The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel's unorthodox but true story about a protagonist who is stripped of all self-movement and expression is equal parts reverie, despair, and social experiment.

"...Olatz López Garmendia. In his brilliant new film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, painter/sculptor/director Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Diving Boards the Canaries in the Mine

"...see Deep Eddy Pool, and hovering above – a diving board! Look around town – I've only found two...."

May 31, 2007 Postmarks

Diving for Pearls

How mystery writer Rick Riordan went looking for authenticity

"...slight case of middle-aged spread, suited himself up in diving togs last September and took a 60-foot plunge into..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

We Have an Issue: Diving Into a High-Stakes Election Year

Contemplating a March primary, a November election, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot – vote now!

Jan. 5, 2024 Column by Kimberley Jones

Behind the Buzzwords: Diving Deeper at SXSW EDU

Panels that highlight challenges and strategies shaping the Mendez turnaround plan

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

aGLIFF: Diving Into the Dark Soundscapes of Discreet

Travis Mathews’ feature explores the twisting alleys of human interaction

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Diving Right In

The new 10-1 Council begins to re-invent Austin government

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Cliff Diving

The practice of government by self-extortion

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Dumpster Diving = the New Black

Chron's own Lauri Apple to get her Willard Scott on.

Aug. 7, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A Captain Goes Down with His Ship…

Next Up! covers local U21 and U18 bands

"...hands. When I was 16 three years ago, the Diving Captain was one of the few under-18 indie rock..."

Sept. 2, 2009 Music Post by Aaron Miller

Down the Hill, Up the Hill, Into the Cave

Where the bad man in the ape suit and diving helmet touched me

"...is an actor in an ape suit with a diving helmet on, an antenna sticking out of it and..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Action Point

Johnny Knoxville takes one for the team (again)

"...screaming around amusement attractions on dangerous, battered equipment, and diving into swimming holes with drunken lifeguards, was just part..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hostiles

The closing days of the old West, and the legacy of the Indian Wars, bloodily examined

"...into the lead. Cooper’s version feels timeless yet contemporary, diving headlong into the ongoing and often horrific impact of..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Neruda

The famous Chilean poet is on the run in this biopic

"...audience could probably use a quick Wikipedia skim before diving into Neruda, his second dalliance with an icon released..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

20th Century Women

Bening shines in this tender, heartfelt film

"...Ourselves; and Jamie’s best friend Julie (Fanning), who is diving headlong into the sexual revolution but keeps the besotted..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Schlitterbahn North!

Long awaited grand opening of rejuvenated Bartholomew Pool

"...great deal of happy fanfare, speeches, celebration, exhibitions of diving and synchronized swimming, the rebuilt, redesigned, and rejuvenated city..."

June 14, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Speed Racer

The Wachowski brothers' hyperbolic film is supersaturated with outrageously eye-popping visuals, but there's nary an honest emotion in sight.

"..."movie" – is akin to nothing so much as diving face-first into a rainbow-hued bowl of methamphetamine-laced cinematic Jell-O...."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After the Sunset

Possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, After the Sunset is 100-proof pap.

"...it is eager to explore the wonders of deep diving into Hayek’s admittedly impressive cleavage...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Open Water

Is it wrong to root for the sharks?

"...a pair of young professionals on a charter boat diving excursion on a nameless Caribbean isle. When the boat..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Blue: The Director's Cut

"...is this 1988 Luc Besson film about competitive deep-sea diving. The Big Blue concerns itself with some big themes,..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

U-571

"...couldn't help thinking the film would benefit from less diving and surfacing and more exposition. Not what you expect..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mod Squad

"...Silver had asked himself a few basic questions before diving into this update of the Nixon-era ('68-'73) series about..."

March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

"...blinded in an accident as a sideshow performer riding “diving horses” off a high platform into a tank of..."

May 31, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Bringing Comeback SOS to Austin, SZA Remains a Relatable Queen

Singer saves herself in sold-out Moody Center voyage

"...SZA sat on the Moody Center’s version of a diving board as she lyrically set boundaries, singing the album..."

March 10, 2023 Music Post by Katie Karp

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...Austin Film Festival from adding two marquee features - diving documentary Dave Not Coming Back and women's arm wrestling..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Third Time's the Charm

Andrea Ariel keeps going back to the Gyre, diving deeper and finding deeper truths

"...invitation, a mystery, and a treasure hunt. Instead of diving into the darkness, we are fashioning darkness into something..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Flame Failure, Episode 2: Diving Deeper

"...eyes that is somehow mystical, as if you were diving deeper into the ocean and watching as the environment..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Review

Thirteen Lives

Ron Howard's breathtaking recounting of the Tham Luang cave rescue

"...is exactly what happened - the international team kept diving after the Thai SEALs were called off. But this..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...see what's at the end: someone in a canvas diving suit. The mysterious diver shuffles forth, wearing slippers instead..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

A Conversation with Stephen Harrigan Telling Ghost Stories

"...AC:Scuba diving features largely in your second novel Jacob's Well (1984)..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature by Robin Bradford

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