Linklater's Hit Man Sets Its Sights on Venice

True crime flick to premiere at Venice before Toronto

"...Hit Man marks Linklater's first return to true crime after 2012's black comedy Bernie, and yet again..."

July 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...fall of music sharing site Napster, followed by his true crime drama about Austin's own internet drug baron Ross..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vengeance

B.J. Novak tells a touching tale of truth, myths, and Texas

"...for a new story in the form of a true-crime podcast that is only incidentally about Abilene’s death and,..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

ATX TV Festival 2022: The Staircase

Showrunner Maggie Cohn on this year's true crime smash

"...Austin Chronicle: The Staircase does not advertise itself as true crime, but as based on a documentary. How does..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Capote Tapes

A literary life of oblivious self-destruction

"...aspirations culminated in the publication of the immensely popular true-crime account In Cold Blood in 1966 and the legendary..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Enemies of the State

Ockham's razor cuts this conspiracy documentary to shreds

"...combined elements give Sonia Kennebeck’s documentary a more TV true crime feel: simplistic and low budget visually, with gasp-inducing..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Followed

Social media is the real horror here. Wait, no, it's serial killers and ghosts.

"...of an urban setting, and throws in a few true-crime references to boot. The Lennox uses the historic Hotel..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mercy Black

Viral horror faces the reality of childhood crimes

"...we are living in the golden age for both true crime adaptations and independent horror films, then you might..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lords of Chaos

The true crime story that made black metal truly sinister

"...to say, is in the details, but that's where true crime stories must concentrate. The lack of consensus from..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lizzie

Lizzie Borden's murders awkwardly rebuilt as a #metoo metaphor

"...There are two ways to handle historical true crime: Either stick as close to the facts as..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015

Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books

"...favorite 2015 read, Joe Lansdale takes on the mythically true-ish story of Nat Love, an African-American marksman nicknamed Deadwood..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Psych Experts Support Keller Appeal

'Satanic ritual abuse' is not real

"...spent the last two decades behind bars for a crime that almost certainly never happened...."

March 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

'Miami Connection' Connects After 25 Years

Grandmaster Y.K. Kim reels as his 1987 flop becomes a 2012 cult

"...Bette Davis-starring Of Human Bondage. And 1987's low-budget martial arts/rock/crime medley Miami Connection...."

Dec. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...True Crime: New York City..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The United States of Leland

Kevin Spacey-produced indie drama plays like The OC's more intellectual, older sibling.

"...Pearl Madison (Cheadle), an aspiring writer who smells a true-crime novel in Leland’s fractured psyche and thereby draws the..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

Enron's true crimes are the legal things it did; Boeing patriotically rips off us taxpayers; and Bob Barr acts like a crack smoker.

"...The True Crime Behind Enron..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

James St. James' Disco Bloodbath

"...Disco Bloodbath is the dishy true crime debut of James St. James, a self-proclaimed "clubkid"..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Review by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Plan for People, Not Cars

"...Naked Eastwood No Crime..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Postscripts

The Buzz on Bagging

"...21. All events take place from noon-1:30pm... Suzy Spencer's true crime book Wasted just reached number 32 on the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Unmasking the Dread Pirate Roberts in Silk Road

Filmmaker Tiller Russell looks at the man behind the internet's black market

"...It was immediately a hot story (hit men? Cybercrime? Smuggling? The Princess Bride references? What was not there..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Most Famous Atheist

The life and death of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, The Most Hated Woman in America

"...It was one of the grisliest crimes in Texas history and remains as bizarrely improbable a..."

March 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Who Killed These Girls?

by Beverly Lowry

"...author Beverly Lowry derives her book's title) – the crime continues to shape my and many others' understanding of..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Watching the Detectives

Austin native Gabriel Luna spills (a little) on season 2 of HBO's True Detective

"...Before we get into the subject of True Detective season 2, we need to acknowledge something. There..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

'The Next Thing You Know, You're Robbing Banks'

Lane Garrison lives a life of prime for 'Bonnie & Clyde'

"...and Lifetime. Yet it's hardly the first time this true crime tale has been told. The story of Bonnie..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Family Law Attorneys Say Keller Is Innocent

Veteran practitioners support Fran Keller's bid for freedom

"...of the sexual assault of a child – a crime that many, including the signers of the brief, believe..."

Feb. 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...dizzies at eight minutes. "Born To Raise Hell," whose crime-scene sound sample tattoos the phrase's origin, burns rubber on..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Book Reviews

"...beaten to death in one of Hollywood's more lurid true crime stories. Bosch takes command of the crime scene..."

July 5, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Bad Boy From Rosebud: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

Cedar Park author Gary M. Lavergne has written the indispensable book on mass murderer Kenneth Allen McDuff, but he doesn't take full advantage of his subject, Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman says.

"...Here we are given the traditional structure of the true crime genre, with criminal bio, crimes, and chase. He..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Postscripts

"...Playwrights Roundtable at the State Theater, 719 Congress. 7-9pm True Crime Panel with Suzy Spencer, Monte Akers, Irene Pence,..."

May 7, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Scanlines

"...Jean Smart, as well as a several articles and true crime books, one of which, Dead Ends, was authored..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature

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