Fat Albert

Bill Cosby's animated kids get a live-action makeover.

"...to come up with more appealing films than Fat Albert, this new feature-length adaptation of his popular TV show...."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Albert

"...make it ’til tomorrow noon I’m leaving – Richard Meltzer/Albert Bouchard, “Death Valley Nights” Lyrics have never been the..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

From the Vaults: Albert Maysles

Anne S. Lewis interviews Albert Maysles for the Chronicle

"...The pioneering documentarian Albert Maysles died this week at the age of 88...."

March 7, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Albert and Orlando

Women wear the pants in "Albert Nobbs" and "Orlando"

"..."successfully" pretending to be a man in the eponymous Albert Nobbs...."

Jan. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Albert Race Sample Relives Texas Prison Life in Racehoss

Surviving 17 years on a prison farm

"...mind and soul in ways that few things can. Albert Sample's 1984 memoir Racehoss, newly reissued with additional material,..."

July 20, 2018 Books Review by Elizabeth Banicki

Weird Wednesday Celebrates Low-Budget Legend Albert Pyun

An unstoppable workhorse whose films celebrated earnest fun

"...in a cheapo television show, taking with him teenager Albert Pyun's once-in-a-lifetime chance to intern under international cinema's most..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

"Lee Albert Hill: Signs" at CAMIBAart

This solo exhibition asks, What happens when shapes run away to join the circuits?

"...together to form shapes. And you look at Lee Albert Hill's paintings, now on display in an exhibition called..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Farewells to Albert Huffstickler and Ed Eakin

Books Editor Clay Smith marks the recent passing of poet Albert Huffstickler and publisher Ed Eakin.

"...Albert Huffstickler, Austin's unofficial, beloved poet laureate, died on Monday...."

March 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Albert Nobbs

This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.

"...as droll as that single utterance. It isn't, and Albert Nobbs is the furthest thing from a comedy, although..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACL Review: Albert Hammond Jr.

Strokes stringer remains his own man solo

"...Albert Hammond Jr. doesn’t put on a Strokes show. The..."

Oct. 10, 2015 Music Post

What Ever Happened to Prince Albert in a Can?

People generally call 911 for help, but one guy is calling to make terroristic threats

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Infamous literary scandal comes to life

"...how JT LeRoy, the pen name of author Laura Albert, became a literary success and all the rage during..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Self-Made Hero

"...Jacques Audiard. Starring: Matthieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Albert Dupontel and Jean-Louis Trintignant. If hard work and virtue..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...MacFarlane’s comedic voice comes through loud and clear. Playing Albert Stark, a nebbishy sheep farmer on the 1882 frontier,..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...Directed by: Albert Brooks. Starring: Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Sheetal Sheth, Emma..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Young Victoria

The emotions of the teenage Princess Victoria (played by Emily Blunt) are the subject of this well-made palace tale.

"...wants to put an inside man, his nephew, Prince Albert (Friend), either in her bed or, better yet, beside..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Muse

"...Directed by: Albert Brooks. Starring: Mark Feuerstein, Steven Wright, Jeff Bridges, Andie..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"...Captain Beefheart. Harry Smith. Even our co-founder, John Fahey. Albert Ayler's story hits that same nerve: child prodigy, teenage..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Bogus

"...core is a traumatized and disturbed little boy. Seven-year-old Albert (Osment) has been raised in Las Vegas by his..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enough Said

James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this delicate, uncommon picture of middle-aged new love.

"...portrait artist and consistently independent-minded filmmaker, Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing, Friends With Money) is the last person you'd..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fun Size

Broad-stroked but often funny, this is a teen tale of a Halloween night that doesn't go according to plan.

"...recent death of Wren’s dad, and her 8-year-old brother Albert (Nicoll) has responded by turning into a mute hellraiser...."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Life and Times of an Emotional Transient

Poetry Festival Salutes Albert Huffstickler

"...This is the impression I get talking to Albert Huffstickler. His poems feel that way, too. With titles..."

March 28, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Menace II Society

"...Directed by: Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes. Starring: Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett,..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Dust

Two men and a pig become more than porcine comedy in this tender and cunning discussion of death

"...the grieving widower enlists the aid of the recalcitrant Albert (Broderick), a sad-sack community college science professor, to participate..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Angels' Share

Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.

"...arrested for stealing a bird from a pet shop. Albert (Maitland) was loitering drunkenly on train tracks. Rhino (Ruane)..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Fistful of Freaks

Albert and Allen Hughes' American Pimp

"...and a half years, the Hughes Brothers' (Allen and Albert) documentary American Pimp dives headfirst into the rightfully maligned..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Stories That Tell Themselves

In town for the Texas Documentary Tour, Albert Maysles -- the man behind such famous documentaries as Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens -- talks about his fierce philosophy of direct cinema.

"...Albert Maysles is one of the kahunas of cinéma vérité..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Spice World

"...they prepare for their first-ever live concert at St. Albert's Hall. Along the way, they poke fun at the..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...task, his partner and star of the nightclub's revue, Albert/Starina (Lane), does not rise to the occasion. At first...."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

I.Q.

"...and Joe Maher. Early in the romantic comedy I.Q., Albert Einstein (Matthau) debates with his colleagues the existence of..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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