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They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

Getting Press: The Haves

The Man Behind KUT's Live Set, Walter Morgan

The Power of Play Readings

Tremendously popular French film tosses together members of different social and aesthetic circles and watches as they circle each other, sniffing out sensibilities and impressions for cracks in the veneers.

Maintaining connections – at a distance – to stay sober during the pandemic

Teen dramedy gets the growing pains right

Word for word, the whole shebang

The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him

Wonderful performances buoy this story about a family's grief

With Rebecca Beegle, Alex Dobrenko, Asaf Ronen, and more.

Six retired directors of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency candidly reflect.

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.

An elite bomb-dismantling squad in Iraq tread the fine line between keeping themselves alive and coming back for another adrenaline rush.

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

I never made it into the Mickey Mouse Club as a kid but today I am a proud, shoe carrying member of Club Chronicle 2007.

Good Luck Penny

The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

Mayor, Council seek consensus on a transportation bond

The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.

Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher co-star in this action drama about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, which is a surprisingly engaging character-driven picture.

BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

Former members of the Weather Underground still know a thing or two about "which way the wind blows" in this always timely documentary.