Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...1850. Despite being married to a fellow slave named Nancy (Yunina Barbour-Payne), who was sold to the owner of..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

It's Complicated

Far from complicated, this rom-com starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin is a wish-fulfillment fantasy for women of a certain age.

"...Directed by: Nancy Meyers. Starring: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something's Gotta Give

Sure, the co-stars delight, but the script has more flab than its middle-aged lovers.

"...Directed by: Nancy Meyers. Starring: Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves, Amanda..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sid & Nancy

This film rendering of the sordid junkie degradation and deaths of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious and girlfriend Nancy Spungen bleeds through with a tad too much MTV, but few music biopics can top Gary Oldman in Sid & Nancy.

"...SID & NANCY (1986)..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Review

What Women Want

"...Directed by: Nancy Meyers. Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game

What's in a name? Plenty if you're a WIMP or WEENIE!

"...music are WIMPS. If the proverbial tornado whisked away Nancy Coplin and Rose Reyes, the city's music infrastructure would..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

The Holiday

Nancy Meyers’ follow-up to Something’s Gotta Give mines the same go-girl terrain but is far less interesting, featuring stock characterizations and a blandly upbeat vibe.

"...Directed by: Nancy Meyers. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...with one of my great-great-great grandmothers. Orphaned at three, Nancy Warren married in her early teens and came to..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

The Parent Trap

"...Directed by: Nancy Meyers. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan, Lisa..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Alive & Kicking

"...Directed by: Nancy Meckler. Starring: Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher, Anthony Higgins, Dorothy..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

After a Fashion

Burying Reagan and 'Mommy Dearest.' Kind of like chocolate and peanut butter.

"...ones. What could never be denied is Ronald and Nancy Reagan's slavish devotion to each other, though Nancy must..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...line of interactive mystery games based on the iconic Nancy Drew series. Having been chosen this month as one..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Two Bios of Barbara

"...gay and her lifetime companion was a white woman, Nancy Earl." Nancy Earl shows up in Rogers' biography, too..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Review

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...move, is already an outsider. When she's befriended by Nancy (Balk), Bonnie (Campbell), and Rochelle (True), she thinks she's..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Household Saints

"...Directed by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hear My Song

"...takes to keep his club afloat. His luscious girlfriend Nancy (Fitzgerald) is peeved with him because he can't say..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll

The Wilson sisters kicked ass and name names.

"...of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Rollby Ann and Nancy Wilson, with Charles R. Cross; It Books, 288 pp.,..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Secrets Shared

The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare

"...the piercing from his eyebrow. Tomas liked this picture. Nancy (Colombia, 2005)..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

How do you take Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and, in less than a month, condense it into a 100-minute one-man play, with the actor playing 20 characters from the novel plus a New York City drag queen? Everett Quinton and Eureka, veterans of the fabled Ridiculous Theatre Company and creators of Twisted Olivia, explain how they did it.

"...... hoo! Strong stuff. I mean, the murder of Nancy in the book is just appalling. [Sikes] kills her,..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Game Reviews

"...wrong -- get lost somewhere in this clunky translation. Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger Nancy Drew: Secrets Can..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Cooper, Carolyn Banks, Sharon Kalm, Jan Grape, Jan Maxwell, Nancy Bell While driving on a lonely stretch of road,..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Dogfight

"...Directed by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: River Phoenix, Lili Taylor and Holly Near...."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

As Austin’s Democratic Congressmen Return to Washington, They’re Ringing Alarm Bells

Doggett describes “first step forward in the march to fascism”

"...from defeated. While some members of the party, including Nancy Pelosi, emphasize the few seats that flipped blue and..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Giddy Ups to Close in August Due to Lease Change

Menchaca honky-tonk is open to relocating

"...the Chronicle, Michael Morgan – son of longtime owner Nancy M. Morgan, who passed away last year – said,..."

June 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Buffalo Nichols, Stephanie Bergara, and the Hickoids soundtrack our week in local sound

"...herself than before. – Christina Garcia The Hickoids' "Almost Nearly Nancy"..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...has certainly brought UT monumental projects before – think Nancy Rubins' Monochrome for Austin, with its spectacular stack of..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...year, so it was just the three of us. Nancy Schafer was brought on board to head up the..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

After a Fashion

Stephen has been singing different words to 'Funiculì Funiculà' in the shower since he was a young lad

"...with dirt like that, I put on my smartest Nancy Drew outfit and immediately wrote general manager and Vice..."

July 22, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Body as Canvas, Readying for Life in a Kill Zone

AFS Documentary Tour presents Tattooed Under Fire

"...moment is one any filmmaker would know was golden. Nancy Schiesari recalls her reaction: "I thought: 'Wow. A film..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Frozen

The premiere production of the City Theatre Company is excellent – a simple and powerful staging of Bryony Lavery's Frozen, a difficult drama about a serial killer and forgiveness

"...Agnetha study Ralph, the serial killer. Meanwhile, the mother, Nancy, tries to come to terms with the murder of..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

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