The Mist

There's "something in the mist," and it's not only the beasts that bite but also the dark things that reside within.

"...Horror resides both without and within. That's the message of Darabont's The Mist. Yes, it's a horror film with..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow Dogs

"...bland and formulaic concoction tailor-made for the lower echelons of Blockbuster hell, which it is, but that the film's..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...more dull than the Texas legislative races. No U.S. House race was closer than 10 points, leaving the D.C...."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

The Boys

"...Collette and David Wentham. Absolutely uncompromising in its depiction of the tedium of garden-variety evil, this feature debut is..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Included here are more reviews of films screened during the SXSW Film Festival 1998. Additional..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Twister

A daredevil storm chaser gets the tornado he's always longed to see.

"...Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In a word, wow. The first of the 1996..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack the Bear

"...on the popular novel by Dan McCall, this story of a father and two sons in 1972 Oakland, California,..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Maid

In this acclaimed drama from Chile, the maid in question is a compelling enigma.

"...and their employers. Usually, they end in an outburst of violent revenge committed by the downtrodden servant class. Despite..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...Rock, was sitting pretty. He was virtually a guest of honor at a meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission,..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Deck the Halls

It's like Neighbors, except with more Christmas lights and Danny DeVito.

"...interesting about typical Hollywood Christmas movies is that regardless of how crass, vulgar, or mean-spirited they may be, by..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Death and the Maiden

"...Dorfman, this spare, hideously intense film is Polanski's version of a cinematic roller coaster: up, down, sideways, it leaves..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Causeway

Jennifer Lawrence returns in a moving portrait of a damaged woman

"...without her is a welcome reminder that she’s one of our greatest living actresses. In Causeway, Lawrence plays Lynsey,..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Chicken and Dumplings Recipe from Chef Amanda Rockman

We could all use some comfort food right about now.

"...Central Texas nights are still on the chilly side of summer. New Waterloo’s corporate pastry chef Amanda Rockman shared..."

March 31, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Labor Day

An escaped convict finds a family of sorts in this new drama by Jason Reitman.

"...shots. There is something somber and unreal, haunting and off-putting going on with establishing shots of a small rural..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Texas Chainsaw

Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.

"...Of all the remakes, reboots, and sequels of The Texas..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Tuscan Sun

Bella Italia substitutes for the Caribbean in this clunky but enjoyable version of How Frances Got Her Groove Back, starring Diane Lane.

"...radiant in fine wool and serve up heaping plates of rustic cuisine. This movie divided me utterly. My cynical..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Matilda

"...malevolent shadow and back again, Danny DeVito's big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda alternately warms and chills but never..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Getaway

"...Michael Madsen, Richard Farnsworth and James Wood. This remake of the 1972 Peckinpah gem lacks the Ali McGraw/Steve McQueen..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Morbius

Marvel's living vampire gets a Sony Spidey-verse spinoff

"...Living Vampire. Originally created in 1971, he was one of Marvel's first horror characters after the Comics Code Authority..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...penal system as a human rights violation machine (The House I Live In), and the dominating force of militarism..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: As Tears Go By

The sound will live forever; the memories never die

"..."It is the evening of the day..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Illusionist

From the director of The Triplets of Belleville comes this new animated feature, which is based on an unproduced script by the great French filmmaker Jacques Tati.

"...different from Chomet's Academy Award-nominated 2003 film, The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist springs, as if by post-mortem conjuring,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

Ellison's Greenhouses in Brenham boasts an eye-popping array of poinsettias to help enliven the Christmas season

"...Ellison's Greenhouses in Brenham knows Christmas flowers. The nursery grows a..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Grudge

A new haunting from the J-horror franchise

"...If you’re looking for the dead bodies of abandoned studio horrors, January is the ultimate dumping ground...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Into the Abyss

In his latest documentary, Werner Herzog tackles the subject of the death penalty in Texas.

"...I'm not entirely sure what to make of Herzog's documentary about a 1991 triple homicide in rural..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...Aziz Shihab may be best known as the father of San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye, and he often..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

The Tuxedo

"...Michael Leeson and Michael Wilson ought to be shipped off on a slow boat to China and forced to..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chocolat

This English-language movie is set in a provincial French village in 1959 and deals with the pressing question of whether the seductive and mysterious powers of chocolate can soothe the priggish tendencies of the local townsfolk – and during Lent, no less.

"...title implies, Chocolat tastes good in the moment but leaves behind little nutritional substance. This English-language movie is set..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breathe

Andrew Garfield stars in this biopic of a British responaut and advocate for the disabled

"...by polio is considered rare, occurring in about 0.5% of cases.) He was given just a few months to..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...to a master list that now totals 1,506. That leaves roughly 500 slots unfilled for the SXSW Music Conference,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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