Carmen Jones

"...former film critic for The Austin Chronicle."Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones is one of the most uncompromising portrayalsof black America..."

July 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gene Kurtz

The Bottom Line

"...If Gene Kurtz hadn't quit the Rolling Stones, his life story..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Company Men

Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner star in this drama about what happens to company men after they part company with the company.

"...Directed by: John Wells. Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...Directed by: James Griffiths. Starring: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Ian McShane, Olivia Colman, Kayvan Novak and..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oh hai! I can haz haiku?

We Put Words on Paper unofficial SXSW party

"...Former Austinite and STAPLE! veteran Miracle Jones introduced his piece at the We Put Words on..."

March 17, 2011 Books Post by Ashley Moreno

Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930

Gift guide

"...by David A. Jasen and Gene Jones..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

X-Men: The Last Stand

This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors – racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.

"...Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore and Vinnie Jones. What are we to make of Kelsey Grammer's furry..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...idea to re-create the story of the Reverend Jim Jones and his People's Temple of the Disciples of Christ:..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fragile Minds

Dementia and Remember find terror in age

"...Or take Gene Jones: his career has mostly been as a supporting..."

May 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Abracadabra

Steve Miller brings the magic at Texas Medal of Arts

"...such as T. Boone Pickens, Emmitt Smith, and Jerry Jones paying tribute to Individual Arts Patron honorees Gene Jones..."

March 6, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...bringing the first episode of their adaptation of his multi-generational Texas epic The Son to town...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

The unreleased and the oddly evasive titles from 2013

"...to make a multi-part miniseries about the Reverend Jim Jones and his People's Temple, telling more than just the..."

Jan. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Tuna' Surprise

Joe Sears and Jaston Williams to receive Texas Medal of Arts

"...Center for Dance. They are: * Individual Arts Patron: Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson * Foundation Arts Patron:..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Angels, Devils, and Jim Cummings at The Last Stop in Yuma County

The indie icon breaks down his new dusty noir and its ensemble

"...But there's also a number of older actors, like Gene Jones (The Sacrament), Barbara Cramption (We Are Still Here),..."

May 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Small-Town Drama, Small-Town Hospitality

Austin director Tyler Russell gets help picking some Texas Cotton

"...Orchard Gets Its Day on Screen," Oct. 26), and Gene Jones (The Sacrament, No Country for Old Men). He..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson and Gene Jones...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...Jameel Khaja Starring: George Hardy, Lew Temple, Jason Douglas, Gene Jones An aging policeman is convinced a mysterious stranger..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...and actor/director Joe Swanberg, but their collaboration on this Jonestown Massacre-inspired drama, on DVD, has some of this year's..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ronnie Earle: Prosecutions of Elected Officials

"...1980: Sen. Gene Jones (Dem): used state computer to prepare campaign mailings...."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

Tuesday's Not Gone

A smattering of Tuesday night music clubs.

"...catch his new “Ameripolitan” style, but see the legendary Gene Kurtz, co-writer of “Treat Her Right,” on bass...."

Oct. 16, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...111min/color, 35mm) Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder. Directed by Arthur..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Gene Mikulenka stands at odd personal and societal crossroads -..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated by Steve Jones..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary,..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary,..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...ABSOLUTE POWER D: Clint Eastwood; with Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Judy Davis...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Dallas Country Jail Blues," Gene Autry..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Rachel Bay Jones (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...how and why these relics continue to engage passing generations. We tend to watch whatever the TV programmers and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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