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In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.

In this UK thriller, the so-called Reaper virus threatens the Isles with extinction.

An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

This final chapter in the Rocky saga is terrific – maybe not great, like that first kiss of fist in ’76, but good, solid, exhilarating entertainment of the stand-up-and-cheer variety.

The unexpected rise and meteoric fall of the North American Soccer League in the heady, silly mid-Seventies is chronicled for the first time in this charmingly chatty documentary, which ably tracks both the birth of the sport on these shores and its ignominious downfall, which arrived almost overnight with the leave-taking of Pelé.

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

City Council gets ready to wade in the water (treatment plant)

The round of 16 means excitement on the pitch and at the table

This intercultural Houston-made film is an off-the-beaten-path ensemble drama that shows a healthy disregard for Hollywood rules.

In 'Aztlan Underground,' Aztlan Dance Company again shatters Latin dance stereotypes, twirling the pieces and making a mosaic of its own contemporary style

Stop fighting it

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.

Wondering what the second Salt Lick -- still with barbecue but also with fine wine and dining -- wants to be

The menu at Zin is a masterpiece, but what about the meals?

Editor in Chief Louis Black reflects on the Chronicle's 21st anniversary.

Wes Marshall briefs you on four great red wines for under $10.

On July 18, an investigator from the Texas Lottery Commission's Charitable Bingo section informed Continental Cub owner Steve Wertheimer that the club's bingo night was illegal --way illegal. Why?

Our readers talk back.

Coach on the couch: A long, dreary series of bowl games is a lousy way to start the new year, isn't it?

The first film in Jackson's Tolkien trilogy stays true to the spirit and logistics of the novels, but is also a breathtaking and beautiful work of art on its own.

A timeline of the events in the Glore case

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

Council members' feuding bond proposals are sure to set off a major tectonic event at this week's council meeting.

Pat Cash tried to impugn the Williams sisters' Wimbledon accomplishment, but they're bigger than him and that simpering Chris Evert put together.

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie