Same Kind of Different as Me

Can two men span the gap of cultural differences?

"...Directed by: Michael Carney. Starring: Renée Zellweger, Jon Voight and Djimon Hounsou. Not..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Future-Kill, Roadie

Hoping to capitalize on the success of Tobe Hooper's 1974 surprise horror hit Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Future-Kill reunited that film's stars Neal and Burns and aimed for a similar creepy / kitschy vein. It failed.Meat Loaf quits his day job to become the world's best roadie. Sound weird? It is.

"...have indelibly inked themselves in film history and audiences' hearts; some were less memorable. Hell, some of them just..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Going in Style

Three old-timers plan to rob a bank

"...original version of this film, which starred George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. I mean this as a..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twilight

"...Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon, Giancarlo Esposito, Liev Schreiber, Margo Martindale, John Spencer and M. Emmet Walsh. Twilight is a..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

If These Walls Could Talk

"...despite the odds, The Hudsucker Proxy does seem a departure into feel-good land for the guys who created Blood..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature

The Flintstones

"...screen, live action comedy based on the Sixties TV cartoon -- itself inspired on the Fifties TV live action..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues all over town (see the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Tom Glynn-Carney, Kenneth Branagh, Barry Keoghan and James D’Arcy...."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Presents for Your VCR

Video Gifts From the Master Procrastinator

"...I confess to being a master at the art of holiday procrastination. With the exception of a handful..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Pets

Sit! Stay! Good movie!

"...inspiring Walt Disney docudrama a year later, my broken heart temporarily mended. If two dogs and a cat can..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Roadie

The shot about midway through 'Roadie' that travels from her sparkling shoes slowly up to her beaming face – that's Margaret Moser.

"...is showing Roadie on Monday night, March 5, as part of the Austin Film Society's Texas Film Hall of..."

March 2, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Carol Burnett

The great comedienne explains what made her show work and why recent attempts don't

"...and us and Laugh-In. Glen Campbell. Flip Wilson. Dean Martin. Now, a lot of the suits, they want edgy,..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Angelina Jolie in a bath with her rat, keeping ingrown toenails in the family, and more

"...won an Emmy for The Honeymooners, but his sidekick, Art Carney, won five. Andy Griffith never won an Emmy..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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

"...did for the Broadway premiere with Walter Matthau and Art Carney 41 years ago. That said, I believe one..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

October 1, 1955, a half-hour show called The Honeymooners slipped in some uneasy truths under cover of laughter.

"...to sit at the back of the bus, leading Martin Luther King Jr., to instigate the Montgomery Bus Boycott..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Framed

"...while watching a rerun from childhood or a long-forgotten cartoon. For me and the scores of Austinites who have..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Last Action Hero

Overflowing with stunts, one-liners, and cameos, this would-be blockbuster overflows with unfulfilled potential.

"...McTiernan. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Tom Noonan, Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faring Well: Megan Carney

The artist's solo show commits to incorrect memory and reconstructed imaginations with playfulness and poignance

"...Pump Project Art Complex, 702 Shady www.pumpproject.org Through March 15..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...says he took a shit on the stage and started throwing it into the crowd/ But he was gone..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...That's rock & roll's songwriting pantheon according to Kevin Carney of Austin's Wannabes, who like a gaggle of local..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Earlier this month, a pop-art-inspired GIF flashed on my screen:..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

GOP Can't Greenwash TRM-PAC 2.0

Ballot manipulation plots exposed

"...Dietz ruled that a petition initiative by the Green Party of Texas was illegally paid for using corporate contributions...."

June 26, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...the locals' brand new single also features homegrown folk quartet Ley Line. It's a dense track with 11 players..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

I Could Be So Happy

Heartless Bastards vocal quake Erika Wennerstrom moves The Mountain from Austin

"..."I love Heartless Bastards!"..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Paul Green School of Rock music presents 'The Wall'

Live shot

"...Rock Music has been educating Austin kids in the art of the rock since September, and their live debut..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Dancing About Architecture

Barton Springs Eternal

"...Press inquiring as to whether blues baroness Lou Ann Barton had died. A reporter from the AP's Dallas office..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...Mexico probably, they say every hill is actually the earth grown over Mayan ruins. An empire beneath every footstep...."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...Mexico probably, they say every hill is actually the earth grown over Mayan ruins. An empire beneath every footstep...."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...The rest is up to you. On second thought, start panicking.... -- Raoul Hernandez THURSDAY PICKS..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...and career of the South Congress-based sculptor and collage artist...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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