Black Nativity

Kasi Lemmons’ adaptation of this Langston Hughes work is a muddled church-time reverie.

"...Christmas Eve is a time for redemption according to the..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Holiday Classics Hit the Paramount

'Love Actually,' 'White Christmas,' and more warm fuzzies for December

"...an enviable life, it takes an angel of parallel-universe Christmas to make George see how life would be for..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Martha Stewart Living: Home For the Holidays (Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia/Rhino)
Rosie O'Donnell & Friends Another Rosie Christmas (Sony)

Christmas Records

"...Holidays (Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia/Rhino)Rosie O'Donnell & FriendsAnother Rosie Christmas (Sony) If there's a single word that best describes..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Christina Aguilera My Kind of Christmas (RCA)

Christmas Records

"...Christina AguileraMy Kind of Christmas (RCA) As the closest thing to a teen-pop apologist..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Nature news, scenic drive routes, and events all over Texas

"...December means the Christmas lights are calling and it’s time for a Hill..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Fall events and news from all over Texas

"...It’s already time to think about Christmas shopping and where to take your annual holiday-card photo...."

Nov. 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Chronicle Recommends: Seasons Beatings

Our top picks for holiday movies with a twist

"...Who's ready for some Christmas cheer? Well, not the Chronicle's film critics, it seems...."

Dec. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

Everyone's favorite Christmas misanthrope loses his edge

"...side effects include an intense loathing of all things Christmas). This Grinch suffers from something like PTSD following a..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It's a Wonderful Lie

Breezy, sneaky Christmas in Connecticut airs Christmas Eve on TCM

"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the..."

Dec. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gift Guide 2016: Haunted Holidays

A few suggestions if you’re giving your Ghost of Christmas Past a present ...

"...reading of ghost stories during long, dark, and cold Christmas nights is a yuletide ritual which dates to at..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Love the Coopers

A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers

"...a valediction hastily scribbled at the bottom of a Christmas card, or an entreaty to embrace yet another white..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Last Ounce of Courage

A dead veteran's family heals their loss through their "free speech" battle to save Christmas from the godless ACLU.

"...of this hysterical screed from somewhere in America where Christmas, and therefore Christ, is under attack from all sides?..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anatomy of a Gay Bashing, Part 1

The story of the Christmas night gay bashing

"...Bobby Beltran and a friend were attacked on Christmas night in Austin's warehouse district. We sat with Bobby..."

Dec. 30, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Four Christmases

From the director of the hit documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters comes this holiday-themed romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Opens Wednesday.

"...No yuletide season would be complete without the crappy Christmas movie. A holiday tradition on par with returning unwanted..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What Would Jesus Buy?

The good Reverend Billy is on an agitprop mission to convince his fellow Americans that our heedless consumerism will be their spiritual undoing.

"...the Disneylands – in an effort to free the Christmas season from the clutches of the capitalists and return..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Lovemongers The Last Noel (B2)

Christmas Records

"...LovemongersThe Last Noel (B2) The rule for making worthwhile Christmas music is simple: Sing something different, write something new,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Playing The Sacrifice Game

Director Jenn Wexler and producer Heather Buckley on seasonal scares

"...the flames of possibility than a closed school at Christmas...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spirited

Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets flipped

"...Not reviewed at press time. Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets flipped as a dimwitted Ghost of Christmas..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review

Holiday Viewing: The Best Man Holiday

Bust a gut laughing, or cry your guts out: You get it both ways

"...How do you like your Christmas movie? Raunchy comedy, or wracking-sob melodrama? With The Best..."

Dec. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays

The least sad way to spend Christmas solo

"...Any ideas about the least sad ways to spend Christmas alone? I don't get enough time off this year..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Holiday happenings, news, and more

"...off to a wet and chilly start, but the Christmas lights are still burning brightly...."

Dec. 2, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

New Sounds of the Season

Christmas cheer for the ear from UT Wind Ensemble, Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Conspirare

"...annual seasonal concert now belongs to the Ghost of Christmas Past, but you can still catch a wondrous echo..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TexARTS Cabaret Series

Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson bring the Christmas cheer in series debut

"...Coming Home for Christmas is a new medley of yuletide favorites, both the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blue Christmas (Dialtone)

Christmas Records

"...Blue Christmas(Dialtone) Austin's Dialtone Records offers up this slab of rough-hewn..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

Pee-wee's Christmas Special

"...Calling this his "special Christmas special," Pee-wee Herman sets the Playhouse stage for festive..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature

Mixed Nuts

"...My Life, Sleepless in Seattle) new movie about the Christmas Eve misadventures of the neurotic and ineffectual staff of..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Ref

"...vitriol, something tells me The Ref missed its targeted Christmas release. No matter: an unrepentantly nihilistic 110 minutes of..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Look Who's Talking Now!

"...do with it, this is certainly a nightmare before Christmas. Travolta and Alley reprise their roles as good-natured, all-American..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls

Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s

"...At the intersection of the Christmas spirit and folk art, this is a unique trail..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Holdovers

Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for a Christmas lament

"...wealth, even as the school itself cuts corners on Christmas decorations to stretch its budget. But while the Seventies..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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