The Whole Ten Yards

This Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, and Amanda Peet sequel falls several yards short of its mark.

"...Directed by: Howard Deutch. Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Natasha Henstridge and Frank..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Butcher's Daughter

"...Jennifer Haley has run a mini-marathon with her play The Butcher's Daughter. "I started writing this play about 3..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Legend of La Llorona

The weeping woman has reason to cry in this flat supernatural horror

"...Mexican folktale told by generations of parents to scare the bejesus out of their niños with the reputed aim..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Queen of Black Magic

Grisly Indonesian horror remake knows when to go gonzo

"...If there are two signatures to Indonesian horror, they would be..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rental

The summer camp slasher brilliantly reinvented for the vacation rental generation

"...Slashers and summer camps go together like PB&J, but they're also very limiting. Most killer..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Bye Bye Man

A group of teens unleash the bogeyman

"...The borderline campy The Bye Bye Man is a horror..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Turkey Chronicles: Roasted

How to roast a perfect turkey

"...Roasting is the most conventional of the turkey cooking methods and probably..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

The Man With the Iron Fists

Wu-Tang Clan firebrand RZA branches out into directing a martial arts film.

"...The directing debut of Wu-Tang Clan firebrand RZA is a..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...When the little girl on the witness stand said, "No, it..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...Just after 7pm on March 18, as the final traces of twilight dissolved into the evening sky,..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Alamo

In this round of historical revisionism there's not much to remember except, maybe, Davy Crockett becoming a fiddler on the roof.

"...rumors to sink most projects twice its budget, Disney/Imagine’s The Alamo has finally arrived, cut down to a manageable..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Butterfly Effect

Ashton Kutcher lays to waste a promising script involving time travel and unforeseeable consequences.

"...Smart, Elden Henson, Eric Stoltz and Melora Walters. Taking the meteorological/chaos-theory tenet that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

"...innocent man is killed by two sailors. Drunk silly, they jab a knife in him to determine whether he..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...It is, by all accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Impostors

"...Isabella Rossellini, Billy Connolly, Matt McGrath and Elizabeth Bracco. The opening scene, silently played and whimsically scored, starts with..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ice Cream of Genius (with the Light Brown Caramel)

Forgive us, Stephen Foster, but we like Lick lots

"...damned good ice cream, tell you what. Regular flavors, the woman’s a wizard. Slightly unusual, she handles it like..."

July 25, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...COME BACK NOW If 2014 happened faster than a knife fight in a phone booth, Southern food slowed us..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Luv Doc: A Thousand Suns

It is the time for a 'Dear Abby' type column

"...Luv Doc, It is the time for a “Dear Abby” type column. People need..."

June 13, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

On Murder Indictments and the Rise of Emo-Rock Nostalgia

LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Radio

"...In this week's episode of The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP 91.7, staff writer Austin..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

The Chili Dog Fest Caps SXSW Local Style

Impressive lineup of musicians to benefit Central Texas Food Bank

"...In its ninth year, the Chili Dog Fest serves as a gathering for local..."

March 15, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

Run Away With the Circus

AFS hosts big-top screenings at the Marchesa

"...The Austin Film Society is a traveling circus – or..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

The Football Prophecies

Stone cold locks for week 4

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Sept. 27, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

With Medium Raw, the wit is dry, the humor is laugh-out-oud, the attacks sharp and well-honed

"...Ten years ago Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential shattered the culinary book scene with its funny and irreverently revealing..."

July 23, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

How the Gods Kill

Danzig and the Jesus Lizard headline the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...about it. Transmission Entertainment is going for broke with the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, Nov. 7-8, in..."

Aug. 25, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Margaret Moser Award: Behind-the-Scenes Concert Wiz Rosa Madriz

The talent buyer and Margaret Moser Award winner discusses her career shift and influential decades in Austin music

"...Mohawk, Rosa Madriz has been a show-making Swiss Army knife on the ground floor of so many Austin institutions...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Five Things to Head Off the Hex on Friday the 13th

Shake off the curse of this mini-Halloween

"...Is it because of 13 guests at the Last Supper? Or Loki the trickster as the uninvited..."

May 13, 2022 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Anthea, Terry Allen, the Greeting Committee, Hellfury, Dorian Electra, and Olson St. Clair

"...Anthea..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Fantastic Fest Review: The Sadness

Hyperviolent Taiwanese horror-satire pulls all morality away

"...When The Walking Dead became a TV smash, every producer seemed..."

Sept. 29, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Post No Williams: A Vivid Section of the Human Animal

A tripartite view of The Collected Stories of Diane Williams

"...1) “What these are,” says my Uncle Stan, “are the record of..."

Dec. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Free Range Kids

On the ominous meaning of "kid-friendly"

"...and I both have preschool-aged children. We usually get together once a month at least to catch up and..."

May 4, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

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