Village of the Damned

"...Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare and Mark Hamill. Carpenter's updating of the classic 1960 chiller is mediocre at best, and..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Children of the Corn Ii: The Final Sacrifice

"...drags that poor pop-culture stylist's already tarnished name through the mud and gore once again, as if anybody dared..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Top Ten Technologies of the Century

"...The 20th century has hosted an incredible plethora of technological..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...Proxauf, Leonie Benesch and Steffi Kühnert. A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in The White Ribbon. A..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Music Never Stopped

After 20 years and a loss of memory, a father and son learn to reconnect over the music of the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan.

"...Mia Maestro, Tammy Blanchard and Scott Adsit. Based on the essay “The Last Hippie” by Dr. Oliver Sacks (whose..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Empire That Dreams of Us

Unlocking Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago

"...At first glance, the sepia-toned photograph appears innocent enough. A young, athletic man..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...Back in the early Eighties, Dave and Joann Gunlock bought themselves a..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Where Does Art Fit Into The Goodnight?

It's a matter of what can be done with available space

"..."What kind of a place do you think we're running here?" says..."

June 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life amid..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Nihilism and the Great Whatsit: Richard Hell at Cinema Club

Richard Hell joins the Alamo's Cinema Club

"...Guantanamo: two thrilling, beautiful movies whose characters were, for the most part, nihilistic, amoral, and utterly ireedeemable. Robert Aldrich's..."

May 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

AISD Food Service Has Been Feeding Local Kids, Pandemic Be Damned

"...Perhaps the most exemplary of "it takes a village" scenarios in..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Breaking Down the Barricades

Aussie songstress Kasey Chambers becomes Austin's darling.

"...year ago, few people in America had ever heard of singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers, despite the fact she's something of..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...My grandmother told me that the passenger pigeon traveled in flocks..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, The Borderland:..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Come Out and Play

Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.

"...Based on a novel by Juan José Plans and the Spanish film Who Can Kill a Child?, made from..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Case 39

Renée Zellweger stars as a social worker who protects a child whose family has created dark forces around her.

"...Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Adrian Lester and Kerry O'Malley. Neither so awful as to be enjoyable nor eerily artful..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Orphan

A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.

"...Fuhrman, Aryana Engineer, Jimmy Bennett and CCH Pounder. Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of this relatively effective entry into..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insidious: Chapter 2

All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.

"...learned from director Wan and screenwriter/actor Leigh Whannell over the past (very lucky, for them) decade? Since the duo..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...If there’s a consensus among comic fans as to why Batman..."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich. The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...What began as a piss-take on post-punk from one of the first UK acts to rev the sound to..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

OH! Mikey: Volumes 1-6

Leave it to the Japanese, arbiters of the bizarre, to find a way to make mannequins even scarier – by making them domestic

"...The Fuccon Family, $40..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Review

DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...that look like skeletons in winter, darkness, and everyday clothes that could pass as funeral weeds. All part of..."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

We're sorry you feel that way.

"...Unfortunately, some opponents of light rail are getting a little loose with the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

10 Minutes with David Bromberg

Americana legend performs solo at the One World Theatre Friday

"...In the Seventies, I lived in New York and the artist..."

Dec. 11, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...The back cover blurb from Entertainment Weekly enthuses: "Expect revelations..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Eberly Reopens, Ready for a Whole New Year

The elegant dining venue (and chef Jo Chan) returns with the heartiest food

"...We believe this is another reason for rejoicing: Eberly is open again. The elegantly..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eberly Reopens After … Damn, It’s Been a While, Hasn’t It?

The elegant venue (and Chef Jo Chan) returns with the heartiest food

"...News Buffet, that Eberly is open again, right? That the elegantly appointed exemplar of American fine dining had been..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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