Wonder Woman 1984

Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s

"...can’t be important should take five seconds to remember Wonder Woman. DC’s 2017 headliner for the Amazonian hero gave..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Stories: Artists in Space and Unstuck in Time

Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most

"...to pick just one thing, I'd say George Orwell's 1984 has had the most impact on me. It was..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature

Violet Crown Reopening for Private Screenings With RSVP Cinema

Downtown art house cinema lets you be your own booker

"...Messiah, and more, as well as fun fare like Wonder Woman 1984 and Tom and Jerry. • Feel like..."

March 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Provoked

What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.

"...becomes a precedent-setter for that country's use of the battered-woman's defense. The impressive cast of actors raises Provoked's game..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...with sickly reds, greens, and Dramamine-popping photography. Her climactic one-woman battle against fey sadist Bijomaru Mogami burns Tarantino's House..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

FF2012: Barking Up a Storm at the 'Frankenweenie' World Premiere

Fantastic Fest holds star-studded premiere for Tim Burton's latest

"...Ever wonder why people love Fantastic Fest so much? There was..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...the APD, Detective Beth Young to be specific (a woman no less), would deny the administration of a rape..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...staff worked harder. They figured things out. The March 1984 Music Awards Show marked a coming of age for..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...firefighter, Lucinda Hough; Betty Swint became the first African-American woman in the department in 1979...."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...over to our table to introduce the older black woman who sat at one end as "Beulah, my maid,"..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Tongue-in-Cheek Terror

"...via a four-album run: Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac (1984), Rembrandt Pussyhorse ('86), Locust Abortion Technician ('87), and Hairway..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Shooting Star

"...legendary MTV Unplugged concert, performing three songs from their 1984 album, Meat Puppets II, a landmark in American indie..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...It was a haunting image: a woman in an enormous white bed, in a beautiful white..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...discoveries of the year. Books like this make you wonder why you'd read fiction for entertainment. Jesse Sublett has..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Things You Leave Behind

"...Ryoko, Japan. I grabbed six, but wanted more. One woman stuffed the trunk of her Mercedes with the collected..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...when she served on the city's Parks Board from 1978-1984. "That's really the main thing that I wished they..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...to celebrate." If it was truly about reunification, Gordon wonders, why not build a statue of Abraham Lincoln?..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Scaggs moved across the street from the Colemans in 1984, Arthur Coleman was a self-described Jewish boy from Brooklyn..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...are served on Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic's Grammy-winning 1984 Michael Jackson parody. Comedy rock's curlicue honors the King..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...range" did have an effect though and made me wonder just how a person being dragged down the street..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...in an elegant but simple slate gray pantsuit. This woman is truly old Austin -- not like me who..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

From Script to Screen

"...on one thing: the Coens' "remastered/re-edited" take on their 1984 indie classic of neo-noir nastiness. For those, like myself,..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

A Patron Though Poor

In Collecting Art, Clint Boelsche Supports Artists

"...has lived in the same house since 1980. In 1984, he divorced, which freed him up, he says, to..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Politics

"...As the Chronicle's first Politics editor, from 1984-89, I recall that the anxiety of Austinites used to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...Inside, a woman collects the entry fee – $5 a head –..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

Seniors graduate into the world of the Bush junta.

"...of teaching our 12th grade Brave New World and 1984, how Julian said something that made her socks go..."

June 13, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...reached down into the soul. "Buryin'í Ground," "Where's My Woman Been," "Mean Mistreater," and his unofficial anthem, "I've Got..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mapping Calle Ancha

The Avenue That Existed Before That Big Parking Lot in the Sky, I-35, Was Built

"...to an Old Pecan Street Festival brochure published in 1984. In the late 1880s, Congress Avenue began to pre-empt..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...stairs toward us accompanied by a man and a woman. He was smiling at me and I almost tripped...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Puns of Steel

There's a science to interpreting puns; just ask audience members at the 23rd Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.

"...Last Sunday in downtown Austin, a woman in a bright pink floor-length gown who looked like..."

May 12, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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