Review: Willie Nelson, Bluegrass

Late-career genre exercise disappoints

"...an overall good-sounding album that never rises above its premise of Nelson playing his songs with an A-list bluegrass..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Review: Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid

Joan of Arc's life takes path less traveled but the production gets lost

"...It’s an intriguing premise. Sadly, Jarrott Productions’ staging has some difficulty getting it..."

April 26, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Other Worlds Review: Minor Premise

Lo-fi sci-fi updates Jekyll and Hyde for modern psychology

"...multiple poles that drag humans in multiple directions, underpins Minor Premise...."

Dec. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Minor Premise D: Eric Schultz Attempting to surpass his father's..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Executive Order

Brazilian speculative drama shows racism transcends borders

"...in his apartment based on the protection of a minor technicality. With the Brazilian government being as militarized and..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Minor Premise

What maketh a man? The components of a personality unravel in this SF thriller

"...multiple poles that drag humans in multiple directions, underpins Minor Premise..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...thriller experts Black Fawn, The Oak Room, identity-warping mindbender Minor Premise, and Bleed With Me, the chilling debut from..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...die in a pandemic, shifting distribution models from majority on-premise sales to a curbside model that could, at best,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...from OW regulars Black Fawn; and mindbending SF psychodrama Minor Premise (read our review here). Add in French SF..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: Minor Premise

Who are we, anyway? It depends when you ask ...

"...multiple poles that drag humans in multiple directions, underpins Minor Premise..."

Sept. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Downhill

Tepid Hollywood remake of marriage dramedy Force Majeure never leaves the training slope

"...remake of the terrific 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure, minor squabbles about texting and meal schedules snowball into marriage-threatening..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Can’t Convict the Defendant? Convict the Judge.

Chief judge defends Burkhalter firing

"...allegations of sexual "boundary violations" rested upon the questionable premise that a (somehow willful?) male erection is readily discernible..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

"...in with the abstract ("Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach), the adorable (Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite")..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

Austin Shakespeare's new take on Shakespeare's farce takes some time figuring out its own identity

"...first plays, The Comedy of Errors. Dusting off a premise from a farce that was likely considered over-the-top when..."

May 12, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Housing Blueprint Strategery

City Council works Merck, Housing Plan, Austin Oaks PUD

"...that the goal was based on a “demographically improbable” premise...."

April 17, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Austin Chamber Music Center’s My Life

This concert of works by Brahms, Smetana, and Fujiwara contrasted autobiographical stories told within music by young composers and mature ones

"...This was the premise of the Austin Chamber Music Center's My Life, a..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Page Two: Mysteries Unraveled

Part two of Louis Black's interview with novelist John Irving

"...that Ignacio is a bad guy but he's also minor. There's also a bit of comedy, ghoulish comedy in..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...intention. From its VHS box-art cover to its spooky premise, this is a deliberate throwback to Eighties supernatural serial..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...sustainable design experiment that took the “less is more” premise of the tiny-house movement to an unprecedented and bizarre..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

The Scare Game

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon on what went wrong with horror and where to go from here

"..."Joss came up with the basic premise," explains Goddard, "and we both sort of hashed it..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Quotes of the Week 2010

People said the darndest things

"...a challenger in the general election. The two had minor roles in The Alamo, filmed near Austin. (Jan. 8,..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature

'aRrrrrrr, play us a song there, Matey'

The chamber concert's piratical theme was cheeky, but the music was tremendous

"...Sauer and Schumann for Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor, an elegant example of the composer's signature sonic landscape...."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Reefer Madness: Eye for an Eye, Ounce for an Ounce

Will the Lege downgrade the punishment for pot possession this session?

"...the idea that criminal penalties should be lessened for minor marijuana possession. And it is probably a safe bet..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Miss Witherspoon

This satire on reincarnation amuses but has trouble transcending its own gags

"...Miss Witherspoon and her bemused spirit guide, Maryamma. The premise of an earthly woman residing stubbornly in the Bardo..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

The Rocker

Rainn Wilson's goofy, puppylike charm makes this comedy about overage, overweight rockers passing on the glories of rock & roll to the next generation a palatable exercise.

"...Lynch, Jason Sudeikis and Howard Hesseman. The Rocker, a minor entry in the "old rockers freaking out young rockers"..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The Women's Realm

"...Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson in The Closer (TNT). The premise of the series was that she was an unwelcome..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Full Monty

Naughty Austin's production of the musical The Full Monty gets off to a clunky start, but once it hits its stride, it generously delivers a fun night for its audience

"...end when Jerry gets cold feet for some completely minor reason, and his 10-year-old kid has to give him..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Wednesday Sleepers

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards

"...9:45pm, Elysium We Austinites know James Minor as current Voxtrot manager, but after a few years..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Page Two

The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...if passed, turns out to have a benign and minor impact, consider that we have long been putting club..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Closer

Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.

"...and ourselves in the name of love. That’s the premise of Closer, a relentlessly nasty film adapted from Patrick..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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