Desperate Remedies

"...Directed by: Stewart Main and Peter Wells. Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Haunting in Connecticut

Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.

"...Directed by: Peter Cornwell. Starring: Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Martin..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...Directed by: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Britt Robertson, Asa Butterfield, Gary Oldman and..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...are much more widespread than has been understood," says Peter Ward, a professor in the University of Texas' Sociology..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Killer Condom

"...Directed by: Martin Walz. Starring: Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Iris Berben, Marc Richter and Leonard Lansink. My..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'What’s My Name, Fool?'

Dave Zirin's history of sports and politics still timely

"...This sentiment can be found in the columns of Peter King, or most biographies of the politically nebulous Michael..."

May 19, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Hightower Report

Battle of the Green; and Taxpayers Art Museum

"...In September, Dean Poll was awarded the lease to operate the city-owned Tavern on the..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Ice Bats Win in OT, Force Game Three

"...Cent's “In da Club” was topping the charts and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of..."

March 27, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Roland Tec; DP: Gretchen Widmer; Ed: Jon Altschuler; Cast: Peter Bubriski, Jay Corcoran, John-Michael Lander, Jeff Miller, Paul Outlaw,..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...(The Great Invisible) returns with her Sundance Film Festival award winner Descendant...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

"...Directed by: Peter Segal. Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.j...."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...are reserved for the movies most likely to generate award nominations. Of course, this is a generalized outline, and..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fables of the Reconstruction Part II

Todos Santos, Mexico, rebuilds as its music fest grows

"...no better sign of recovery than the return of Peter Buck’s Todos Santos Music Festival. Now in its fourth..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Nominated for an Academy Award, this documentary recounts the life of writer Ayn Rand..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...and fellow Creem alumni Joe Nick Patoski and Ed Ward. Patoski was managing Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns,..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Long Game Director: Julio Quintana, Producers: Javier Chapa, Ben Howard, Marla Quintana, Dennis Quaid, Laura Quaid, Screenwriters: Julio Quintana,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, Tōmairangi Ihaia, Jess Sayer, Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Kayne Ngātokowhā Peters...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...has a new novel, Hollow, as does Amanda Eyre Ward, with The Nearness of You; thrillmeister Jeffrey Abbott has..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"...Shrake wrote; Marvin Schwarz, who produced the movie; actors Peter Boyle and Warren Oates, also in Kid Blue; Willie..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Two giants of cinema get special nods, starting with Peter Sellers, Scene Stealer, followed by Hitchcock Week's celebration of..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...notably albums from the Lounge Lizards, Tish Hinojosa, Monte Warden, and Alejandro Escovedo. Insiders cite the fact that Waterloo..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...mindlock of summer escapism: Warren Beatty's political satire Bulworth, Peter Weir and Jim Carrey's provocative meditation on media totalitarianism..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Peter Duncan; with Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham,..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Nick believed passionately in several things, among them moving forward by communistic/ democratic consensus, and that he was always..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...Peter Fonda despises authority. This much we already know, not..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...new take on the atmospheric world of Bait! Cast: Edward Rowe, Simon Shepherd, Mary Woodvine, Giles King, Chloe Endean,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frank

Arthouse comedy amuses yet disappoints.

"...British journalist Jon Ronson and co-writer Peter Straughan have fancifully adapted Ronson’s memoir about touring with..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

If we're very, very lucky, a solid TV series comes from all of this pain

"...ABC. The series is narrated by Cooper Day (Evan Peters), a sullen 15-year-old aspiring writer and middle child living..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta picks Emmy winners.

"...The Primetime Emmy Awards presentation, originally scheduled for Sunday (Sept. 16), has been..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...time the essay is done, you're convinced and looking forward to giving the record another go...."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

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