Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...which isn’t to say he didn’t leave plenty of room for interpretation in 2001, Eyes Wide Shut, and The..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Budín de Elote

Corn Pudding

"...minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature. Serves eight or more. Reprinted with permission from..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Food Feature

From the Vaults: Inscrutability Becomes Him

'Room 237’ questions Stanley Kubrick and 'The Shining’

"...In her review of Room 237, which opens today in Austin, Kimberley Jones writes..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Glitch in the Matrix

What do the people who believe we live in a simulation really believe?

"...is so methodical. His most famous work to date, Room 237, went into suitably laborious details about a handful..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Terror Behind Terror of Frankenstein

Austin debut of mind-bending horror Director's Commentary

"...year-round programming) came to Kirk when he was producing Room 237. That's Rodney Ascher's documentary about fan/conspiracy theories surrounding..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...is giggling maniacally while chopping his way through my bathroom door with a fire axe. The joke's on him..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Finding the Write Word

Nina Marie Martínez and Liliana Valenzuela

"...is one on translation, which brings California-based Nina Marie Martínez, author of Caramba! (now out in paperback from Anchor)...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Beauty in Trouble

In this Czech film, the tumultuous marriage of a couple, who only stop quarreling for bouts of sex, faces a reckoning.

"...Geislerová, Jana Brejchová, Roman Luknár, Emilia Vášáryová, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Schmitzer, Adam Mišík and Michaela Mrviková. No matter how..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...your arguments about what it all means until after Room 237, a new documentary plunging into the world of..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...It's joined by another Sundance alums: The Nightmare by Room 237 director Rodney Ascher, which Neece called "the scariest..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...obsession, like the conspiracy theories surrounding The Shining in Room 237, Ascher's documentary doesn't explore simulation theory itself, but..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick’s lovely holiday tale of marriage and orgies

"...resuscitate a naked woman who overdosed in the host’s bathroom...."

Dec. 19, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Moonwalkers

A stoner comedy frames this moon-landing conspiracy-theory romp

"...in an England studio (see Rodney Ascher’s film essay Room 237 for homework), gets woven into a stoner-comedy framework..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 List

"...The Wolf of Wall Street, Gravity, Room 237..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Marc Savlov's Top 10 List

"...Pacific Rim, Inside Llewyn Davis, Room 237..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

One Letter Short for 'ABCs of Death 2'

25 director teams announced: Can you bring the mayhem for 'M'?

"...Iglesia (The Last Circus, Witching & Bitching) Rodney Ascher (Room 237) Bill Plympton (Plymptoons, I Married a Strange Person)..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Time to Re-Learn Your 'ABCs'

Magnet announces 'ABCs of Death 2' loaded with Fantastic Fest faves

"...winning director and creator of Kubrick conspiracy doc/subtextual analysis Room 237...."

May 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2012 Awards

Big winners include 'I Declare War,' 'Flicker,' and 'Vanishing Waves' Interviews (Rian Johnson! Karl Urban!), reviews, and photo galleries galore

"...Best Director: Rodney Ascher (Room 237) Short Fuse: Horror Shorts..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...Room 237 Rodney Ascher, director; Tim Kirk, producer (IFC Midnight)..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...lurked in the Overlook Hotel's bad place, the dread Room 237. Kubrick trumps King here, outfitting the dying room..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

We Have an Issue: Let the Balloting Begin

Vote now in the Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Readers Poll

"...Screens Editor Richard Whittaker chats with documentarian Rodney Ascher (Room 237) about his latest film, A Glitch in the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Moonwalkers

Smart, silly comedy about a fake Kubrick faking the moon landing

"...conspiracy theory, one recently explored in Rodney Ascher's documentary, Room 237.) But instead of getting Kubrick, Kidman accidentally hires..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Learning More ABCs

Ascher, Barratt, and Fessenden dissect their anthology segments

"...a Fantastic Fest veteran for his award-winning 2012 documentary Room 237, chronicling the ever-circling obsessions over hidden meanings in..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...Year's Best Movie-Geek Experience: Double-bill of Room 237, the documentary deconstructing The Shining, followed by Kubrick's..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

FF2012: Fantastic Fest Awards

'I Declare War' and 'Flicker' take top prizes

"...American Scream (dir. Michael Stephenson) Best Director: Rodney Ascher (Room 237)..."

Sept. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...features from Mexico and Latin America. (Rumbo – pronounced ROOM-bo – means "heading to" or "on the way," but..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...you for your article published in today's Chronicle about Tesía Samara ["The Death of Ben Brownlee," News, Jan. 30]...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...One popular style was percussion-driven "house." Austin dancer Jesse Rodríguez explains, "Instead of using your hands and feet on..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred MacAdam Farrar, Straus &..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...who witnessed the magic that could occur in that room. May it live another 25...."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

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