The Remains of the Day

"...Hugh Grant and Michael Lonsdale. Like most Merchant/Ivory/Jhabvala projects of late, Remains of the Day is a heady mix..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Remains of the Papers

Ransom Center adds Kazuo Ishiguro archive to its holdings

"...The Harry Ransom Center's already substantial holdings of British authors..."

Aug. 25, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 5, Part 1 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Rise of the Invisible Man

Can longshot Democrat Chris Bell ring up a miracle?

"...When Chris Bell kicked off his bid for governor on a sleepy August day..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...As he lay amid the dead bodies of his schoolmates, Gilbert Tuhabonye vowed that..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Location of the DACC Remains Up in the Air

Council delays vote on community court relocation to study alternate sites, service model

"...Where the Downtown Austin Community Court should be permanently located remains..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...An empty space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper or parchment,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...form indigenous to America. It was born here, and the world's best players have been and are Americans. As..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Election Notes: Notes at the End of the Road

Just a few more days of this deluge

"...Eight-days-out campaign finance reports are up on the city clerk's..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature

Planting the Seeds of the New Cactus

KUT reaches out for ideas on the new Cactus Cafe

"...This week sees the midpoint in KUT Cactus Cafe Conversations, the latest round..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...You've heard of this thing called Smart Growth, right? At that point..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Prying Open the Case of the Missing Door

Mystery surrounds case of missing right-hand door of Mt. Carmel

"...Like a sentry, the left-hand door from the ruins of Mount Carmel stood..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"...-- an "alternative" writer, a "Texas" writer, and some other kind of writer. ("Serious," I think, was the designation.)..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Puerto Rican Literature The Land of the Brave Lord

"...Boricuas: A Puerto Rican Anthology of Literature..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Books Feature

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

This first feature from Bosnian director/writer Jasmila Zbanic offers up a slice of life after hell in which a widowed mother and daughter still veer perilously between fear and hope.

"...Kenan Catic, Leon Lucev and Bogdan Diklic. As ever, the first casualty of war is truth, but it's easy..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stoning of Soraya M.

This impassioned work of persuasion is like a splatter film made for the Lifetime network, a screed against stoning made for audiences who already agree.

"...Sayyad. This impassioned, American-financed drama is in service to the filmmakers’ opposition to the religiously sanctioned stoning of inconvenient..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Comfort of Strangers

"...Harold Pinter, adapted from a novella by Ian McEwan, the story is a perverse little sado-masochistic drama. Colin (Everett)..."

May 17, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...deliver big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...Carole Belver, executive director of Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan...."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Both Sides of the Blade

Roiling, contradictory passions rule in Claire Denis’ latest

"...Walking into her Paris office one day, Sara (Binoche) spies her ex-lover François (Colin),..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...Maybe there's a reason why ecstasy is the young person's synthetic..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

The Prodigy & the Prodigal

Sons of the Fathers Beck & Cauthen ally beyond neo-Americana

"...Well I'm working every day to make something of myself..."

March 29, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Flight of the Red Balloon

Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien directs this contemporary homage to the classic international short, "The Red Balloon."

"...Song, Hippolyte Girardot and Louise Margolin. I have only the faintest recollection of Albert Lamorisse’s "The Red Balloon" –..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Day I Became a Woman

"...Azizeh Seddighi and Ameneh Passand. Delightful as it is, the burgeoning Iranian “new wave” cinema has taken a few..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Week in the Life of Budget Deliberations

Divvying up the pot

"...After a day and a half of meandering but often intense discussion..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab

The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?

"...Six months have passed since the Austin Police Department announced the shutdown of its DNA..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...A choice bit of little-known Austin music history: Guitarist Johnny Copeland lived here..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Act of Killing

In this disturbing documentary, former Indonesian death-squad leaders boastfully reenact their real-life mass killings with touches inspired by their favorite movies.

"...”History is written by the victors,” observed Winston Churchill. However, in this canny documentary,..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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