DVDanger: Mad Max

Before we hit Fury Road, the original revs up

"...There aren't many film franchises that can last nearly four..."

May 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Ten days into 2015, Alejandro Escovedo takes the ACL Live at..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

God's Pocket

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.

"...(Jenkins), who’s been writing about this neighborhood for the last 20 years – though, in truth, he does more..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...the HQ of Texas Conservation Corps at American YouthWorks, here in Austin. I wanted to learn about the corps..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...both hilarious and mortifying, about the stages of inebriation. Here, 15 members of the local theatre scene share some..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...Last week the Chronicle sat down for a conversation with..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...sit-down together in the offices of The Austin Chronicle last week. This felt monumental. Last year, the relationship between..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Johnny Depp sails the seas once again.

"...Johnny Depp performance, but Richard Griffiths (best known these days as Harry Potter's tubby Muggle uncle, Vernon Dursley) does..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monsters

In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.

"...Mexico and back to her stateside fiancé; with two days to go before the military shuts down passage, their..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...the way people would live in the future." (Go here for the Chronicle's August interview with Grappell.) And Austinite..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...nor shaken; he simply is. No messy romantic backstory here. Just automotive and martial-arts mayhem plain and simple, with..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keep On Chooglin’

John Fogerty talks past, present, and future

"...was nice talking to you,” which made my week. Here are some excerpts of that conversation, including coming back..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...fans but won the hearts and minds of inner-10-year-olds everywhere) to Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken, whose inexplicably hilarious..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hannah Takes the Stairs

The naturalistic indie talker unhurriedly follows a young woman through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for the bus, and a series of relationships fueled by “chronic dissatisfaction.”

"...moment unhurriedly, following production intern Hannah (Gerwig) through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: Let's Get Lost

An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

"...begins tonight (Friday, March 9) and runs for nine days. This issue is devoted to film, the next to..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Starsky & Hutch

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

"...however, although director Todd Phillips, who scored a hit last year with the equally oddball Old School, has a..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

15 Minutes

"...out in search of her, camera in tow. It's here that NYPD's finest, Detective and media superstar Eddie Flemming..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Ice Factory with new work, which meant the few days they had to prepare for their opening were intense..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Western

"...film took home the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes last year, which is as much an indication of the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...much in the area of originality; what we have here is a pretty conventional May-August love story in which..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cop Land

"...Cop Land is nothing short of inspired. His performance here singlehandedly eliminates any creeping notions that the revelatory actor/writer..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulletproof

"...epic proportions. The once-funny Wayans has the straight(er) role here as Rock Keats, an undercover cop working alongside small-time..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

25 Years of Shakespeare in Central Texas

The Days of Winedale and Roses

"...put the Bard in a barn on the property there...."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

Smoke

"...Smoke leaves you wanting another not long after the last one has been extinguished. Knockout ensemble performances like these..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brainscan

"...Ryder Smith and Jamie Marsh. Flashback. It's tough these days, I suppose, to come up with a genuinely original..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...Matinee is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Ola’s Biscuits Free for a Year, Baldinucci’s Pizza for Lunch and Dinner, the Nido Is Open for Real, Dali’s Naked Feast for Surrealism’s Sake, Plenty of Booze for Toasting, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recent Graphic Novels You Shouldn’t Miss Out On

Book yourself some quality reading time AFK, why don’tcha?

"...more like an illustrated short story, in fact, and there’s a collection of stories, and another collection of –..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Way Back

Affleck gets courtside in a tale of basketball redemption

"...In the history of Bishop Hayes High School, there has never been a basketball player quite like Jack..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...enters the blindingly white room and pulls back the plastic curtain to expose her vulnerable body, the outline of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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