Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...Two instant Oscar hopefuls have been added to the Austin Film Festival, with the addition today of Wes..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the register spits..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

When You Pause the Heart of an Eagle and Can Feel Its Fear

Steve Moore's smartphone thriller for Fusebox comes to an end.

"...I’ve been getting text messages from the FBI since April of this year...."

Oct. 22, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Just May Be the One

A Monkees playlist of Michael Nesmith country rockers.

"...story isn’t a culmination of knowledge or reporting, but rather a passageway into the subject. Being a Michael Nesmith..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lit-urday: The Same Sky

Compassion on divergent paths powers Amanda Eyre Ward's novel

"...It's been a long week, and now you deserve to have one day when you can curl..."

Aug. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...The world's greatest detective and the world's greatest criminal mastermind..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...is a contributing writer for and a friend of The Austin Chronicle; Lois Richwine, his wife, is a senior..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

This Time Just the Girls

The ladies of Austin hip-hop hold court

"...It started when Jean Grae said these magic words:..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...Anna and the Apocalypse..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

You Made Me Love You

Wooed by Bubbling Cheeses and Generous Portions

"...Forget Juliet, Romeo's love affair is with big Italian food in the "straight-outta-Mama's-kitchen"..."

June 27, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Just the Facts for Macs

"...It's not that you can't upgrade a Mac, you can, but there are..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Music-Making and Pickle-Making All the Same

"...editorials before and after SXSW defending it from all the complainers [“Page Two,” March 7]. Do you think people..."

March 8, 2008 Postmarks

Waking the Dead

Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Centro-matic's Will Johnson find common ground.

"...It's not so hot that you notice, really, but the ants in Oakwood Cemetery are..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Holiday Viewing: Remember the Night

The key to a merry Christmas is a shoplifter in the house

"...Does going home for the holidays have you fretful? Are you fearing the same..."

Dec. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Keeping beat for the Monsters of Folk at a sold-out Stubb's on a..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Before he took the stage of Central Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

First Love

Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic

"...A first love can mean different things to many people. It could..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...You never know you're falling until it's too late. In..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Just Visiting

"...a wildly popular French film (Les Visiteurs) that keeps the director and stars intact, Just Visiting isn't likely to..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

"...Directed by: Andrew Chen. You'll probably never really understand what on earth (or elsewhere)..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Women From the Lake of Scented Souls

"...Siqin Gaowa, Wu Yujaun, Lei Luosheng and Chen Baoguo. There seem to be two distinct types of films coming..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pick of the Litter

Five adorable puppies on the path to changing lives

"...It's one of those old conundrums that has plagued the human-canine relationship, but such issues do not bother this..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beauty and the Beast

A live-action remake of the Disney film

"...film musical inspires both imagination and cynicism. Presented under the auspices of introducing a new generation to yet another..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

How Do You Know

Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?

"...Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Love Guru

Is it redundant to mock self-help culture? Not if you're Mike Myers and have a new sketch-comedy character to introduce.

"...Directed by: Marco Schnabel. Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili and Ben..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Truth About Charlie

"...Joong-Hoon Park, Tim Robbins, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton. The Truth About Charlie, Jonathan Demme's remake of Stanley Donen's..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...Horror movies aren't known for their subtlety. It's a fact I reflect on as I..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hi-Lo Country

"...Hauser, James Gammon, Enrique Castillo and John Diehl. As The Hi-Lo Country would have it, Big Boy Matson (Harrelson)..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Love Trouble

"...Robert Loggia and James Rebhorn. As clichéd as I Love Trouble is, it still manages to please. Some of..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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