Life as a Camgirl

Cam creator Isa Mazzei on her new autobiography

"...effect: But in Camgirl, Mazzei talks openly and honestly about her own career (and it was a career) as..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wheatsville's Frustrated Employees Call for Change

Mismanagement and toxic working conditions remain entrenched in the co-op’s culture

"...Gillotte resigned as Wheatsville Co-op's longtime general manager amid fallout from his song and video "Condoms Over Combs: White..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Antone’s Anniversary: Bernard Purdie Drum Clinic

Aretha Franklin bandleader rocks Home of the Blues Saturday

"...About two and a half minutes into the 1972 recording..."

June 27, 2019 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Late Night

Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling spark and bond in this timely and charming media satire

"...the hosts of all the late-night chat shows hanging out? The cover where there more hosts born in South..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hotel Mumbai

True-life terrorism and heroism in the 2008 Mumbai attacks

"...me for, right?), I was initially a bit skeptical about this film, as it appears to be another glossy..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

CM Punk and Travis Stevens Hunt for the Girl on the Third Floor

SXSW Midnighter follows a haunting in Chicago

"...after a career of sleazy business decisions, he's heading out to the burbs to fix up his new family..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Greta

Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert play cat-and-mouse in this glorious potboiler

"...decipher – no food for thought underpinning the film’s outrageous acts. Like a B horror movie in which we..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Bread Factory, Part One

Part one of Patrick Wang's epic satire of small-town art life

"...story and letting them, in essence, figure it all out. That is not at hand here, as Wang’s film(s)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Front Runner

Jason Reitman revisits a long-ago time when a sex scandal could ruin a candidate's shot at the presidency

"...be mistaken for a biopic. We learn just enough about the progressive candidate to make the story’s events from..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amanda Shires’ Closet Craft

Texan fiddler adapts her process and updates her sound

"...Amanda Shires: Fine, doing good. My iPhone microphone quit working, so I had to come up to the gas..."

June 28, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Bad Samaritan

David Tennant plays Hannibal Lecter, which is less fun than it sounds.

"...Working from a script that lacks the visceral ingenuity of..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...If you’re here, it’s because you’ve sought out the full transcription of the Chronicle’s CodeNEXT conversation with..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Landline

The team behind Obvious Child is back

"...Dana, a vaguely bored and slightly scatterbrained Gen-X Manhattanite working a nondescript job and living with her new fiancé..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...Austin adopted its Strategic Housing Blueprint, a 39-page plan outlining a medley of strategies to throw at the proverbial..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

A former actor finds faith in his hometown

"...whose latest escapade lands him back in his hometown working off 200 hours of community service and living with..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...Jake (Taplitz) and his parents – Brian (Kinnear), a barely-working actor, and Kathy (Ehle), a psychotherapist shouldering the family’s..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tickled

Doc goes beneath the surface of competitive endurance tickling

"...the drill. What starts off as an intriguing documentary about a strange and interesting topic suddenly takes a crazy..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Me Before You

A paraplegic and his quirky caregiver form a bond in this British romance

"...a volte-face: Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke trades out Daenerys’ Sunday finest of bleach-blond tresses, steely posture, and..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nathaniel Rateliff’s Self-Discovery

Missouri-to-Denver soul man mines sweetness and peace in melancholy

"...You Can Run three years later. He plays a sold-out Stubb’s tonight...."

April 21, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore finds American idealism alive and well – abroad

"...mired in polemics that he sucked all the fun out of his own movie. Where to Invade Next is..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...back of the warehouse, past the doors to the outlet store, where stuff of all kinds sells for $1.49..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Allan Rising

The Allan Early Childhood Center is home to a flourishing collection of nonprofits

"...Sometimes, education politics is about making lemonade out of lemons. When the Austin Independent..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...bit as daring as their creative kin. They seek out new places to dance, new ways to move, and..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...madman who makes the monster in this, the 60th (thereabouts) film to adapt or riff on Mary Shelley’s prescient..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trailer Parked

The yin and yang of food trucks and bars

"...that tangy aïoli! – we might start the night out at Liberty (their happy hour 'til 9pm also buoys..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Syl Sylvain & the Sylvains

New York Doll assembles local all-stars Friday at Hotel Vegas

"...the New York Dolls in 2004. This new lineup outlived the original by two years, touring and recording three..."

Aug. 12, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Beyond the Mask

Christian swashbuckler changes the storytelling mode but not the message

"...conscienceless megacorporation of its day that won’t let him out of its clutches. Conveniently, Reynolds swaps identities with a..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flood Closes Some Lamar Restaurants

Cleanup effort ongoing

"...of 12th and Lamar on Memorial Day, I started working the phones, trying to assess potential damage. I remembered..."

May 26, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new book out from First Second this week – and he'll be..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...local immigrant rights advocates have galvanized in opposition; and throughout the country, acknowledging the potential for human rights and..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

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