Death Watch: Intellectually Disabled or Mentally Ill?

Three cases raise the question

"...Court of Criminal Appeals granted its first stay of execution of the year, and now Smith County man Clifton..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...Pils | Germany: You appreciate machine-like efficiency, consistency, and execution in your lagers. Why shouldn’t you feel that way..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Hotel Artemis

A bleak but stylish future, where only criminals can afford healthcare

"...platform on which to drape fine acting and creative execution. It’s a certainty that you will never run into..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ocean's 8

Sandra Bullock is the other Ocean sibling in this all-female revamp of the heist franchise

"...entertainment) rests on the setup as much as the execution of the crime, as each character is plucked from..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Checking in to the Hotel Artemis with Sofia Boutella

How the dancer made the leap to action star

"...and, according to Hotel Artemis star Sofia Boutella, the execution should serve the performance. When it comes to handing..."

June 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Barry Wilson & Team for their rigging design and execution in Belonging, Part One..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Okkervil River

"...and group shout choruses that feel Arcade Fire-esque in execution. Nearly two decades into his career, even without childhood..."

May 25, 2018 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Death Watch: What Evidence?

Juan Castillo set for execution on May 16

"...trial.) The Texas Court of Crim­inal Appeals stayed Castillo's execution last November so that the trial court could parse..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...he sum up the first 15 years overall? "Perfect execution. At every level."..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

JMBLYA 2018 Packs Out for J. Cole

Wall-to-wall rap showcase climaxes with wokeness

"...performance read as total coolness rather than lethargy. Their execution is as virtuosic and effortless as their rapping; Quavo..."

May 6, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

Finding Your Feet

Upper class British rom-com plays for laughs.

"...aren’t the problem here as much as their heavy-handed execution. From the title forward to the conclusion, in which..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Watch: The Constitutionality of Intent

What if the people you killed were not who you hoped to kill?

"...an appeal at the high court to stay the execution...."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Review: ManinPasta

Italian food crafted with love just down the road from the Broken Spoke

"...it's good. It's the care for ingredients, the thoughtful execution, and the creativity that matters most. Does Manin's food..."

April 6, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

DVDanger: Pyewacket

Classical witchcraft drama gets a bleak, contemporary twist

"...February), Pyewacket's strength is not purely in innovation but execution. As Leah's grasp on reality is pulled away, finger..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Performance Park Takes Over the Vortex

Bonnie Cullum’s dream wakes the Tarot into life in her company’s immersive theatrical experience

"...is a new, unique creation; but its construction and execution could also serve as a condensed, funhouse-mirror version of..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

God’s Blessings Owner Indicted

Renee Segura-Livingston faces 30 years in prison for crimes committed while operating unlicensed group home

"...disabled person, and two counts of theft and securing execution of a document by deception. She faces up to..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Death Watch: The Suitcase Killer

State's fourth execution set for March 27

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Chronicle Critics on Oscars' Best Picture Nominees

Revisit the nominees and get prepared for the pomp this weekend

"...a sense of genuine reality, so deft is the execution by the writer/director and her actors. And amid the..."

March 2, 2018 Chron Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Local Opera Local Artists' La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The company’s take on Mozart’s last opera asks hard questions about forgiveness in a messy world

"...he pled for clemency on the grounds that the execution of Thomas – now the only surviving member of..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Death Watch: Life in Prison for Thomas Whitaker?

Death row inmate becomes first to receive commutation recommendation from Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2007

"...in prison for Thomas Whitaker, who was scheduled for execution this evening, Feb. 22, for conspiring to kill his..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...be written into sacred law but to merit public execution. Which tells us something else: that no one knew..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

Death Watch: Justice for Whom?

Kent Whitaker never wanted execution for his son

"...Thomas Whitaker is up for execution next Thursday, Feb. 22. Whitaker, 38, was convicted of..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Merit Coffee Moves to Town

New location, new brand: San Antonio coffee staple moves north

"...depths of Merit, from the people, to the coffee execution, sourcing across the equator, and roasting.”..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

Death Watch: Rayford, Battaglia

Huntsville heats up

"...William Rayford faces his first execution date on Tuesday, Jan. 30, for the 1999 kidnapping..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

12 Strong

High-tech bombs and horseback soldiers fight together in the U.S. war in Afghanistan

"...contrast, pure villains (one scene of a town square execution would seem cartoonish, if not for its veracity), but..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Questions Linger for Anthony Shore, Larry Swearingen

Shore to be first Texan executed in 2018

"...this one Jan. 18. Shore was originally set for execution in October, but that got halted by the Harris..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin Playhouse’s The Immigrant

The company delivers a powerful and timely account of foreigners making a new home in the U.S.

"...in Yiddish, as Haskell struggles to learn English. The execution is flawless, as is the slow transition from actual..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

“The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip” at the Blanton

Aperture Foundation’s survey is a portrait of what we find with our cameras when we travel

"...its composition and surprisingly crisp given its seemingly offhand execution. This is a photographer using his practiced eye and..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Happy End

Michael Haneke creates a mosaic of French bourgeois life.

"...White Ribbon), the 75-year-old writer-director remains audacious in his execution, and this mosaic method allows him to quietly inject..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Review: Defective

Canadian dystopia keeps you on your toes

"...(Colin Paradine) sees the Preservers pull off a merciless execution. Meanwhile Jean (Raven Cousens) watches as her new office..."

Dec. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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