Film News

'The King' finds a throne, Hanks finds another Wilson, and where you'll find time to help Marian Yeager; plus, Sandra Bullock should stay closer to home

"...has garnered mixed reviews for its unblinking brutality. Todd McCarthy of Variety termed it a "noxious film morally," while..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Page Two

State reps Jack Stick and Todd Baxter deserve their very own 'Best of Austin' category

"...beloved commander in chief (no, not Karl Rove or Tom DeLay, the other guy), it was only because I..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Tom Strubbe..."

April 30, 2004 Column

Rhinoceros (1973)

Ionesco's Rhinoceros is dark political humor at its least subtle, and these days it's wonderfully therapeutic.

"...intended it as a satire of European fascism; director Tom O'Horgan's 1973 adaptation takes specific aim at Nixon's moral..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Review by Michael May

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...trade. That, and his other introduction to reality: T-Pee Tom & the Southside Band...."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Villearreal, Nicholas Webbelsman, Erik Conn, William Fairchild, Joy Fairchild, Tom Fairchild, Ruben Flores, Michael Mckenzi, Mike Sommers..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...illustration by Robert Faires It was the essay that..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Place 2 Contribution & Expenditure Reports

"...Jim Cousar, $250; Michael Curry, $100; Mike Davis, $150; Tom Doyal, $50; Nick and Lucy Duncan, $100; Cynthia and..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature

False Accusations

"...Tom Nelson..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Playwrights in the Queue

"...Theater at the Social Security Office; November 8 Playwrights Tom Stoppard and David Hare, theater critic Michael Billington, octogenarian..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature

Literary Lone Stars Ten Best Texas Books

"...* Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (1985). Dense, horrific, mythic, mystical, Blood Meridian is a..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...a Doom tee and black skirt; and guiatarist Finlay McCarthy with a sweater/shirt/cover of sorts...."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Chronicle Recommends: Back to School

Seven of the best movies about edumacation

"...boys and sorority sisters in peril, and genre god Tom Atkins as a hard-boiled cop investigating all that collegiate..."

Sept. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Altamesa’s New Frontier

“The New West” christens elaborate single series

"...And when he sings, he sounds like Tom Petty caught in the desolation of a Cormac McCarthy..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival

The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two

"...United States, 2016, U.S. Premiere, 111 min D: Colm McCarthy In a dystopian future, young Melanie must go on..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The State of Texas: "Pro-life, Pro-guns, Anti-Obama"

"...on the ballot. Looking and sounding increasingly like Joe McCarthy, he even predicted the collapse of the formal opposition,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...Dallas at Carolina: Customarily travelling with the team, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones is..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...9pm, Maggie Mae's Rooftop Touched by tragedy (frontman Billy McCarthy's brother killed himself, as did his mother), this sprawling,..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Austin's Indie Spirit

Anish Savjani and Bryan Poyser score noms

"...Last Exorcism, directed by Daniel Stamm; Producers: Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss, Eric Newman, Eli Roth
Night Catches Us, directed by..."

Nov. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...avalanche of "ATX," knobbed locally by Spoon ladle Mike McCarthy. – Raoul Hernandez The Felice Brothers..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

How People More Important Than You Are Voting

McCracken, Leffingwell list prominent prog, small biz supporters

"...Tom Ausley..."

April 8, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in this new thriller about schemers and double-dealers.

"...Directed by: Tony Gilroy. Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Denis O’Hare and Thomas McCarthy. At..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...rock icons through their inhuman work ethic and guitarist Tom Gabel's emotive lyrics, and the Florida quartet's agitprop sounded..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

"...alleviates the daily strain of anyone who toils for customers who think they're always right. Former Cher UK frontman..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

The Shepherd

Dripping Springs recluse Sam Beam spills some Iron & Wine

"...wordplay that wouldn't be out of place in Cormac McCarthy's violent, bestselling postapocalyptic novel The Road:..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...is the only time you'll ever see Jandek and Tom Morello on the same stage. – Audra Schroeder Riverboat..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Film News Top 10 of 2006

The top Texas stories of 2006

"...to construct a space for big-budget features and includes Tom Copeland, former head of the Texas Film Commission, and..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Surviving the Blacklist: Joseph Losey in Europe

Sept. 5-Oct. 10

"...you say about a man who spent time with Tom Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, and Jeanne Moreau? Whose name appeared..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TCB

Rap's rise at the Back Room, Mother Truckers take over South Congress, Austin film crew documents the tenuous fate of New Orleans and Jazzfest, and a year's worth of sexy local ladies

"...Young Jeezy May 12.) Son of general manager Sean McCarthy, Dean began at the Riverside Drive mainstay as security..."

April 28, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Film News

On the set of 'Grind House,' sort of; plus, updates on 'There Will Be Blood,' 'Dallas,' and more

"...Michael Biehn (the good guy in The Terminator) and Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead) star respectively as the..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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