The Fantasticks

Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.

"...Joe McIntyre, Jean Louisa Kelly, Brad Sullivan and Teller. There are times in this 1995 film version of the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Thinkery & Verse's Dionysus in America

This contemporary spin on The Bacchae shows how little the unjust treatment of women has changed in 2,500 years

"...Dionysus in America, Jenny Pacanowski's reimagining of The Bacchae, holds many things..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

In Production: Riding the Rails With Jason Neulander’s Upcoming Feature, Fugitive Dreams

“It’s a road movie about two homeless people trying to survive in middle America”

"...There's something definitively American about riding the rails. Even in..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

All the Way

In Zach Theatre's staging of this epic political drama about LBJ, the fight for civil rights feels particularly urgent

"..."Is this America?" asks the woman, her voice ablaze with disbelief and..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Week Two

Back to the grind

"...There is no time for lengthy introductions or the exchange..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Shrewd Productions' The Madres

In Stephanie Alison Walker’s new play, women’s fight for the “disappeared” in Argentina’s Dirty War proves timely

"...This is a play you intensely wish were not so relevant. You wish..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

Our little season is all grown up

"...Well, I told you so...."

Nov. 10, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Bye Week Bros

Fantasy fill-in friends

"...get tough, you turn to your boys, and if the fantasy football season were MarioKart, we'd be on the..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': So It Starts …

A first look at fantasy football rookie RBs

"...Congratulations. We have turned the corner. Now that NFL teams have finished their personnel..."

May 5, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...Alex Cox is dispatching from deep in the Oregon woods, hunkered away from the light and the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...men and a town. That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Real Country

In and out of Austin with honky-tonk road crew Mike & the Moonpies

"...There's a camera on Mike Harmeier. It's been on him..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

365 National Festival: A Suzan-Lori play a day ...

Starting Nov. 13, Austin will join nine other cities across the country in a national festival that will produce 365 plays by Suzan-Lori Parks in 365 days

"...a year to celebrating his work. (And it has: The unprecedented collaboration among area cultural organizations has yielded some..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ghosts Rise Again for Flood of Spirits

Rebecca Maag brings back her supernatural historical play

"...The past is not a thing we can readily put..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...So your plane just touched down and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the Live Music Capital..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

The Hightower Report: College bowl games become corporate money games

Games now bring us to the sponsors

"...guns were important, but football – well, football was the real religion...."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new feature from Black Swan director Darren..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...In producing the play Notes From the Field – an investigation into..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Decoder

Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda

"...I met Lawrence Wright in 2001, before 9/11. The day he called, I was the only lucky sucker..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"..."Theatre gets to create a topic of conversation for a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...in June, you expect local teens to be marking the summer break in the time-honored ways: minimum-wage-slaving it in..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postcards From America

"...Michael Imperioli, Michael Ringer and Maggie Low. Based on the autobiographical writings of the late, gay author and artist..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday ACL Face-Off: The Cure vs. Childish Gambino

Second British noir-pop vs. “This Is America”

"...Photo by Gary Miller The Cure..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Road Movie

The ultimate POV rush with Russian dash-cam compilation

"...Dashboard cameras are uniquely ubiquitous within the Russian Federation and surrounding countries, a fact which is..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...In producing the play Notes From the Field – an investigation into..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

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.

"...money faster than studio heads could count it, Vaughn, the new king of Hollywood comedy, decided to put aside..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

America's Sweethearts

"...Directed by: Joe Roth. Starring: Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci,..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Next Door

Surprise! The girl next door is an ex-porn star.

"...teen sex comedy that exceeds its navel-gazing marketing campaign, The Girl Next Door is also a fairly accurate reflection..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »