The Final Year

Behind the scenes with the Obama foreign policy team

"...There's a key moment in Greg Barker's behind-the-scenes examination of..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Strike Up the Bond

Can the City finally save endangered clubs? Plus J.J. Offender obit and an Austin Music Poll plug.

"...Sixteen months ago – long after announcement of the ambitious Omnibus fix-all, and long before the subsequent fumbling..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Chronicle Interviews Al Franken

Minnesota's junior senator stops in for a brief chat

"...satirist Al Franken for this year’s Texas Tribune festival, the online media outlet gave audiences a defining headline act...."

Sept. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Rebel in the Rye

The early life of J.D. Salinger is explored

"...If a person writes a book in the middle of the woods and no one ever reads..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Beguiled

A steamy and engrossing Civil War thriller

"...Southern Gothic with a femme fatale’s touch, Sofia Coppola’s super..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...becomes officially “James Cameron-Lite” with this fifth installment in the painfully self-perpetuating Paramount/Hasbro summer franchise that, at nearly two-and-a-half..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lege Lines: Ignoring the Dawnna Dukes Problem

County Democratic Party Chair Vincent Harding doesn't want to talk about the beleaguered rep

"...chairs in state Rep. Dawnna Dukes' district are asking the embattled Pflugerville Democrat to live up to her word..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Promise

The Armenian Genocide as seen through a love triangle

"...Comparisons between Terry George’s new film The Promise and his 2004 award-winner Hotel Rwanda are evident..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...In the war room, afternoons were spent spitballing, strategizing, scheming, and..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Peace in the Grove?

Opponents & developer hammer out PUD compromise

"...City Council is scheduled to consider the Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development Tuesday, during..."

Dec. 4, 2016 News Post by Michael King

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...Efforts in 1960 to desegregate movie theatres along the Drag started with a bang...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...into San Marcos Sunday morning, May 24, evidence of the previous night's storm was strewn all over the highway...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

News Roundup: Covering the Waterfront

Council, more Council, and more

"...In this week's News Roundup, Council and the Mayor stay busy, certain House Republicans aren't quite successful..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Playback: Upholding the Code

Keeping SXSW safe selectively?

"...While Austin breathes easier after a disaster-free convergence Downtown for South by..."

April 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...David and Nathan Zellner's haunting new film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, is the Austin-based siblings' most ambitious and..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...There's a name that will be on a lot of..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: MLK, Chris Kyle, and the Lege

Get ready to celebrate "Chris Kyle Day"

"...In this week's News Roundup: The NFL continues to face scrutiny for its domestic violence..."

Feb. 2, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Dog

Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.

"...August 22, 1972, he and two barroom acquaintances entered the Chase Manhattan Bank on Avenue P in Brooklyn, New..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'The Nixon Tapes'

What historian Douglas Brinkley heard from the 37th President may surprise you

"...ago this month, President Richard Milhous Nixon resigned from office. Since that time, his actions and words have been..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Austin Studios Puts Out the 'For Rent' Sign

Austin Film Society seeks anchor tenants to build a new community

"...The history of Austin Studios has been one of a..."

Feb. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...There's a lot going on in the third season finale..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

HIV/AIDS: Pushing Past the Plateau

Local agency fights stigma with new PSA campaign

"...age chronicled by Facebook posts and six-second Vine videos, the persistent threat of HIV/AIDS barely registers. Even in LGBT..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation

Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent

"..."America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy."..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

West, Ammonium Nitrate, And the Myopia of Terrorism

House hearing shows emphasis on public safety, not health and safety

"...The system worked exactly how it was supposed to: That..."

May 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade of Aggression at the House of Torment

Austin's top-rated Halloween haunt looks back on 10 years of scares

"...The guard at the door bangs on the metal. "Fresh..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...Last week the Chronicle sat down for a conversation with Jan Reid,..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

Trouble With the Curve

Despite its love of baseball lore, this film, starring Clint Easstwood and Amy Adams, is really a melodrama about the reconciliation of a father and daughter.

"...Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Robert Patrick and Joe Massingill...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...Tim League is sitting at the bar, at his bar, the HighBall. Next door at..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Bourne Legacy

This franchise reboot doesn't reinvent Bourne, but it does revive it to great effect.

"...The overthinking man’s filmmaker, Tony Gilroy may be too damn..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...Strunk. Derek is nonverbal and has autism, and his mother brings him to Aus­tin for weeklong, one-on-one communication therapy..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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