A Drink to 'Blood Punch'

Strap in for a bloody good time

"...Austin Film Festival! When I was looking at trailers, 'Blood Punch' immediately jumped out at me because it has..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Events Post by Josette Chen

Young Blood & Old Ways

Devon Allman’s all-star RSB loads into the Moody

"...the path between tribal and rock with a jazz-funk punch. Gregg and Duane Allman emerged from Georgia by way..."

Dec. 31, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Reservoir Dogs

"...Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs is, at its bloody, tough-guy heart, a thin little film, gorgeous though it..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

jackass forever

Because dick punches are never not funny

"...I just do. Who doesn’t love a good dick punch? I mean, really. Especially, if the punchee doesn’t know..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Sin City

This ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages.

"...a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages. It’s a total immersion in Miller’s grim, gin-soaked..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Art of Dying

"...terrific -- when it's firing on all of its blood-soaked cylinders, it's impossible to take your eyes off the..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Permanent Midnight

Jerry Stahl's junkie confession is the author's fictionalized account of how to maintain a successful Hollywood career as well as a $6,000-a-week heroin habit.

"...piece. Stiller is gripping as the mainlining scribe, squirting blood on the bathroom ceiling or searching in the car's..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heaven & Earth

"...nuance. He comes after the viewer with a one-two punch and genuinely hopes to draw some blood. In many..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jeepers Creepers

"...up for with unrelenting imagination and a creepily visceral punch that's hard to shake even after you exit the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...realizes she's both figuratively and literally drenched in the blood of her countrymen. Taking the form first of a..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...predictable bite that frankly fails to draw any emotional blood...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pop & Me

"...and sons in an attempt to demystify the tricky blood bond. And considering the timing of its release (Father's..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Guillen Defeats Sims in Art of War 2’s No. 1 Stunner (Wh-What, Wh-What, What?)

"...distance – was kind of boring, considering the fight’s hype-to-two-punch-drunk-guys-staggering-around ratio, the same problem plaguing a lot of heavyweight..."

May 13, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Election Coverage: A Glass Half-Full

Little f*cking drops of blue blood, sweat, and tears

"...while ago. Beto O'Rourke went from sex god to punch line to 2020 hopeful in the span of six..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...together? Give them axes and a lust for teen blood, and that's pretty much the genesis of Hellions...."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Drops 20th Anniversary Lineup

'Inside Llewyn Davis' takes center stage

"...and John Robbins in attendance • Winter in the Blood – Ken White (writer), Alex and Andrew Smith (writer/directors);..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

ACL Review: Radiohead II

Fear and loathing for a second weekend

"...set opener “Burn the Witch,” the stage bathed in blood red lights and screens split in a disorienting, schizophrenic..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin Film Festival Announces Audience Awards

Congratulations to all of the competition filmmakers

"...Dark Matters Audience Award Blood Punch (W: Eddie Guzelian; D: Madellaine Paxson)..."

Nov. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

AC Film Top Tens: Hearts on Fire

The Chron's film critics preemptively go on the defensive

"...got a universal nod – no There Will Be Blood, no No Country for Old Men, no Lives of..."

Dec. 29, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ambush in Austin

George Strait live

"...night, as events unfolded in similar fashion – 16,746 blood-hungry ticket holders engulfing the sold-out UT drum – Thrilla..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Screamlines

"...stretch, but she is one of the better modern blood-suckers...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Licorice Pizza

PTA's San Fernando Valley memories are blurrily sentimental

"...of love? It's an explicit theme in Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love, but barely submerged beneath the surface of..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Raid 2

This breathtaker is a relentless wall of action filmmaking that sets a new, bloody standard.

"...The Raid 2, in which two warriors, mangled and blood-soaked from fighting in a nightclub’s kitchen, pause between blows..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Slash/Back

Smart Canadian horror sets Indigenous teens against alien invaders

"...Heart Is a Chainsaw) and filmmakers like Jeff Barnaby (Blood Quantum) have rooted their stories in their Indigenous identities..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Grudge Match

This boxing riff stars Stallone and De Niro, but it's hardly the stuff of Rocky vs. the Raging Bull.

"...codger drama Gran Torino?” Well, yes, Virginia, and here’s blood in your eye...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez

Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream

"...well-heeled, Victorian-era white men with rolled-up sleeves, exchanging bare-fisted punches in a field, corralled by spectators barking approval at..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...generic vampire story. Here, the vampire's nightly need for blood is the addiction. In the larger sense, addictions are..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...after he hears an explosion of gunfire and finds blood-soaked clothing but no bodies. When he also discovers a..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Mixed Metaphors

These craft cocktails are for the books

"...of London dry gin and at the end of punch's reign as the world's most popular mixed beverage. The..."

June 17, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Sondre Lerche & the Faces Down

"...Phantom Punch (Astralworks)..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

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