Boynton Beach Club

Although this movie about residents of an “active adult” retirement community in Florida has a certain niche-market appeal, it’s really a movie for anyone who enjoys a solid romantic comedy.

"...Cannon, Sally Kellerman, Brenda Vaccaro, Len Cariou, Joseph Bologna, Michael Nouri, Renée Taylor and Mal Z. Lawrence. This hopeful..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael Angelo's Feeds Folks Family Style

Local family-run company has nationwide distribution

"...Michael Angelo Renna and his mother, Sara Agnello, had what..."

June 3, 2014 Food Post by Amira Jensen

Summer Fun: The Classic Beach Read

Recommendations for the ideal read when you're camped out in the sand

"...jabbed it with a harpoon. Like Mario Puzo and Michael Crichton before him, Benchley had crafted a perfect recipe..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Metal’s Beach Boys: Def Leppard

Phil Collen details UK hitmakers’ musical work ethic

"...Phil Collen: I’m at home in Long Beach, California, watching my wife get her hair done. We’re..."

Aug. 16, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

China Beach Pilot (1988) With Bill Broyles and John Sacret Young

"...Directed by: Rod Holcomb. Starring: Dana Delaney, Nan Woods, Michael Boatman and Marg Helgenberger. The creators and writers of..."

Nov. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Assassin

The bestselling series hits the screen

"...Directed by: Michael Cuesta. Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, David..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Gillian On Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday

"...Directed by: Michael Pressman. Starring: Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Wendy..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

21 Bridges

Chadwick Boseman brings Manhattan to a halt as a corruption-busting cop

"...Professional triggermen Michael (James) and Ray (Kitsch) expect their latest job to..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"

And why do we want him to scare us?

"...have any positive clown role models at all," said Michael Beach Nichols. Maybe it was John Wayne Gacy, the..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Loggerheads

Despite an overreliance on metaphor and symbolism, Loggerheads is an affecting little film about characters who struggle with issues connected with adoption, homophobia, and loss.

"...Tim Kirkman. Starring: Kip Pardue, Tess Harper, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Kelly, Chris Sarandon, Michael Learned, Ann Pierce, Valerie Watkins..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City by the Sea

"...Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones. Starring: Eliza Dushku, William Forsythe, Patti Lupone, George..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Singer-wongwriter Michael Winningham on the story behind his genre-fusion debut, Ryou Cannon

"...just listening to Texas in the evenings," remembers multi-instrumentalist Michael Winningham, formerly with alt-folk-rockers Gold Beach, of his latest..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Miami Vice

Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs don't belong in this new time slot, but Michael Mann's movie turns out to be dreary and monochromatic.

"...Directed by: Michael Mann. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...teenager's car console in the late Nineties, the Long Beach trio's magnum opus spawned four radio singles: "What I..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...Directed by: Michael Hoffman. Starring: David Straithairn, Sophie Marceau, Stanley Tucci, Dominic..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Greed

Winterbottom and Coogan reunite to lampoon billionaires but the one-percenters won't flinch

"...Directed by: Michael Winterbottom. Starring: Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson, David..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...atheist rock critic (and former Austin Chronicle music columnist) Michael Corcoran...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Come to Daddy

Family freakout with Elijah Wood in this slick and twisted thriller

"...Wood, Stephen McHattie, Garfield Wilson, Madeleine Sami, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley, Simon Chin, Ona Grauer and Oliver Wilson...."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

"...Directed by: John Michael McDonagh. Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Aidan Gillen, Kelly Reilly, Chris..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Starsky & Hutch

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

"...that viewers will recall the glory days of Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul and their legendarily violent, frequently..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beast

Murder-mystery rewritten as a chilling fairy tale romance.

"...Directed by: Michael Pearce. Starring: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James and..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...NAIL IN THE COFFIN: EL VAMPIRO CANADIENSE D: Michael Paszt (Canada, 2019, World Premiere, 88 min) An intimate..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cocaine Cowboys

Documentary shows how Miami was once a sleepy seaside hamlet with a permeable border and largely unprotected coastline before the cocaine economy took over.

"...Colombian pot from the Medellín cartel materialized on the beach in secret spots, and small-timers like Jon Roberts sold..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Snow Dogs

"...serving up some piping hot blue cheese cookies to Michael Bolton while Gooding Jr. lolls around in a pair..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Oliver Tree, Christian McBride, Beach House, Daniel Fears, Kydd Jones, and more recommended shows

"...for ATX dynamo the Brannen Temple Express. – Raoul Hernandez Beach HouseMoody Amphitheater, Friday 25..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Road to Perdition

"...Mike Sullivan Jr., the son of a heavy named Michael Sullivan Sr. (Hanks), right-hand man and adopted son of..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Patriots Day

The hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers

"...John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy O. Yang, Michael Beach, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Jake Picking, Themo Melikidze,..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Step Up Revolution

A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.

"...Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman, Stephen Boss, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Michael "Xeno" Langebeck and Peter Gallagher...."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackie Brown

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, this is a fairly straight-ahead, Seventies-styled caper film.

"...Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker, Sid Haig and..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enchanted April

"...Joan Plowright, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent and Michael Kitchen. Lottie and Rose muster the courage to rent..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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