The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...life. His mother (Winstead) loves him but struggles to stand up to his controlling father (McNairy); meanwhile, the students..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

In a Blink of an Eye

A conversation with Double Trouble’s Tommy Shannon

"...Valley in Michigan. To commemorate, Legacy Records reissued Couldn’t Stand the Weather, Vaughan’s second record with Double Trouble and..."

July 28, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

When Comic Do Good

Thanks to the benefit 'Stand-Up Is Dead,' some Central Texas wildlife won't be.

"...won't surprise you to hear that a group of stand-up comics has gotten together to benefit his foundation. "The..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...duo in town, Chloe and Lane Ingram, who perform together onstage as Chlane...."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Should you have a bad feeling about this stand-alone Star Wars?

"...answer, courtesy of the second in the Disney-era of stand-alone films...."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ATL

Wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.

"...Jr., the scripter of Roll Bounce – ever get together they might well create the greatest roller-skating drama the..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Low Turnout, the Fight for Voting Rights, and More Election News

Keep marching on

"...came before me, the women on whose shoulders I stand – the women on whose shoulders we all stand..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Council Recap: (A Little More) Help Is On Its Way

Relief to include direct cash aid to struggling Austinites

"...also partnered with the Charles Koch-backed network of charities, Stand Together (formerly the Seminar Network) – which attempts to..."

April 10, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bye-Bye, Bearden – Hello, Mac & Joe!

Cap City Comedy's PUNCH! showcase goes ALL'S WELL as of … now.

"...has been running the Tuesday night PUNCH! showcase of stand-up comedy at Cap City Comedy Club for years. But..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...luring viewers into comedy clubs to see Rajskub do stand-up...."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland

Back in September 2005, Vaughn decided to try his hand at the impresario game and Gathered together four young stand-up comedians for a 30-day bus tour of the heartland.

"...and try his hand at the impresario game. Gathering together four young stand-up comedians he had scouted at Los..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Perfect Holiday

In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.

"...and Nancy, smart and sweet and fated to be together yet living with the perpetual torment of "normal" names,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...and volatile – send them out on an adventure together with little but the charm of their celebrity voices..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Possession

This dual love story spanning two centuries, taken from A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, is handled with typical LaBute pessimism.

"...to another, her married lover: “No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.” It's a..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

"...a problem with complicated permit laws and ramifications, I understand that the Texas Department of Public Transportation (TxDoT) failed..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Column

Gift

"...swoops and weaves around the blissful couple as they stand in a verdant field while a Santeria priestess shrouds..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Opposite Sex (And How to Live With Them)

"...this wasted cinematic effort, which attempts to piece itself together as some sort of quirky Nineties version of Annie..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Passed Away

"...the hereafter. Uh-oh, time to bring the Scanlan clan together to give Dad a proper sendoff -- even if..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Shining Through

"...director Seltzer never really seems to pull it all together. Griffith plays a young woman, half-Jewish by birth, who..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Picks

In the bounty of improv, sketch, & stand-up, some of our picks

"...back to school, whatever. We’re talking improv, sketch, and stand-up by hundreds of mirthmakers from Austin and across North..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...ruffled businessman; and Johnson is Chilli, the lovable burnout. Together, they're fun, but it's when Renner enters the picture..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Big Sick

The rom-com is dead! Long live the rom-com!

"...deadpan-perfection, plays the fictionalized version of himself, a struggling stand-up comedian in Chicago who is close with his parents..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Get Me to the Funny: Chortle Portal

Weekly comedy showcase at UT keeps the students coming back for more

"...best way to get to a hip and cool stand­up comedy night? Taxi? Bicycle? How about a Chortle Portal?..."

March 9, 2016 Arts Post by Spencer Beghtol

Samba

The latest from the directors of the French hit The Intouchables

"...a patronizing ragout of flavors that never successfully blend together. Sy works the material the best he can, but..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Best Man Holiday

Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.

"...minutes: A guy turns the secret of a one-night stand with his best friend’s girl into the barely fictionalized..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pirate Radio

This British import exudes about as much outlaw swagger as Tom DeLay in a dance competition.

"...offshore radio broadcasting ship Radio Rock is a fictional stand-in for the actual operation, Radio Caroline, which was shut..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers

Dan Merchant seeks to uncover why the gospel of love is dividing America.

"...forgiveness, and charity. Merchant even takes the almost blasphemous stand of using ample clips from such famous non-Christians as..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...from Nick Hornby's book), other works whose distinctive characters stand apart from mediocrity. This new film will garner Hedges..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knocked Up

Although it’s extremely funny in bursts, Judd Apatow's new comedy flirts once too often with schmaltz before toppling into melodrama in its third act.

"...the comfort of a stock company of comedy players.) Together they form a pack of disaffected modern-day Peter Pans..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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