Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

"...as the stupendous camerawork of longtime Oliver Stone cinematographer Robert Richardson, whose combination of film stocks and processing (everything..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...satanic worshippers. Eighteen-year-old Damien Echols, whose name, personality, and black attire fit the bill; 17-year-old Jesse Misskelley, with an..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Institute Benjamenta

"...on the story “Jakob von Gunten” by Swiss writer Robert Walser, the film is set entirely within the walls..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The School of Rock

In Linklater's studio-financed comedy hit, Jack Black brings his rock & roll vibe to riff-needy prep students.

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: Jack Black, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Joan Cusack, Maryam Hassan, Kevin..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...Robert EllisMohawk, Thursday 23 [inset-1-right]..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...unknown, and Joseph (Oram), an earthy, bearded worker of black magic. Locking themselves in the aforementioned mansion – similar..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...then-relatively-little-known actors Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Robert Vaughn lent the film a desert-dry aura of unruffled..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cure Romances Austin

Friday (the 13th) I’m in love

"...Friday the 13th stand at the Frank Erwin Center? Robert Smith smiled. The enduring British outfit’s sole remaining founder..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

We're Still Here

Assessing the continuing black Austin experience

"...the illegitimate daughter of Alexander's brother and his indigenous American/black slave – was raised a wife's maid. She, of..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Mortdecai

Johnny Depp fails to unleash his inner Peter Sellers in this globetrotting spy comedy.

"...men exuded in a single raised eyebrow. He’s a black hole sucking in the superior actors in his orbit..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

One of the better offerings from Marvel’s growing multimedia omniverse, this film gives fans plenty to chew on.

"...Russo. Starring: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Toby Jones..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Much Ado About Nothing

With Shakespearean language tripping off their contemporary tongues, the actors are more than game for Joss Whedon's informal, black-and-white take on this classic comedy.

"...Shot in just 12 days, the black-and-white Much Ado About Nothing is the antidote to Whedon’s..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...hitters in fiction (Junot Díaz, Justin Cronin) and nonfiction (Robert Caro, Douglas Brinkley, Cheryl Strayed, Naomi Wolf), plus pop..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

In the Loop

In the Loop is a scabrous and funny study of how an offhand remark by a career politician can metastasize into an international conflict and, ultimately, war.

"...awfully, giddily exhilarating to experience in this deliciously bleak, black political satire from British director Armando Iannucci. (He created..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunshine Cleaning

Two sisters try to remedy the financial and emotional paralysis of their lives by starting a company that specializes in crime-scene cleanups.

"...a sarcastic depressive who paints her disaffection in thick black lines under her eyes. Together the sisters try to..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Splinter

Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.

"...by on sheer weirdness alone; reanimated roadkill sprouting wicked-looking black spines is not a horror trope I've come across..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daddy Day Camp

Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.

"...being the gathering spot for the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford's annual celebration of independent filmmaking. Though we see..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Perry's Big $$$ Ideas

The governor reaches for a legacy – is anybody listening?

"...them planned by utility giant TXU. (Replied Perry spokesman Robert Black, "No one should be surprised that a single,..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Iron Chef Alamo Round Two

What happened in the Black Orpheus battle?

"...champion Trish Eichelberger from the Village took on challenger Robert Rhoades from Hudson's on the Bend. The "secret ingredient"..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Strayhorn Blasts Foster Care System

Comptroller releases findings of two-year investigation

"...Perry spokesman Robert Black said the governor and the Legislature have already..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...is filled to bursting with a kind of neoprene, blacklight flair, rampant action sequences and shoot-outs that, had they..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Shane Black's directorial debut is a suckerpunch-and-a-half, a trippy tribute to L.A. noir and a genre-busting blitzkrieg attack on Hollywood pretensions that’s just as full of them as the pulp it lampoons.

"...Directed by: Shane Black. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Act

The Texas Documentary Tour hosts Robert Stone's 'Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst'

"...Hearst home, waiting for a poker-faced Randolph Hearst in black horned-rim glasses to emerge with periodic responses to the..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Amid campaign-finance reformers, comptroller alleges a "political witch hunt"

"...governor was in Mexico last week, and his spokesman Robert Black initially punted Strayhorn's charges over to the Lege,..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...is none other than that progenitor of Bad Boy Black Humor and personal leader of the early days of..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Making a Living, Making a Life

Judging from the coverage he has been receiving, the most popular story trailing Robert Reich as he travels around the nation talking about his new book The Future of Success is an entirely personal one. Books Editor Clay Smith interviews the former Clinton administration secretary of labor and finds out a few other stories about the popularizing public intellectual.

"...he has been receiving, the most popular story trailing Robert Reich as he travels around the nation talking about..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Guilty as Sin

"...a little and replaced Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges and Robert Loggia with Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson and Jack..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...the Austin Amplifier shop, beside a newly completed amp, Black Joe Lewis and Zach Ernst are bonded fast in..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...blasphemy descend on Austin this weekend for a two-day black metal ritual. Austin musician Shane Davis of Black Vice..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"Scorch and Drag" at Flatbed Gallery

John Robert Craft's objects and prints, combined with the viewer's eye, creates a chamber of reverberating visions

"...John Robert Craft's Giant Point Bar 840# is a massive beam..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

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