Hundreds of Beavers

Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents

"...and prop maker for that 2018 tidal wave of lunacy and loving homage to sea shanties and sailors’ tales...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...get exactly the kind of psycho-psychedelic freak-out gross-out this lunacy demands. (Read our review here.)..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Toxic Avenger

Troma hero gets a joyfully idiotic big budget remake

"...that Blair called in, with David Yow embracing the lunacy in the way only he can...."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fast X

The Fast franchise gets bigger and a little closer to the end of the track

"...masochistic persona, in theory, fits in with the erratic lunacy of these movies but follows a trend that F9:..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

SXSW Film Review: Self Reliance

The Most Dangerous Game spoof lacks bite

"...fails to truly take advantage of the potential manic lunacy of its premise...."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Fantastic Fest Review: Let the Wrong One In

This toothy farce from Dublin has gore galore and more

"...is a mini-masterpiece of surreal, borderline Monty Python-esque anarchic lunacy involving — spoiler alert! — a bloodthirsty bunny. It..."

Sept. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...from that promoter in the years since. A Little Lunacy..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...a work that may only be matches in sheer lunacy by This is GWAR, the story of everyone's favorite..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

PG: Psycho Goreman

Splattertastic creature feature flips the evil script on Power Rangers goody-goodies

"...favorite bitey pet, and Hanna dives headlong into the lunacy with an OTT deftness that is astounding for a..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It Cuts Deep

Guess who's coming to dinner in this macabre comedy

"...at some point). Over time, he heads into gurning lunacy as he becomes increasingly unhinged. This is clearly a..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...in there with him. Wimmer's scripts have an energetic lunacy that previously no one other than, well, Wimmer has..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Class Action Park

The stunning tale of New Jersey's unfathomable Action Park

"...their lighthearted flick about a very special moment of lunacy. Moreover, they start to drag in some very loose..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements

July 14 Primary Run-off Election and Senate District 14 Special Election

"...by a more tempered version of the House's right-wing lunacy...."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Tread

Madness, paranoia, and a goddam homemade tank in this terrifying documentary

"...truly terrifying nonetheless because it stares point-blank at the lunacy that allows a seemingly normal farmer to blame every..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: The Mystery of Type 3 STRs

Where is all our housing stock going?

"...say, why are we letting this particular brand of lunacy stand?..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Maiden

Astounding true story of first women in professional yachting's biggest race

"...test of speed, endurance, and more than a little lunacy that every three years circumnavigates the globe, some 33,000-plus..."

July 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walking on Water

Portrait of renowned environmental artist Christo is more of a thumbnail sketch

"...minute, despondently hangdog the next, he exhibits a genius lunacy on par with his life’s work...."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...Mad, Mad, Mad World in terms of epic genius lunacy, Kelly's Heroes is a freaking masterpiece. Clint Eastwood is..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle Recommends: Star Wars Actors in Non-Star Wars Films

Celebrate May the Fourth away from a galaxy far, far away

"...mark, but the sheer breadth of its sustained, tone-deaf lunacy and odd directorial choices make this film something to..."

May 3, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Point Austin: The Daily Carnage

Another month, another mass shooting ... will this one make a change?

"...training for schoolteachers. In response, instead of dismissing such lunacy with the mockery it deserves, too many media outlets..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible

The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws

"...trials to our current times; a world where absolute lunacy reigns should be familiar to us all by now...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Rooster Teeth Wants to Give a Million to Charity

24-hour streaming show to raise money for Dell Children's Hospital

"...has been lining up a full 24 hours of lunacy and kindness, with a cast of 200 maniacs including..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Barracuda

Austin vibes meet darker skies

"...rarely one-dimensional, eschewing the temptation of Single White Female lunacy for something sympathetic to Sinaloa’s feelings of abandonment and..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 28-Oct. 1

The Austin Chronicle – proudly exacerbating your FOMO since 1981!

"...actors in this city – and not averse to lunacy...."

Sept. 28, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Alex Jones' Charlottesville Conspiracy Theory

Crackpot demagogue has ideas about the Nazis in Charlottesville

"...obtuse stance to reach the city jester’s levels of lunacy...."

Aug. 15, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernie Kovacs

Breaking the fourth wall with the legendary comedian

"...Marx Brothers – in particular Harpo Marx's Dada-esque silent lunacy – but Kovacs came off as a hyper-intellectual hipster,..."

May 12, 2017 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Officer Downe

Slipknot's Clown turns director, plus more home releases

"...Journey). So for him to embrace Casey's oversized Day-Glo lunacy may seem like an odd choice, almost like he's..."

April 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Fest Review: Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse

Cali comedy duo blow up some seriously sweet and smart doomsday heart

"...bit of inspired Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior lunacy, and underpin it all with the sublime writing chops..."

Oct. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited

With the 2016 lineup here, time for VOD and DVD reruns

"...and what Begos does best, is gonzo practical effects lunacy. So don't worry, there's buckets of goo and grue..."

Aug. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

47 Nonstop, Unsleeping, Possibly Hallucinatory Hours of Improv This Weekend

The Hideout is doing that wild thing they do every year

"...subject herself to this sort of creative and comedic lunacy onstage for two solid days-and-nights, right?..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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