The Comfort of Strangers

"...Sex and rot and death in Venice. In this ironically titled film, Schrader casts his austere gaze on sensuality,..."

May 17, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...Just before 10am -- ancient Greece and modern Denver. The two locales are so incongruous that their pairing seems..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...Is there any other genre that pushes producers over directors more..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

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

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Juliette Binoche and Trần Anh Hùng Sample The Taste of Things

The ingredients of the lauded French romance about cooking

"...France has given much to the creative world: in art, in literature, in cinema. But..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...Linklater: Teresa Taylor, ICON. It was amazing to see The New York Times and be like, "Wow, there she..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

The Flesh and the Faith of 'We Are What We Are'

Director Jim Mickle on remakes, religion, and America's dark history

"...vampire tropes with 2010's Stake Land, horror fans lauded the arrival of a radical new talent. So there were..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hierarchy of Hell

"...James Dio, 66, wins. And Tony Iommi, 60, with the silver crosses inlaid into the neck of his ancient..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...A fist full of blood thinners, a gallon of bluegrass bourbon, and a..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Austin Improv Celebrates the Day of the Dead With La Vida de los Muertos

Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada

"...Not yet changed out of their bright costumes and excellent sugar-skull makeup, Cat Drago..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Bow Down and Pay Up for J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

The power of slack compels you in this SXSW documentary

"...friend, do you have slack? Do you know Bob, the one true Bob, the Bob that is J.R. "Bob"..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July, he expected a by-the-numbers thriller. What he got, instead, pulled not just the..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five

AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa

"..."In the first place, to make films is a criminal act..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

"...Nowadays, most movies look factory-made, mechanically repeating cast, storyline, or F/X from the last big..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Kathleen Murphy

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Levitation's three-day bacchanal honoring sounds and philosophies wrought at the Vulcan Gas Company, Congress Avenue's patchouli-soaked den of all..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Time of Their Lives

Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane reflect on the 12 years they spent making 'Boyhood'

"...busy, in fact, that even though he lives in the Austin area, the only chance we have to talk..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...As he lay amid the dead bodies of his schoolmates, Gilbert Tuhabonye vowed that..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Color of My Parachute

120mph Straight Down

"...From up about 13,500 feet, the human body descends at a rate of approximately 120mph...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Bounty of Erin

The Emerald Restaurant

"...13614 Highway 71 West, 263-2147 Daily, 5-11pm..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

The Myth of Che

The Short Life of Revolutionary Che Guevara

"..."I have said that all the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The..."

July 11, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Page Two: The Best of Austin

A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning

"...TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN:..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Luv Doc: Exposed Flesh

Please remember my disapproval

"...My girlfriend is very attractive. I tell her that often, and I am sure other people do too. On..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...An empty space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone

Texas-made luchadores-meets-wire fu playful adventure

"...Becker, Renée Victor, Michelle Lee, Marko Zaror, Sal Lopez, Sofia Pernas and Cain Velasquez...."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"A Rock About the Size of a Small Avocado"

You can find connections to this city's art scene just about anywhere

"...There was a rock about the size of a small..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...protest violence – mostly waged by Austin police – the Austin Justice Coalition's Black Austin Rally and March for..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Science of Injustice

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

"...Jan. 2, 1999, Daniel Raglind was searching a section of the Sam Houston National Forest with his son Todd..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Tom Sawyer is dead. Huck Finn is not. The "can do" all-Americans that Tom Sawyer symbolized are cyber..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

'La Pastorela': A funny thing happened on the way to 'La Pastorela'

Half a millennium after Franciscan missionaries brought the nativity story to Mexico, the Austin Latino Theater Alliance continues the tradition of La Pastorela but also creates something totally new

"...Every Pastorela, the reenactment of the shepherds' journey to see the newborn..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...photograph courtesy of Photofest As the Austin Film Society begins a new..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

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