The Reckoning

A traveling troupe of actors in medieval England stumble upon a mysterious murder and end up single-handedly inventing the morality play.

"...told me Scottish director Paul McGuigan’s next film after the ultraviolent bloodbath Gangster No. 1 would be a contemplative..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Reckoning

Plagues and witchcraft in this new period horror

"...Is Neil Marshall sending a message with the opening to his new period supernatural horror, The Reckoning?..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

San Marcos Police Get the Reckoning Advocates Have Been Waiting For

Not-so-sexy AF

"...In February, San Marcos seized the title of First City to Ever Repeal a Police..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Jordan Buckley

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Never mind the plot: Tom Cruise is back in life-risking action

"...At some point during the history of the Mission: Impossible movies, the franchise shifted..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...dun-dun-DUH-dun! Oh, Lalo Schifrin, you fiend, creating one of the all-time great TV themes - a theme so great..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Nick Schnitzer: Inevitable Reckoning” at Dimension Gallery

Structures degraded by time and other materials provide a pointed view of dramatic change at work in the world

"...of Nick Schnitzer's sculptures in his solo show "Inevitable Reckoning": a limestone pyramid with a base of not quite..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Hits VOD in the Brain

Action reboot revives the sci-fi action franchise as psycho-mystery

"...The whole point of Fantastic Fest is to be blindsided..."

Oct. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of Bounds: The Lineup

"...The ninth annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival runs Aug...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

A stilted, manipulative, and altogether unfun film starring Tim Allen and Martin Short.

"...Judge Reinhold, Liliana Mumy and Spencer Breslin. It boggles the mind that Saddam Hussein and assorted cohorts have finally..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Immigrant

Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star in James Gray's latest New York opus, a story about a woman turned out from Ellis Island to fend for herself on the mean streets of New York.

"...The first shot of the film is of Ellis Island,..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch: 'Fat Kid Rules the World'

Matthew Lillard's directorial debut has a big heart

"...I will always like Matthew Lillard. In a fairer world, everyone would forget Wing..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ishi: The Last Yahi

"...award-winning, hour-long documentary is an absorbing, eye-opening look at the dichotomous American obsession with “savagery” and “civilization.” It recounts..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Puscifer, Brennen Leigh, Ghost Wolves, and more recommended shows

"...a week of jet-lag recovery from Tool's European tour. The frontman joins rehearsal for Puscifer's long-awaited Existential Reckoning tour,..."

June 10, 2022 Music Column by Maya Wray

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

The fourth entry in this series is surprisingly complex and ambitious.

"...is a surprisingly complex and ambitious fourth entry in the Universal Soldier series (not counting TV-only efforts) which began..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...There’s nowhere we humans go without carting our baggage along..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.

"...Kathleen Munroe, Julian Richings, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick and Athena Karkanis. Remember the scene in Romero’s original Dawn of..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

NADC Burger Goes Brick-and-Mortar, Birdie’s Reprises Bistro Remy, Luminaire Gets Spanish with Wines, the Oyster Is (Part of) épicerie’s World, and More

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

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Dec. 6, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Abhi the Nomad Maneuvers the Situation

“Being holed up is a blessing for me”

"...Last ACL Fest, second-weekend-only rappers Abhi the Nomad from Austin and Houston’s Megan Thee Stallion overlapped...."

July 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The AggreGAYtor: January 25

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Rhode Island, oh, Rhode Island surrounded by the sea. Some people roam the earth for home; Rhode..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Year in Rewind

The Chronicle looks back at 2008 at the movies

"...They're lists. They're fun. They're obligatory. They're enlightening and sometimes..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...Online content creation is filled with storytelling innovation, but there's no money in it. Hollywood has the money, but..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Book Review: Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen

New authorized biography vividly exhumes the artist’s West Texas world

"...of his career, both his critics and admirers regarded the Lubbock native either as a conceptual artist who wrote..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Review: The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon

Raucous doc celebrates the legend without seeing much of the man

"...In the 1980s era of iconoclastic irreverence, few match the sheer..."

March 16, 2022 Screens Post by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Silvana Estrada, Rochelle & the Sidewinders, Loteria, Chili Cold Blood, Shemekia Copeland, and more live shows

"...The Far Out Lounge, Thursday 3..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Watch: Black Eyed Vermillion Stares into the Isolated Abyss with “These Walls”

Punk growler deviates into dark trip-hop with new video

"...In our haste and excitement to move on from the past year of loss, lock-down, and isolation, it’s important..."

June 23, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin at Large: Forget the Alamo

It’s strike three for Texas in the white-power rebellion game. Time to call folks out.

"...Last week, I was writing just as the U.S. Capitol was breached; this week, the House has..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capital T Theatre's The Hunchback Variations and ...Faustus

The company's pairing of two Mickle Maher one-acts gets lit about art in a sublime way

"...Oh, reader. Occasionally there is a work of stagecraft that is so remarkable,..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Soulful techno, bluegrass, and rock & roll to keep you up this weekend

"...Music is the perfect way to bond with your dad this Father's..."

June 15, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...nose into my wrist and inhaled deeply, pondering for the first time in years the perfume I’d rotely put..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Writing 'The Reader'

Scripter David Hare on Germany's long reckoning with its past

"...The back flap of Bernhard Schlink's 1995 German-language The Reader..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Kevin Kelly

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