After the Wedding

American remake of Danish Oscar contender flails into melodrama

"...It's rare to see a film shoot itself in the foot in its opening scene, but somehow After the..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

After the Wedding

An expat Danish aid worker in Mumbai returns to Copenhagen to meet with a benefactor, only to discover that the world is even smaller than it seems.

"...Ida Dwinger and Mona Malm. What is it with the Danish and their suffocating domestic dramas? In Breaking the..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Wedding Plan

A rom-com with a twist

"...The Wedding Plan isn’t a romantic comedy in the familiar..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Margot at the Wedding

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.

"...Jack Black, Zane Pais, John Turturro and Ciarán Hinds. The casual cruelty that the characters in Margot at the..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Different Stages’ The Member of the Wedding

This staging of the coming-of-age drama evokes the small-town South with vivid design work and a rock solid ensemble

"...as her crew cut, has just about had it. The other girls exclude her, leaving her out of their..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...George wanted was some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Die Hockzeitskuh (The Wedding Cow)

Spotlight:

"...borrow. He imagines himself riding through downtown Austin on the heifer, waving to gawking onlookers, entreating them to listen..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Things We Lost in the Fire

This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.

"...to doughnuts, you’re going to land on one of the better acting performances of the last 20 years. Basquiat...."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

With this new entry, the series officially marks a transition from relatively harmless Victorian-minded trash to something flatly pernicious.

"...had a rough go of it. Her high school sweetheart, Edward Cullen (Pattinson), turned out to be a nonpracticing..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Gina Chavez Sees the Light

Latin-infused songstress on her new sound and new marriage

"...There’s a lot of work that comes with planning a..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...Is there any other genre that pushes producers over directors more..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Duchess

Keira Knightley stars as the titular Duchess, a legendary wit and arbiter of taste, but the film is a curiously inert: a whole lot of pomp and incircumstance.

"...with. But as an 18th century aristocrat buckling under the weight of society’s strictures and a prototype beehive, she..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding

Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule

"...My cousin is stealing my wedding! Last June, my husband and I had a really..."

May 3, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Couple on VH-1's Wedding Wars

Self-proclaimed "backstabbers" aim to win it all in the name of love.

"...Just when you thought there couldn't be another twist in wedding reality series, there..."

Feb. 15, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Party Circuit

The Real Southwest Conference

"...Times are tough on Sixth Street, say both the clubowners and musicians. In fact, all over town, big..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Big Wedding

In this wedding comedy, a bridegroom’s bitterly divorced parents (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they’re still married to appease his Catholic birth mother.

"...Directed by: Justin Zackham. Starring: Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes,..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wedding Banned

Local DJs pick the songs that don't suck at weddings

"...“Weddings, simply, are the place where good music goes to..."

May 13, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

After a Fashion

"...THE RAVE After experiencing the sickening feeling of having my..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Film Review: The Unknown Country

Reality proves more compelling in this mixt of journalism and fiction

"...unique intersection of journalism and fiction, Lily Gladstone is the only hired actress. She plays Tana, a young woman..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Dina Barrish

The North Door's Got Game

The 'Game of Thrones,' that is, served with themed cocktails

"...because it was costing too much cheddar? Don’t worry, the North Door’s got you covered. They are hosting viewing..."

April 16, 2014 Food Post by Rachel Feit

The Last Kiss

You could say Paul Haggis' The Last Kiss is something of a Garden State redux, but Zach Braff's character here is less fanciful, less melodramatic, and far more prone to doing the thoughtless things men tend to do.

"...Rachel Bilson, Eric Christian Olsen, Casey Affleck, Michael Weston, Blythe Danner and Tom Wilkinson. If 40 is the new..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off the Desk

"...First there was sludge, now nuclear waste -- what`s next for..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ten Key Moments in Austin's Year With the Coronavirus

The Plague Year

"...1) March 6: SXSW Canceled For the first time in 34 years, the multimedia South by..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Heartbreak Kid

Ben Stiller stars in this smart and winning remake of a 1972 Neil Simon-penned comedy about a man who falls in love with another woman on his honeymoon.

"...until his ears and eyes have been blessed with the experience of octogenarian Jerry Stiller as Doc, the crustily..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a neat farmhouse stood on..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Where the Heart is

"...Joan Cusack, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. The writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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