Live From Saturday Night, It’s Jason Reitman!

Behind the scenes of the re-creation of the first ever SNL

"...sketch show format: There was a short film from Albert Brooks, a clip from the Muppets, music from R&B..."

Oct. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...The series made the cover of Newsweek and inspired Albert Brooks’ spoof movie Real Life...."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Exploring the McNeil Crossing Strip Mall

Exceptional forays into Indian and Vietnamese cuisine, plus a short trip to Subway

"...and reminds of something from the heavenly restaurants in Albert Brooks’ Defending Your Life...."

April 12, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

The Color Purple

Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast

"...Blitz Bazawule. Starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, Colman Domingo, Halle Bailey, Ciara and Phylicia..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

The Austin Food & Wine Festival Returns!

Annual celebration of succulence and slaking will fête you this fall

"...Elliot (FAR Out Hospitality), Michael Fojtasek and Amanda Rockman (Albert Hotel), CJ Jacobson (Aba), Cheetie Kumar (Ajja), Steve McHugh..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Noah Segan Is Dad and Loving It in Blood Relatives

The actor and filmmaker on Judaism, vampires, and cool cars

"...a time when James Caan and Elliot Gould and Albert Brooks were sex symbols. These guys were movie stars..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...by longtime Kerrville attendee, songwriter, and multifaceted artist Steve Brooks, who Jimmy LaFave extolled as "a wordsmith of the..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images

Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams

"...Albert Brooks dies and goes to this place, not heaven,..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...SM: I heard "The other is in the Albert Hall."..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finding Jewels With Richard Linklater

Director's AFS series celebrating 80s cinema returns tonight

"...• May 15: Another road trip, but this time Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty get Lost in America (1985)..."

May 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Long Shot

Timely political rom-com finds new common ground for opposites attracting each other

"...Levine (50/50, The Night Before), Rogen rather irresistibly vibes pothead-Albert-Brooks; even as his character spirals out in anxiety or..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...the Homeless. Meanwhile Becoming Leslie is a biography of Albert Leslie Cochran, Austin's late and beloved homeless celebrity, which..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Melanie Lynskey, Sophia Mitri Schloss, John Gallagher Jr., Danielle Brooks, Tony Hale, Keith Williams, Tee Dennard (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Chester Bennington, Chuck Berry, Arthur Blythe, Charles Bradley, Lonnie Brooks, Glen Campbell, Wayne Cochran, Fred Cole, Chris Cornell, Larry..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...The Boy Downstairs Writer/Director: Sophie Brooks..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1976, 114min/color, DCP) Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, and Cybill Shepherd. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Foolish Films

They're no geniuses, but these fools make for fun films

"...pretty. And therein lies the rub of James L. Brooks’ underrated romantic comedy, which deserves the same reverence as..."

April 1, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Thursday SXSW Interview: Carl Weathersby

"...legitimate masters walking around – Tyrone Davis, Otis Clay, Albert King, Albert Collins, Lonnie Brooks, David and Louis Myers...."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Film Review: Operation Avalanche

Sixties Cold War caper is a tribute to Dr. Strangelove

"...on the model of (hyperbole alert!) Woody Allen or Albert Brooks...."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Concussion

Will Smith is the doctor who pioneered research into NFL head injuries

"...Directed by: Peter Landesman. Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, David Morse, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard, Eddie Marsan,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Drowning in Mystery on The Midnight Swim

The water calls to director Sarah Adina Smith

"...with many of its cast. It follows the three Brooks sisters – Isa (Aleksa Palladino, Boardwalk Empire, Manny &..."

July 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...is Bob Einstein) is the older brother of director Albert Brooks (Albert Einstein). Their father was Harry Einstein aka..."

June 5, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

A Most Violent Year

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain anchor this simmering drama set in the semi-lawless New York City of 1981.

"...Directed by: J.C. Chandor. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks, Elyes Gabel, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Catalina Sandino..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Your Shortcut to FXX’s ‘The Simpsons’ Marathon

Who has time for 552 episodes? Here’s 11 to watch.

"...with a turtlenecked lothario named Jacques (voiced by “A. Brooks” – that’s A for Albert, a recurring guest voice..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post

Demetri Martin

Whether making jokes with punch lines or with pie charts, Demetri Martin's job is directed daydreaming

"...comedic style. "When I think of Woody Allen and Albert Brooks, those are two guys who each have their..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Texas State Battles the Devil

This year's Bobcats might be doomed for mediocrity

"...In the film Broadcast News, Albert Brooks’ character talks about the devil as being not..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

This Is 40

Growing old gracefully is not an option in Judd Apatow's world.

"...Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Albert Brooks, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, Robert Smigel, Annie Mumolo,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dang Aloud

Dana Gould likes hiding the pill in the banana

"...Comedians Kenny Rogerson, John Ross, and Albert Brooks heavily influenced Gould: "Kenny's material was really dark..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Where He Got That Pony

Steven Wright on his inspirations and stand-up origins

"...to The Tonight Show was to see George Carlin, Albert Brooks, Robert Klein, Steve Martin, David Steinberg, Steve Landesberg..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Laugh Lines

A week of unexpected comic relief brought lessons in laugh-making

"...is by himself? (Ditto for Carl Reiner with Mel Brooks and Dick Smothers with brother Tom.) I took every..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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