Juliette Binoche and Trần Anh Hùng Sample The Taste of Things

The ingredients of the lauded French romance about cooking

"...France has given much to the creative world: in art, in literature, in cinema. But..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book

Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story

"...American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimerby Kai..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Strangler

Restored French serial killer flick is more Albert Camus than Freddy Krueger

"...The Strangler has been called a slasher, but it is..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Pope's Exorcist

The true story of Father Gabriele Amorth gets a Conjuring-style makeover

"...All hail Julius Avery. In 2018, the director released Overlord, a World War II horror film..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Long Walk

Enigmatic supernatural mystery from the heart of Laos' forests

"...Beneath the canopy of a dense Laotian jungle, a young boy..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

These Five Last-Minute Gift Ideas Might Be the Best You’ll Ever See

Because, frankly, most other listicles like this are boring AF

"...And, no, it’s not too late for buying gifts. Because … well, you’ve heard about New Year’s Gifts,..."

Dec. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Graphic Gift Books For Your Creative Favorites

Or even for your own holiday-besieged self, right? Potentially?

"...Screens are the default by now, of course. Which makes books more..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Q&A: John Lee Hancock on The Highwaymen

Texas director retells the Bonnie and Clyde story from the cops’ view

"...see Bonnie and Clyde as devil-may-care heroes careening through the South and making chumps of John Q. Law. It’s..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The 12 Bars of Christmas

Holiday drinks specials are way better than geese a-laying

"...With Christmas only 12 days away, we wanted to gift you, our loyal readers, with a grown up advent..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Chronicle Critics on Oscars' Best Picture Nominees

Revisit the nominees and get prepared for the pomp this weekend

"...Ah, the Academy Awards. A time to reflect on and celebrate..."

March 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Holiday Viewing: The Best Man Holiday

Bust a gut laughing, or cry your guts out: You get it both ways

"...your Christmas movie? Raunchy comedy, or wracking-sob melodrama? With The Best Man Holiday, you don’t have to choose...."

Dec. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kubo and the Two Strings

Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare

"...With four features under its belt, beginning with the sublime Neil Gaiman adaptation Coraline in 2009, the Laika..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Angry Birds Movie

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a game! It's a movie!

"...sure who requested this 3-D animated film version of the 2009 avian vs. porcine mega-app, but the seven-year gestation..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Elaine Martin

Chef, restaurateur helped pioneer Eastside treasure

"...Lance opened a restaurant on Manor Road in 1988, they had no grand designs about becoming the anchor tenant..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Guest

With their follow-up to You're Next, filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett prove the new kings of indie horror movies.

"...The badass, genre-scrambling team of Adam Wingard (directing) and Simon..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Farmers' Market Report: Dec. 21-22, 2013

Heirloom tomatoes, Meyer lemons, and perhaps a Christmas ham

"...temperatures this weekend, which will be a relief for the farmers, as the last two weekends have been challenging...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Art of Death

Kate Heyhoe weaves Dreams of the Dead via sugar skulls

"...After the death of her mother in 2008, Kate Heyhoe found..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Comedy

Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric renown) plays a rich, cynical hipster who uses New York City as his playground.

"...In Rick Alverson’s The Comedy, 35-year-old Swanson (Tim Heidecker) is the vilest imaginable..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The David Ash Era Has Begun

Horns beat Oklahoma State 41-36 in wire-to-wire thriller

"...Joe Bergeron burrowed into the first inch of the end zone with 29 seconds..."

Sept. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

The Possession

A divorced couple reunite in their efforts to save their daughter from an evil spirit.

"...Raimi's Ghost House Pictures, this effective little creeper is the only Judaic pastiche of The Exorcist you're likely to..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future

As an unsparing portrait of disaffection among the small-paycheck, faux-creative class, Miranda July's film is on the mark but her performance grates nevertheless.

"...asides and keen observations in her second feature film. The Future is a drab dramedy about thirtysomethings flailing about..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"...Who's the toughest mayoral candidate? Find out with this new play..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Chocolate That Isn't; and Bush's Farewell Gift to Chemical Bosses

"...Be careful out there. The corporate powers are messing with us again...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off the Record

The countdown to South by Southwest continues, while the Black Angels turn on and Ghostland Observatory marches onward and upward

"...The giant mosaic that is the annual South by Southwest..."

March 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The PAC

Not ready for prime time

"...For several years, certainly preceding the specific, successful bond proposal for the purpose in 2004,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.

"...say about me that I have a copy of the death certificate of Elizabeth Short hanging on my wall..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Descent

Urban professionals go spelunking in an attempt to wipe away old horrors, only to find some new ones to call their own.

"...Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver Milburn and Molly Kayll. Is The Descent the horror film to beat for the foreseeable..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 6, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Medallion

Furthering his American decline, Jackie Chan will wins no medallions for this stinker.

"...Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies and Alex Bao. The idea of giving Jackie Chan superpowers is something like..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Our Lady of the Assassins

"...David Restrepo, Anderson Ballesteros and Germán Jaramillo. Barbet Schroeder, the international film director and producer who is most widely..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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