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The Wuxia Clan
AFS's 'Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film' flys high with eight overlooked classics.
"...The Austin Film Society's upcoming series, "Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film," which runs Tuesday nights..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All the Vermeers in New York
"...Directed by: Jon Jost. Starring: Emmanuelle Chaulet, Stephen Lack, Grace Phillips, Gracie Mansion, Gordon Joseph Weiss and Katherine Bean...."

June 19, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin’s Crucial Concerts for the Week
Jackie Venson, Grace Sorensen, Monte Warden, and many more
"...or be a silly donkey.   – Cat McCarrey Grace Sorensen..."

May 17, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

We Asked Writers to Review Bands They'd Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights
Fresh looks at Grace Sorensen, Witches Exist, Vermin the Villain, Ariel & the Culture
"...recap of the Chronicle's Hot Summer Nights show here.) Grace Sorensen Skates Through Velveteen Grooves..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Album Review: Nobody’s Girl
BettySoo, Grace Pettis, and Rebecca Loebe helm a collective effort of defiant, supportive independence
"...BettySoo, Grace Pettis, and Rebecca Loebe, each remarkable artists in their..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him
"...bit pervert, but so am I, so it's OK," Grace Jones giggles with a leer as she recalls the..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Weathering With You
A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog
"...than how it deals with you. The joy and grace of Weathering With You is in how Hina and..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lucy in the Sky
Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth
"...all in her performance, which is the only saving grace of the film (everyone else is truly forgettable), and..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Blue Lapis Light's In Light
In this aerial dance production, the performers move through the sky with such grace, joy, and harmony, they might as well be angels
"...like pinwheels, sometimes in unison, sometimes in sequence. The grace and joy they display, the harmony in their movements,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

If Beale Street Could Talk
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins adapts Baldwin's tale of love and racism
"...While there is poetic grace, that's not to say that there's no didacticism. Like..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Becoming Astrid
Pippi Longstocking creator's life story isn't for kids
"...Becoming Astrid’s saving grace is Alba August. She is in almost every frame..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Nun
The Conjuring franchise heads to Romania
"...The saving grace is director Corin Hardy, known previously for his intriguing..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paul, Apostle of Christ
Biopic of the Apostle.
"...follows up 2015's Mary of Nazareth biopic Full of Grace with a second film about the early days of..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Father Figures
On a road to nowhere with Ed Helms and Owen Wilson
"...Helms is the saving grace. In the opening comedy of manners, his seething rage..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bullet Head
A cracking good Tarantino-esgue heist film
"...and truly frightening as the film’s top dog). Solet (Grace) and his cinematographer Zoran Popovic make brilliant use of..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Song to Song
Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)
"...the film’s opaqueness is a distraction, or a saving grace; certainly, this kind of Euro arty ethos is easier..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kong: Skull Island
The big ape is back
"...to a giant monster movie looking for nuance and grace? (Okay, yes, Peter Jackson, fair enough.)..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monster Trucks
Boy meets monster, adventure ensues
"...being get home – but it has all the grace of a jacked-up Ford F-150 with a four-link suspension..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jackie
A portrait of the First Lady in the aftermath of JFK's assassination
"...Camelot but to the American dream itself. It is grace in the midst of madness...."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Him?
What if your child brought home James Franco as your new son-in-law?
"...mogul Laird Mayhew blunders through the film with the grace of a DOS operating system. Tatted up like a..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

American Honey
Youths hit the road in this rambling epic
"...see them all as Star(s) is the film’s saving grace...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weiner
An eye-popping, jaw-dropping doc about sext-happy ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner
"...whenever a public figure orchestrates his own fall from grace: “What were you thinking?” In the case of this..."

June 3, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Burnt
Bradley Cooper is a "bad boy" chef; Sienna Miller and others are garnish
"...character might be the most dislikable leading man to grace movie screens in ages. Repugnant, even – and that,..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Big Stone Gap
An Appalachian "spinster" learns the truth about her past
"...erases all the stolen moments of true connection, of grace, between skilled actors stuck in a show that’s beneath..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black Mass
Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger
"...theory there’s an arc there – the fall from grace of a once-reputable lawman who becomes the protector of..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

McFarland, USA
Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.
"...Costner delivers, and does so with a gruffly charming grace...."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Drop
Based on a Dennis Lehane story, this disappointing crime drama costars James Gandolfini in his last role.
"...a fistful of dollars, is memorable in its weary grace notes. The Drop is adapted by Dennis Lehane from..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
This film is a loving valentine to an unsung hero of the entertainment industry who's had an astonishing career.
"...topics, but ultimately he grins it away with the grace of a man who knows how to roll with..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Live Shot: Against Me!
Against Me! at Spin Magazine day party, Stubb’s
"...Laura Jane Grace, frontwoman of Against Me!, wears a lot of hats..."

March 15, 2014 SXSW Post by Claire Gordon

The Broken Circle Breakdown
A powerful romantic adventure drives the heart of this Belgian melodrama about family and bluegrass music.
"...their passions and complexity, as well as in the grace of the music as it is performed and how..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

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