The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

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

"...Directed by: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Josh Andres..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Re-Education of Molly Singer

Back-to-school comedy updates the curriculum for modern laughs

"...as much into the wild and witty comedy as Jennifer Lawrence did in her bigger-budget release, and comedy directors..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...teasers that trumpeted the likes of Stacey Abrams and Lawrence Wright and Texas Writer Award recipient Elizabeth Crook...."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Five Gallery Shows to Beat the Summer Heat

Cool visions, cool on the skin

"...Mindy Johnston, Steven Bernard Jones, Kathy McCarty, Jacqueline May, Lawrence McFarland, Deanna Miesch, Jon Eric Narum, Jennifer Prichard, Benné..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

No Hard Feelings

Refreshing sex comedy lets Jennifer Lawrence show her raunchy side

"...Directed by: Gene Stupnitsky. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick...."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Marla Quintana, Dennis Quaid, Laura Quaid, Screenwriters: Julio Quintana, Jennifer C. Stetson, Paco Farias Banned from playing at the..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival

Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW

"...Founded in in 2012 as a fan-first celebration of..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Causeway

Jennifer Lawrence returns in a moving portrait of a damaged woman

"...Directed by: Lila Neugebauer. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 11-17

"...LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo actor Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a rugged, fierce, resourceful champion in The..."

March 11, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 21-27

"...have nothing to confess," wrote author Fanny Burney. Actor Jennifer Lawrence said, "I started to write an apology, but..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Don't Look Up

Apocalyptic comedy is Adam McKay at his most Adam McKay-ish

"...Directed by: Adam McKay. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...Cynthia Levinson Laura Lewis Darcie Little Badger Margarita Longoria Jennifer Lynn Barnes Rupa Marya Jennifer Mathieu Courtney Maum Tracy..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...as well as production for Amazon’s global entertainment division, Jennifer Salke Newly-announced Featured Sessions include:..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Subjects of Desire Director/Screenwriter: Jennifer Holness Producers: Jennifer Holness, Sudz Sutherland Subjects of Desire..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, explained, “We understand every..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Bradford Hayes, Eileen Grubba, Holly Palmer, Ajani A.J. Murray, Lawrence Carter-Long (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...Jon Voight to Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Frank Langella, Jennifer Lawrence – an almost impossible who's who of young..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...familiar? It should. The plot spoofs not only the Jennifer Lawrence vehicle, but also Divergent, Maze Runner, and many..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...Simon Kinberg. Starring: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jessica Chastain...."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Donnybrook

Backwoods crime drama with a social conscience is gruelingly bleak

"...of Winter's Bone (and also the raw appeal of Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes at their best), but then..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Museum Town D: Jennifer Trainer From the ashes of a deserted factory, an..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Halsey Street Elizabeth Crook – The Which Way Tree Jennifer Donaldson – Lies You Never Told Me Aja Gabel..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Leave No Trace

Into the woods in this moving family drama

"...made the award-winning Winter’s Bone, the film that introduced Jennifer Lawrence to the world, Leave No Trace continues Granik’s..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Sparrow

Erotic spy thriller is Fifty Shades of Gorky Park.

"...Directed by: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling,..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017

"...his short fiction collection Uncommon Type: Some Stories with Lawrence Wright, New Yorker staff writer and author (The Terror..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Photo Gallery

Mother!

Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...(1982, 90min/color, DCP) Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, and Phoebe Cates...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Time Machine: Top Hits of Every Decade for a Century

Montopolis goes multimedia and transtemporal in live concert

"...those freaky shows by Trouble Puppet Theatre, your sister Jennifer’s dance performances, but now you’re taking on one of..."

Jan. 11, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Passengers

Bound for a distant planet, two persons awake prematurely

"...Directed by: Morten Tyldum. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Nonfiction? Check. Austin's favorite New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright (The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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