The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...the actor who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln back in 1865. They’re engaged in a sort of transtemporal..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...Not surprisingly, neither of the top two major Democratic gubernatorial candidates, in..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Gifted

A child prodigy gets caught up in a custody battle

"...spare and several outstanding performances. Yes, you’ll want to bring some tissues with you, but don’t check your sense..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Just Cos

SXSW Comedy headliner Bill Cosby shares his worst gigs ever

"...so he’s just as likely to turn the queries back on you...."

March 5, 2014 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

A 'Prince' Among Men

David Gordon Green makes himself at home in Bastrop for 'Prince Avalanche'

"...it because, probably more than anything, [Richard] Linklater lives there. I just started reading about it, and certainly saw the..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Safety Not Guaranteed

Love and time travel commingle in this debut feature which stars Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass.

"...Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation; the web series Troopers). Here, as Darius, an intern working for a glossy, trendy..."

June 15, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Darling Companion

Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.

"...Freeway. Freeway is a stray that Beth (Keaton) and her daughter Grace (Moss) rescue from the side of the..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...What should have been her shot at stardom aboard the Atlantic label remains a..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fertile Ground for Foodies

Austin's artisanal food makers bring home the bacon, perhaps

"...and an interest in entrepreneurship. The speech and language therapist was ready for a career change, and she thought..."

June 3, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Last Train Home

This small masterpiece of documentary filmmaking offers an intimate look at the impact of China’s industrial growth.

"...years ago to leave their children behind with their grandmother and seek work far away in the city factories..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Another Austin Legend Passes

"...the Dry Creek Cafe (April 23, 1913-April 16, 2009): Another great figure of Austin's history has passed away. Sarah..."

April 21, 2009 Postmarks

512 + 1

Non-native filmmaker Kevin Ford got here as fast as he could

"...Jake is already well on his way to becoming another would've/should've/could've-been, mired in his freewheeling, pot-smoking past but seemingly..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...Moab desert, but leading man Howard Spence (Shepard) is nowhere to be found. A washed-up, alcoholic loser, Howard has..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...smiles than they'd smiled all week – that was where I first encountered Boyd. We were both in Esther's..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...-- like EA's Malfaro, who heads the city's largest teachers' organization, and the Rev. Sterling Lands II of the..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Rookie

The film recounts the baseball career of Texan Jim Morris, who, in 1999, became the oldest rookie major-league pitcher to take the field in 40 years.

"...Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Beth Grant, Jay Hernandez and Angus T. Jones. The Rookie hits one out..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crazy/beautiful

"...John Stockwell. Starring: Lucinda Jenney, Miguel Castro, Taryn Manning, Herman Osorio, Bruce Davison, Jay Hernandez and Kirsten Dunst. As..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"..."Out here," is how Rick Garcia repeatedly describes the off-the-map, lost-worldness..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Writing in Tongues

Concepts exist in some cultures but not in others, Chronicle writer Belinda Acosta writes in an article about the art of translation. Sorting them out is left to translators, who must act the part of cultural guides, diplomats, and social chameleons.

"...There is an episode of the former NBC sitcom Mad..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Battlefield Earth

"...a future inhabitant of Earth, and his struggle to bring his people back from the edge of extinction. It's..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

No Schism

"...were dismayed at the tenor of last week's article "Withering on the Vine" [Vol.17, No.47]. Furthermore, there were several..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Margaret's Museum

"...bittersweet tone and raw, unforgiving landscapes remind me of another recent film, Breaking the Waves, but thankfully we don't..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

God's Paper

Austin-based Publisher Reaches Out to Russians

"...home for only 120 or so Russian families, with another 100 or so rotating University of Texas students and..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Andy Langer

Pocahontas

"...Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means and Linda Hunt. Here is a movie that knows its target audience. Pocahontas'..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Teatro Vivo’s Enfrascada

Tanya Saracho’s dark comedy about moving on from heartbreak is staged with humor, honesty, and magic

"...forms, some of which are: tearstained pillows, harsh words, harsher silences, drunk dialing, marathon journaling, candle burning, heavy tantruming,..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...expensive) affordable units than possible within the site itself. Other members were skeptical, with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Who Killed Jim and Tina?

Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?

"...Tina Combs, 44, who had traveled to Kyle from her home in Arlington, was in the master bedroom down..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Spectre

Spectre brings the spectacle, but it lacks a soul

"...one M (Judi Dench), while reporting for duty to another (Fiennes), in a throwback to the bread and butter..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pitch Perfect

Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.

"...Glee, the underdog schematics of teen competitions à la Bring It On or the Step Up cycle, and the..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ghost and the Machine

Marc Bianchi pulls the plug on Her Space Holiday

"...Bianchi on “Anything for Progress,” the opening track to Her Space Holiday. That’s a fitting epitaph for his latest..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

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