New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...it into a bitingly funny piece of writing, a colossally popular recorded adaptation on National Public Radio, and a..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Year's Eve Events

"...your crack team of Chronicle chrononauts is on the ball with the pertinent lowdown...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

Get Folked!

An interview with the men behind the Folksmen.

"..."10" setting and went directly to "11" (thereby inspiring proto-metallers Motörhead's credo, "Everything louder than everything else"), Michael McKean,..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story

Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story

"...William Demarest, Raymond Walburn). His dialogue smacks of Thirties screwball comedies, except with a greater appeal to intellect and..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Taking Stages

Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.

"...face. Our punk rock attitude will never die, our comedy is terrorism, and our gods are spontaneous. Cut wires,..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

November Previews

"...and Robert Carlyle (Begbie in Trainspotting) star in this comedy-drama ("cramedy?") concerning author Frank McCourt's tumultuous young life in..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

The Man With Susan's Plan

"...Since his directorial debut with the displaced ape-man comedy Schlock! (which featured the director in the title role),..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Picks to Snicker

Rich Man, Poor Man, Funny Man, Stephen Root

"...of the Hill, on which he provides voices for all sorts of citizens in the hamlet of Arlen, Texas,..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...house, truly loves his beautiful wife, and drives a really, really cool car. In other words, GeorgeÕs only Ford..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Nothing Is Off-Limits for Comedian Gianmarco Soresi

The New Yorker isn’t afraid to make himself the punchline

"...his stand-up shows. Born in Potomac, Maryland, the entertainer originally pursued musical theatre but later found his calling making..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Miranda Garza

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...Money, money, money, must be funny – especially when taken on by local variety show creators Thee..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...it acquired Warner Bros. movies once slated to premiere theatrically – nabbed poison darts, too, from disgruntled filmmakers and..."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Who Will Be Nuked by the 819?

Austinites unleash a new postapocalyptic RPG on Twitch

"...like … like a bunch of howling fucking mutants, actually, so we figured we’d better ask 819’s Shannon McCormick..."

Sept. 7, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Duo Harvests Up Some Hilarity in Texas Gothic

Booker & Maykus are sure ’nuff sharper than a pitchfork

"...Except that he’s not actually Tom Booker when he’s holding that pitchfork – he’s..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin-Made Horror Anthology Comes Back Home for Other Worlds

Delivering a Scare Package

"...There are few things Aaron B. Koontz hates more than horror films that..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Interviews Al Franken

Minnesota's junior senator stops in for a brief chat

"...had written or said through a $15 million machine called the DeHumorizer, built with very sophisticated Israeli technology to..."

Sept. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lookin' Gayly Ahead

Fab queer events to prepare for this summer

"...kicks off Friday at 9pm with the inaugural Miss Stonewall Warehouse Pageant hosted by the eternally fabulous Chitah Daniels..."

June 24, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Rivers Wright

Talking Bullshit With Nell Scovell

Muppets writer on buzzwords and the uphill battle for women in comedy

"...Nell Scovell: Jon Favreau gave me a call. He’s someone I’ve worked with on the White House..."

March 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Jen Sorensen

Our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2015

The summer movie season has begun, and we've got opinions

"...Streep proved her vocal chops, so we're expecting great things from her turn as an aging rock star trying..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Paddington

We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.

"...Directed by: Paul King. Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters,..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Party Country, 'Tis of Thee

Colin Quinn exposes the rowdy Founding Fathers we never knew in 'Unconstitutional'

"...where the right to a free press was enshrined really exclude reporters?..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Martin

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...OK, let's take a little sidestep here. In a parallel world, in 1998 the Sam Raimi that made A..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

"...in Great Britain in the early 1990s, when the culturally literate stared in despair at the nation that gave..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Laugh

Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg

"...and then the story would end and I'd get all mad and shit. 'C'mon, man, there's gotta be more..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...a working critic, hadn't considered that as a possible calling, but when I was offered the opportunity a few..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Private Parts in Public Places

Bob Byington lifts the lid on Registered Sex Offender

"...– from Bob Byington. He has a soft, clipped, occasionally high voice. He's careful in his movements and exerts..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Holywood Squares?

A local church rents out the Alamo Drafthouse South for a conference on Christians and film

"...How excited would you get if your friend called you up and said, "Hey, let's go see that..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Out, In, and Onscreen

The 19th Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Screwball comedy comes naturally to filmmaker Maria Maggenti. It was..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...hie thee to Hyde Park Theatre, where performers of all stripes are already defying death (and sometimes good sense)..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Comedy that stands the test of time, and royal dictates that don't.

"...People like to say that writing comedy is harder than writing tragedy and that we've been..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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