Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, Nicky Guadagni, Elyse Levesque, John Ralston, Liam..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

88 Minutes

Al Pacino stars in this dull and formulaic procedural.

"...Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie, Deborah Kara Unger, William Forsythe and Neal McDonough. Attica! Attica! Everyone involved in the..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...you just have to accept your nightmares and know they're part of you," Ava Aldrich (Melora Walters) warns the..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts

Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus

"...Haus concerts are like a block party out in the country. Neighbors and friends gather around the rustic, open-air..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cece Winans, Reluctant Star

Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath

"...first album in nine years on Feb. 3, Let Them Fall in Love, the Detroit gospel star tapes Austin..."

Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...Last weekend's Other Worlds Austin has returned to its home planet, but..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...Ambrose, the surly, blind, widower/werewolf killer of Late Phases, doesn't get..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...always been as much a family as a festival. The second wave of films has just been announced, with..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live to Tell

Madonna Live Shot, Houston's Minute Maid Park, 11.16.2008

"...any closer, cracks Groucho Marx, I’d be in back of you…...."

Nov. 17, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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.

"...and Norbert Leo Butz. If this is "real life," then count me out. It's not that there's anything terribly..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Becoming Jane

Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.

"...Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility) frequently expose impostors and the trouble they cause. As a result, Austen would not..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering …

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s vast culinary scene, as the..."

June 23, 2021 Food Post

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...There’s much to loathe about this umpteenth iteration of He..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shawnee Kilgore’s Long Precious Road

Includes a mega writer-director and “beautiful kind of permission”

"...enters a room, it lights up like a bouquet of wild flowers. No surprise, then, that Kilgore caught the..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...The real-world catacombs beneath the streets of Paris are an..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...”First thought, best thought,” is the maxim a young, aspiring poet by the name of..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...Everyone loathes the catch-all term “mumblecore,” but I still think “mumblegore”..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Gordon. With Last Days, which is "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, Gus Van Sant concludes..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Freddy. Jason. Dracula. The Wolfman. Icons of horror, all. But is there anything..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beck Previews ACL Fest at ACL Taping

Yelling out for ‘Country Down’ instead of ‘Where It’s At’?

"...“[I] figure we’ll do some of the quiet stuff now – get it out of..."

April 28, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...The bar inside the Coupland Dance Hall & Tavern is..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...I know that The Austin Chronicle thinks highly of Lloyd Doggett, but the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds Austin Announces Lineup

New SF fest announces latest Amy Seimetz feature as closing title

"...Clones, zombie hands, eternal nights, and a day's worth of shorts: New sci fi festival Other Worlds Austin has..."

Oct. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Advertising Director Cassidy Frazier lets The Son, Deadwood, and Peaky Blinders speak for themselves

"...The Son (AMC)..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Column

Estate Sale Roundup: July 31-August 3

You could be swimming, but you'd rather be rummaging

"...We're beating the bushes this week for steals and deals...."

July 31, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...It's the Fifth of July at Trailer Space Records, and nobody..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their pennies to see..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

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