Son of the Bride

In this Argentinean film, a single dad and businessman struggles to keep his personal life afloat while undergoing a midlife crisis.

"...Natalia Verbeke and Gimena Nobile. Argentina's Campenella directed 1991's The Boy Who Cried Bitch, which got a nod from..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"...Outside Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park on a soft May morning,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Syrian Bride

This story about an arranged marriage taking place in a remote outpost of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights will be familiar to anyone ever caught in an avalanche of red tape.

"...Adnan Tarabshi. AFS@Dobie Matrimonial comedies are a staple of the cinema, bringing, as they do, divergent family members into..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Story of Boys and Girls

"...Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere, Felice Andreasi and Alessadro Haber. The Story of Boys and Girls would love nothing so..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Parent Trap

"...Walter, Simon Kunz, Elaine Hendrix and Ronnie Stevens. In the sunny, innocent years that preceded the scourge of adolescence,..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Bringing the Heat

A devotion to cooking pervades the mentality of many of the 200-plus contestants who enter each year

"...The Making of an Individual Contestant: Four Repeat Offenders Talk..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation

Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors

"...respite from mainstream cinema, or even mainstream indie cinema, there's a whole globe of bizarre and envelope-pushing movies. The..."

June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...not perfect – thank Satan! – but Hellboy II: The Golden Army is by far the most splendidly imaginative..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death on the Nile

Brannagh's back for another ride under the detective's moustache

"...Who knew that ridiculous moustache hovering above the upper lip of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could have..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...But what's also not so easy, besides the jokesmithing itself, is the stuff comedians go through in..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Ask Michael Madsen about the toughest part of filming Reservoir Dogs, and it wasn’t..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Never Give Up

Don Toner's 13 years as producing artistic director of the State Theater Company have been full of struggles, but in Toner's world, struggles are good. They bring understanding, richness, beauty, and in his case, a new theatre and a loyal company.

"...When people say that Don Toner built the State Theater Company, they aren't just speaking figuratively. From..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Voice in My Head'

Psyche!? Fake dead girlfriend breaks Internet.

"...The Information Age ensures TMI about practically every man, woman,..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The 23rd Austin Jewish Book Fair

Thursday, Nov. 2, through Nov. 12

"...Events take place at the Jewish Community Association of Austin Hall (7300 Hart, Dell..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Books Feature

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new feature from Black Swan director Darren..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Picture Bride

"...Tagawa. A film about history, nostalgia, and matchmaking, Picture Bride deservedly won this year's Audience Award at the Sundance..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Runaway Bride

"...Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. More of concern than the runaway bride here is the runaway script: Too bad..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Big Day

"...reviewed at press time. Originally titled We Met on the Vineyard, this indie film never saw a full theatrical..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hangover

The Hangover is deliciously darker than Todd Phillips' previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice or drenched in the "bromance" creed of the present.

"...Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Sasha Barrese,..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Back to the Grind House

On the occasion of QT 6, an ode to the demented poetry of triple bills in iniquitous theatres

"...Beginning at about the age of 12, I frequently traveled to New York..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Stolen Bride

Irian Jaya Troubles Continue...

"...The abduction last week of 24 people by members of..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

In Search of a Well-Set Table? Bring Back the Bling

Set formal holiday tables this year with thrift store finds

"...I never got to really see the dining room tables that..."

Nov. 30, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...lore that Lyndon Baines Johnson would hold court with the bathroom door open. "That's a true thing," said Rob..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Capital Grille Steaks Its Claim on Fourth Street

And, boy howdy, does it come through with flavors flying

"...Yes: The Capital Grille, in the heart of Downtown, right where..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wrestling in the Dark

WWE performs a house show at the Drum

"...There were no cameras. No ringside announcers. No pyrotechnics. All..."

May 16, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...by Turk Pipkin, Mike Caveney, and Martin Lewis for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at Palmer Auditorium...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

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