The Strokes

Live shot

"...The StrokesAustin Music Hall, March 23..."

April 2, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

The Strokes

Record Reviews

"...The StrokesRoom on Fire (RCA) Elastica's The Menace. If you..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Interpol

Record Review

"...InterpolTurn on the Bright Lights (Matador) The musical recycle from 25 years..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Cap Metro Pitches in as Mobile Cooling Center

As temperatures rise, bus stops serve as shelter from the sun

"...spends 20 to 30 minutes each day waiting for the bus near the UT campus. That time outside has..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Facing Nolan

The life of baseball's (fairly) scandal-free hall of famer

"...Nolan’s story of an unconventional talent who truly loved the game...."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

When Sitcom Sincerity Attacks

Another 'Very Special' Episode at the Alamo

"...The Eighties were by and large a lamentable decade, but..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Kings of Leon

Record review

"...Granted, the first recoil from Aha Shake Heartbreak might not leave..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Elastica

Reissues

"...Elastica The Radio One Sessions (Strange Fruit/Koch) "Truly, they were the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets

"Matt Rebholz and Rachel Wolfson Smith: We Can See Through Time" at ICOSA

Drawings in red and blue ink, intended to be viewed through 3-D glasses, pull the viewer in to landscapes that make the familiar look alien

"...ICOSA gallery, pick up a pair of glasses, put them on and look around at the otherworldly landscapes on..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

"Spencer Fidler: Vasculum" at Flatbed

This solo show reveals the artist's daily practice of preservation of craft and creativity

"...Before the proliferation of plastic baggies, the vasculum was the botanist's..."

April 27, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Miss You Already

Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette co-star as best friends facing crises

"...Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke. Starring: Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

OUTsider Begins

Hold on to your manties, Austin's premier queer fest is here

"...It's the creative queer conundrum: to live in a town of..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

A Haunted House

Marlon Wayans spoofs Paranormal Activity.

"...Koechner, Dave Sheridan, Nick Swardson, Alanna Ubach and Cedric the Entertainer...."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playing for Time

Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

"...The Old Man and the TeeBy Turk Pipkin..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Riding in Cars With Boys

"...literary abilities, and has faith that she can overcome the unplanned detours life has dealt her, is a scattershot..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Split Decision

"...it doesn't include narration, Marcy Garriott's Split Decision is nonetheless an engaging and moving account of boxer Jesus Chavez's..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

La Cérémonie

"...Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Virginie Ledoyen. There's a reason why our law draws such a clear..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Legendary Austin Rock & Roll Deejay Johnny Walker Has Died

Known as the vibrant host of afternoons on KLBJ

"...Former KLBJ deejay Johnny Walker, regarded as one of the most vibrant and respected personalities in Austin rock radio..."

Nov. 22, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Where's the beating heart in this beloved children's book adaptation?

"...proclaims Constance Wu about midway through Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, the feature film adaptation of the 1962 children’s book The..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...May 2002 wasn't so different from today. Hole in the Wall was going out of business and Austin's venue..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW 2010

"...With his 2005 debut, Creek Water, Alabama's YelaWolf shook the South with his fresh take on funky gospel stank...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Everybody's Fine

Robert De Niro is the father of grown children (played by Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, and Kate Beckinsale) in a family that has trouble communicating.

"...Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Lucian Maisel, James Frain and Katherine Moennig. Everybody’s Fine – a movie about the lies..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.

"...Willis, Wilmer Valderrama, Ana Claudia Talancón and Avril Lavigne. The conflict between knowing, or at least suspecting, the awful..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stranger Than Fiction

A good movie but not a great one, Stranger Than Fiction is reminiscent of the films of Charlie Kaufman but lacks that writer’s conceptual rigor and imaginative power.

"...for obsessive-compulsive disorder – wakes up one morning to the rather unsettling realization that he has the voice of..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...Riesco, Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal. This is not the movie we might have expected from Oliver Stone on..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Room

Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.

"...Trevino and Jessica Hedrick. Last month’s Chronicle cover featuring the latest wave of Austin filmmakers limited itself to those..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tarnation

Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best efforts of society to drive them mad. So it is for Jonathan Caouette, who with this film assembles his life into his art.

"...by: Jonathan Caouette. Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best efforts of society to drive them mad. This..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Buffalo Soldiers

On an American military outpost in Europe during the Eighties, the black market economy runs the show.

"...Leon Robinson, Dean Stockwell and Scott Glenn. Based on the novel by Robert O’Connor, the long-completed Buffalo Soldiers was..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CQ

"...Elodie Bouchez, Angela Lindvall and L.M. Kit Carson. CQ, the debut feature by Strokes music videographer and Coppola family..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pollock

"...love is like saying Marilyn Monroe was easy on the eyes. The statement does a disservice to all involved...."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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