Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...friend and occasional creative collaborator) is imitating character breakdowns, the postings that describe what a director is looking for..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Minority Box

Women of color talk about the casting bias

"...Monique Straw (Meet Jane, The Secret Lives of Wives) is from rural Kansas, and..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...Viewing this year's Academy Awards, you might get the impression that women over 40 are cleaning up in..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box

Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles

"...In my last column ("Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood," Feb. 6),..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Crossing the (180-Degree) Line

Austin actresses go behind the camera

"...For the past month, I've been interviewing Austin screen actresses who..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Allies in the Industry

Giving Austin actresses a seat at the table

"...a screenplay by Jonny Mars and Joshua Weber. After the table read, local casting director Vicky Boone stood up..."

March 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Haunted Mansion

Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.

"...one that proved its potential worth with this summer’s box-office bonanza of Pirates of the Caribbean. But the Johnny..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Casting the Net

"...There will come a day, not too long from now,..."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Video Box Sets

"...2001: A Space Odyssey..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

One of the Great Ones

"...The tall pine bookcases take up the entire west wall..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Geometry of Proximity

This dance exploring reinvention and rejuvenation was hobbled by choreography that didn't feel new

"...The Geometry of ProximityRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...So Charlie Kaufman is the best screenwriter of the 21st century, eh? Compared to..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...Every year during South by Southwest, there’s a point in which you see gaggles of staggering..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

The Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2021

The year's big stories, from true crime to interstellar action

"...in film and television around Austin. But what were the news and interviews you, our readers, cared about the..."

Jan. 5, 2022 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Evolution of The Austin Chronicle Logo

As we debut our print issue redesign, we revisit our changing masthead

"...– but it only lasted for five issues in the publication itself (six if you count the prototype). Art..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...decade. At midnight, I didn't realize this year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and I certainly..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Documentaries and the Cult of Personality

How documentarians pick a winner

"...I had a thought the other day while watching Frontrunners, Caroline Suh’s documentary about..."

March 12, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...sun, Aaron Behrens and Thomas Turner seem ill-suited for the glare of an Austin City Limits Music Festival afternoon..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...This is the story of a family trauma. The loss of a..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Being a Winedaler Without the Class

Two theatre professionals explain how Shakespeare at Winedale changed their lives, even though they were never part of the program

"...In the late Eighties, I worked at the Waldenbooks tucked back..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Leslie Bonnell

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...one likes a critic. Largely, critics are viewed as the killjoys, the tomato lobbers, the heartless shrews who dare..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...Southwest as a film event and added music later, rather than the other way around. After all, Nick Barbaro..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Brian Eno

"...What do you buy for the Eno-phile who already owns an Oblique Strategies card deck,..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Dan Gentile

Please Lick the Art

Keith Kreeger's ceramics get up close and personal

"...At the beginning of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel, The House of..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

MM Pack on the 10 Best Austin Neighborhood Stores

"..."keeping it good for our 'hood" – aptly captures the spirit of Austin's neighborhood food markets that tailor themselves..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Texas Book Festival

Chapter Three

"...So much of the discussion about what it means to be a good..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

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