Chick Flick

Who amongst ye could have conjured Mainer Janet Bonney's true chicken story? Mark Lewis' documentary The Natural History of Chickens, playing on Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, features real-life stories of fowl play so strange they must be true.

"...Geographic, the Discovery Channel, or Monty Python. Aussie filmmaker Mark Lewis -- the guy who gave us everyone's fave..."

April 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Phantom of the Open

Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par

"...Directed by: Craig Roberts. Starring: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees,..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Return to Paradise

"...Express retooled for Gen-X sensibilities. Ruben, who made his mark as a superior director of above-average thrillers with 1987's..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gordy

"...Directed by: Mark Lewis. Starring: Tom Lester, James Donadio, Ted Manson, Deborah..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Natural History of the Chicken

"...Directed by: Mark Lewis. Mark Lewis delves into the often strange relationship..."

April 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Max Rose

Screen legend Jerry Lewis stars in this drama's title role

"...Directed by: Daniel Noah. Starring: Jerry Lewis, Kerry Bishé, Kevin Pollak, Claire Bloom, Dean Stockwell, Lee..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Freud's Last Session

This philosophical debate between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis is richest when it shows their humanity

"...pair of big thinkers like Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis in the same room? Playwright Mark St. Germain has..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Lincoln

Despite a monumental performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, Spielberg's film has a fussed-over theatricality that's hard to escape.

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Straithairn, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell. Starring: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye and Rich Sommer...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Basketball Diaries

"...Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick Mcgaw, James Madio and Mark Wahlberg. Drug abuse is not a pretty sight. This..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freud's Last Session Opens in Austin

Actor David Jarrott turns producer to get a drama about Freud and C.S. Lewis onstage in Austin

"...that actor David Jarrott had to this two-hander by Mark St. Germain. When no one else in town was..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Live Shots

"...WALT LEWIS Broken Spoke, July 8..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature

Blackbird Singing

Upscale neighborhood pub Blackbird and Henry features simple yet excellent cuisine

"...Falls in 2008, it was my hope that owners Mark and Shelly Schmidt would return to Austin to open..."

June 6, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Sunset Song

A woman comes of age in this rugged Scottish saga set in the early 1900s

"...Blue Sea among them). He adapted Sunset Song from Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel. A widely beloved Scottish work,..."

June 3, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Listen Up Philip

The director of The Color Wheel is back with this film about a narcissistic and abrasive young novelist.

"...Within the first 10 minutes of the film, Philip Lewis Friedman (Schwartzman) viciously belittles an ex-girlfriend and harshly judges..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scanlines

Cane Toads

"...D: Mark Lewis (1987)..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...to Bee Caves' Backyard for Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis & the News. On board was a dear friend's..."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...who exposes the lies of tobacco companies. The Informant!’s Mark Whitacre (Damon) is also a scientist and high-level executive,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barbershop

"...Cedric the Entertainer's caustically incisive Jimmy James to Jazsmin Lewis's Jennifer, Calvin's perpetually supportive wife. While most the film..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Lewis Rebuts Ads

"...Willie Lewis Stop Racism..."

May 30, 1997 Column

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Now is the Summer of our discontent after this flat jukebox

"...In the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is left for dead on the..."

May 7, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

SXSW Rolls Out Sixth List

Deap Vally, Broncho, Chicano Batman, Peter Lewis and 122 more

"...artist additions – highlighted by Moby Grape great Peter Lewis, raging L.A. power duo Deap Vally, and neo-retro Latin..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

TV Eye

Remembering Carroll O'Connor, the man who immortalized Archie Bunker, and giving chickens their due.

"...year as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, this Mark Lewis film deftly blends sublimely colorful visuals with heartfelt..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...in blue do not object to the term "cop" ["Postmarks: Police Not Cops," April 6]; they call themselves that,..."

April 13, 2001 Column

PAC by Popular Demand

Critics Say ALLC's Reforms Won't Stem the Tide of Big Money

"...resources from having "an unfair advantage in the political marketplace."..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey

The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.

"...Directed by: Gary Rogers. Starring: Noah Danby, Mark Gollaher, Michael Flynn, Cragun Foulger, Jacque Gray, Bryce Chamberlain..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

LBJ Library Director Steps Down

Mark Updegrove recalls “the greatest honor of my career”

"...The LBJ Library announced last week that Library Director Mark Updegrove will be resigning his directorship March 1, in..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Two Wranglers Get Individual AFL Honors

"...got some good news this week, though. Austin kicker Mark Lewis was named First Team All-Arena and defensive lineman..."

June 28, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Austin Wranglers Finalize 2007 Roster

"...backs Damon Mason, Nate Coggins, and Duvol Thompson; kicker Mark Lewis; wide receiver/defensive backs Toure Carter and Kevin Nickerson;..."

Feb. 26, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

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