Street Corner Arts' Strange, But Perfect

World premiere is a delightful treatise on the stuff of which friends are made

"...Corner Arts' world premiere production of Carlo Lorenzo Garcia's Strange, but Perfect. More specifically, it provides the shared frame..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Strange Kids Doing Strange Things

Eighties retro-spoofers Strange Kids Club has real mutant turtles

"...Then you're already a fully paid member of the Strange Kids Club...."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perfect Rolled Salad (No, Not That Kind)

Spring rolls that always pack a big punch

"...What is the perfect food? To my mind, it's a comforting dish that..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

A Strange Object in the Fourth Dimension

Tesseract marries literature, film, music, and interactivity

"...celebration of the written word. On June 20, A Strange Object, the small press headed up by former American..."

June 14, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

News Roundup: 10-1, Lawsuits, and Strange Fruit

The end of the year is a busy time

"...hanging from trees is not exactly a good look. Strange Fruit Public Relations, which noted in Jan. 2013 that..."

Dec. 8, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Kendrick Lamar’s Perfect Decade at ACL Fest Snags With Delayed, Cut-Off Performance

“I heard y’all have a curfew… I told them they’d have to shut off my mic”

"...the heels of his rap/jazz/funk/poetry masterwork To Pimp a Butterfly. By that time, his stage presence was so commanding..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Opportunity Knocks – Not Once, but Twice

A boy’s chance meetings with the stars of 'Boyhood'

"...a young boy growing up with two divorced parents. But the intriguing bit concerned how the director – Richard..."

July 16, 2014 Screens Post by Rob D'Amico

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic work of science fiction but with an eye to the era's racial politics. Matching..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its greatest heroes, but there's still some avenging to be done. Now Captain..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Relish About the Stage Over Thanksgiving

Plan your theatrical December

"...we're sure enough mourning right along with you, citizen. But, with the ghost of Shakespeare as our witness, these..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Castanets

Friday

"...good money down on this Festival." The setting was strange but perfect: a towering ceiling, unparalleled acoustics, stillness. And..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Baxter

"...dog capable of rational thought. Bolvin's film follows this strange little animal as he is shuttled from one home..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's first electronic musical instrument...."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's first electronic musical instrument...."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...something to which most of us pay lip service, but rarely do we see it actualized - especially in..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Super 8

This throwback to the monster movies of the Seventies evokes the early work of Steven Spielberg.

"...J.J. Abrams in his new film Super 8 pays tribute to the early work of Steven Spielberg and that..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The legend of the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson abides in the performance of Johnny Depp.

"...Toro) into drooling, manic madmen, visionaries of the apocalypse but imbeciles of the immediate reality. The film's most stunning..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...mow the lawn and be transfixed and enraptured – but Get Low comes to life most of all when..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two From Alternative Comics

'The Cute Manifesto' and 'A Strange Day'

"...best? James Kochalka's The Cute Manifesto, the square and perfect-bound paperback that gathers, under one cute and spot-varnished cover,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Trust

"...down and when she bums five dollars from a stranger so she can buy a six-pack of beer (because..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This cinematic pop opera is a disorienting, strange experience at first – every word is sung, even the most banal of dialogue. The simple yet sophisticated French film tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, a 16-year-old shopgirl and her gas-station attendant sweetheart, without any apology for the unashamedly romantic heart.

"...Ellen Farner. This cinematic pop opera is a disorienting, strange experience at first -- every word is sung, even..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ringmaster at this circus, holding the star attractions together but commanding no real audience appeal. Who can concentrate on..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...– the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of cinema unique and strange – has hopped up and dropped its first wave..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hereditary

Toni Collette's burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror

"...There are moments when a horror film perfectly distills all its terrors into a single sound. Freddy..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Away We Go

See it for the many lovely performances, although the film’s vision of Gen-Y nesting is liable to leave you up a tree.

"...Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan and Josh Hamilton. Mendes’ strange journey through the American psyche (American Beauty, Road to..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse’s celebration of the best of strange and wonderful cinema running Sept. 19-26, has announced its..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...NY-resident Hammond may not live in the Deep South, but he's still able to howl those words, blow that..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...the hair-trigger temper; more about him in a minute), but his brother Eli, a wistful romantic stuck in a..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kid Powers

Charlie Belle kicks up some Magnetic Fields buzz

"...Today Tuesday for their cover of The Magnetic Fields' "Strange Powers."..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Something 'Weird' This Way Comes

Amelia Gray's winning experiment in oddity

"...Gray calls the book "a menagerie of oddness," a perfect approximation of its, yes, weirdness, but not of the..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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