Death at a Funeral
A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.
Kimberley Jones
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Movie Review, April 23, 2010
Aligning Body and Mind in an Unlikely Place
'Trinidad' premieres on LOGO and DVD
Screens, April 23, 2010
Fightin' Words
Gloves off: Writers duke it out at the Literary Death Match
Books, April 21, 2010
Last Chance to See 'Lovers of Hate' on VOD
Today's the last day Time Warner subscribers can catch Bryan Poyser's funny/bilious film
Screens, April 16, 2010
Hip Lit
The New Fiction Confab
Books, April 16, 2010
City Island
This manic family comedy starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies has a basic goodness of heart that is counteracted by clunky mechanics.
Movie Review, April 16, 2010
The Art of the Steal
This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.
Movie Review, April 16, 2010
Abre los Ojos
Cine las Americas gets hip to Latin cinema's emergent talent
Screens, April 16, 2010
Septuagenarians Tell All
Turning life's lessons into art in 'Stages'
Screens, April 16, 2010
Plays With Expectations
Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist's coming-of-age
Books, April 16, 2010
There Better Be Butterbeer on Tap
Gettin' quizzy with Harry Potter
Books, April 14, 2010
'I Apologize, Austin. Shit. Sorry.'
Spike Jonze mistakes Austin for Portland; otherwise, he wows the crowd at his talk on the UT campus
Screens, April 14, 2010
What About Our Snaps?
The 2010 Austin International Poetry Festival
Books, April 9, 2010
Adventures in Iberia
AFS Essential Cinema: Viagem a Portugal: Contemporary Portuguese Cinema
Screens, April 9, 2010
But Is It Art?
Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, 'Newspaper Blackout'
Books, April 9, 2010
The Long and Short of It
A new program showcases the Zellner Bros.' evolution from home movies to shorts handpicked by Sundance
Screens, April 2, 2010
The Yellow Handkerchief
Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.
Movie Review, April 2, 2010
SXSW Alum News, Plus the Search for a One-Armed Lady
Margaret Brown wins a Peabody, and other news from the Austin film community
Screens, March 31, 2010
ZONK!
Mayor Leffingwell proposes Austin Keep It Batty
Screens, March 30, 2010
An April First Shot of Egerton
A Texas Book Festival happy hour puts Owen Egerton and free tequila on the menu
Books, March 29, 2010
Beam Me Up, Literati
Monofonus Press' Teleportal Readings 3 teams up with McSweeney's
Books, March 29, 2010
You Read It Here First
Chron contributor Anne S. Lewis' 2000 piece on Albert Maysles gets the book treatment
Screens, March 29, 2010
Red Riding: 1983
This final film in the three-part series affords a great deal of satisfaction in resolving the plot’s many mysteries.
Movie Review, March 26, 2010
Greenberg
Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.
Movie Review, March 26, 2010
Red Riding: 1980
This second installment in a three-part dramatization of dirty dealings in Yorkshire is concerned with the notorious corruption mill that powers the region’s law enforcement.
Movie Review, March 26, 2010
I’ll Give You a Quarter If I Can Bum a Tolstoy Novella
TankBooks, reviving cigarette package design and dead male writers
Books, March 22, 2010
Naked Zellner = Golden Ticket
A new promotional contest for 'Beeswax' involves David Zellner's derriere plus free pie. Intrigued?
Screens, March 22, 2010
Do Over!
Taste of SXSW Showcase gives nonbagdeholders a shot
Screens, March 19, 2010
Audrey the Trainwreck
Screens, March 19, 2010
More, Please
Daily reviews and interviews
Screens, March 19, 2010
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