The Wisdom of Deacon Talton

Rep. Robert Talton's testimony on gay foster parents before the State Affairs committee.

"...the House Committee on State Affairs, at which Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena, introduced HB 1911, which would ban gay..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

"...It was moments like these that proved the wisdom of words he shared from George Lucas, who had..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Many Words, Little Wisdom

Aug. 27, 2007 Postmarks

The Legend of Bagger Vance

"...Directed by: Robert Redford. Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bourne Ultimatum

The third film in this series is the best one yet about the rogue CIA spook with the memory of a goldfish.

"...a movie that’s actually better than its predecessors. Conventional wisdom states that by the third movie in any series,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Screen Door Jesus

Kirk Davis’ slick, locally produced film, adapted from the stories of Christopher Cook, plunges into Texas' small-town religious mores and comes up with some insightful revelations in this character-driven pastiche.

"...Cook, plunges brain first into the font of perceived wisdom vis-à-vis small-town religious mores of a singularly Texan persuasion,..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Airborne

"...more receptive to Matthew than it recently did to Robert Mapplethorpe -- and Mapplethorpe was already dead. Basically, the..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jason Bourne

The former CIA op resurfaces in a new era of electronic surveillance

"...Jason. Bourne. Again. No, Robert Ludlum’s amnesiac CIA agent isn’t born again in the..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...kind of disconnected young woman who would listen to Robert Wyatt's ethereal, folksy cover of "Shipbuilding" over Elvis Costello's..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scary Movie

Keenen Ivory Wayans' broad spoof of the horror/comedy Scream series.

"...ago, I tagged that actor's gracelessly unfunny performance in Robert Klane's stultifying Weekend at Bernie's II as, hands down,..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lover

"...narration by Moreau that evokes the “tobacco and love” wisdom of an aging Duras as she pens her recollections,..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Hightower Report

Trump vs. the wisdom of Robert E. Lee

"...to the city's planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, who led the Southern states' war against..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Reflections on Assassination

Trying to find some wisdom on a grim anniversary

"...the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and then Robert Ken­nedy, I would begin to understand what he meant...."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Mom and Dad

Nic Cage goes crazy/crazier in this kid-killing black comedy

"...Rachel Melvin, Zackary Arthur, Anne Winters, Lance Henriksen and Robert T. Cunningham...."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Storytelling

"...Hagerty, John Goodman, Mark Webber, Paul Giamatti, Aleska Palladino, Robert Wisdom, Leo Fitzpatrick and Selma Blair. If it seemed..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Only You

"...Directed by: Norman Jewison. Starring: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim De Almeida, Fisher Stevens and..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...Robert Jensen's 10 books range from fairly scholarly approaches to..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Jad Abumrad Detours to the Paramount

Radiolab creator previews Austin audio walking tour

"...about five minutes.” That’s but one tidbit of creative wisdom dispensed by the canny WNYC podcast superstar last night...."

March 3, 2015 Arts Post by Marc Savlov

The Collector

From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.

"...Burke, Madeline Zima, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernández, Daniella Alonso, Robert Wisdom and Karley Scott Collins. Co-written by Marcus Dunstan..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Duplex

Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore play a young couple is driven batty by a geriatric neighbor from hell.

"...Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essel, Justin Theroux, Harvey Fierstein and Robert Wisdom. It wasn’t screened for critics, its release date..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Masked and Anonymous

The answers to this new Bob Dylan movie are "blowin’ in the wind."

"...Marin, Ed Harris, Bruce Dern, Richard Sarafian, Fred Ward, Robert Wisdom and Tinashe Kachingwe. Bob Dylan might have been..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...congratulate you on that. I just wish that some wisdom and depth of vision had come with those years...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...congratulate you on that. I just wish that some wisdom and depth of vision had come with those years...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...congratulate you on that. I just wish that some wisdom and depth of vision had come with those years...."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

A Bronx Tale

"...Directed by: Robert De Niro. Starring: De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato,..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dry

Murder and secrets in the Australian Outback

"...Directed by: Robert Connolly. Starring: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, BeBe Bettencourt, Keir..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...The Unicorn D: Robert Schwartzman Facing the fourth year of their engagement, an..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...professor that you labeled "Pacifist Professor" [UT journalism professor Robert Jensen, "Media Clips," Feb. 5, 1999, austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue23/pols.media.html] is actually..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

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Recommended

"...who moonlights as a bartender who dispenses his insular wisdom and complacent life lessons to an appreciative group of..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Grudge Match

This boxing riff stars Stallone and De Niro, but it's hardly the stuff of Rocky vs. the Raging Bull.

"...Directed by: Peter Segal. Starring: Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Basinger, Kevin Hart, Alan..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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