The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...Hunger is a powerful motivating force, one made palpable in..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen wins the Hunger Wars and our hearts.

"...are those who would be our leaders that The Hunger Games books have been so wildly successful. Set in..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

YA epic's prequel can't catch the book's inner fire

"...You don’t have to have prior knowledge of the Hunger Games series – Suzanne Collins' YA book trilogy or..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

As the series ends, we wonder what we'll do without our Katniss catnip

"...not go according to plan. Snow has had his Hunger Game “gamemakers” create endless “pods” throughout the besieged Capitol,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Katniss Everdeen goes from Hunger Games victor to emblem of the revolution

"...dramatic action. Maybe it’s callous to miss the titular Hunger Games. They were, after all, a brutish televised battle..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hunger Games

Lauren Kelley's 'True Falsetto' exhibition reviewed

"...of food that excites our palates and abates our hunger, so we desire it, but these copies made of..."

Jan. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DoorDash Celebrates Its Sustainability and Hunger Efforts With SXSW Party

Queue the line: Free food and booze from Torchy’s Tacos and Project DASH

"...need through Project DASH (DoorDash Acts for Sustainability and Hunger)...."

March 6, 2019 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

The Maze Runner

Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.

"...Of course, everyone wants the next Hunger Games, and though this year’s Divergent and The Giver..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

The kids are on the run – again

"...as a particularly remarkable YA heroine. With each passing Hunger Games and Maze Runner, she’s merely the same kind..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Hideout Theatre's Dystopian Teen Future

In this take on Hunger Games and Divergent-style tales, the improvisers struggle to find a plot or laughs

"...from the chaff, pitting young people against each other Hunger Games-style. Among the adolescents, one key character emerges as..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The AggreGAYtor: August 11

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The Gay Games rock Cleveland, Peeta's still straight but not narrow, and..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

SXSW Announces Accelerator Finalists

Web innovators in Interactive and Music will show off their wares

"...like to think of it as Tomorrowland meets the Hunger Games.)..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Killer cast cuts to the core in this Gen Z Clue riff

"...as Bee, fresh in love with Sophie (Stenberg, The Hunger Games’ Rue). Bakalova is next-level in the film as..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Film Flam

Fest news, Alamo expands, script to screen, + 'Hunger' game

"...The Hunger Games and pixel-powered indie game Canabalt have at least..."

March 26, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cuckoo

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer stars in this thriller set at a resort in rural Bavaria

"...Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) plays Gretchen,..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hate U Give

Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America

"...the brilliant young actor Amandla Stenberg (Rue from The Hunger Games), renders the plight of young, urban African-American kids..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darkest Minds

Earth's last children hunted by their parents

"...herself in other young adult films such as The Hunger Games and Everything, Everything, she gives the character of..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

YA dystopian trilogy finally comes to a close

"...after the YA apocalypse trend has seemingly crested. The Hunger Games had its last supper in 2015. Its heir..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Divergent

Yet another dystopic YA book series gets translated to film – and one that resembles thebestseller: engrossing yet flimsy.

"...Divergent lacks the simplicity in concept of The Hunger Games, an obvious influence and brass ring; it takes..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...got a big boost from the success of The Hunger Games, is also very strong, again with writers trying..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Golden Globe Award Nominations: Best Original Song

Five nominees might get you off Netflix and into theatres

"...“Atlas,” by Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...Runner (2014) When stacked up against the Divergent and Hunger Games franchises, the Maze Runner movies have always been..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...a. Where I can find games that interest me -- it seems like boys get..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Bay of Angels, Books, and a Brewery Bee in This Week’s Arts and Culture Events

Movies, spelling, and more weekday fun

"...side of the law.   – James Scott The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa

Bold rock opera dazzles but doesn’t quite land its allegory

"...Part The Hunger Games, part NeverEnding Story, O’Dessa is a visual feast,..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Review: Cuckoo

Black Forest fairy tale strains credulity

"...Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes plays Gretchen..."

March 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Y2K

Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia

"...row of Gen Z cast members: Rachel Zegler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Jaeden Martell..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Vesper

Enthralling eco-fable rewrites Snow White as a young Galileo

"...But she is a quiet revolutionary. There's no Hunger Games spectacle here: Instead, Vesper and Camellia quietly inhabit..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Best of Enemies

Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama

"...and class in Durham ’71. Previously a producer (The Hunger Games), he infuses The Best of Enemies with a..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Adrift

True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley

"...Lionsgate franchises, Shailene Woodley (Divergent) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games), co-star here as Oldham and Sharp. Both actors..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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