Destiny Turns On the Radio

"...stay away from in droves. That's too bad, because Destiny Turns on the Radio is a charming bit of..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny

Doc on local filmmaker is a thoughtful portrait

"...genuine American auteur to come. Richard Linklater: dream is destiny, co-directed by Austin Chronicle/SXSW co-founder Louis Black and Emmy..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...tour continues with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, his first adventure without the involvement of series creators..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Archive Theater's The Man of Destiny

The company builds a uniquely entertaining evening around Shaw's fiery tango of wits between a young Napoleon and a Mysterious Lady

"...intimate script like George Bernard Shaw's The Man of Destiny...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Manifest Destiny

Linklater doc premieres at Sundance

"...Festival, and the reception to Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny was positively raucous...."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Page Two: Dream Is Destiny

Louis Black finds himself at Sundance – a Jersey kid from Texas, a writer slipped into filmmaker

"...Karen Bernstein's and my documentary Richard Linklater: dream is destiny a profound and moving experience. Actually I really didn't..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

How much you'll love (or loathe) JB and KG's passion for the power chord and all it entails will depend, most likely, on your familiarity with the duo beforehand.

"...um, Tim Robbins). Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny is not "the greatest movie ever made," but it..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Listen: Manifest Destiny’s Child Veers Down a Dark Path on Rojo

Noise-rock crew gets witchy on double single set

"...audience. Her refrigerator roars to life. Austin/Denton trio Manifest Destiny's Child cites the chaotic sequence as inspiration for “Staircase,”..."

March 27, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers

Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary

"...in the idea that twins prove that genetics is destiny. First of all, studies tend to emphasize what twins..."

July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Song Premiere: Manifest Destiny’s Child’s Rojo

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Wal-Mart's Manifest Destiny

Dec. 15, 2006 Postmarks

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Travis Co. Manifest Destiny

Some of the central organizational players in the land and water wars of western Travis Co.

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Destiny's Child

Tom Doyal reviews Sam Houston, Austin author James Haley's new biography on the Texas legend, and finds that the biographer's "hard work is almost invisible to the reader; he makes this complex life accessible, even understandable, in light of the times in which Houston lived."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Destiny (Der müde Tod)

April 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clandestino Destino (A Clandestine Destiny)

March 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hustlers

True crime drama gets an A-list female empowerment sheen

"...Destiny (Wu) is barely scratching out a meager living at..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Winter's Tale

Neither Colin Farrell's charms nor Will Smith as the Devil can rescue this soggy valentine.

"...it up with suitable gusto). Lake escapes by divine destiny – a brilliant white steed, with ethereal wings no..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sun Is Also a Star

Is it destiny that brings these two lovers together, or the bland demands of a YA adaptation?

"...be a poet than a doctor – firmly believes destiny has brought them together...."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Louis Black Takes Richard Linklater Doc to PBS

dream is destiny airs on American Masters

"...last year's world premiere of Richard Linklater: dream is destiny at the Sun­dance Film Festival, Louis Black said, "I..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Following Linklater's Dream

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny finally opens in Austin

"...sees the local release of Richard Linklater: dream is destiny, a portrait of the life and career of the..."

Aug. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

UglyDolls

Ugly is as ugly does in this animated toy movie

"...adorable Moxy (Clarkson), who believes that it’s every toy’s destiny to finally find a kid to make happy. It..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...adopted by big-hearted strangers. Supra-human biology, thy name is destiny...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Disobedience

Rachel Weisz explores the complexities and joys of choice in Britain's Jewish communities.

"...Of course, the capacity to chart one’s own destiny is not equally afforded to women in patriarchal institutions..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lady Macbeth

A violent, desperate housewife plots murder

"...a 19th century woman intent on making her own destiny, even if it means murdering anyone or anything that..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...the Galaxy’s Haddock as a fusty Oxford scholar whose destiny is to save the Earth, and, oh yeah, Bumblebee..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Linklater’s Before Trilogy comes to Criterion

Love, dreams, and destiny

"...and the 2016 full-length documentary, Richard Linklater: dream is destiny, by Karen Bernstein and the Chronicle's own Louis Black..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Moonlight

There's magic in this Moonlight

"...Moonlight: a stripped-down, emotionally raw movie about the lamentable destiny of so many young African-American men today. From birth,..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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