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"...Vincent, jazz-hop supergroup August Greene, Puerto Rican rapper Residente, classic rockers the Pretenders, and, of course, American icon Willie..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Impractical Jokers: The Movie

Community couldn't get six seasons and a movie, but these guys did?

"...got into improv comedy by way of Allen Funt’s classic Candid Camera...."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bloodshot

Vin Diesel at his most Vin Diesel in this smash mouth comic adaptation

"...roles, that Bloodshot cannot help but be a cult classic in the making. This is Hollywood escapism at its..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

All the steps before that last waltz

"...The five members of the Band’s classic 1968-77 lineup never played together as an ensemble again..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taste of New Orleans ATX Style

Get Your Taste of New Orleans With These Nine Crawfish Boils

"...local events all feature their own spin on your classic crawfish boil with specialized dates and prices. Grab a..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Chron Events Post by Desiree Johnson

Brahms: The Boy II

The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?

"...Alberto Cavalcanti’s “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy” segment of 1946 UK classic Dead of Night. Go. Now. Rent.)..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seberg

Prosaic bio-drama of the radical starlet never shines like she did

"...her performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 French New Wave classic, Breathless. But Seberg’s early European career is not the..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Invisible Man

Universal Monsters update thrills as a high-octane Gaslight

"...film is where its strengths lie. In adapting a classic horror narrative, Whannell proves that his instincts are those..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Book Review: The Big Goodbye

The making of Chinatown gets its full due in Wasson's chronicle

"...new viewers who have somehow missed out on this classic about pre-World War Two Los Angeles, water, power, and..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Arts Post by David Gaines

Archive Theater's The Man of Destiny

The company builds a uniquely entertaining evening around Shaw's fiery tango of wits between a young Napoleon and a Mysterious Lady

"...my prospective plus-ones are often less receptive to attending classic works (e.g., Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare) than they are to,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The Turning

Henry James' creepy classic resurrected yet again

"...forget The Turning, the latest adaptation of Henry James' classic eerie novella The Turn of the Screw, but it's..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bad Boys for Life

Not bad, not good, just the same again from the aging action heroes

"...Boys for Life echoes over and over Danny Glover’s classic Lethal Weapon catchphrase, “I’m getting too old for this..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW

Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary

"...Radio Hour: The Podcast, the revived version of the classic The National Lampoon Radio Hour, to Esther's Follies as..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Christmas

Redo of horror classic rejects subtext for political message

"...be seen as the history of subversion; for many now-classic horror films of the Seventies and Eighties, the need..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Jumanji: The Next Level

Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel

"...Chazz from Airheads front a remake of a horror classic, and we ended up with Brendan Fraser's wild-ride take..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The French View of Richard Linklater

Pompidou curator explains new tribute to the Austin filmmaker

"...was released only in 2006 on DVD, is a classic among film buffs. And there is also the younger..."

Dec. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ford v Ferrari

Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics

"...with a cinematic tradition that began with the silent classic Ben Hur, it’s the personal and professional friendship between..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...experience is staggering. Drinking 11 (yes, drink all 11) classic European-style beers under the live oaks and low brush..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...apologia, it earns a film the tag of "problematic classic." And sometimes, a film gets an inexplicable pass, like..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...beauty, humor, and a much-appreciated feminist twist on the classic children’s fairy tale – after all, Sleeping Beauty is,..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Abominable

A lot of fuzz and cuteness, but not much else to this yeti jaunt

"...spans will wane.) Ultimately, any comparison to the Spielberg classic is a superficial one. The relationship between Yi and..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Weekend Wine: White Wines of Northeastern Italy

Don't sleep on this affordable biodynamic Chardonnay

"...California style Chardonnay. Instead, it is more like a classic Chablis but with the added complexity of the hazelnut..."

Sept. 21, 2019 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Riot Girls

Part John Hughes, part Mad Max, all female empowerment

"...wooden dialogue, but Vuckovic’s fable has no shortage of classic Eighties needle-drops and plenty of love for misfits everywhere,..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tigers Are Not Afraid

Supernatural horrors are less terrifying than real life in this Mexican fable

"...a girl was given three wishes. It's a simple, classic setup, the perfect fairy tale beginning. Yet that's where..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour 2019

The fest's best shorts are a diverse treat

"...the history of art by magically being put in classic artworks (Judith Slaying Holofernes never looked cuter)...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Archive Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac

Jennifer Rose Davis' new staging immerses audiences in 19th-century France, taking them on an epic journey that's equally humorous and heartfelt

"...Classic scripts today are often modernized in one of two..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Who Gives a Cluck About Popeyes and Chick-fil-A?

As feathers fly, here's where to get a great chicken sandwich in Austin

"...simply looking for a local version of the Popeyes/Chick-fil-A classic, look no further than Lucy’s (for the traditional lettuce,..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Food Post by Lina Fisher

French Picnic Fare at Épicerie at the Contemporary

The menu at Laguna Gloria pairs delightfully with a stroll through the sculpture gardens

"...McIntosh opened Épicerie at the Contemporary, she focused on classic picnic fare. At first glance, the condensed version of..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Something something family something. The unkillable franchise lumbers on.

"...here he offers his best possible take on a classic Bond villain as an ideologue who is all too..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Punk Legend John Doe Presents at AFS Cinema

The L.A. to Austin transplant on acting: "I want to be sideways!"

"...dead man walking in a remake of 1949 noir classic D.O.A...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

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