Angels in South America

Round Rock-based Bolivian missionary project in crisis

"...Ten years ago, Michael Marroquin, a Catholic lay missionary, moved from Austin to Bolivia..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Dan Selinger

Wild America

"...Directed by: William Dear. Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jamey Sheridan, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Documentarian Freida Mock presents her subject as a play in three acts, but the academic and fragmented structure obscures the warmth of this playwright.

"...Directed by: Freida Lee Mock. Documentarian Mock (Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision) presents her subject as a..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...The Venn diagram sweet spot of people who are going to fangirl over voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

HBO Gets in Bed With Amazon Prime

Hey, no more stealing your parents' HBO GO password!

"...HBO and Amazon announced this morning a multiyear partnership giving Amazon Prime Instant Video exclusive..."

April 23, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Angels' Share

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

"...Directed by: Ken Loach. Starring: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Plays in Our Stocking

A Few Dramas We Want St. Nick to Give Austin Theatre

"...year, as 1996 has been pretty good to the Austin theatre scene, gift-wise. What with getting a new theatre..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye: Zeroing in on a ZIP Code

Filmmaking brothers turn a camera on their hometown in 45365

"...this season is either full of idyllic wonder or something to morosely trudge through. The truth, I suspect, is..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...When folks speak of giants walking among us, Karen Kuykendall is the kind of person..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

This biopic provides an introduction to the work of Dorothy Day, activist for the disenfranchised and founder of the newspaper called The Catholic Worker.

"...Directed by: Michael Rhodes. Starring: Moira Kelly, Martin Sheen, Lenny Von Dohlen, Heather Graham,..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Charlie's Angels

"...Directed by: McG. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is Who We Are #6: Miró Quartet's Faces of America: The Light

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and..."

May 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Holiday Viewing: Christmas in Connecticut

It's a wonderful lie

"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the little things; treat your fellow..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

America the Beautiful – Not Contrived Nationalist Nightmare That Drives Leftists Insane

"...is that humanity has displayed throughout history an utter incapacity of producing even a modicum of progress to such..."

Dec. 30, 2010 Postmarks

Jenny Nulf's Top 10 Films in 2020

"2020 didn't take away my love for cinema"

"...At the beginning of 2020 I went to a Hyperreal Film Club..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...With nearly 40 films in release this holiday season, it's harder than ever for..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know" -- Jeremiah 33:3, Bible verse..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Allen Ginsberg in Hell's Kitchen

"...illustration by A.J. Garces I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...."..."

April 25, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

A Political Guide to Gifting in 2019

Give the gift of hope!

"...Hope. It's the platform Obama ran on in 2008, and it worked. America danced in the streets..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Persephone Station Recasts the Magnificent Seven as Women in Space

Austin author Stina Leicht pens a rip-roaring mix of planetary intrigue, intergalactic adventure, and righteous sisterhood

"...Austin writer Stina Leicht isn't afraid to take big leaps..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...Wilder was a short, caustic Jewish guy from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Frank Capra, born Francesco, was a..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Charting America

Filmmaker James Benning typifies the avant-garde tradition and will be on hand to present his film, Los, as part of the Austin Film Society's series, "Expanding Cinema: Fifty Years of Avant-Garde Cinema."

"...Perhaps no filmmaker is as fascinated by the geographical, historical, and social aspects of our..."

July 13, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...Austin is a film city, and don't let anyone tell..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

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.

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Geoffrey..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika: Feels Like Hope

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center, through November 22 Running Time: 3 hrs..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Review

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...through his revolutionary and epic two-part AIDS-era theatrical landmark, Angels in America, throughout his career he has repeatedly dipped..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

After watching the HBO production of Angels in America -- for all its faults and annoyances, its unrelenting attention to the crass and sensational -- I'm reminded all over again why TV can matter.

"...After watching the HBO production of Angels in America -- for..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...or for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center. The tragic king of ancient Greek drama took years to reach the..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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