Austin Film Festival Review: The Humans

Claustrophobic Broadway adaptation is horrifyingly astute

"...The fact that The Humans originated as a Broadway show..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

The Humans

A family quietly implodes at Thanksgiving in this merciless Broadway adaptation

"...The fact that The Humans originated as a Broadway show..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Planet of the Apes

"...Tagawa and Charlton Heston. As a tremendous fan of the 1968 original, as well as director Tim Burton and..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack the Giant Slayer

Despite a terrific cast, intelligent direction, and state-of-the-art special effects, this fairy tale's gigantic shoes remain unfilled.

"...In the ancient past (prior to the start of the film),..."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

White Fang Two: Myth of the White Wolf

"...Geoffrey Lewis. Something in us loves an animal running. There is purpose and grace, power and freedom in it,..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2021

Jane Campion's stunning high plains drama The Power of the Dog takes a bite out of our critics

"...Blame COVID, and blame the Oscars...."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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 Year of the Rabbit

The Origin

"...photograph by John Anderson The Chinese word "Nian" in modern Chinese language means "year,"..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Wildcards of TV and Cinema in 2021

Highs, lows, and strange moments that caught our critics eyes

"...Every year, there's an undefinable, uncategorizable something on the screen. A trend,..."

Dec. 30, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Little Mermaid

Inessential remake of the Disney classic is bloated as a puffer fish

"...Two years ago, Disney announced that, for the first time in a decade, they were starting to..."

May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg’s magical tale of the Christmas Eve re-education of a Santa-doubting adolescent gets the motion-capture treatment.

"...and Charles Fleischer. Chris Van Allsburg’s magical tale of the Christmas Eve re-education of a Santa-doubting adolescent teetering on..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man-Machine: Kraftwerk Materialize at ACL Live ... Or Did They!?

German synthesizer pioneers pop in 3-D

"...streaked with lightning, Kraftwerk proved at ACL Live that the curve they set might never be met...."

June 28, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Book Review: The Hard Tomorrow

Eleanor Davis' graphic novel centers on a woman who's trying

"...be nice, wouldn’t it, to grow up in something other than a wantonly industrialized nation that’s rapidly becoming a..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Livin’ on the Edge in Rocksprings

Discover the charms of a unique border town

"...Rocksprings balances on the edge of the wooded Hill Country and the brush..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bill of the Week: No 'Easy Death'

Bill ends animal shelter gas chambers

"...Seagoville Police Sergeant Karl Bailey was asked to run the town's animal shelter, he knew he had a problem...."

May 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

A Butterfly's Life, From the Inside

Beautiful 'Farfalle' allows kids to step into a bug's world

"...chrysalises as big as basketballs? Or climb inside one the size of a tent? The kids who see Farfalle..."

Feb. 23, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The New Atticus Finch

Richard Thomas deconstructs an icon in To Kill a Mockingbird

"...In every play, there is one pivotal scene that the audience would imagine..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...The colonial history of Australia is one of blood and..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Digging Up the Marrow

Adam Green on the long and very personal path of his new feature

"...Thrones, Adam Green makes as strong a case for the iron throne as anyone. His latest, Digging Up the..."

March 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The 20-Year Overnight Success of Glen Powell

Hollywood’s newest A-lister – according to the directors who knew him first and best

"...Midway through Glen Powell’s induction ceremony into the Texas Film Hall of Fame, the thought comes to..."

June 7, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Dystopia of Perfection in Teleios

Other Worlds Austin brings class systems to space travel

"...can hear you do crunches. In sci-fi thriller Teleios, the crew of a spaceship are supposed to be physically..."

April 17, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

En Route Productions' *some humans were harmed in the making of this show

CB Goodman's play is memorable for its exuberant satire, but an abrupt hairpin turn toward the serious makes the show even more memorable

"...relationship to reality, in my experience. (If it did, the streets would be full of a lot more horseplay-lovin'..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Monkey Time

How communing with the apes inspired the artists of the Texas Monkey Project

"...It might have been the lemur that set Andy Cockrum off. As a youth,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Dog Restaurant Week in Austin Brings Pups to the Patio

Treats for dogs and their humans, benefiting local nonprofits

"...For the second year running, Dog Restaurant Week is returning to..."

July 22, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

Yet another computer-animated film about talking animals offers a fine message for the kids, but little originality.

"...A slew of computer-animated films about talking animals hit theatres this year, and like clockwork, every one featured a..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

The Hills Have Eyes

"...Martin Speer. In this early Wes Craven movie, mutant humans creatively slaughter and cannibalize an all-American family camping-out in..."

Jan. 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Happytime Murders

Puppet comedy crime caper is less Feebles, more just feeble

"...As a theatre kid of the early 2000s, no Broadway show better..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Secret of Roan Inish

"...Byrne. Water moving, in ripples, in waves. It is the first image in this film, and from it we..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest

"...you thought you'd been ecologized to death, here comes another preachy-teachy, green cartoon. But wait, this is no Captain..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

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