Ott Strikes Back

City Manager responds to blogger accusations

"...In an unusual moment over the weekend, Austin City Manager Marc Ott finally had his..."

June 16, 2015 News Post by Michael King

The Liar

Austin Playhouse's colorful production gives heightened dimension to an already heightened farce

"...The LiarAustin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport, 512/476-0084 www.austinplayhouse.com..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Bad Teacher

Cameron Diaz productively sidesteps her good-times-gal image to play this human cancer who lays waste to everyone who gets in her way.

"...educator, shouldn't sell herself short: "Bad teacher" barely scratches the surface of her accomplishments. She's a bad fiancée, rightly..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Art and Craft

Mark Landis is an expert forger who donates his work to museums, and this doc makes no judgments about this curious man.

"...The paintings of Mark Landis have been featured in at..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

La Vie Promise

Isabelle Huppert stars in this French road movie about a selfish streetwalker, her unwanted teenage daughter, and the escaped convict who befriends them both.

"...Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe and André Marcon. The French road movie La Vie Promise is languorous to..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Big Fish

Tim Burton is all grown up and getting serious.

"...Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Matthew McGrory, Helena Bonham Carter, Loudon Wainwright, Robert Guillaume, Danny..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Heart

"...a clean life with a 14-year-old son in tow. Their life is one of rent-by-the-week flophouses, mattresses on the..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Another You

"...you attend a movie on opening weekend and you're the only person in the audience. Especially when it sports..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Time for One More Question

Which locals are complaining they didn't get question on Thursday's debate agenda?

"...Whenever there's any kind of big political event, there will always..."

Feb. 25, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Review: Aubrie Sellers

Lee Ann Womack’s daughter will only get better

"...Aubrie Sellers took to the small BMI stage with a fierce look in her..."

Oct. 2, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Theatre Duos & Trios of 2014

Remembering a year in theatre in which performers distinguished themselves in twos and threes

"...Top 10 Theatre Duos and Trios of 2014..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...It All to YouMonday, March 15 Catching up with the "World's Greatest Living Writer" on an escalator that's going..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Union Accuses AFD Assistant Chief of Dishonesty

Liar, liar, pants on fire?

"...Firefighters Association President Bob Nicks filed a complaint against the Austin Fire Department's chief of hiring on Monday, July..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Today in Campaign Fail

Rick Perry takes a YouTube tumble

"...was supposed to be about Gov. Rick Perry versus the Tenth Amendment. Instead, it's become Perry versus copyright law..."

Oct. 28, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Color Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story

This story about a con man who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick is a playground for star John Malkovich.

"...business deal for a wine bar. And why not? They all think his character is film director Stanley Kubrick..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Waiting for Bojangles

Ham-fisted literary adaptation loses everything interesting about the book

"...against mental illness, where dreams and delusions stave off the tragic realities of life. George and Camille’s story is..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

I Love You Phillip Morris

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.

"...Santoro, Antoni Corone and Brennan Brown. Loosely based on the outrageous life and incarcerated times of Texan con artist..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Support Our Troops – Plink a Quarter in Their Cup

ACLU firebrand Debbie Russel on homeless vets in Austin

"...Debbie Russell, head of the Austin ACLU, is no stranger to controversy. She's recently..."

Aug. 20, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Then She Found Me

Helen Hunt directs and stars in this movie which finds just the right mix of drama, comedy, and the unknown – in other words, life as we live it.

"...Helen Hunt. Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Ben Shenkman. Hunt's debut as a film..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Are Texas doctors doing harm to truth and justice?

"...Saturday, Sept. 13, is the Texas constitutional election, and today's Capitol rumor is that..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

In & Out

"...Dillon and Debbie Reynolds. Anyone who claims to know the formula for movie comedy success is, almost by definition,..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Quartet

A charming, funny, and sentimental comedy/drama about former opera singers living in a home for retired musicians.

"...Wilf Bond (Connolly), his wife Cissy Robson (Collins), and their friend Reginald Paget (Courtenay) are former opera singers living..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Headhunters

This Norwegian crime thriller is anchored by a schemer who brings on his own ruin.

"...accommodated. But he isn't putting in extra hours at the office; instead, Roger has a profitable sideline gig stealing..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...If the Austin Film Festival is playing six degrees of separation..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Fox's 'Reunion' is the latest wannabe.

"...People come and go so quickly in The OC!..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced " reporting is put to the test in this partisan documentary.

"...Directed by: Robert Greenwald. At this stage of the game – and it does feel an awful lot..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

21 Grams

Powerful performances resonate in this devastating and weighty follow-up picture from the director of Amores Perros.

"...Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo and Clea DuVall. The three characters that make up 21 Grams’ combustible core..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Just Married

"...Sara (Murphy) disembark a plane in L.A., home from their honeymoon in Europe. Tom elbows his new wife into..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Girl, Interrupted

"...and Jillian Armenante. Adapted from Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same title, Girl, Interrupted tackles the ever-popular subject of..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sudden Manhattan

"...feature debut were a CD, it would arrive with the pronouncement “File Under Quirky” with an attachment: “If you..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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