The Humans

A family quietly implodes at Thanksgiving in this merciless Broadway adaptation

"...into with her boyfriend Richard (Yeun). It's a downtown Manhattan pre-war apartment that’s dingy, sparsely furnished, and cramped to..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin Shakespeare’s Bollywood Twelfth Night

The Bard's classic comedy was just itching for a Mumbai makeover

"...of Venice, they think 1960s Las Vegas, a high-powered Manhattan stock brokerage, or an 18th century Georgia slave plantation,..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

West Anderson Becomes Wes Anderson

City renames street for the filmmaking UT alum

"...win a trip to the new Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan for a special screening of The French Dispatch. The..."

Nov. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Humans

Claustrophobic Broadway adaptation is horrifyingly astute

"...space with her boyfriend Richard (Steven Yeun), a downtown Manhattan pre-war apartment that’s dingy, sparsely furnished, and cramped to..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

The Capote Tapes

A literary life of oblivious self-destruction

"...darling in literary circles and essential fixture of the Manhattan social scene, his aspirations culminated in the publication of..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dating & New York

When “friends with benefits” goes wrong for the smartphone generation

"...top billing in this callow rom-com about two right-swiping Manhattan millennials who meet cute on a dating app and..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival Announces First 10 Films

New films from Tilda Swinton, Steven Yeun, plus honorees added

"...to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SRO

"...I have watched SRO's get gentrified out of first Manhattan, New York, then Austin. As the SROs went the..."

Aug. 4, 2021 Postmarks

Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex

Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic

"...I packed a backpack and boarded a flight to Manhattan. I slept on couches and lifted wine glasses (many..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

The Return of Ted Lasso, the Rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, and 44 Other TV Somethings to Consume in July

Also: a Gossip Girl reboot, dueling Love Islands

"...into the shoes of spoiled, bitchy private schoolers in Manhattan; Kristen Bell returns as the voice of the anonymous..."

July 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...Los Angeles location, and with construction on a downtown Manhattan site well underway. Almost a year and a half..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Next for the Former Alamo Ritz Location?

After the Alamo, an unclear future for the historic Downtown cinema

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In the Heights

An explosion of dance and song in this vibrant stage-to-screen adaptation

"...about three days in the life of an Upper Manhattan working class community...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...within the next year, including its first theatres in Manhattan, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C...."

June 11, 2021 News Feature

Alamo Drafthouse Touts Post-Bankruptcy Expansion Plans

With sale complete, chain announces five new locations

"...• The long-awaited Alamo Drafthouse in Lower Manhattan at 28 Liberty (better known to New Yorkers as..."

June 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seeking Nine Holes and a Lost Austin at Butler Pitch & Putt

A million dollar renovation transforms a city landmark, but the spirit stays the same

"...I left Austin for Manhattan five years ago, but when the unthinkable happened in..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Americans speaking Munsee pointed to what we now call Manhattan and said "Manahata." In 1822, one scholar theorized they..."

April 23, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Rainey Street Density

"...dense (for example, the densest area in the US, Manhattan, has a maximum FAR of 12:1 as well as..."

March 19, 2021 Postmarks

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Manhattan music hub trends alt hip-hop with the serious revelations..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...Rushmore? The Wizard of Oz's Munchkinland? West Side Story's Manhattan? All visually convincing, and all epic fakes. And by..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Chronicle Presents Rollo Banks' Lunar New Year Series

A pirate with ink in his veins

"...and ceramics. In the late 1960s, he moved to Manhattan, where he began inking clients in his downtown apartment..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...a Lost Well performance, singer Chris Wright (aka Skunk Manhattan) expertly crossing David Lee Roth with a latter day..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Tom Noonan Explains What Happened With What Happened Was ...

Revisiting his Sundance-winning dating drama after a quarter century

"...his apartment and has to wander the streets of Manhattan. "It's a cheap thing to shoot," he quipped. "It..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...progressive, this 1945 comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as a Manhattan writer and single gal about town doing backflips to..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Mayor

Santas, sewers, and park benches: A very different look at everyday life in Ramallah

"...of Muslim-Christian relations, previously viewed through the topic of Manhattan's Sharif El-Gamal community center in his 2010 short documentary..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Make America Grateful Again

Even as white nationalism sticks around, kicking Trump to the curb is a Thanksgiving miracle

"...Raj Bhakta, won his party's nomination. A serially bankrupt Manhattan libertine who welcomed the Clintons to his wedding claimed..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...on the Eastside – she dreamed of working in Manhattan. Then, as she moved into her 30s, she realized..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

True to the Game 2

Trust us, you'd be better off playing tiddlywinks

"...Believing well-off Manhattan journalist and the late Quadir’s fiancée Gena Hollins (Peeples)..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Asleep at the Wheel and ACL Celebrate a Half Century of History

New KLRU retrospective wrangles two Austin icons

"...had so many guests – Charlie Daniels, Delbert McClinton, Manhattan Transfer, on and on – that we couldn't fit..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...band trying to make it to the center of Manhattan in time for their gig...."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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