Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson is Mr. Plow ... with a vengeance

"...Calcote’s (Bateman) cocaine trade. After his grief-obliterated wife (Dern, frankly given very little to do) leaves the briefly suicidal..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...(Temple). A plan is hatched, with matricide at its black and hardened heart, but none of these exurban wastrels..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...in part to the cello and steel sounds of Frank Kammerdiener. Such airy elegance is balanced by Larry Seaman's..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Gimme Shelter

Vanessa Hudgeons stars in this bland exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama.

"...this tale is told in the starkest shades of black and white but that it seems more driven by..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Wolverine

With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.

"...the poison-breathed mutant Viper (Khodchenkova), various yakuza baddies and black-clad samurai, and Yashida’s lovely granddaughter Mariko (Okamoto), who could..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy doesn't make the attraction between the characters played by Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom believable and then goes off in dozens more unprofitable directions.

"...This hoary Hollywood trope has gotten the treatment from Frank Capra to Zach Braff, and while the ambitious Elizabethtown..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Punisher

Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.

"...make you pine for the original version of the black-clad Marvel Comics’ badass, played to awful imperfection in 1989..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

L.I.E.

"...Directed by: Michael Cuesta. Starring: Paul Franklin Dano, Brian Cox, Tony Michael Donnelly, James Costa, Billy..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dead Again

"...ain't necessarily a permanent one. The conceit in Scott Frank's imaginative screenplay is a karmic one: Are two lovers,..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...a Day. This interview is by Chronicle Editor Louis Black, who has been friends with Maltin since junior high..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

The Pixies

"...The PixiesStubb's, Oct. 20 The black eyeliner was already dripping down their frontman's chubby cheeks..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Kickstart Your Weekend: Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In

Local drive-in revivalists want to improve their screen

"...Founder Josh Frank turned on the Starlite in East Austin, with homes..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cure Romances Austin

Friday (the 13th) I’m in love

"...of the Cure’s Friday the 13th stand at the Frank Erwin Center? Robert Smith smiled. The enduring British outfit’s..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Dames, Turtles, and More

The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news

"...will host the Texas premiere of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ted Bundy

"...approach; Bright, who is a satirist at heart, uses black humor to keep Ted at a distance. (Ted is..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Death to Smoochy

"...Caught taking payola, he's dismissed by network programming VP Frank Stokes (Stewart), who with partner Nora Wells (Keener) finds..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Outlaws

"...just ain't so. Instead of true grit and gutshot black-hatters, director Les Mayfield has crafted what may well be..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...season, and Griffith's dark prince of evil is essentially Frank Langella with a makeover and a bad attitude. Woods..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Malice

"...Joseph Wambaugh adaptations of The Onion Field and The Black Marble. This movie starts off respectably enough, and it's..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Run-Off Election Ticker: Getting a Li’l Testy!

Democracy itself is at stake. Just ask Frank Ward.

"...If Austin residents don't elect Frank Ward to City Council this month, they might as..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From the Vaults: Tashlinesque

Frank Tashlin in print and onscreen

"...reviews the new biography, Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin. Tashlin was a noted – if not always..."

May 25, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Hell

"...Abberline, who is to the Victorian era what Millennium's Frank Black was to the Fox network -- that is,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dance Me Outside

"...Directed by: Bruce Mcdonald. Starring: Ryan Black, Adam Beach, Jennifer Podemski, Lisa Lacroix, Michael Greyeyes, Kevin..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Starting From Something

After an eight-year break, Shane Black is back with 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,' taking himself in a different direction

"...Shane Black joked from the Paramount Theatre stage as he introduced..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ill Communication: Transmission No. 1

Fear not of rap and hip-hop, but rather FOR rap and hip-hop

"...“Fear Not of Man,” from his 1999 solo debut, Black on Both Sides...."

Sept. 9, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...today is working with a young blues shouter named Black Joe Lewis. If it's got anything to do with..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

About AIDS

For black Americans, the time is now!

"...of all women being diagnosed with AIDS today are black. This is one thrust of a new report, "The..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

ACL Saturday by the blurb

"...Nashville also sends Run With Bulls, hot off their Black Tongue EP and rarin' with tough, twangy rock. Funk-retro..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...enjoyment, for me, is when people go off script." Black Pistol Fire: Aliens of Extraordinary Ability..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath

Local funk crew journeys ‘Into the Void’ tonight

"...progressive take on Latin funk got thrown for a black-cloaked loop last autumn when the local Grupo Fantasma offshoots..."

June 27, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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