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

The Uninvited

A generic creeper that does nothing to improve upon the South Korean original.

"...Massar and Kevin McNulty. Somewhere in this country, amid the mounting dread and the fear of what societal breakdown..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eye

In this Hong Kong horror remake, Jessica Alba stars as a blind violinist whose cure turns out to be worse than the disease.

"...Parker Posey and Rade Serbedzija. Note to Hollywood: For the love of Nobuo Nakagawa, knock it off already with..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...Every September, after the close of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sauce Boss

Lauri Raymond looks back on – and forward to – the life and times of SASS dressing

"...son, Ben Raymond-Henshaw, was born at home at 1:22pm. The exact time of the birth of Sisters & Brothers..."

June 11, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...Helen Currie Foster. Noreen Cedeño. Kathy Waller. They're sisters in crime, and they write – and read..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stations of the Voice

Vox populi: Levon Helm, Ray Lamontagne & Secret Sisters reviewed

"...“Oh shit, who the hell is this?” Mine wasn’t the most charitable reaction..."

Nov. 15, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...Maybe a bit of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Two Brothers, Two Paths

AFS Documentary Tour: The Oath

"...prefers to talk about large foreign policy issues through the stories of individuals. Her first film, the Academy Award-nominated..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, and Klea Blackhurst are bringing their seasonal special A Swingin’ Christmas to the Long Center..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Interview: The Boy Behind the Door

David Charbonier and Justin Powell on their dark thriller

"...thriller to tackle, especially when it's all told from the kid's point of view. But in between the horrors..."

Sept. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 8-14

"...Since July Is Crime Month at the Chronicle, the ruffians and reprobates at this rag want..."

July 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Ahnuld's Director's American Debut

Looking back at our Q&A with 'Last Stand' director Kim Jee-woon

"...When the Chronicle spoke with South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon in..."

Jan. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'Flowers in the Attic'

1950s story, 1970s glam, old fashioned Gothic mayhem

"...Gahd, the 70s were weird. Get your heads around this: One..."

April 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Are We on the Edge?

In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

"...The Bateman TrilogyKen Webster..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...decade. At midnight, I didn't realize this year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and I certainly..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Priests of Syrinx

What’s in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anyway?

"...When did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony become..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...It's a music story – a story of the blues and jazz and even rock – but one..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag contained the pipe, the knife, five latex gloves, and Penny Scaggs'..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith’s “Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze” in Our Father

Dick Wolf, Chicago, and the politics of writing female leads

"...With his debut film, Our Father, Bradley Grant Smith is officially a multi-hyphenate, adding screenwriting..."

March 26, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

The Last Days

"...Alice Lok Cahana. Co-produced by Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, this documentary speaks with five..."

March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless

"...Whither whimsy? This unasked-for sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 film..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sistering the Brothers Grimm

Austin-born artist Natalie Frank makes fables viscerally visual in her exhibition at the Blanton

"...In the old times, but not so very long ago as..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Take the Lead

It’s hard to fault such a warm, bouncy, and, yes, occasionally funky genre stalwart such as this for being exactly what you’d expect.

"...Yaya DaCosta, Danta Basco, John Ortiz and Alfre Woodward. There’s nothing particularly revelatory about Take the Lead, which mines..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Safety of Objects

"...Klein. A guitar. An antique chest. A Barbie doll. These are some of the objects that fill (but do..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Genre Regenerator

South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all

"...In darkness there is profound beauty, and no other living director commingles..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Phoenix: A Brother's Life

"...Phoenix A Brother's Life..."

March 31, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

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