The Rules of Attraction

Roger Avary does Bret Easton Ellis.

"...Directed by: Roger Avary. Starring: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kip..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Review: The Brutalist

A post-WWII immigrant tale with contemporary resonance

"...The Brutalist arrives at a rotten time in the history..."

Oct. 27, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Off Beat: Hole in the Wall Celebrates 50 Years of Being an Austin Music Incubator

The Drag’s final girl plots a monthlong golden anniversary celebration

"...Townes Van Zandt drank there. Spoon got their start there. Hell,..."

June 7, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...When a director makes a film, the most obvious first question is, "Why this movie?" In..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most

From racist comedy to new books, returning theatre, and new textile joy, the most read stories about the Austin arts scene in 2021

"...tried to make light of it. But it's all there on the tape, bro. 2) “Nathan Harris Pens an..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The House That Jack Built

Lars von Trier, back pushing buttons, to little response

"...gracefully? Well, if you’re Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, the answer is an emphatic no. Once the ruling enfant..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

On-set in The Iron Orchard

New film tackles Texas' oil history

"...hot as sin in Downtown Austin. But even inside the Chateau Bellevue, actor Lane Garrison keeps his hat and..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Early Warning: The Lege is Coming!

Tribune Fest offers a taste of things to come

"...Gov. Rick Perry’s developing romance with Satan was not the only mixed pleasure offered by last weekend’s Texas Tribune..."

Sept. 26, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Welcome to the Tour de France 2012!

Prologue stage

"...many reasons. For all of those who think that the Tour de France only goes on during the month..."

July 2, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

The Change-Up

In this body-switcheroo movie, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star as pals each a little envious of the other's life.

"...rule, it's best not to linger too long on the supernatural hoo-ha required in a body-swap movie to get..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Square

A satchel full of ill-gotten cash looms over the characters like the iconic root of all evil in this fantastic Australian suspenser.

"...Directed by: Nash Edgerton. Starring: David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes, Bill Hunter and..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Films Are Alive ...

Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival: No. 3

"...There's lots of music on the screens at the Toronto..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...More than 20 years later, even the possibility seems completely incongruous and undeniably surreal. The Sex..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Only the Strong

"...Lewis, Stacey Travis, Paco Christian Prieto and Todd Susman. The hook driving this latest entry in the martial arts..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival

"...Monica T. Caldwell, Kathrine Schutzman and Nadarien. To celebrate their 50th anniversary of producing animated films, the National Film..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

The Hitman

"...Grant and Ken Pogue. Chuck Norris looks tired in The Hitman, his first movie in a few years. Maybe..."

Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Commitments

"...culture, it's as if a space alien had directed the movie. Eerily, the bits and pieces, the details, are..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Reflecting Skin

"...and David Longworth. Like an irrational but beautiful dream, The Reflecting Skin unfolds with a clarity that's disturbing. It's..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...Eight stories up on two wheels with one destination: the top of an unmanned parking structure reserved for state..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...In 1966, Edmund Pendleton Van Zandt Jr. published The Iron Orchard, a lightly fictionalized..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...Directed by: Eugene Jarecki. Why would the documentarian who has explored the American penal system as..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Miami Steve Van Zandt, Silvio Dante, Frank Tagliano – a phone call..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

The Paperboy

This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people's buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.

"...Directed by: Lee Daniels. Starring: Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Macy Gray, David Oyelowo,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"...photo session. He was wary of even interviewing with the Chronicle, writing in an email weeks before that the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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.

"...Directed by: George A. Romero. Starring: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Julian Richings, Devon Bostick,..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...In light of the controversy over single-member districts – and the City Council..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, the experimental festival lauded..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...Barbara K is certifiably insane. That's the conclusion she's guessing you'll draw when you hear what..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

King of the Hillbillies

"...Jesco White in Dancing Outlaw There's something oxymoronic about a documentary subject crossing over to..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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