Foster Boy

The for-profit foster system exposed in this heartrending drama

"...an orphaned young Black man take on the for-profit foster care industry in this drama backed by Shaquille O'Neal...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review

Jared Leto Sings for Kids in Foster Care

Then invites them to 30 Seconds to Mars concert

"...small talk with a group of Austin youth in foster care or who have been adopted. “Fifty-three!” shouted one...."

April 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Radney Foster

"...Harkening back to the smart country/pop stylings of Foster & Lloyd, Radney Foster's third solo outing, See What..."

May 28, 1999 Music Feature

Boy Raises Man

Yes, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" often sidesteps grief and even undermines its critics by slyly layering the self-deprecation. Chronicle contributor Stuart Wade explains why, In Eggers' hands, it works.

"...New Yorker editor David Remnick, fiendishly intelligent writer David Foster Wallace, and humorist David Sedaris;..."

March 3, 2000 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

Little Man Tate

"...Directed by: Jodie Foster. Starring: Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Last Shift

Different visions of the modern American working class, all beaten by the same system

"...double duty this weekend here and in the Shaq-endorsed Foster Boy) is a testament to the ease with which..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen and John..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bogus

"...of the imaginary friend belonging to this story's little boy. “Bogus” is not my review, however, it could be...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

"...Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy Renner, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Ben Foster, Marilyn Manson, Ornella Muti and Winona Ryder. And now..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unless Abbott Interferes, Daniel Perry to Serve 25 Years

"I know it’s never going to be the same again.” – Whitney Mitchell

"...in prison for murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster...."

May 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Searching for Bobby Fischer

"...champion Josh Waitzkin. The movie is based on the boy's real-life experiences which are detailed in the biographical book..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carnage

Roman Polanski directs this chamber piece about the demise of social decorum that's adapted from the play God of Carnage.

"...Directed by: Roman Polanski. Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly...."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

John Krasinski makes his directorial debut with this screen adaptation of David Foster Wallace's stories.

"...be, coming from the pen of the late David Foster Wallace, a masterful writer given to great pile-ons of..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tuck Everlasting

"...Jackson, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt and Alexis Bledel. Winnie Foster (Bledel) longs for life beyond her garden gate. The..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beautiful Girls

"...heart and soul of the modern-day Peter Pan -- boys who don't want to grow up, men who don't..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Willy

"...act out aggressively even when placed in the loving foster home of Annie and Glen (Atkinson and Madsen), and..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lone Survivor

A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.

"...by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch and Eric Bana...."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Over It

"...Directed by: Tommy O'Haver. Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Zoe Saldano, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Martin..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Quest for Camelot

"...her dreams of derring-do is assisted by a blind boy who has also hoped to become a knight until..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Step Up

This snooty-dancer-meets-street-dancer musical romance is so painfully intent on teaching its characters life lessons every few minutes that it forgets to be trashy.

"...(formerly of the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog) dances his white-boy ass off. But the movie is so awkward, so..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The AggreGAYtor: March 4

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Lech Walesa puts his foot in his mouth, Jodie Foster refuses to cooperate, and Bryan Fischer worries about locker..."

March 4, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Howl, Fantods, Howl.

The late, great David Foster Wallace's work gets an Austintatious celebration as Infinite Summer more or less reaches its climax.

"...if you've only skimmed a story in which David Foster Wallace allows his supra-narrator characters to get a word..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Other End of the Line

In this cross-cultural romantic comedy, a telephone operator in India travels to San Francisco to meet the man she falls for over the phone.

"...Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Larry Miller, Austin Basis, Sara Foster, Sushmita Mukherjee and Anupam Kher. In discussing the Indian..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It's All True: Based On an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles

"...Krohn, Myron Meisel, Orson Welles, Ricahrd Wilson and Norman Foster. It's All True provides a missing piece of film..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music Review: Abhi the Nomad

Third-culture kid sweats up some Childish Gambino

"...like a wigged-out Donald Glover. Recently signed to Tommy Boy Music, the 24-year-old son of an Indian diplomat, who..."

March 17, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love

35th annual local prom sets a new standard

"...steadying herself on a new prosthetic leg as Liz Foster led a soulful reprise of “Rise Above.”..."

March 13, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Harry Knowles, Pedazo Chunk, and the Independent Video Store

Harry on indie video stores

"...Chunk, which opened in 2001 in a tiny (and boy do we mean tiny) space 2009 S. First St...."

Jan. 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...Services caseworkers who'd come to take custody of 22 foster boys, ages 12-17, all of whom the agency had..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Strayhorn on Woodside Trails

Former comptroller defends her actions on foster care

"...2003, when a series of articles regarding the state's foster-care system, and the possibility of financial improprieties by at..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Last Tree

British migrant coming-of-age drama empathetically explores what it is to belong

"...Last Tree’s coming-of-age story. While the passageway from troubled boyhood to responsible manhood is a journey traveled in many..."

July 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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