Water for Elephants

Based on a bestselling novel, this 1930s-set film stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Christoph Waltz.

"...cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has done such lush work for Ang Lee and Alejandro González Iñárritu). No one would mistake..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Munich

Munich is dense, thoughtful filmmaking that nonetheless flies along: Seething not only with multilayered, subtextual arguments, it’s also a heck of a thriller.

"...aware that then-Prime Minister Golda Meir (here portrayed by doppelganger Lynn Cohen) ordered the covert assassinations of the men..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Road Home

"...Directed by: Zhang Yimou. Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Zheng Hao, Sun Honglei and..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Lifestyle: Group Sex in the Suburbs

"...wrong places, wax ineloquently about how the lifestyle has changed their lives, and then go on about how normal..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the movieÕs premise). Willis is James Cole, a seemingly deranged man who may or may not be an emissary..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...Ang Lee (Hulk; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) reaches a cinematic..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood updates you on all the food news you need to know.

"...Terry Conlan, Jeff Blank, David Garrido, Lucinda Hutson, Matthew Lee, Robert McGrath, Paul Schunder, Mick Vann, and Art Meyer..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Wuxia Clan

AFS's 'Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film' flys high with eight overlooked classics.

"...film movement that later led to everything from Bruce Lee's wildly popular work in the Seventies all the way..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Comic Con, Drag Birthday, and More Recommended Events

Party hard this weekend

"...wall. That’s the specific starting point for this Spike Lee joint, but how the “Fight the Power”-soundtracked film progresses..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

AFF Crowning Game of Thrones Showrunners

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss join prestigious roster of honorees

"...adapted his debut novel, The 25th Hour, for Spike Lee to direct in 2002. His next film, the Ang..."

May 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good News and Bad News

John Pierson's 'Spike Mike Reloaded'

"...Slackers and Dykes was the first to vaunt Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, and some guy named Linklater,..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta frees her inner dork, with big ups for The Lone Gunmen and BattleBots, among others. Also, a partial Oscar ballot.

"...of those devices that look like a retainer and change the timbre of your voice when you speak? Then..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...what you've only glimpsed and half-remembered in dreams. Director Ang Lee's artistry is less in his movie's pyrotechnics than..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...But once it's in film credits, it's hard to change a name, and so John Whitney Stillman is Whit..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Di$count $inema Series Revs Up at Blue Starlite

Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA

"...a turf war between mods and an Asian motorcycle gang. All were imbued with and inspired by the sensibilities..."

July 23, 2021 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Chronicle Recommends: The Worst of the Oscars

From badly timed to just plain bad: When the Academy got it wrong

"...lineup of also-rans. Sentiment at the time was that Ang Lee’s sensitively wrought Brokeback Mountain was robbed, and the..."

Feb. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Brings Paul Dano's Wildlife to Town

The actor becomes director with literary family drama

"...right away, like wow, this is my kind of language. It's just beautiful and feels really true. There's a..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Chefs

Give your compliments to the chef with these four films

"...(a foodie’s delight to observe). The film is a tangy, early work by Ang Lee, who would go on..."

May 24, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

I Like to Watch

Bringing The Thomas Crown Affair to Shondaland

"...I saw Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain in the theatre many times – very good..."

March 18, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...Classics when it first started dabbling in bringing foreign language and independent films to broader American audiences. After nearly..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...24th birthday. Andrew Nackman's debut feature stars Chord Overstreet (Glee) and Kate Flannery (The Office). Also of note are..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

News Ticker: June 10

All the news that's fit to blog

"...make sure he gets noticed. Emmitt Smith! Robert Rodriguez! Ang Lee! Well, maybe he isn't eager to revisit that..."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Disappointed by 'Pi' Review

"...not want to use it as a punch line. Ang Lee had a difficult task in taking this extraordinary..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Postmarks

What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

"...with an all-star cast by future Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. Now a Criterion Collection DVD shown in December..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Ice Storm Song

Email exchange with ‘The Ice Storm’ author/musician Rick Moody

"...of Art for a screening of The Ice Storm, Ang Lee's faithful adaptation of his second novel. A South..."

Feb. 28, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Stuff of 'Legend'

Words from wushu master Yuen Woo-ping

"...also presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award/sword by the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA), is, no surprise here, another stunner. It..."

May 13, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

2000 Light Years from Home

When Did 40 Become the New 10?

"...for me, my mother, and a man in the nosebleed seats who coughed half the time. My mom and..."

Aug. 31, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Geek Out!

This is the BBC miniseries that set women worldwide swooning for some Mr. Darcy

"...was a banner year for Jane Austen adaptations, with Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility, Amy Heckerling's Beverly Hills..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Event Menu

Feb. 9-15

"...sumptuous five-course Chinese feast and the foodie porn of Ang Lee's lovely Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; $60 per person..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Odd Couple

Director Don Toner serves his Austin Playhouse revival of The Odd Couple well by turning its wonderful characters over to wonderful character actors

"...steered this Austin Playhouse revival in the direction of Ang Lee's film. He stays as true to the original's..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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