Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...he said. With the carotid and jugular severed, the loss of blood would be swift and voluminous; and the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin At Large: What Are Y'all Afraid Of?

Framing the gains and losses on all sides of Austin's battles over land use

"...When you study communications, you learn quickly about framing effects and how loss framing is more potent than..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent's follow-up to The Babadook is a true historical horror

"...Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent used the supernatural as a framing device for the trauma of one woman. The Nightingale,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...R. Martin owes the original, not least in the framing of the doomed Duke Leto Atreides, with Oscar Isaac..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Greater

The saga of a college football underdog

"...who plays his older brother Marty, who, in a framing device, is dealing with the loss of his brother..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cannibal! the Musical

"...Utah to Colorado in search of gold. After the loss of LeAnne, Packer mistakenly leads the group into the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Most Wanted

"...to have been liberated as an actor by the loss of his cherubic good looks, has a gleeful romp..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...corridor improvements. The revised transportation plan turned a 14-percentage-point loss into a 59-41% win...."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Record Reviews

"...all of his work. No matter how sad the loss for which he may be longing, he sounds almost..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Just Say No!

Rick Perry's approach to sex education has helped Texas boost its teen pregnancy rate

"...child welfare and criminal justice costs, as well as loss of revenue as a result of lower educational attainment..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

"Diana Dopson: Biota"

In Women & Their Work's current exhibit "Biota," Diana Dopson creates color photo boxes with insects that draw out the bugs' beauty in unusual ways and nudges our perception of insects from the pestilential to the subtly reverential.

"...pictures, the artist also murmurs her concern for the loss of these precious species and nudges our perception of..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...princess" Chi Chi Rodriguez (Leguizamo), despondent over her own loss in the pageant. Taken in by Chi Chi's dejection..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Arquette to play an American doctor grieving over the loss of her murdered husband and young son at first..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

What We're Listening to This Week

Dayglow, Sunny Sweeney, Chucky Blk, Alexi 8bit, and more local sounds worth your time

"...and gritty renewal, more a message of empowerment than loss. Stations of romantic dissolution populate regret, of course. The..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Yorker, but string-draped closer "Tekagamy" blooms like a cherry blossom. – Raoul Hernandez..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Studio Visits: Katy Horan

In a beam-exposed, remodeled garage, this artist prepares to send her work off into the world

"...not be the best studio visit because I'm just framing and about to send some work out, so I'm..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...star-crossed relationship while strapped in the electric chair. The framing mechanism is a DayGlo, supersaturated homage to Edward G...."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File

Simmering controversy between two Sixth Street businesses is boiling over

"...Emotional press releases and message board postings are framing this issue as another good vs. evil, quintessential Austin..."

July 16, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off

"...documents obtained by The Texas Observer (see "UT Cuts: Framing (and Reframing) the Message," News), Smith made the decision..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...once black as jet, is now shot with gray, framing his thin face dominated by the ever-present patch over..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

American Fiesta

The revival of Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta arrives with such hype, one might think it would have difficulty living up to it; but with this uplifting, transcendent show, one would be wrong

"...the brain, words, eating, parents, lovers, eBay, love, life, loss – builds upon and nests inside the others, just..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...out of businesses, and that lowers sales. And that loss of sales caused the exodus of stores and restaurants..."

May 18, 2001 Column

Ultima Thule

"...fly shrieking at the torch-bearer." Elsewhere he laments the loss of an "Indian Mummy," whom the doctor sells to..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Live Shots

"...is in the rear-view mirror, a woman consumed with loss and remembrance. And her broken-and-pieced-back-together voice was the perfect..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

Reissues

"...Cool sessions in 1947. Undertaken as an exercise in framing Davis' austere, elliptical, and lyrical horn against Evans' darkly..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...had so much fun watching people talk. The conventional framing gives a serene, if somewhat surreal, balance to the..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature