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Movie picks for Memorial Day

by Marjorie Baumgarten, Josh Kupecki, Steve Davis, Matthew Monagle, Danielle White, Kimberley Jones, Marc Savlov and Richard Whittaker May 24, 2018September 30, 2025

Food

The Soup Peddler Yellow-Bikes Its Way to 16 Years

David Ansel’s soup-delivery service thrives in the new Austin

by W. A. Brenner February 21, 2018September 30, 2025

Infinite Fest

Paramount Summer Classics by the numbers

by Monica Riese May 17, 2013September 30, 2025

Hail, Hail Fredonia!

Marx Bros. Duck Soup Feast @ Alamo

by Marc Savlov January 26, 2009September 30, 2025

Video Reviews

A sublime, Surrealist comedy from the Marx Brothers, in which Groucho plays the new dictator-for-life of tiny Freedonia who declares war on a whim on neighboring Sylvania.

by Marc Savlov April 19, 2002September 30, 2025

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

by Chronicle Staff June 3, 1999September 30, 2025

The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics

by Chronicle Staff June 3, 1999September 30, 2025

Best Cover Band

Duck Soup

by Chronicle Staff March 16, 1990August 25, 2025

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