The Rude Mechs' Now Now Oh Now

Version 3.0 of this look at role-playing games tests how deeply we engage in our quests for beauty and truth

"...An audience comes to the theatre in search of truth, beauty, or both (a recurring theme in the company's..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Film Festival: Newcomer

A lean, mean thriller that delivers

"...sounds, leaving its titular neophyte to naively imagine a truth that fits his conscience...."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival: 61 Bullets

The Kingfish, the doctor, and the doubters

"...1935. At least that’s what the textbooks say. The truth, it turns out, is a lot murkier...."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Justified' Recap: 'Where's Waldo?'

Episode 2 asks where's Waldo Truth, and who is Drew Thompson?

"...When the marshals investigate the whereabouts of Waldo Truth, Art begins to connect the dots in the mysterious..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Virginia B. Wood

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...Partly truth and partly fiction..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Contenders Weigh In!

K8x and Andy take the Anytime Fitness Challenge: Let the trash-talking begin!

"...Truth: This lead us (the Gay Place's Kate and Andy)..."

May 11, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Libertarians: DC Dems and GOP "Socialists"

LPT Chair Patrick Dixon slams Republicans (yet again) as not real conservatives

"...about the American Recovery And Reinvestment Act, the awkward truth is that Pres. Bush's Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (better..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...as an artist, meaning I had to speak the truth, tell tough stories, and try to walk it how..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Point Austin: The Way We Were

In Austin's politics of nostalgia, the truth is a frequent casualty

"...is asking for endless minutia," wrote Shea, "just the truth." (In the film, Bunch does describe Bradley as "a..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Green Events: Sept. 28-Oct. 3

"...yeah, then there's Al Gore's presentation of "An Inconvenient Truth" (the slideshow, not the movie) on Monday. Sheesh. That's..."

Sept. 27, 2007 Columns Post

Possession Arrow: Badgley->Razook

"...for only now getting back to you. The sad truth is twofold. One, I got cut off from my..."

Jan. 9, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

Page Two: Shock Therapy

Shock Therapy: Texans need to hear the truth about taxes and toll roads

"...Texas so desperately need to hear is that established truth: "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!"..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Kirby Warnock's 'Border Bandits' raids the Alamo with the ugly truth of 1915 Texas.

"...the more I discovered my grandfather was telling the truth. When you're a kid, you believe what your grandparents..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...there’s a temporal component. What about the fluidity of truth? That occurred to me right away. What was true..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Black Ally To Islamist Theocratic Megalomaniacs

"...nation over all others),” he’s willfully blinded to objective truth. His quote is untrue, distorted, and hypocritical. Moreover, Black's..."

Oct. 18, 2010 Postmarks

Page Two: Everybody Plays the Fool

Neither party is sainted, and dominance tends to encourage the worst of political habits

"...are informed and logical. I do not possess the "truth" or even "truths." It is often shocking to realize..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Louis Black

To Make a Long Story Short

"...I work, the luckier I get.' That's been the truth."..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?

When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method

"...knows it's fake, does that take away from the truth of the moment? How would the Rudes be able..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...released its superlative sophomore missive Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...environmental stewardship responsibilities. Nothing could be further from the truth...."

July 25, 2003 Column

Monster

A Rashomon for today as Kore-eda pulls apart middle school politics

"...how easily, how quickly, we take that information as truth (that eternally overburdened word), and how naturally it becomes..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page Two: The Sky Is Always Falling

The hyping of catastrophe, and a notable loss

"...who insist that not only is there one objective truth, but that they know it. Our favorite conspiracy-hobbyist cheerleader,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Where 'Friend' Is a Four-Letter Word

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin explores the fractious founding of Facebook in The Social Network

"...obviously you can't play fast and loose with the truth, you can't do anything you want. And we're talking..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...can argue that there is one absolute, solid, knowable truth and that all other beliefs, thoughts, and understandings are..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Turn to Sinatra

Considering media objectivity and losing yourself in art

"...we should have at least realized that the word "truth" is almost never used in a context in which..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...came to Austin earlier this month to present The Truth About Charlie at the Paramount Theatre, it was like..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX TV Festival 2022: The Staircase

Showrunner Maggie Cohn on this year's true crime smash

"...and sat down with the Chronicle to talk about truth, storytelling, and complex relationships...."

June 10, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen

A Fun Word Game for the Whole Family!

"...he presents this strongly asserted conclusion as an objectively truthful precept directly contradicting his personal ideological raison d'être –..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Postmarks

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Tony Tucci, Voice Dance Company/Truth & Beauty:..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project

This triple bill wasn't all truth or beauty, but it was a good night at the ballet

"...Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

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