Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on

"...working in fields on average, out of 132,995 prisoners total.) Also, prisoners stopped picking cotton by hand and started..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Consultants Given Lucrative City Contracts Without Council Approval

City paid friends of City Hall top brass $300,000 through subcontracting scheme

"...he created them." Four CMs tell us they don't recall, specifically, a conversation about compensation for Huffman and Canales,..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Children of the Corn

Dismal Stephen King adaptation should be plowed back under

"...to rehash old scripts through his terrible updatings of Total Recall and Point Break. Now he exhibits zero visual..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Latest News From Austin Election Campaigns

District 5 and 8 candidate forums, Beto gets around, and so do local endorsements

"...commitment in seeking office. That was about the sum total of the argument in their favor; while each of..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"...occupation that I realized, after absorbing the Bastrop artist's total commitment to his own humongous dreams, had to be..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Oasis Knebworth 1996

Brilliant documentary on the gigs that defined Britpop

"...fan Robbie Williams played for three nights to a total of 360,000 fans, and there's a big argument that..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Turnstile Is Happy to Provide at Stubb’s

Big riff breakouts lead five-band testament to punk plurality

"...the musicians of Turnstile for digging their heels into total approachability. The band spent more of their performance smiling..."

May 7, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Barbarians

Dark trip to a genteel English dinner party gets bloody

"...with a banal discourse on Encino Man and the total inability of anyone to recall Brendan Fraser’s name. That’s..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Barbarians

English dinner party drama goes straight to darkest hell

"...with a banal discourse on Encino Man and the total inability of anyone to recall Brendan Fraser’s name. That’s..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...almost all of these (79) involved drug offenses. A total of 390 suspects went through magistration on non-drug charges...."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Paramount Summer Season Has a Giant Ending Lined Up

Wizards, restoration, and l'amour round out the classics

"...Can Remember it For You Wholesale" became the gonzo Total Recall (Sat., Aug. 28, 4:20pm). Harry Potter Turns 20..."

July 21, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lucky Seven for Sci-Fi Film Fest Other Worlds

Interstellar picks for the festival's seventh year

"...Total Recall Draft 1 Before Paul Verhoeven took Arnold Schwarzenegger..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...special reading of the "lost" Dan O'Bannon script for Total Recall. The Alien writer's widow, Diane, has become a..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...In total, there have been 20 features and dozens of shorts..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?

The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day

"...the first county in the U.S. to surpass its total 2016 turnout on Sunday, more than a week before..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...in Austin, though that's a too-small percentage of the total number of trips taken or miles traveled. Like many..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

You Don't Nomi

Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?

"...sleaze. Verhoeven, coming off the blockbuster trifecta of RoboCop, Total Recall, and Basic Instinct, started to loose his sheen..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Animal House

This week’s cover story profiles Austin musicians and their pets sheltering together

"...love felt more important than in this moment of near-total isolation." David's been zipping around town for weeks now,..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...Dawson has total recall for data like this. She can tell you..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

30 Years of “Best of Austin”

Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards

"...10,484 total "Best of Austin" Awards over 30 years (an average..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

VR/AR @ SXSW

What you see (and immersively interact with) is what you get

"...Total Recall: The Future of Learning With VRTuesday, March 12,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Election Ticker: Don’t Listen to Us!

Midterm coverage, from the folks you love to hate

"...Flawn Academic Center, and ACC Highland. The county's two-day total surpasses the first nine days of in-person early voting..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Two-Horse Race for Mayor

Can Laura Morrison hope to edge out Steve Adler?

"...side of the New. That's oversimplification, but it's worth recalling that both candidates – like a majority of current..."

July 6, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: The First Hit’s Free (Week)

Free Week, free rides, and freeing your mind!

"...I'm gonna blow that shit up") over mean beats recall Public Enemy and Run the Jewels. Throughout the phenomenal..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Do Androids Dream of a Screening This Cool?

Blade Runner 2049 at the Alamo makes a Golden Hornet buzz

"...note for you, so you don’t forget? Because your total recall is on the fritz?..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Will It Take to Get More Police Oversight?

If Greg Casar wants more accountability for cops, the city’s gonna need to give the police union some more money

"...scheduled. No Council vet or city staffer consulted could recall any past meeting in which the terms of a..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Managing Secrets

Council's search for city manager may be confidential ... or not

"...to Go,” Jan. 18, 2008) And some onetime insiders recall that Futrell effectively appointed herself (which would not have..."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Bryan Ferry Enslaves the Moody

UK romantic slays local romantics

"...of the gods hasn’t played Austin in practical memory recall, their powering up at a beloved venue such as..."

March 23, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2017 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...The vertical marquee with its candy-colored neon recall the earlier life of this Congress Avenue facility as..."

March 3, 2017 SXSW Post

Top 10 City Council Stories

The best from this year's dais

"...8) Less Than Total Recall After Uber and Lyft targeted District 5 CM..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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