they do

"...suspect that she is a vital voice in shaping the future of American theatre. She has a shy angel..."

May 7, 2004 Arts Feature by Cyndi Williams

Divine Intervention

"...possible onto Suleiman’s abruptly humorous comedy of manners about the Israeli-Palestinian situation. After all, what could be more ripe..."

May 9, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

In a Vail sports bar, Coach once again meets up with his old pal Cedrick Trout, and the mad-dog Raiders fan isn't in a good mood.

"...I entered the West Vail bar, the Dancing Bear Saloon, with some..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Articulations

Real drama bled into the staged kind when actress Latifah Taormina cut herself during a performance of Adam Sobsey's Hang Town Fry, and Salvage Vanguard releases The Cry Pitch Carrolls on CD.

"...Sometimes the drama onstage isn't limited to what's in the script...."

April 13, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Black Mask

"...been decently dubbed into English for American release) posits the crushingly handsome Li as Simon, a biologically “modified” superman..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later

"...battled it out with her inhuman, Captain Kirk-bemasked, butcher knife-wielding sibling Michael Myers and revolutionized the face of the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Self-Made Hero

"...as many people's best hope for a piece of the good life. In this distinctive, thought-provoking film, Jacques Audiard..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Eastern Condors

"...movie that recalls everything from certified tough-guy classics like The Dirty Dozen to Sylvester Stallone's silly Rambo epics (with..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Operation Dumbo Drop

"...irresponsible picture that seems shamefully patterned after director's Wincer's other box office success, Free Willy. The first feel-good family..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Live Action

Good intentions by voters don't lead to a great selection

"...It’s the most romantic time of the year – the time..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Hunter Hunter

Is that a wolf’s howl, or something worse?

"...The most traumatizing sound in a horror movie is not..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...There are horror icons. Freddy, Jason, Michael, Norman, Leatherface. The..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Overlord

How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?

"...Nazi zombies are not a new idea: The Reich's hideous record of human rights crimes disguised as..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho upon its initial release back in the fall of 1960, before the rest of the world..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Does DNA Testing Prove Skinner's Guilt?

That depends on whom you ask

"...Had the state of Texas actually safeguarded and properly preserved evidence..."

Feb. 6, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...”First thought, best thought,” is the maxim a young, aspiring poet by the name of..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman is John le Carré's unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale.

"...The modern movie spy has become defined by so much..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"..."The original idea at 409 Colorado in 1997 was very..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Carandiru

In prison in Brazil is a woeful place to be.

"...Aílton Graça, Maria Luisa Mendonça and Aída Leiner. Carandiru, the new film from Hector Babenco (Kiss of the Spider..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dagon

This H.P. Lovecraft-inspired fish story is so extreme that it borders on camp.

"...Godden. Director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna -- the filmmakers whose very first feature film Re-Animator in 1985..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Night Visions

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

"...A young man stands on the side of the road. He shivers underneath a sleeping..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...Kayte VanScoy and the publishers of the Chronicle should be ashamed of themselves..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Record Reviews

"...REGGATTA MONDATTA: A REGGAE TRIBUTE TO THE POLICE..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Nobody Can't Beat Him

"...In an otherwise informative article about the candidates who might challenge Eric..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column

Chef Maribel Rivero's Encurtidos Recipe

Yuyo exec chef gets virtual with Cocina Maribel cooking classes

"...her Cocina Maribel live virtual classes, with topics including knife skills, braising, and ceviche making...."

July 7, 2020 Food Post

Cattle Decapitation

"...San Diegans Cattle Decapitation, it's religion. Title based on the unofficial term for an epoch in which human behavior..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Röyksopp

Bonus Tracks

"...This Norwegian production couple are deft punks on their third album, a synthetic collection of upbeat dance music..."

May 8, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Wednesday Rewind

Spoiler Alert: Whiskey Shivers viral video ends badly

"...an ideal replacement for Old Crow Medicine Show at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival (we're stuck with..."

Aug. 24, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Kristin Hersh

"...earful," she rasps amid clattering Nineties guitar fills and the push and pull of strings on opener "In Shock."..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Review by Shawn Badgley

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