The Re-Education of Molly Singer

Back-to-school comedy updates the curriculum for modern laughs

"...Sandler cramming himself into a grade school chair for Billy Madison, the "aren't you too old for this?" subgenre..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Clean (Australia) Director: Lachlan McLeod, Producers: David Elliot-Jones, Charlotte Wheaton A fly-on-the-wall insight into the world of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Together

Towering and intimate performances illuminate a couple's lockdown tensions

"...film work, which has vacillated between feel-good awards bait (Billy Elliot) and feel-bad awards bait (The Hours, The Reader)...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...years in a suffocating marriage. Cast List: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Sara Allbright, Troy Hogan, Steven Boyd, Reece McClure, Tadarius Billy Miles..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rocketman

A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself

"...by Lee Hall (whose script for another performer drama, Billy Elliot, made Bell a star and was later adapted..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...SCREENINGS THE DEAD CENTER Under Worlds Austin's Centerpiece D: Billy Senese, USA, 2018, Texas Premiere A hospital psychiatrist's own..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...who shot to fame as a child dancer in Billy Elliot, looks spent from the effort. Bening, fabulously sexy,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spare Parts

This movie about undocumented teens building an attention-grabbing robot stands and delivers.

"...that often teeters on the painfully cliched. Rocky Balboa, Billy Elliot, the Titans – who doesn’t like to root..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...ago: “Gotta dance, got-ta dance!” From Tony Manero to Billy Elliot, the male urge to express himself through bodily..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...a nice dress." Meanwhile, the band, including Bergman's brother Elliot, defies the wintry climes of Chicago in favor of..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Billy Elliot the Musical

The national tour of this uplifting musical featured some insanely talented kids

"...Billy Elliot the MusicalBass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Dr.,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

He Will Go and He Will Shine

'Billy Elliot the Musical' reviewed

"...arrival of the Broadway Across America national tour of 'Billy Elliot the Musical.' So what does Chronicle writer Jillian..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...about his time in the original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Expressing Himself

How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical

"...irrepressible, secure-in-his-skin best bud to the titular hero of Billy Elliot the Musical, was a highlight of that show's..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Unveils Complete Lineup

David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' opens fest

"...(Directors) IT'S IN THE BLOOD - Scooter Downey, Sean Elliot (Writers), Scooter Downey (Director) SATURDAY MORNING MASSACRE - Jory..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow countryman. Cast: Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Johnny Depp hits the Continental Club; Eric Johnson crashes the Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...always have unexpected songs, unplanned moments, slightly different lineups." Billy Gibbons' two-song appearance wasn't planned. He was sitting upstairs..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chicago

Teen actors show a good grasp of Kander & Ebb's jaded Jazz Age satire

"...strut out here as shameless, unscrupulous, wheeling-and-dealing legal eagle Billy Flynn is to see how spectacularly well they can..."

March 4, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Eagle

This sword-and-sandals epic is an old-fashioned boys' adventure tale about Roman warriors in the second century.

"...of a vanquished tribal leader from the north. Bell (Billy Elliot) lends dimension to his character while Tatum adds..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...by The Holy Modal Rounders; "Don't Bogart Me" by Elliot Ingber and Larry Wagner, performed by Fraternity of Man;..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Billy Henry, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...inscrutability from the artist/management tandem of Neil Young and Elliot Roberts results in equal doses for the A&R recruitment..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Long Center/Texas Performing Arts

Austin's biggest concert halls team up to present touring Broadway musicals

"...the BAA mix that have not yet played Austin: Billy Elliot the Musical, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, Xanadu, Jersey..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The 101 Dalmatians Musical'

Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs

"...a new stage adaptation, with book by B.T. McNicholl (Billy Elliot the Musical) and music by Dennis DeYoung of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Center Stage Texas

Tony nominee David Bologna joins a musical benefit for his old school, kidsActing

"...show-stopping turn as Michael, the cross-dressing best bud to Billy, in Billy Elliot the Musical, left the Broadway company..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking Woodstock

The director of Brokeback Mountain looks for peace and love in another decade and finds it at the legendary festival through the story of one key participant.

"...make the event happen. The film is based on Elliot Tiber’s 2007 memoir, Taking Woodstock: A True Story of..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Country. First, there's jaw-dropping documentation of Young, his manager Elliot Roberts, and pianist/producer/Crazy Horseman Jack Nitzsche trying to negotiate..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tony Awards

Local song-and-dance wunderkind David Bologna is up for a top stage honor

"...Michael, cross-dressing best bud to the titular hero in Billy Elliot, The Musical, and now he's nominated for Best..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Showstoppers

Zach Theatre's youth troupe applies its serious talent to premiering a new musical

"...stopping the show in a major supporting role in Billy Elliot: The Musical...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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