Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...fest to have added sci fi social commentary The Obituary of Tunde Johnson as its opening night film...."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

A recurrence not at Owl Creek Bridge, again and again

"...Yes, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson is a time loop movie, but..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Obituary & Abbath Lead Clockwork Decimation

Wall to wall extremity puts over the Sabbath

"...or even undead being save for death metal co-creators Obituary would’ve flinched at following such immortality. Floridian behemoths all..."

Sept. 30, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Obituary for Molly Ivins

Ivins' obit from the Texas Observer

Feb. 1, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Ted Hughes Obituary

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

The Last Word

A young writer has to pen a woman's obituary before she dies

"...Harriet has gotten it into her head that her obituary should be prepared prior to her death, and so..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bridge Farmers, Sue Foley, and Caelin top our list of recommended shows

"...new music ensemble Less Than 10.  – Michael Toland Obituary, Immolation, Blood Incantation, IngrownMohawk, Monday 22..."

May 19, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas

Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise

"...Whole Foods locations across the country. According to his obituary, a memorial will be held in the fall. Friends..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Steel Bluebonnet Determination

Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces

"...a little easier. Today we're putting together Clifford Antone's obituary...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

Gratitude and goodbye to Will Eisner, whose comic 'The Spirit' is the epitome of great American art

"...Inside, there was an obituary, on page C14. The third paragraph began, "Comics fans..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson's candy-colored tribute to The New Yorker

"...the film’s eponymous weekly periodical. We begin with his obituary, a brief and loving tribute to a kind and..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

All in the Family

Bonded for life

"...I wrote the obituary, because that's what happens when you're the writer in..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...it takes is one moment. He said, "I read obituary after obituary, and people would comment in blogs or..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Giving Proper Credit

"...writing credit to Danny Garrett for the beautifully written obituary of Micael Priest? [“Not Fade Away: Micael Priest,” Nov...."

Nov. 19, 2018 Postmarks

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...that the Times saw fit to print a front-page obituary when his maker Agatha Christie killed him off. Joining..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Obit

The obit writers of The New York Times are profiled.

"...doc is a peek into the world of the obituary writers at The New York Times...."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Letters at 3AM: He Took the Cat to Texas

This is the final story in the many-storied life of Mayer Vishner

"...stamp of having really lived: a New York Times obituary. The Times obituary staff discussed the possibility, but decided..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Remembering Nora Ephron

Comfort and a clear-eyed, ever-witty lens on the lovelorn

"...Charles McGrath's obituary for The New York Times does a fine job..."

June 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

News/Print

Horton Foote remembered; Stacey Swann's swan song; and Elmer Kelton rides into the sunset

"...Texas Ranger series), was 83. You can read the obituary, penned by his family, here...."

Aug. 26, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

No Small Feat

Scott Blackwood's novel experiments in form

"...For Blackwood, it came when he stumbled across an obituary in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Lionel Luckhoo, who..."

March 13, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...on a cycle of stories that grew from an obituary he once read about a Fort Worth lawyer named..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Crosstalk: The American Analog Set Due for Numero Group Reissue Treatment, and More Music News

Blaze Foley’s Outhouse online & Broken Spoke's historic marker

"...a drunk, belligerent, homeless, confrontational guy.” (Read Mercier's Chronicle obituary here.) Foley, the often contradictory, always legendary Austin songwriter,..."

April 6, 2023 Music Post by Austin Powell

Remembering Rod Moag, The Pickin' Singin' Professor

Jeff Moag honors his academic, musician, and KOOP radio host father

"...Illustrated and Reader’s Digest. Here, Jeff provides a moving obituary for his remarkably adventurous dad, who once told the..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Music Post by Jeff Moag

We Have an Issue: “Bad Girls” Make Waves

On photographing Pleasure Venom's Audrey Campbell, and remembering the late singer-songwriter Jo Carol Pierce

"...Also in the Music section this week: an obituary of Jo Carol Pierce, who passed away Dec. 2..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Have You Seen the Last of Kevin Curtin?

No, but due to big life changes, I am demoting myself

"...following deal: I leave them one prewritten Willie Nelson obituary. They grant me permission to sleep on the old..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: 10 New Things to See at Hot Summer Nights

New bands, new names, and new releases among the hundred-plus free-entry acts

"...In his April 2021 obituary for Denny Freeman, Chronicle Music Editor Kevin Curtin described..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...died here in Austin on Dec. 23, though his obituary just made it into The New York Times this..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

We Have an Issue: Don’t Forget to Vote on Saturday

A weird election, but an important one, too

"...friendship with the late guitarist. (See also Kevin Curtin's obituary.)..."

April 30, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Tribute to Denny

"...back because in many ways it feels like an obituary for a whole generation, a generation that I happen..."

April 28, 2021 Postmarks

We Have an Issue: Gold in Them Thar Hills

In this week’s issue, the story behind the quest to become the first purveyor of buffalo mozzarella in Central Texas

"...Sunday at the age of 78. Read Kevin Curtin's obituary and Kahron Spearman's 2015 interview with Wright...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

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