The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Long-gestating commentary on fantasy and delusion is Terry Gilliam at his most Gilliamesque (for better or worse)

"...bizarre trait. Without it, no filmmaker would get anything done. But with it, they can end up down peculiar..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

UT Modeling Shows Stark Future Without Social Distancing

Without strict shelter-in-place, local hospitals overwhelmed by May

"...tells you everything you need to know: If we don't take the current shelter-in-place orders seriously, and reduce our..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

T. Don Hutto: Lipstick on a Doberman

WilCo commissioners voted to renew the T. Don Hutto contract, apparently because it's good for children

"...commissioners' motives for renewing the contract for the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Tay­lor, where U.S. Immigration and..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Don't Go Back to Dark Ages Without a Fight

"...me to have a baby on my timetable, in stark contrast to the lives of my ancestors. Women should..."

Feb. 13, 2006 Postmarks

Green Book

Jim Crow road trip may be simplistic, but it's heartfelt

"...Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco, Dimiter D. Marinov and Don Stark...."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Paul Rudd,..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...Directed by: Joss Whedon. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Iron Man 3

It's more of the same, but the same is pretty good.

"...Black. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall and Jon Favreau...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Psycho Beach Party

This campy send-up of surf and slasher movies uses Gidget movies as its comic template.

"...Robert Lee King. Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Nicholas Brendon, Matt Keeslar, Beth Broderick, Charles Busch, Andrew Levitas, Nick..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taste of Cherry

"...said, I have to report that I, personally, just don't get it. I intellectually understand what occurs in the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...has the best explosive-diarrhea-in-the-middle-of-the-street scene since Bridesmaids, and I don't know whether to categorize that as a dubious distinction..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marvel's The Avengers

Excelsior! This Marvel adventure knocks it out of the universe.

"...Directed by: Joss Whedon. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chris..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eternity and a Day

"...impoverished. Personally, I've never felt the choice was so stark. I'd even argue that it takes a live, wideband..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Saving Private Ryan

"...snafu on the home front. Miller and his men don't give a rat's ass for this unseen, unknown private..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

A trio of “showgirls” – two drag queens and one transgender woman – venture out of tolerant, big-city Sydney and into the wilds of central Australia.

"...and hon, I mean dramatic – contrast between the stark Australian outback and the flashy drag performers. Magenta and..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Spike & Mike's Classic Festival of Animation 2002

"...be surefire attention-getters, the most obvious of these is Don Hertzfeldt's “Rejected,” an honest-to-goodness animation classic that rivals the..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...This is a story where we don’t know how it ends. It starts in August 1972,..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Watch This: Big Bill Urges Us to “Forget About Monday”

New single precedes a public freakout

"...With a new video that thrives on stark cinematography, colorful costuming, and a weird amount of direct..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

TDH: 5/20/11

Shade and Tovo defining differences

"...important, key issues facing the City of Austin and stark differences between Randi and her opponent,"� Kathie Tovo. The..."

May 20, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Rural Republicans for Nurses

Rep. Christian savages rules for advanced practice nurses as blocking rural care

"...He gave some pretty stark statistics about his own medically under-served district. "We've have..."

May 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Family Matter

Cap Metro employees face another stark decision on their livelihoods

"...enrollment would jeopardize employees' access to insurance, and "we don't want our employees and their families to be without..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Austin at Large: Polling and the Police

What we know, don't know, and need to know about the public's view of public safety

"...their own, but even if not, the disconnect is stark between the pro-police line voiced by Ms. Houston –..."

July 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Checking In: James McMurtry Waits on Widespread Testing

“We can’t pack the clubs until we do”

"...fear it’s more of a trial under no president.” Stark as his song realism, the terse yet lyrical op-ed..."

May 6, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Terror Fest Q&A: Panopticon

Folk & metal extremist books a pair of über rare performances

"...Panopticon moves from savage but melodic black metal to stark, Appalachian folk. The rarely touring Kentuckian makes his local..."

June 6, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Getting Caught on 7 Splinters in Time

Director explains mindwarping time travel flick before screening

"...Sometimes you don't know what a film is really about until it's..."

June 27, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend in Film

More than mere faces in the crowd

"...Some people you remember, most you don't. Those featured in the films this weekend are both..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...by the trailing edge of Generation X, and they don’t really believe in anything...."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter’s Night

Canadian folksinger stirs the Moody with a career ‘Sundown’

"...for a fortysomething hip-hop queen from the Bronx, so Gordon Lightfoot’s stopover at the same venue last night resulted..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Is Who We Are #10: Austin Lyric Opera's Candide

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists..."

May 19, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pat Blashill’s Elegant, Extreme Images of Lone Star Punk

Butthole Surfers and Big Boys’ heyday captured in Texas Is the Reason

"...on, photographer Pat Blashill envisioned his book as a stark, aestheticized art piece, inspired by ocular icons like Robert..."

April 8, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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