The Five Senses

"...and Mary-Louise Parker. Sensitively performed and carefully thought out, The Five Senses is a drama of interwoven characters, all..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Savages

Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this smart, funny, thoughtful, and exquisitely realized film is one of the best of the year.

"...Friedman and Gbenga Akinnagbe. Don’t pay any attention to the synopsis of this film. It’ll make it sound like..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Evidence for the Prosecution of Rock

Austin’s Graffiti Trials releases a garage-flavored chunk of awesome

"...1. Adreon Henry, smiling like a wily motherfucker with a sweet and nasty secret, hands me a..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Mirror

"...girl, who has one arm in a cast and the other toting a bulky book bag, waits outside her..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers

Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary

"...Three Identical Strangers is one of the year's most bizarre and unlikely documentary success stories –..."

July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Namesake

Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.

"...does not disappoint. Alternately vibrant and restrained in all the right places, The Namesake is beautiful and engaging. A..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Little Vampire

"...but kids may relate better to its lessons about the ostracization of strangers and the value of friendship. Based..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Web Predators Aren't the Problem

Dewhurst's plan to get 'Texas tough' on child molesters doomed to fail

"...A couple non-weather-related thoughts on yesterday's inauguration ceremony: the obvious topic was..."

Jan. 17, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spike Through the Heart

"...Any mother who claims to have the best child ever is,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Feature by Spike Gillespie

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...In pop culture, the late Seventies signify a cutesy suburban Spielberg fantasy or..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...We asked our readers how they were feeling about starting the fall semester, now six..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Walk Through the Wildflower Center's Field of Light

Acclaimed artist Bruce Munro basks in the evening glow with his new installation

"...A rare blossom is flowering at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. It is not indigenous..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Documentary about the effort to place children of European Jews during WWII within safe homes in England.

"...Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris. Harris won the Best Documentary Oscar for 1997's The Long Way Home,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...Real World 3: The Puck Year Just for the record, I am not..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Crema Bakery & Cafe Stands Up for the Austin Community

Free sack lunches, desserts, and a brown butter blondie recipe

"...her wife Janessa opened Crema Bakery & Cafe, where they have a staff of 20 and do just about..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Miseducation of Today's Youth: Let's Talk About Queerness

Out Youth Teen Guest Writes for Qmmunity

"...offering free writing programs for students, united to spotlight the work, thoughts, and lived realities of Austin’s queer youth...."

Nov. 20, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Elliot Pearson

DVDanger: The Midnight After

Pure, raw WTF from Hong Kong, plus Rabid Dogs

"...a film arrives that makes you genuinely wonder what the hell you just saw. Hong Kong oddity The Midnight..."

June 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Waiting Game

The SCOTUS contemplates marriage equality, but should they?

"...First, an admission. From the time I was a little boy, I fantasized about..."

March 26, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...trying to make it at South by Southwest and their Avid editing program had frozen...."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week's Events

Make your holiday weekday worth it

"...I Love the 1990s Trivia..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...spent staring at screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...filled with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

The ancient art of foraging for food is aged to perfection

"...to describe an activity humans have participated in since the beginning of their existence as a trend, but here..."

April 4, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Power Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro star in the latest from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...Children used to weird me out. Not the prospect of..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

'Texas Tough' Sex Crime Wave Hits the Dome

Sex-predator hysteria threatens a legal backlash

"...The headline topic at the inauguration early last month was..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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