White

"...is currently cast as one of the leads in Richard Linklater's next movie). After six months of marriage, the..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zero Patience

"...Yes, a musical, as in that singing, dancing spectacle kind of entertainment. This Canadian film takes its title from..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Tommy O'Haver; with Sean P. Hayes, Brad Rowe, Richard Ganoung, Meredith Scott Lynn, Paul Bartel...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film: The Cabin in the Woods Q&A

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard premiere of 'Cabin in the Woods'

"...(Goddard directed) and four cast members – Bradley Whitford, Richard Jenkins, Kristen Connolly, and Anna Hutchison, joined SXSW Film..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...entering a theatre to see any film by director Richard Linklater for the first time, one can't be sure..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

When the Dog Bites

Richard Rodgers knew well the dog's bite, the bee's sting, plagued as he was by inner demons, personal trials, and psychic pain. Yet he was able somehow to produce from this dark world music of sweetness and light.

"...In actuality, though, Richard Rodgers was no Mister Rogers. As a new biography..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Highest of Stakes

Cryptoscam doc feels like part of an outrage machine

"...Cryptocurrency founder Richard Heart is looking for attention. In his first onscreen..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...So here comes Infinity War, as reviewed here by Richard Whittaker, and, after more than a dozen big-screen spectacles,..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Charlie St. Cloud

Zac Efron breaks free of his High School Musical routine with this unusual drama about a young man overcoming grief.

"...as if he didn’t already demonstrate those abilities in Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles. Yet there is a..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolff, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...safely say that the mystery of this remake of Richard Donner's 1976 demon-child flick is infinitely more entertaining –..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Imagine Me & You

A traditional romantic comedy with a lesbian twist, Imagine Me and You has its charms, but for a movie about loving radically, it sure plays it safe.

"...that Rachel is married. But the script is from Richard Curtis’ slush pile, and multiplex cliché is perhaps a..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Lot Like Love

This Ashton Kutcher/Amanda Peet romance film is a lot like mediocrity.

"...script (by actor Colin Patrick Lynch) were pinched from Richard Curtis’ wastebasket: Strangers Oliver (Kutcher) and Emily (Peet) bump..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Weather Underground

Former members of the Weather Underground still know a thing or two about "which way the wind blows" in this always timely documentary.

"...and the demonstrations, Vietnam and Altamont, Black Panthers and Richard Nixon. Despite its historical riches, The Weather Underground is..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Old Friends/Bookends

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.

"...To parse the obvious, no one expects Keith Richards' revelations or anything too scandalous outside the traditional sex-and-drugs-and-supermodels..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

High School

You come in hoping to toke on a big ol' fattie, but instead you find yourself wallowing in seeds and stems – again.

"...the high in high school, this film is the kind of drug movie that gives pot smokers a bad..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

MacGruber

Here's an idea that hasn't been tried in a few years: Turn a Saturday Night Live skit into a feature film.

"...inspiration. In the affectionately remembered Eighties TV series MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson starred as an anti-gun action hero who..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Across the Universe

Julie Taymor takes the timelessness of the Beatles' music and yanks it earthward into a minefield of literalism.

"...a bathroom window, then … your threshold for this kind of thing is a lot higher than mine, and..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes is as much a work of anthropology as it is a narrative, and its true strength lies in its exploration of ancient aboriginal hunting practices, death rituals, and legal traditions.

"...Heer and Peter Djigirr. Starring: Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Minygululu, Frances Djulibing, Philip Gudthaykudthay, David Gulpilil,..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Uncovered: The War on Iraq

The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.

"...speakers – like Stansfield Turner, Scott Ritter, John Dean, Richard Clarke, David Kay, Joseph Wilson – will be familiar,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

England Made Me

Culture editor Richard Whittaker presents a season of classic British movies that defined the nation's cinema

"...England Made Me: Six Films with The Austin Chronicle’s Richard Whittaker, Nov. 1-Dec. 10. AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35...."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...Austin pictures to come (we’d bet a ham sandwich Richard Linklater’s just-completed Boyhood will make the list). Keep scrolling..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Instruments of Science & Technology

Richard Swift teaches the kids how it's done

"...this thing called music, so don’t look for them. Richard Swift doesn’t. Pass the dutchie, old man...."

Jan. 24, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Flicking the Switch

An interview with New York playwright and director Richard Maxwell, who has developed a following for his work featuring painstakingly realistic language rendered onstage by actors who move, speak, and sing seemingly without expression.

"...Richard Maxwell writes and directs his own plays, for which..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Steve Moore

Quiet on the Set: Filmmakers on Shooting and Working at Austin Studios

As told to Richard Whittaker

"...they said, 'Well, that side of the building is kind of in disrepair,' and [the Armory] was kind of..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: A History of SXSW Headliners

From time travel to baseball, some of our favorite first night films

"...– and especially the opening night films – are kind of a big deal...."

March 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

All Over Creation: Site Specifics

Fusebox Festival helps the community envision a new kind of development with thinkEAST

"...coordinated by the good folks at Fusebox Festival. After Richard deVarga and Robert Summers purchased the notorious property –..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Onur Tukel Talks Applesauce

The actor/director redefines comedy-horror

"...knowledge or learning. I had to look that up, Richard, so I'm clearly not."..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Person

Richard Ford July 1, Borders

"...Richard Ford, the highly acclaimed bard of the angst-ridden American..."

June 27, 1997 Books Feature

Who Did the Animation for Keith Maitland’s Documentary Tower?

Minnow Mountain’s Craig Staggs talks art & drama & Austin & Earp

"...The Tower documentary itself focuses, as Richard Whittaker points out in his recent review, on the..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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