Bad Words

Jason Bateman plays a grown man who finds a loophole to compete in a kids national spelling bee, but the reasons are only known to him.

"...In Bad Words, Jason Bateman demonstrates that he is in full control..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Words

As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.

"...souls into one. (And it's always complicated, no?) The Words is a romance, all right, but like a bad..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After Words

Marcia Gay Harden stars as a lonely woman on vacation in an exotic locale

"...Latifah remake.) In many ways, the equally lovely After Words echoes the same quiet desperation of someone at the..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...musician Frank Zappa and his body of work in words is futile, even when the words are his own...."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Words and Pictures

The story is rather creaky, but who cares when the actors Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche are so sublime together?

"...schoolwide competition designed to prove which is more important: words or pictures? It’s a phony competition, which one would..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Thousand Words

Eddie Murphy plays a truth-challenged literary agent who learns his lesson when a bizarre set of circumstances allow him to utter only 1,000 words before dying.

"...Janney, Clark Duke and Cliff Curtis. If A Thousand Words’ formula seems familiar, that’s because writer Steve Koren has..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc: A Few Thousand Words

Even a few thousand words from a fake doctor are not enough to fix years and years of dysfunction

"...effort to go online and read the remaining thousand words of this missive, I am going to synopsize. We..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Book Review: 'The Last Kind Words Saloon'

Jes' Wyatt and Doc and the setting sun in McMurtry's latest

"...the Wild West’s tales. His latest, The Last Kind Words Saloon, takes a different approach. It’s pared down, with..."

May 22, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Letters at 3AM: The Thing About Words

Words are the property of all

"...in his unique lingo or how he employed common words that had, for him, uncommon meanings. The gist was:..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Words and Music

This year's Austin Chamber Music Festival and Austin Classical Guitar summer series really get lit

"..."Any time you combine words or literature or plays and music, they enhance each..."

July 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love

Biography of Leonard Cohen's muse can't stop focusing on the artist

"...for a viewer to come to Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love with questions about how Broomfield was going..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...effects. But Arnoldi's story works on two levels, with words and with pictures, as defenders of the frowned-upon "comic..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

Words for a Desert Island

"...So instead, I thought I'd compile a list of words I'd just as soon never see or hear again..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...seven felt intrusive. Voilà, a COVID-19 questionnaire in 122 words...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

The conservative justice finally apologizes for it all. Nah, just kidding.

"...– or, as he puts it “in his own words” in this strained video portrait, “the wrong kind of..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...tai chi in the front yard, peppering conversations with words like "schadenfreude" and "esprit d'escalier!" On the other hand,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Qmmunity: Use Your Words Wisely

"...Words have never been so important. Local politicians have decided..."

June 19, 2020 Column by James Scott

John Prine Beyond Words

"...of "Paradise" accompany the 65 songs notated in Beyond Words. "Fish and Whistle" flips to a photograph of his..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'Words Become Actions'

Austinites protest Jimmy Kimmel Show’s hate speech

"...treated very seriously if a six-year-old child said those words in school. If a kid says ‘kill a classmate,’..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Manzhi Wu

Use Your Words

The 18th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...the occasional eye patch – will pass over your words. Just think of it: your words. So what are..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Weight of Words

"...many people will think I’m being overly sensitive. But words have meaning, and no one should respect that more..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Postmarks

Inspiring Words

Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. keynotes the Austin African American Book Festival

"...it is still sometimes difficult to find the precise words to process that defining national tragedy. Leonard Pitts Jr...."

June 25, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: A Few Choice Words for Capital Metro

Wyatt firing just the latest in string of management fiascoes

"...apparently just discovered they can't bear to hear profane words uttered in their presence...."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Disconcerting to Find Words Spoken in Print

"...disconcerting to find in print an item about five words spoken at the only private party I have hosted..."

Jan. 23, 2006 Postmarks

Words on Lick Creek Indicate 'A Slight Bias'

"...plus or minus 175. I think your choice of words indicates a slight bias. I think sticking to the..."

July 12, 2004 Postmarks

Handel's Music, but Words Written After He Was Dead

"...wrote the music only, for a different set of words in his oratorio "Susannah." The words you saw were..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Postmarks

Words on the Wall

The Mexic-Arte Museum exhibition "Brazilian Visual Poetry" is an ambitious attempt to trace a history of visual poetry among Brazilian artists since the Fifties, but the show feels fragmentary, defining poetry in the broadest of terms and presenting the work in an inconsistent manner.

"...an integral relationship between language and visual arrangement of words on the page. Simply put, words of the poem..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Merchant Adams

Fighting Words

David Gordon Green Slams Indie Filmmakers and Snubs Cannes. Who Is This Kid, Anyway?

"...every line he says." Green's also thrown some fighting words at indie directors Kevin Smith and David Mamet. But..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

More Fightin' Words

Oppel and Levy Spar in Round Two

"...admit that he himself can be, in his own words, "abrasive." However, he says, "In talking to people [around..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Cross Words for the Crossword

"...Josh Reynolds has been providing The Austin Chronicle with crosswords for as long as I can remember. I cannot..."

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