Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle, in the finest performance of his career, headlines this true-life story about the "Oskar Schindler of Kigali, Rwanda" during the massacres of 1994.

"...Desmond Dube, Tony Kgoroge and Cara Seymour. One of the most amazing things about Hotel Rwanda, a film with..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Rising

"...a more apt title for this Giant Monster from the Depths throwback. Despite its obvious drawbacks, however, this patently..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Keynote 1: Tony Visconti

Bowie producer leads multiple speakers as yet-to-be announced

"...South by Southwest Music keynote? Tony Visconti, who produced The Man Who Sold the World and Young Americans, co-produced..."

Jan. 26, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Trixie Mattel Bringing Glamor to Moontower Just For Laughs

Megasized comedy festival adds more shows, podcasts

"...13-24) is unleashing Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo on the Paramount stage for a special recording of their podcast,..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Sinister

Robert Cargill's creepy collaboration with Ethan Hawke hits Netflix

"...stuck home, and tempted to check through those boxes the last owners left in the attic, for the love..."

May 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Halloweenies

Deliciously spooky films for the scaring season

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Chrissie Hynde Q&A

Pretenders frontwoman debuts solo in Austin on Nov. 19

"...Instead of fading into the abyss like some Eighties rockers who fronted blockbuster..."

Nov. 13, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Making a 'Killing'

Joshua Oppenheimer on the half-decade he spent filming for 'The Act of Killing'

"...blood, dreams of decapitation, dreams of murder and genocide. They are dreams of his life. But he was not..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: A Cold One With Joe Swanberg and His 'Drinking Buddies'

The festival's oddest and most comfortable press gathering

"...Most times a press event is themed, the result is cloying and dull. But when Joe..."

March 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mabuta no Ura

The Japanese rainbow spectrum of Boris' amplifier worship

"...A mask of gray smoke clouds the Mohawk stage, thickening the mid-October air. The three members..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Perfect Liberty

To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

"...Back in the early Nineties, the independent-rock movement in America was in..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM

The collapse of the American political process in Election Year 2000 is both an event in itself and a world-class metaphor: The American Century is over.

"...Election Day developments here and abroad have both raised the stakes and highlighted what the stakes really are:..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Sanctum

When spelunkers rappel into a remote cave and get trapped by storm runoff, the plot and dialogue become as soggy as the characters.

"...Cratchley and Cramer Cain. Producer James Cameron's fondness for the deep, dark fissures in both man and nature takes..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?

Yes: Our new comics-reviewing team gives 'em a look-see

"...sequential art – or whatever label you wanna tag the stuff with – coming out lately...."

May 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Night Swim

There's something sinister lurking in the pool in the latest Blumhouse horror …

"...Do new year releases carry the same stigma they did 10 years ago? Once upon..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Landscape With Invisible Hand

Sci-fi meet-cute setup reveals a smart look at economic collapse

"...If you've seen the trailer of Landscape With Invisible Hand, you would be..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Portals

SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs

"...Anthology films can be tricky. At one end, there are the disconnected shorts, bolted together through an unwieldy..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Monster Calls

A beast helps a boy through tough times

"...The stentorian dialogue uttered by Liam Neeson booms like the..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Denial

Holocaust courtroom drama parallels contemporary issues

"...Astonishingly, in these early years of the 21st century, we are finding..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...As future fodder for Austin’s snarky Master Pancake Theater, this newest entry in the perennial "California Gets It"..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Movie-able Feast

Exploring Toronto's cinematic menu

"...So many agendas, so little time. That's always the conundrum at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hundreds of..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drag Me to Hell

Sam Raimi makes a triumphant return to the "splatstick" horror genre he more or less invented with The Evil Dead and its two sequels.

"...with a crafty little tip-off of what's to come: the Universal logo, circa 1980. It's a nod to the..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zombie Strippers

The filmmakers score an A+ for the title of this tongue-in-cheek horror film that stars porn star Jenna Jameson and horror fixture Robert Englund, even though its best special effects come courtesy of breast implants.

"...Joey Medina, Shamron Moore, Penny Drake and Jennifer Holland. The filmmakers score an A+ for the title, a pop-culture..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...Danny Huston, Manu Bennett, Craig Hall and Joel Tobeck. There's nothing in the vampire epic 30 Days of Night..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elling

"...dramedy about two mentally quirky misfits trying to find their way in the world. It's easy to see why..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pollock

"...love is like saying Marilyn Monroe was easy on the eyes. The statement does a disservice to all involved...."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U-571

"...Directed by: Jonathan Mostow. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission to Mars

"...and Gary Sinise. I lost Brian De Palma around the time he stopped using Pino Donaggio as his chief..."

March 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shooting Star

"...The Meat Puppets: Derrick Bostrom, Curt Kirkwood, and Cris Kirkwood..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Armageddon

"...you need to know about Summer '98's loudest testosterone-fest, the second in a death-from-above double header that started off..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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