Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...The twin stories of Steve Bilich and the film he made..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Walk

Philippe Petit dreamed it and Robert Zemeckis brings it to life

"...Arguably, this movie about Petit’s legendary walk between the twin towers of the newly built World Trade Center in..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...deluged by a monstrous tsunami that cascades over the Twin Towers’ footprint and washes the scum off the street,..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large

An Austin political response to the New York bombing

"...Whatever else the Twin Towers assault was -- an act of war, a..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

September 11

Compelling but uneven omnibus film showcases 11 films by 11 international directors.

"...who breaks up with her boyfriend moments before the Towers fall. The most poetic of the lot belongs to..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Although our media showed many pictures of the Twin Towers attacks, they are showing very little of the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Day Trips: 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial, Grapevine

Poignant monument pays tribute to those who lost their lives

"...As the debris of the twin towers in New York City was cleared away, parts..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Darkest Hour

Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.

"...disembodied clothing fluttering to the ground like so much Twin Towers subtext)...."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

He Needed a Hero

A regular schlub turns caped crusader in James Gunn's Super

"..."I had two screenplays in development when the twin towers fell," says Gunn. "One was a romantic comedy..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Screens Top 10s

The Chronicle's film critics talk about their favorite movies of the year

"...about Philippe Petit, the man who walked between the twin towers in 1974, is as full of bluster as..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...due to heating from burning building contents. In the twin towers, the collapse was accelerated by a loss of..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column

An Engineer Checks In: Controlled Demolition Was Not a Part of the Picture

"...due to heating from burning building contents. In the twin towers, the collapse was accelerated by a loss of..."

Aug. 28, 2006 Postmarks

Changing Focus and Location at the Sustainable Food Center

Critics charge original mission of serving poor has strayed

"...the ugliest architecture in Austin could well be the Twin Towers, a pair of squat glass cubes – gold-tinted,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Letters at 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Celsius 41.11

Reactionary film claims to reveal the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11.

"...corner the market on outright weirdness). Footage of the Twin Towers in flames are immediately, predictably followed by footage..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Culture Flash!

KDH Dance joins KDNY in NYC, Kate Catterall tells us how public memorials can heal, the city wants faces of Austin City Hall, and the UT String Project wants anything you have to sell

"...UT-Austin is discussing the idea in Belfast to the Twin Towers: Violence, Trauma, and Mourning in the Urban Landscape,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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"...paralysis. Cheney? Rove? No way. This has the Bush twins written all over it. They're the new "twin towers"..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column

Gullible Ventura

"...paralysis. Cheney? Rove? No way. This has the Bush twins written all over it. They’re the new "twin towers"..."

Sept. 8, 2004 Postmarks

The Cruise

"...around in the courtyard between the World Trade Center's twin towers, Miller knows how to draw not only a..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ricochet

"...atop downtown Los Angeles' landmark welded steel-spired structure, the Twin Towers. It's staged like something straight out of King..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Steve Bilich here, in Manhattan, and everywhere

"...Bilich, who lost a number of friends in the towers' collapse, is back in Austin with a slew of..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...about one wild night, a deeply repressed man, the twink who gives him a happy ending, and all the..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Teens Remember 9/11

U18 bands mark Patriot Day at Maria's Tacos

"...the two spotlights glowing in the skyline where the Twin Towers stood, like lighthouse beacons shining. The day the..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

TV Eye

News of the bin Laden killing stirs up a mix of emotions

"...in New York City, the former site of the Twin Towers felled by the hits that were ordered by..."

May 6, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dream Story

Boy with a horn returns from the Big Apple

"..."For me, the twin towers represented that anything was possible," he states. "I..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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"...and Pennsylvania were works of Muslims? Or that the Towers went down by plane impact alone, in perfect demolition-style,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

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"...Airlines plane and dropping presents over the World Trade Towers? Would that have given you pause? Satirical media doesn't..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column

Scott Walker

Record review

"...stunning noir of "Jesse," a song paralleling Elvis' stillborn twin with the Twin Towers, Walker connects: "Six feet of..."

May 19, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

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Our readers talk back.

"...of construction resulting in flyovers near beautiful and fragile Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls on the Barton Creek Greenbelt...."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

William Basinski: “My Work Had to Disintegrate in Front of My Face Before It Could Be Really Appreciated"

Texas-raised avant-garde composer drones eternal at Oblivion Access

"...day. Two decades of experimental "obscurity" vanished alongside the twin towers...."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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