It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, and you've got Knives Out, the new closing night film for Fantastic Fest...."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns with a twisting, celebrity-packed island mystery

"...too much for that), but he wouldn’t be fulfilled without seeing what new areas he can push these genres..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin Film Festival Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rain Johnson brings back Benoit Blanc for a deliciously tart sequel

"...too much for that. But he wouldn’t be fulfilled without seeing into which new areas he can push these..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

No Knives Out for Rian Johnson

Talking whodunnits, character actors, and $2 bills

"...The Last Jedi, there were still some question marks about Rian Johnson making a murder mystery. He said, "When..."

Dec. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Knives Out

Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit

"...The secluded Victorian mansion in Knives Out is an architecturally ideal setting for this throwback..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Knives Out

Saturday night's alright for sharpening

"...two members of local band Salesman – are all about the blade, and also have an Etsy store where..."

July 29, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Knives Out

Two Austin chefs compete for the title of the Next Food Network Star

"...the reality show, but he's the first to point out that his youth is not a factor. "My age..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Forks Over Knives

This documentary presents evidence that a whole-foods diet can prevent the occurrence of cancer, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes.

"...a modest proposal. There's nothing remotely modest (or humorous) about the overwhelming evidence laid out over the course of..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pearl Moen: Out of Jail Already?

Your parole hearing hardly means you’re out on parole

"...up for parole Nov. 8, and nobody's really happy about that – including the assistant district attorney who secured..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Take-Out: August 1

Your guide to the weekend's best bites

"...This weekend, we find out which side our bread is buttered on...."

Aug. 1, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Veg Out!

There's no better place than Austin to branch out into meat-free eating

"...gray as I have read and researched and written about the state of modern American meat, an evolution that..."

March 30, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

All the Old Knives

Newton and Pine as spies and lovers caught in old intrigues

"...If tradecraft is what you like best about the espionage genre – the dead drops and dead-of-night..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)

If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent

"...mixed feelings, because I have a good feeling generally about CodeNEXT and the staff working on it, including lead..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Measured Edge

Weige Knives crafts custom blades for local chefs

"...Travis Weige is a lean, thirtysomething, outdoorsy-looking gent whose real job is in media sales, working..."

April 18, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Temp

"...in her madness; a Reagan-era career gal, she takes out the opposition, one rung at a time, on her..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...All At Once • Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery • Keke Palmer, Nope Best Ensemble..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

See How They Run

Playful whodunit spoofs the greatest mystery in theatre

"...End since 1952, but even that's not what's remarkable about it. Instead, it's that the entire British theatrical audience..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Girl on the Bridge

"...Giorgios Gatzios. Girl on the Bridge is a film about luck and love and hurling weighted, razor-sharp knives at..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...in this totally wackadoo, terribly sad animated picture. 5) Knives Out..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...in-laws were going to hunt her down with guns, knives, axes, spear guns, and crossbows as part of an..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Page Turner

In this quiet, French revenge film, a creeping malevolence wreaks havoc on an otherwise normal bourgeois family.

"...put her spandex yellow jumpsuit into mothballs, and seek out a new line of work. Don’t be fooled, though:..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

From Beijing With Love

"...one goofball, Stephen Chaiu, who also functions this time out as writer, producer, and director with wonderfully crazed results...."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Spider Baby

Three demented adult siblings are looked after by a devoted caretaker in Jack Hill's no-budget masterpiece.

"...a penchant for playing “Spider” and really, really long knives. Ralph (Haig), a bald, severely retarded adult, is already..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Marquee Movies at Austin Film Festival 2022

Headliners and Oscar contenders at this year's AFF

"...to his adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's 2014 play about an obese man trying to fix his life explains..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...However, this isn't about one film. Alamo on Demand will include films from..."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists

Tarantino, Bong, Scorsese lead nominations

"...• Knives Out • Marriage Story • Once Upon a Time..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Keeping Up to Date

The search for better cocktail banter

"...A while back, I wrote a column about the need to expand my horizons given that so..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Brandon Watson

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...by: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson. Knives, fangs, and budding desire; corpses in copses and snowbound..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Awards

Local reviewers call Fury Road best film of the decade

"...Road 2. Moonlight 3. The Social Network 4. Get Out 5. Arrival 6. The Handmaiden 7. Parasite 8. Once..."

Jan. 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrapping Up Another Year of Fantastic Fest

The Chronicle Screens staff looks at the Good, the Mad, and the Weird

"...a special screening of Rian Johnson's eagerly awaited murder-mystery, Knives Out, having kicked off with the local premiere of..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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