Something's Gotta Give

Sure, the co-stars delight, but the script has more flab than its middle-aged lovers.

"...Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand and Jon Favreau. If a filmmaker is lucky, he..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Place Like Home

All Belinda Acosta wanted was a roof over her head that wouldn't explode into flames. Little did she know that jumping into the Austin housing market is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

"...of houses, buildings, and what happens in them are metaphorical expressions of the dreamer's subconscious. In the conscious world,..."

July 28, 2000 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood

"...Edited by Camille Peri and Kate Moses..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

It's a Mystery to Me

"...illustration by Penny Van Horn Believe it or not, mystery musketeers, there are people..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Walk Like an Egyptian

"...enberg walks into a room, you damn well know it. Alongside partners Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, the hyperactive..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

It Was a Very Good Year

Jason Phelps on 12 Months of Exceptional Stage Projects

"...photograph by Bret Brookshire Some years in a life stand out from the rest. They may be distinguished..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In It for the Money

Choreboy's Punk Premise

"...photograph by Bruce Dye Punk rock may be a traditionally tricky intersection for art and commerce, but former Skatenig..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In It for the Money

Choreboy's Punk Premise

"...photograph by Bruce Dye Punk rock may be a traditionally tricky intersection for art and commerce, but former Skatenig..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Set It Off

This action-heist drama about four young African-American women from L.A.'s housing projects is as much a story about friendship as a story about crime.

"...Underwood, John C. McGinley, Ella Joyce and Anna Maria Horsford. Set It Off's girls 'n the hood are the..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something Gorgeous Without God

"...They spoke of Fitz- gerald's green eyes. They "glittered," Edmund Wilson said, and..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Column

It's My Party

"...Directed by: Randal Kleiser. Starring: Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Margaret Cho, Bruce Davison, Lee Grant, Devon Gummersall,..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Smells Like Gold Bond

Wear something extra sexy ... with a plunging neckline

"...out to clubs and see live music regularly back before we had kids. Now the oldest is out of..."

March 8, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Trusting Your Gut: Texas Film Awards Honoree Michael de Luca on a Life in Cinema

From New Line to Warners, the exec discusses his career

"...only person surprised that Michael de Luca is being honored this week at the Texas Film Awards seems to..."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Masters of the Universe: Revelation Trailer Threatens All Life

More details on the new show from Kevin Smith and Powerhouse

"...So, it looks like the entirety of creation is ending -..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...British people are talking loudly in the balcony of the..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Eastside Kings Fest Preview: Bobby Rush Talks Pandemic Life, Dolemite & Race

Blues showman appears virtually from Austin on Monday

"...Fest, the annual multi-club concert series promoting the cultural heritage of Austin’s African American blues and gospel music, goes..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Before You Know It

Theatre family gets more drama than they expected in this sweet tragicomedy

"...Jen Tullock, Hannah Pearl Utt, Mandy Patinkin, Oona Yaffe, Judith Light, Mike Colter and Alec Baldwin...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Traveling Through Time at the Speed of Life

Director Liz Manashil on a romance across time ... and Bowie

"...been broken ever since David Bowie died? Liz Manashil, director of time travel romance Speed of Life, has the..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

It Takes a Village to Eat Safely With Food Allergies

Local restaurants adapt to the growing number of Americans with food allergies

"...We were picking up a late dinner at Little Deli in Crestview on a Friday night, and just..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

Intimate portrait of the surfing legend only skims the surface.

"...Directed by: Rory Kennedy...."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Luv Doc: Boobs or Balls?

If you could re-live your life as either sex, which would it be?

"...Luv Doc, If you could be reincarnated (keeping all memories of your current life), and you could come back..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

And So It Goes

Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas are ill-served by director by Rob Reiner in this odd-couple romance.

"...What’s up with Diane Keaton? An acquired taste – her dithery mannerisms..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A New Life for 'A Band Called Death'

Detroit rock & rollers resurrected through Drafthouse Films

"...There's a shadow hanging over the Detroit-born proto-punk band Death – but it's also the light..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Sweet Life

An intimate interrogation of Jon Dee Graham

"...my father Jon Dee Graham's name produces over 6,440,000 hits in one second, but there are still things you..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

AFF2012: It's in the Blood

Lance Henriksen keens and roils with redneck angst on VOD today

"..."I have nothing on my life but white noise," Lance Henriksen bleakly intones as Russell,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Like Who?

Baratunde Thurston lightens up the conversation on race, technology, and social change

"...Baratunde Thurston is trying not to drown him out with constant laughter, lest you end up with a recording..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Man or Machine? Circle Option C.

Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology

"...Amber Case is very much the 21st century digital native, living a life fully integrated with technology and..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Keeping It Bearden

"...feature was in utero. Wayne Alan Brenner interviews him for this Chronicle online exclusive:..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature

Double Life

Director Douglas McGrath on the other critically acclaimed Truman Capote biopic, 'Infamous'

"...Much has been written on the unusual challenges the Austin-shot Infamous faces. It..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Liz Welch Tirrell

Making a Living, Making a Life

Judging from the coverage he has been receiving, the most popular story trailing Robert Reich as he travels around the nation talking about his new book The Future of Success is an entirely personal one. Books Editor Clay Smith interviews the former Clinton administration secretary of labor and finds out a few other stories about the popularizing public intellectual.

"...the coverage he has been receiving, the most popular story trailing Robert Reich as he travels around the nation..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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