Bobby McFerrin Gets Happy – Tonight!

Pharrell Williams, Yo-Yo Ma & Esperanza Spalding can’t be wrong

"...Watching the video with Bill Irwin and a mustachioed Robin Williams cracking up at the camera, I can’t whistle..."

April 24, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Trail of Crumbs Down Memory Lane: 'Pioneers of Television'

Season four debuts tonight on KLRU with 'Standup to Sitcom'

"...behind the curtain at technique. Featuring the mania of Robin Williams (Mork & Mindy, 1978-82) and his rainbow suspenders..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Anne Harris

'Death to Smoochy': Though in Color, It Is a Film Noir

"...noir films; much backward and forward movement within scenes. Robin Williams, Jon Stewart, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Danny..."

July 19, 2010 Postmarks

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...Davy today, they'd have to get some actor like Robin Williams or Jim Carrey -- somebody who's really out..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Scanlines

The Nine Best Video Releases of 1998

"...with Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Allan Arbus..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Kenneth Branagh and Julie Christie in Hamlet. Mel who?

"...Tommy Davidson, LL Cool J, Dave Chapelle, Billy Dee Williams..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Screens Feature

The Oscar-glow

Tv Eye

"...On Robin Williams..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

Hamlet

"...Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Kate Winslet, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Dame Judy Dench..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

Howie Mandel: "Everything I've Done, I've Fallen Into"

The Moontower Just For Laughs headliner on his accidental career

"...from standup was that you would get a sitcom. Robin (Williams) was doing Mork & Mindy, and Billy Crystal..."

April 19, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Disney’s Aladdin

Poster child for Broadway's Disneyfication still crazy entertaining

"...unlimited energy and an originality that easily exorcised anything Robin Williams (from the film) or James Monroe Iglehart (from..."

Feb. 16, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Day Trips: Jack Sisemore RV Museum, Amarillo

Journey through the history of American road-tripping

"...Flxible bus named "Happy Max" that appeared in the Robin Williams movie RV. There also is the custom motor..."

July 8, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fox Announces Bloom County Animated Series

The cartoon strip with Austin roots heads to the small screen

"...Worked, with uncredited vocal performances by Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. The show will be made by animation studio..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

I’m Not Okay: LA’s Weathers Discuss Mental Health and Writing Music During COVID

An interview with the soundtrackers of millennial burnout

"...but you don't know how they feel inside. Like Robin Williams was super depressed, but you wouldn't ever think..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

Chronicle Recommends: The Worst of the Oscars

From badly timed to just plain bad: When the Academy got it wrong

"...a red rubber nose, this remains the nadir of Robin Williams’ career. Nominated for Best (treacly) Score, it’s better..."

Feb. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...story hits hard-boiled’s pleasure center. Ace supporting work by Robin Williams, Andy Garcia, and Patrick Doyle’s spooky original score..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Chronicle Recommends: Back to School

Seven of the best movies about edumacation

"...seems a good time to revisit his breakthrough role. Robin Williams stars in peak dramatic form as an English..."

Sept. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett

The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously

"...subsequent generations in conversation about their art: George Carlin, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Paula Poundstone, John Candy,..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

If you're craving a big party, our sister city San Antonio is celebrating 13 years of Pride

"...It's never a bad day to watch The Birdcage. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane might not be the dream..."

July 1, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Skyline Theater Debuts

Boston’s flying saucer lands at Austin’s newest outdoor venue

"...appeared to be stolen from the wardrobe closet of Robin Williams sci-fi flop Bicentennial Man, declaring “Oh he likes..."

June 13, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

By Hook or by Crook

Lost Boys to attend 25th anniversary of Hook at the Long Center

"...Maggie Smith as (Granny) Wendy, and the late, great Robin Williams as a grownup, bogged down Peter, this charming..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

State of the Union

A Fourth of July film roundup that goes beyond Independence Day

"...neighborhood. But really, he's also in the midst of probing his own dark underbelly. (Spoiler alert: He likes hitting..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...moment. World's Greatest Dad was a benchmark performance for Robin Williams, while God Bless America stands as one of..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Play Chekhov: Two Short Stories on Stage

Breaking String's two-course meal of Chekhov tales proves both meaty and effervescent

"...of supernatural visions. With the world still reeling from Robin Williams' suicide, audience members may find themselves particularly vulnerable..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Vulcan (Video) Mind Meld

Staking out the store’s new North Loop location

"...to dust off Shelley Long in Hello Again and Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam. At the time, I..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Everybody Wants a Few Good Dates

Two paper-based calendars for this year's stream of days and nights

"...said, so long before the notion was reheated in Robin Williams' Dead Poets Society mouth. But you don't have..."

Jan. 16, 2014 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...Because nothing says family like a desperate and cross-dressing Robin Williams, a smarmy Pierce Brosnan, and a tiny "Jump..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

There Will Be Food

Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.

"...that he doesn't travel: Montminy just finished catering a Robin Williams film ... in Atlanta...."

June 14, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Trailer Park Goes Big

'Ender's Game,' 'The World's End,' and 'The Butler'

"...just meet the unbelievable cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Big Wedding

In this wedding comedy, a bridegroom’s bitterly divorced parents (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they’re still married to appease his Catholic birth mother.

"...Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: LaGravenese Gravitations

Richard LaGravenese enters the YA fray with 'Beautiful Creatures'

"...by its notable director Terry Gilliam and outstanding cast (Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, and Mercedes Ruehl –..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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