Butter

Jennifer Garner stars in this satire about a woman who'll stop at nothing to win the Iowa state butter-carving competition.

"...Directed by: Jim Field Smith. Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Yara Shahidi,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nancy

Andrea Riseborough spellbinds in this drama of self-delusion and second chances.

"...Directed by: Christina Choe. Starring: Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo and Steve Buscemi...."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Series 7: The Contenders

"...Directed by: Daniel Minahan. Starring: Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Glenn Fitzgerald, Michael Kaycheck, Richard Venture,..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...hint of vulnerability beneath a steely exterior. - Claiborne Smith..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...DP: Garrett Fisher; Ed: David Leonard; with John Glover, Brooke Smith, George Dickerson, Missy Yager, Will Arnett, Chris Noth...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Stars and Stripes Forever!

Where to get your patriotic tuneage this Independence Day

"...glare and bombs bursting in air without John Stafford Smith's melody and Francis Scott Key's lyrics to swell our..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

God Bless America

Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed this seething comedy, which he describes as a "violent movie about kindness."

"...Bobcat Goldthwait. Starring: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald and Larry Miller...."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vanya on 42nd Street

This 1994 film captures an alchemical moment of New York theatre lore, a prolonged experiment in Chekhov

"...films the actors – including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and Larry Pine – on the streets of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

In Her Shoes

Even if these Shoes are not perfectly stitched, the fit is nevertheless comfortable and the look is polished.

"...MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Candice Azzara, Ken Howard, Norman Lloyd, Brooke Smith, Francine Beers and Richard Burgi. Fans of director..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Melinda and Melinda

Woody Allen literally imagines a scenario as both a comedy and a tragedy, but we can't understand why half of this movie isn't at least amusing.

"...Radha Mitchell, Chloë Sevigny, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Brooke Smith, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn and Larry Pine. I’ll..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bad Company

"...Washington, Peter Stormare, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Irma P. Hall and Brooke Smith. Deprived of nuclear thrillers since 9/11 when Hollywood..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kansas City

"...Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Brooke Smith, Steve Buscemi and Jane Adams. The indefatigable Robert..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Summer in the Hamptons

"...Gregory, Melissa Leo, Martha Plimpton, Ron Rifkin, Diane Salinger, Brooke Smith, Kristoffer Tabori, Holland Taylor and Roddy McDowall. To..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Vanya On 42nd Street

"...Directed by: Louis Malle. Starring: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Brooke Smith, Larry Pine, Julianne Moore, Jerry Mayer, George Gaynes,..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...the extraordinariness of everyday life can check out Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Museum or the Buckhorn Hall of Horns;..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...her life. Cast: Hadley Robinson, Emily Hampshire, Brandon Mychal Smith, Kausar Mohammed (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Horns Season Gets Under Way

Lots of new faces as Horns kick off tonight

"...The newcomers include two former Bowie High strikers, Allison Smith and Taylor Johnson, and two from Round Rock, defender..."

Aug. 10, 2011 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It

An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy

"...Arden. Frederick then banishes his niece Rosalind (Emily Christine Smith), who, along with his daughter Celia (Brooke Culbertson) and..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...Memorial Vertical Team: first as a special-ed teacher at Brooke Elementary, then a math teacher at Allan, before returning..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...is in the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. – Amy Smith..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

The ins and outs of Sixteen Deluxe; Josh Cisneros has a couple clubs he hopes will save Austin music.

"...and Clark are planning legal action against Chris "Frenchie" Smith, the remaining founding member of the band. "I'd just..."

July 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar counts to nine and back again

"...breakdown, this one involving his "clear" close friends, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith and John Travolta and Kelly Preston..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Faith-based environmentalism ... and we don't mean the kind W practices

"...Don Smith, president of First UU's board of trustees, summarized what..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Max Keeble's Big Move

"...Space) found it necessary to film the requisite babes (Brooke Anne Smith as Max's ninth-grade dream girl and supermodel..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...Devin Smith..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

'Iconoclast' Country

It's election time in Crawford – peace and free speech keep right on waving and smiling

"..."There's a lot of positiveness about Bush," says workmate Brooke Marshall, "and how they're hoping he's re-elected."..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...a fivepiece. Recentered to mostly solo recording (plus Gabby Smith of Gabby's World on backing vocals), latest "Races" continues..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

11/11 EAST Stops

The Chronicle Arts editor's recommendations for the 2011 tour

"...wit, imagination, and craftsman's care into marvelously stylish furniture. Brooke Gassiot..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

A recent gala IDoL-ized Austin fashionistas.

"...board members, Gail Chovan (divine in vintage Courreges micro-mini), Brooke Carter, Levi Palmer, Neil Diaz, and myself, IDoL currently..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...central East Austin schools (including Blackshear, Govalle, Allan, Allison, Brooke, and others); even in the northeast, only a handful..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column

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