Ford v Ferrari

Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics

"...Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Jon Bernthal, Noah Jupe, Ray McKinnon and Remo Girone...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Last Man Standing: Ray Benson

Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday

"...Wheel for over 40 years hasn’t been easy, and Ray Benson’s got a new documentary to prove it. A..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film CollectionLionsgate Home Entertainment, $39.99 (Blu-ray)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robot & Frank

This weird, winning little movie explores what happens to the essential self as the memory goes.

"...mess, and his mind, it appears, is in similar disarray. He walks regularly into town to lunch at a..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oldboy

Spike Lee maintains the shuddery, visceral punch of the South Korean original, but something gets lost in translation.

"...the original, my advice would be to rent the Blu-ray, sit back, and then scrub what remains of your..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...multi-instrumentalist, world-class organist, and former arranger for the great Ray Charles, speaks in these measured hues. The literal key(s)..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...miles. It's hokey Texana, sure, and a ways from Ray Wylie Hubbard's Hill Country home outside Wimberley, but it's..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Slow Burn

Slow Burn – starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, and Mekhi Phifer – becomes one of those movies that’s so bad, it’s almost entertaining. Almost.

"...Directed by: Wayne Beach. Starring: Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Jolene Blalock, Taye..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...Film wisdom says that the only reason that Harrison Ford became a megastar was that Indiana Jones stopped him..."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch

An on-set ‘Raiders’ doc distinguishes this new Indy collection

"...made doesn't diminish the magic packaged in the new Blu-ray collection Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (Paramount, $99.98)...."

Sept. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature

Happy New Year, 1954

Pulling up the roots of rock

"...Hank Williams, the Delmore Brothers, Hank Snow, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Bill Haley & His Comets illuminate the hillbilly..."

Jan. 7, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Brother to Brother

A festival favorite jumps to the big screen with its story that compares and contrasts life as a gay black man in the present day and the Harlem Renaissance.

"...Evans. Starring: Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Larry Gilliard Jr., Ray Ford, Aunjanue Ellis and Alex Burns. This first dramatic..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...Corman, the man behind X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes, all the best American International Pictures pictures, The..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...group of featured speakers, including media technologies guru Kate Crawford and Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex, an..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...in large part to Sean Connery’s charismatic and captivating portrayal. Bond journeys deep underground to thwart the evil schemes..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Funeral

"...the secular and profane. The Tempio brothers -- eldest Ray (Walken), middle brother Chez (Penn), and youngest Johnny (Gallo)..."

Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cockneys vs. Zombies

This bloody good zom-com stands out from the crowd of zombies recently invading our screens.

"...Michelle Ryan, Jack Doolan, Georgia King, Ashley Thomas, Alan Ford, Honor Blackman and Richard Briers...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...go on to declare the modern world doomed and gray and dying. None of those assertions is revolutionary. They..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Hays County Turns Blue – and Green

New county leadership is keen on environmental stewardship

"...2 Commissioner Jeff Barton, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Karen Ford – dramatically changed the face of what had long..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...few sidebar affairs, once upon a time, into John Ford and Sergio Leone's mythic West, itself still the planet's..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Can Leave Your Hat On

The ballad of Mambo John Treanor

"...of trouble but stay in school because they couldn't afford to lose the game. I was the quarterback of..."

July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Trusting Twang

Jack Ingram

"...By then, Ingram had a backing outfit he could afford to pay and call his own -- the Beat..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Music List Four

Spoon, Kate Nash, Malcolm London, and 141 more added

"...docket, erupting locally March 10-19, are “Redneck Mother” songman Ray Wylie Hubbard, Philly punk/psych/pop trio Purling Hiss, and folker..."

Jan. 19, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The French Connection

Golden moments at Austin Week in Angers, France

"...heartfelt rock magnetism of onetime Ryan Bingham bandmate Elijah Ford; Deer frontwoman Grace Park’s folk enchantments; the sad-sack serenade..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Target Markets

Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure

"...Make Film, Not War Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure (Blu-Ray)Lionsgate, $59.99..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...bottle of Rolaids.Jody Denberg It was 1981 in the gray subterranean kitchen of The Daily Texan newsroom, and myself,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...end may require massive clean-up operations. No plates, no trays, just butcher paper and meat. In Taylor, the Mueller..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...an unclassical beauty that would never pass the Cindy Crawford test of today, looks longingly at Grant - and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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