Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...nervous. And it's certainly more than enough to justify the geek-chic culture. But while Chris Ware reigned through the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Man of the House

Filmed in Austin with Tommy Lee Jones, Man of the House is nothing to write home about.

"...Ferlito, Monica Keena, Christina Milian, Paula Garcés and Cedric the Entertainer. Silly and implausible, Man of the House has..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...Look the girl in the eyes...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.

"...and Leonardo Nam. For a movie about magic pants, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants shows a surprising level..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...summer, Miranda Fisher sat at a picnic table, visibly working out the best way to articulate her experiences as..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

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

Girls in the Hood

Girls Like Us: The Texas Documentary Tour

"...boys. Anna's parents forbid her from even walking through the halls with the opposite sex, and Raelene has dropped..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

Inventing the Abbotts

"...For Jacey Holt (Crudup), who lives with his widowed mother (Baker) and his younger brother Doug (Phoenix) in the..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

"...Poser, Nelson Rodriguez and Dale Dickey. At first glance, the plot of Incredibly True Adventure couldn't be more prosaic;..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...When Karen Ranus lost her mother to a terminal brain tumor, casseroles baked by her..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

The Brothers Solomon

With three great comic talents in Will Forte, Will Arnett, and director Bob Odenkirk working together in relatively untried and controversial comedy territory, the only result is a syrupy fable about love and family.

"...Chi McBride, Lee Majors, Michael Ormsby and Odenkirk. In the great catalog of dashing Hollywood lead male characters who’ve..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

We Are the Best!

Lukas Moodysson gives us a captivating portrait of 13-year-old proto-punk girls in 1982 Sweden.

"...like to be a 13-year-old girl, something We Are the Best! off-handedly acknowledges at its start – an overlapping..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"..."There was a guy I met in Austin that worked..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Girlfriend Experience

Steven Soderbergh directs this DV-cam look at the life of a high-end Manhattan call girl (played by porn star Sasha Grey).

"...diamonds may have been a girl’s best friend, but these days a woman might find it better to invest..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enter the Funnyman

Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy

"...Three years ago, Danny McBride was just another unknown filmmaker living in Los Angeles struggling to make..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Girls With Guitars

The New Generation

"..."Too Many Girls" at the '96 Austin Music Awards (l-r) Kris McKay,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Career Girls

"...all. One day, our faces are fresh and unlined; the next, they bear the folds and creases added to..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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

Get Off Your Ass and Change the World

Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams speaks tomorrow at BookPeople

"...Despite the exhausting recent headlines from around the globe, there are..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...more beer. We're at a 7-Eleven not far from their rehearsal space, and the drummer, Andres Saenz, is rifling..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Q&A: Colin Mochrie Goes to Summer Camp in Boys vs. Girls

The Whose Line is it Anyway? star talks nerves and narwhals

"...Between scheduling and technical issues, the era of Zoom interviews can feel like walking into..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Calm Before the Storm

My top picks to find the queer grrrls of ATX this weekend

"...Ladies, bois, grrrls, queers of all stripes, the countdown to happy hour is in place. So let's..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

DVD Watch: Combat Girls

The dark shadow of a post-Hitler youth, plus new releases

"...neo-Nazi in Germany – a nation that will bare the fetid scar of the reich on its soul for..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Descendants

George Clooney teams up with Sideways filmmaker Alexander Payne for this funny but tender story that's a little too smug for its own good.

"...Krause, Amara Miller, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Matthew Lillard, Mary Birdsong and Rob Huebel...."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The HPV Flashback

After rivals attack Perry, a review of the 2007 Gardasil fight

"...More from the "New Campaign, Old story" files: Gov. Rick Perry is..."

Sept. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Love Letter

"...Directed by: Peter Ho-Sun Chan. Starring: Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Geraldine McEwan, Tom Selleck, Tom Everett Scott, Ellen..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Women on the Verge

Interview with Filmmaker Rebecca Miller

"...You could say that Rebecca Miller was born into the artistic life. Her parents are photographer Inge Morath and..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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