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A black hole re-creation, the Criterion Mobile Closet, and Alien: Earth close encounters await

"...into Yellowjackets’ eat-your-friends forest, Dexter: Original Sin’s kill room, Gladiator II’s imperial Colosseum, Survivor’s Museum of Artifacts, Star Trek:..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

Review: Welcome to Hans Zimmer’s Hard Rock Cafe

Composer amps up film scores at Moody Center live show

"...Zimmer Live quickly dispelled that notion. Beginning with a Gladiator teaser, led by a dreamy vocal intro by Loire..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Cat McCarrey

A Celebration of Black Women, a Benefit for Palestine, and Other Crucial Concerts

Hans Zimmer, Superfónicos, Lola Tried, and more recommended shows

"...Inception, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar,..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Paul Mescal (Hanno in Gladiator II), there were as many as 12 cameras filming..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Critics’ lists and more thoughts on the year in film

"...A Different Man), Zoe Saldana (Emilia Pérez), Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Gladiator II

Ridley Scott heads back to the Colosseum for a lackluster sequel

"...quarter century, as he returns to the Colosseum for Gladiator II, the sequel to his 2000 historical blockbuster Gladiator...."

Nov. 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shoegaze, Synthpop, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts

Whatever your genre, we got you

"...Sword-and-sandals smash Gladiator in 2000 triumphed with five Oscars, including Best Picture..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Alex Maas’ Captivating 13th Floor Lineup and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From sunn O))) to Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Marcia Ball’s holiday show

"...Talib Kweli and a band. SXSW veteran, X Games gladiator, Grupo Fantasma collaborator, the Brooklyn rapper tops RAS, THEBROSFRESH,..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Exquisite Torments of Ken Paxton

Why is everybody so mean to the Texas Attorney General?

"...from those who consider Paxton their anti-Biden, pro-Trump legal gladiator. The threats became only louder and more explicit following..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

Some of our favorite performances that you can revisit this weekend

"...gold metallic outfit early Madonna would’ve worn as a gladiator, grabbing his crotch Michael Jackson-style to “Panini,” off his..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Lil Nas X Perfects Storybook Whimsy and the Art of Self-Creation at ACL Fest

Pop star pulls off performance art in Austin debut

"...gold metallic outfit early Madonna would’ve worn as a gladiator, grabbing his crotch Michael-Jackson-style to “Panini,” off his 2019..."

Oct. 9, 2022 Music Post by Clara Wang

The Woman King

Historical epic of the legendary women warriors who inspired the Dora Milaje

"...The Woman King has been compared to Gladiator and, sure, there are similarities, but this film is..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...that night – stripped to the waist like a gladiator, "GIMME" on his torso – made impressive T-shirts and..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Opinion: Time to Look in the Mirror on Housing

Builder David Whitworth asks, is protecting single family zoning a Republican or Democrat issue?

"...and more "by-right" permitting (administrative approvals not the 2am gladiator hearings path to approval). Trump proudly ended this Obama-era..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by David Whitworth

Pandemic Production: Matt Poitras, Props Manufacturer

“Nobody had $400 to spend on a Han Solo belt."

"...MP Filmcraft, props fabricator Credits include: Vikings of Jomsborg, Gladiators: Back From the Dead..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hope Gap

A very British divorce, as Bening and Nighy head to lives apart

"...Writer/director William Nicholson (twice-nominated for a screenwriting Oscar for Gladiator and Shadowlands) kicks some fruitful ideas out to sea..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greed

Winterbottom and Coogan reunite to lampoon billionaires but the one-percenters won't flinch

"...is a toga party based on McCreadie’s favorite film Gladiator, for which an amphitheatre is being built and a..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Bold FC Hosts LA Galaxy II in Playoff Soccer

USL first round at COTA is the last home game of the season

"...Sonny Guadarrama, Kris Tyrpak, Andre Lima, Xavier Baez, Kleber Gladiator, Amobi Okugo, Diego Restrepo … it's been a likeable..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Flamboyant Musician Dorian Electra Gives Masculinity a "Groovy" Makeover

In their debut tour, genderfluid artist celebrates camp

"...“These symbols are so powerful … a matador or gladiator, all these things that have been traditionally used to..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Make Some Noise for Native Rhymesayer Kydd Jones

With growing national buzz, why isn’t Austin paying attention?

"...this point, in his early 20s, Jones lived in gladiator mode...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Weekend Wine

Would you like a simple bottle of Pinot with dinner?

"...Recently, I had the opportunity to try Cycles Gladiator’s version from California's Central Coast. Winemaker Adam LaZarre has..."

Feb. 3, 2018 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Shot Caller's Vivid Look at Crime and Punishment

Local director Ric Roman Waugh offers a brutal look at the penal system

"...scandal (where guards were accused of pitting inmates in gladiator-style fights to the death), Snitch draws from the true..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...Sondra Locke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. If you mixed Gladiator with the hard-boiled Westerns synonymous with Clint Eastwood, you’d..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday ACL Fest Preview: Kendrick Lamar

We couldn't get Kendrick on the phone, so we replayed his greatest verse

"...genre's origins as a competitive sport make battle tracks gladiator domain...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Nerve

An online game of "Truth or Dare" turns dangerous

"...The finale of Nerve plays like a gladiator fight to the death in Rome’s Colosseum, with the..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...Further investigations also revealed that guards were setting up "gladiator-style" fights between the children, which they then bet on...."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Being Evel

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...Junge traces “the last gladiator”’s hardscrabble roots amidst the coal-mining, alcohol, and fisticuffs of..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Son of the Congo

Can basketball star Serge Ibaka go home again?

"...self-aware sports journalism, a far-flung dispatch of our transcontinental gladiator culture and the strange vectors of opportunity it affords...."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

DVD Watch: 'Grand Piano'

Elijah Wood's thriller heads up this week's releases

"...of CGI and not much script in this discount Gladiator. Read our full review here...."

May 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pompeii

A gladiator slave must rescue his secret love before Vesuvius erupts.

"...Celt Milo, enslaved by the Romans and forced into gladiatorial combat by Sutherland's sleazy senator Corvus in the Rome-resistant..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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