The Opposite Sex (And How to Live With Them)

"...Directed by: Matthew Meshekoff. Starring: Arye Gross, Courteney Cox, Kevin Pollack and..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...in a restaurant for a short time to repay their $1,500 smuggling fee, the victims were forced into prostitution...."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Taste of Things

Charming touching tale of love between two middle-aged chefs in 19th-century France

"...From its English-language title, French-Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant) could..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Two for the Money

Pacino again plays another Mephistophelean type who mentors McConaughey's ex-jock in the intricacies of his tout service, offering tips to betters on the Vegas line, but the film is about as fresh as a day-old betting slip.

"...Directed by: D.J. Caruso. Starring: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Armand Assante, Jeremy Piven and Jaime..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The River Wild

"...Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello and John C. Reilly. There's something empowering about watching Meryl Streep navigate the rapids..."

Sept. 30, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Aeronauts

Ballooning adventure never drops its baffling meet-cute ballast

"...and aeronaut Henry Coxwell got into a balloon, unmoored the ties, and drifted 35,000 feet into the air. Their..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...She was living under bridges in San Antonio, Texas, the past year of her life a haze of heroin..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

La Barbecue Turns Up the Heat With Secret Pit Technology

Is this special new smoker a brisket game-changer?

"...It's an age-old question that persists even today in the dark art of Meat Alchemy: Does the wand make..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

The Artists' Guide to the Galaxy

Three Austin visual artists -- Steve Schwake, Clare Christie, and Marie Parker -- share their impressions of life in Austin and the development of their work, defining the orbit success for their respective worlds.

"...a rock singer, success has a definite orbit: It's the trajectory that includes a platinum disc or a place..."

May 25, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Harris on the Colorado

Houston-area Democratic hopefuls at NetRoots Nation

"...It's no secret that Harris County is key for the Democrats' Turn Texas Blue strategy. So this morning's NetRoots..."

July 18, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Making the Cut

New season of Project Runway puts Austin designer Lindsey Creel in the spotlight

"...Viewers looking forward to the 14th season of Lifetime's Project Runway, premiering Thursday, August..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Screens Feature by Anne Harris

Texas Book Festival 2017: After the Uprising: The Shi'a Sunni Divide

Geneive Abdo gets below the surface of Middle East conflicts

"...My fascination with the Middle East had drawn me to The New Sectarianism,..."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

Austin ISD: Brister Exit Changes the Game

District 3 trustee withdrawal rewrites board dynamics

"...Late Wednesday afternoon, I got a phone call: There were big changes in the Austin ISD district 3..."

Oct. 14, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Some Parts of the World Pt. 4

More from the Netherlands' city center

"...The big news here is that [Ratko] Mladić is finally..."

June 8, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

Roxanne Benjamin Believes There's Something Wrong With the Children

The director discusses her love of evil kid movies

"...you're convinced that most kids are secretly Satan's spawn, then THeere's Something Wrong With the Children will not disabuse..."

Jan. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...no longer elects its City Council in May elections (other area cities still do, including Round Rock, Georgetown, Lakeway,..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Other Worlds Austin Hears The Quiet Hour

Director Stéphanie Joalland on a very British apocalypse

"...There's a strong tradition of British end-of-the-world stories, like Day..."

May 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Saints and Patriots Camps

Lots of win, from North to South

"...kick this Beat off in Foxboro, Mass., before spinning the globe south to the Big Easy...."

Aug. 4, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Page Two: 'Life,' the Universe, Everything

The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film

"...The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's new film, was shown..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"...meet Virtual Reality on 42nd Street." That's one of the phrases Paco Nathan, president of Fringeware, Inc., has used..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...Will Wynn became our city's 50th mayor, Austinites found their seats, grabbed their popcorn, and settled in for a..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hunt

Mads Mikkelsen stars in this Danish film by Thomas Vinterberg as a man whose enitre life is undone by a little girl's lie.

"...Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe and Alexandra Rapaport...."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The East

This crypto-thriller that explores moral grounds before turning gauzy is the latest film from Sound of My Voice's Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.

"...director of Sound of My Voice, Zal Batmanglij, for another crypto thriller in which she again stars. This time,..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Worlds Austin Review: The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin's Owen Egerton embraces the horror

"...a teen evading ghosts, or being a teen evading other teens? That's the underlying tension of The Axe Murders..."

Dec. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lesson

Plagiarism noir is too derivative to be a real page-turner

"...J.M. Sinclair puts it, "Average writers attempt originality but the greats, great writers, steal."..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Loft

Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.

"...whodunit doused in Axe Body Spray, Erik Van Looy’s The Loft marks the English-language remake of his own original..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Battle of the Year

In this dance competish, it's U.S.A. all the way.

"...The Battle of the Year is an annual international hip-hop/b-boy..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Blind Side

John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story.

"...Ray McKinnon and Kim Dickens. Maybe you flinched at the mawkish trailer. Maybe you already know the story –..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Abandoned

Creepy Eastern European atmospherics encase this horror film, which nevertheless suffers from an anemic script.

"...Roden, Valentin Ganev and Carlos Reig. Arriving in U.S. theatres from way, way out of left field, Cerdà's debut..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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