Fantastic Fest Review: The Perfection

Allison Williams hits all the right notes in this musical black comedy

"...as one of our most interesting actresses. Following on the heels of Get Out, Williams is back as the..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest: The Final Chron of Us

Looking back on the fest's highs and lows

"...Fantastic Fest 2018 is in the history books, and the Austin Chronicle screens team and..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...cinemas, even rarer that two are on release at the same time. So Dean Fleischer-Camp can't help but laugh..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sway: The Moo Sway Roasted Pork Shoulder Dinner

Family-style feast is fabulously delicious, yet awkwardly served

"...At the relatively new and always packed Sway Modern Thai restaurant..."

Aug. 8, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Into the "Not Done"

The Dances of Jean Fogel Zee

"...Fogel Zee wants to show you glimpses of God. The Austin artist wants each member of her audience to..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Arts Feature

John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

The genius of the original bad boy of tennis, deconstructed

"...year has seen a number of popular documentaries concerning the lives of notable figures: Fred Rogers, Whitney Houston, Ruth..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Poking Holes in Perfection

"...Striving for perfection interferes with perfection. This is the life lesson I..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Design Post by Nora Ankrum

The Big Sick

The rom-com is dead! Long live the rom-com!

"...Success tends to breed copycats. So when The Big Sick does gangbusters – and God I hope..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The World's End

Twelve pints in 12 pubs – what could go wrong for the Shaun of the Dead gang?

"...While this conclusion to the thoroughly delightful (if only nominally linked) Cornetto Trilogy is..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Year of the Dog

In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.

"...Mike White knows awkward. As a screenwriter, he’s tackled the subject many times over. Whether focusing on an obsessive..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Peacemaker

"...This maiden theatrical effort from DreamWorks Pictures – the film company formed..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Famine Within

"...Directed by: Katherine Gilday. With help from the Canadian Film Board, which..."

Jan. 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him

"...Helmut Newton would have despised the idea of a documentary of his life. "Most photographers..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Up With the Joneses

Silly cul-de-sac action comedy is a knockoff Mr. and Mrs. Smith

"...Life in the 'burbs gets another humdrum shake-up in the cul-de-sac action..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

At once a fanboy's wet dream and an engaging, emotionally supercharged epic adventure

"...Lee, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. If further proof was needed that New Zealand director Peter Jackson..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Original Kings of Comedy

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Bernie Mac, Cedric The Entertainer, D.l. Hughley and Steve Harvey. Spike Lee's new..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The City (La Ciudad)

"...Garcia and Richardo Cuevas. This much-heralded movie has been the pride of the 1999 film festival circuit, winning top..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Architecture of Doom

"...archival footage, still photography, and clips from propaganda films, the impeccably researched documentary The Architecture of Doom formulates a..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Courier

A forgotten Cold War spy story gets a very British, very tragic retelling

"...it's a revelatory glimpse at an overlooked figure in the history of how close we came to nuclear apocalypse,..."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Nest

Pretense and aspiration collapse in this dour relationship drama

"...C. Ross summed it up as "U" and "non-U" (the U standing for upper class), with the argument that..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review 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

Four-Hour Guru Tim Ferriss on the Path to Perfection

Meta-learning explored through the art of the kitchen

"...Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week and The Four Hour Body,..."

March 11, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...Scott Pilgrim vs. the World comes from (and compacts) Bryan Lee O'Malley's six-volume..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The White Countess

The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant Ivoryisms (thanks in large part to the lushly vertiginous cinematography of DP Christopher Doyle) that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.

"...Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Hiroyuki Sanada and Allan Corduner. The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Adapted for film from the off-Broadway musical hit, this movie is a rousing screen spectacle about a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany (played charismatically by John Cameron Mitchell, the show's creator and film director).

"...Pitt, Andrea Martin, Stephen Trask and Miriam Shor. Despite the glowering of her irritable, angry inch, Hedwig -- the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond the Clouds

"...has always been haunted by unseen realities. Essential though they are, images are little more than hazy signposts that..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton's portrait of 19th century New York society as rendered by Martin Scorsese.

"...my high school years to take full pleasure in the works of Edith Wharton. I may have worn black..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...only serve two years before facing voters again in the presidential election year of 2024 (as per a charter..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden doc.

"...help but feel conflicted watching this superb documentary about the seminal New York-based punk rock vanguard, the Ramones. On..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cooler

The performances of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello shine as brightly as the lights on the Vegas strip where the film is set.

"...Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino and Estella Warren. Something of the old Las Vegas is captured in The Cooler: the..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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