Shrink

A well-chosen cast props up this otherwise shallow story that stars Kevin Spacey as a therapist who turns to pot in the wake of a personal crisis.

"...Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Laura Ramsey, Dallas Roberts, Robert Loggia, Jesse Plemons and Robin Williams. A well-chosen..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aliens in the Attic

A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.

"...Directed by: John Schultz. Starring: Carter Jenkins, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Austin Butler, Ashley Boettcher,..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film News

News from Cannes and nearer climes

"...Cannes International Film Festival through Dana Glover and Michele Carter's Midian Films, which is hawking Jollenbach, the Round Rock-based..."

May 22, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Texas Medal of Arts Awards

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its fifth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...Laura Bush and Anheuser-Busch have in common? How about Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Rodriguez? Or all four? They're all..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...proved a catalyst for so much that followed, inspiring Robert Redford to start the Sundance Institute as well as..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Adding Insult to Brain Injury

Brain injury lab and its former director on the skids

"...The American taxpayers officially fired Dr. Robert Van Boven on his birthday, Jan. 27. The former..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Headlines

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...• What's wrong with Robert's? New rules of order for the Texas House reduce..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Everything Under the Sun(set)

The Sunset Advisory Commission looks toward the 81st legislative session

"...discussion back on topic by asking TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith to name the biggest concerns facing his agency...."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

This comedy starring Simon Pegg is based on Toby Young's memoir about working at Vanity Fair.

"...Directed by: Robert B. Weide. Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Featuring: Michael Dukakis, Sam Donaldson, Tom DeLay, Mary Matalin, Robert D. Novak Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Wonder Stories

The unbound adventures and outrageous duets of a life spent with science fiction

"...Jack Vance's The Dying Earth and one of Lin Carter's Thongor books. Leaving the hospital, I had an arm..."

July 25, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Anthony Graves Case Raises the Dead ... Again

Judge once again okays testimony of dead witness

"...summer, concluding that the testimony of a dead man, Robert Carter, could be used as evidence against Graves at..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Beside the Point

Another Futrell protégé leaves City Hall

"...over from an acting director installed when previous Director Carter Smith left to head the Texas Parks & Wildlife..."

May 9, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

East Austin Studio Tour Map

"...Robert & Amparo Mendoza,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...Architect: Carter Design Associates..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Psych Out

Psych Out

"...Devil Bat's Lisa and Lee Ann Cameron, Charalambides' Tom Carter, and Robert Horton, expands on Carter and Horton's 2005..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Film News

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grant winners, plus The Unforeseen, Bella, and 'Chickenfüt'

"...the doc Gone to Texas: The Lives of Forrest Carter; frequent Chronicle contributor Spencer Parsons, $5,000 for distribution of..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: One Small Step

Gov. Rick Perry spares the life of Kenneth Foster

"...European Union. In the condescending voice of his spokesman, Robert Black, Perry had told the Europeans to go suck..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Graves' Retrial Locale Up in Air

Second capital murder trial of Anthony Graves won't take place in Burleson Co., Bastrop and Williamson Counties speculated possibilities

"...from the defense -- including evidence that another man, Robert Carter, who initially fingered Graves as his accomplice in..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update: Defense Team Shot Down Again

Judge rules special prosecutor may use recanted – and likely perjured – testimony of man who fingered Graves as his accomplice in multiple murder

"...the recanted – and likely perjured – testimony of Robert Carter, who fingered Graves as his accomplice in the..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update

Retrial of capital murder case against Anthony Graves set to go forward this summer, even though special prosecutor recently admitted that crucial evidence in case is lost

"...in the county] and personnel" since Graves and co-defendant Robert Carter were arrested in 1992 for the murder of..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update

10th Court of Appeals says if it has to, it will vacate the gag order that is improperly curtailing the free speech of Graves, awaiting a retrial for capital murder

"...example, although the state has said that executed inmate Robert Carter implicated Graves as his accomplice in the multiple..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...and Jetscreamer giving way to the debut LP from Robert Gomez. His upcoming Brand New Towns, due for a..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

National Top 10s

National Top 10s of 2006

"...Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia) Robert Gabriel..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

Federal Judge Poised to Release Anthony Graves on Bond

Rebuke to state court keeping Graves imprisoned

"...statements from the defense -- including statements made by Robert Carter, who was also convicted and executed for the..."

Jan. 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Graves Appeals Prohibitively High Bond

"...was fingered as an accomplice to the murders by Robert Carter, who was also convicted and sentenced to death..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Graves Free on Bond; Prosecutor Withdraws

Burleson County DA files motion voluntarily recusing her office from handling the retrial of Anthony Graves, convicted and sentenced to die for a 1992 multiple murder in that county; 5th Circuit again rules in Graves' favor, denying state motion to keep him locked up until he can be retried

"...Graves and co-defendant Robert Carter, who was executed in 2000, were convicted for..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Burleson Co. Judge: $1 Million to Free Graves

"...as an accomplice to the 1992 multiple murder by Robert Carter, who was convicted of the crime and executed..."

Dec. 20, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Graves Free on Bond; Prosecutor Withdraws

"...Graves and co-defendant Robert Carter, who was executed in 2000, were convicted and..."

Dec. 19, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update

Prosecutors with Texas Attorney General's office appeal federal district judge's order to release former death row inmate Anthony Graves on bail

"...evidence from Graves' defenders – including a statement from Robert Carter, who originally said Graves aided him in committing..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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