The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...Remember those religious biopics the major Hollywood studios churned out for the faithful back..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Temp

"...Weber. Alternate titles abound for this latest entry in the female psycho genre: The Hand That Types the Letters,..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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).

"...Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eyeedited by Richard A...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Austin Theatres Are Moving the Stage Beyond Zoom

Companies thinking outside the boxes bring theatre to your radio, your mailbox, and your neighbor's yard

"...For the first six months of the pandemic, the two words..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...and humane struggle can build a living community within the shell of the dying one." – Letter from the..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

SXSW: Pushing the Envelope With People of Letters

The Australian literary event revives two dying arts

"...Dear People of Letters,..."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this latest happening..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Heroine of The Roxy Letters Fights to Get Austin's Groove Back

Mary Pauline Lowry's quirky novel looks for the city's soul

"...You know the routine by now – it's so common, it might..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...a bestselling author of young adult novels? With typical Southern modesty spiced with just the faintest whiff of irony,..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Letters at 3AM

A visit to Deadwood: The legends show you where to go. Once you get there, you do your best to find out why you came.

"...did an unruly Illinois farm boy, dismissed by his father early on as a "dreamer," who'd lead a violent..."

June 24, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The music of Tony Fruscella reminds us that art is about an unending attempt to give what we can, where we can, to whom we can.

"...It was the autumn of 1960, within days of my 15th birthday,..."

May 26, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The Flatlanders' collective voice of experience still dares the odds and rings true.

"...Near the Troubadour in West Hollywood -- a stone's easy throw..."

July 26, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Postman

"...Tom Petty. Kevin Costner tends to arouse in me the same protective instincts as the sweet old geezer who..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Letters at 3AM

Poetry is an act of faith.

"...The discovery that you love poetry is, at its root,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Amplify Austin 2015: Under the Rainbow

We hat-tip the Amplify nonprofits that serve and support LGBTQIA

"...a day or two left until Amplify Austin cranks the giving up to 11, your friendly neighborhood Gay Place..."

March 3, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Perusing 'The Novelist'

Another indie game weighed down by the business

"...Even in a year when the community was more obsessed with story than ever, The..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Screens Post by Nina Hernandez

The Machinist

Christian Bale lost 60 lbs. in order to play the unsettling title character, a man who has maybe shed his sanity along with his weight.

"...his skin, Trevor is as angular and jagged as the letters of his name. He is an industrial worker,..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exposing The Zodiac Killer

The first film to be restored by the American Genre Film Archive

"...True crime and cinema go together like highways and spree killers. But no film has..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Flight of the Conchords

Listening while laughing til you cry

"...Hard to remember the last concert – or any concert, for that matter..."

May 8, 2009 Music Post by Belinda Acosta

Patterson Plays Grinch With the Press

Land Commissioner Patterson slips a poison pill in his offer over the Christmas Mountains.

"...seemed that yesterday's announcement of a concession deal over the sale of the Christmas Mountains by the General Land..."

Nov. 6, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...– Excerpt from Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley by Sybil..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

The ABCs of VOD

Bill Hicks, video on demand and the future for indie film finances

"...is Austin. I just wish this was representative of the rest of the US."..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Selling Short in the Marketplace of Ideas

"Consequences" wrought in the pursuit of silencing speech should be of deep concern to all

"...This is the last column for a long time that will address..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...Our reporting has taken us everywhere from the Supreme Court and death row to up and down..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Death is not the end; there remains the litigation of the estate. --..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Learning One's Letters

Why was Oscar Wilde's 'Letter to Momma' lurking undiscovered in Texas?

"...conservators have a tendency to get so absorbed in the minute details of their task, so lost in the..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Motorists vs. Bikers Letters Tedious

"...Dear Editor, The letters to the editor are one of my favorite..."

June 27, 2010 Postmarks

Respond to Letters

"...[Re: "Page Two," Aug. 15] Print all the letters, even those from grownup school-yard bullies (conservative Republicans)...."

Aug. 14, 2003 Postmarks

Wicked Little Letters

Poison pen letters tear a seaside community apart in post-WWI England

"...Directed by: Thea Sharrock. Starring: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Anjana..."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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