Wag the Dog

"...and nimble direction and technical execution combine to make Wag the Dog one of the wittiest and most mordant..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tail Wags the Dog

"...One measure of how well the Cultural Contracts Program has been managed in a given..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man of the Year

Instead of being the hippest kid on the block, this comedy plays like a schizophrenic exercise in shrill cinematic politics.

"...Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum and David Alpay. The premise here is simple, timely, loaded: What if the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...not. This playwright-turned-film director is known for many things: the deliberate staccato of his dialogue (see Oleanna), the dick-swinging..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Quote of the Week

"..."I look at it as the flea at the end of the tail of the..."

March 1, 2013 News Column

We Have an Issue: Signs of the Season Changing

Anticipating Oktoberfest, our Halloween costume contest, and the midterm election

"...When I let the dog out first thing in the morning, I've started..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Harry Ransom Center: They f**king scored the f**king Mamet papers

UT's Ransom Center – which has long held to the motto, 'Always be closing' – has acquired the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet

"...list of major American playwrights, he's on it. Near the top. And he's one of the few such writers..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Lucky One

This latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks bestseller is timelessly shopworn.

"...Hicks. Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Riley Thomas Stewart, Blythe Danner, Jay R. Ferguson and Adam LeFevre...."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dog Days at the Alamo

Special Isle of Dogs screenings for National Dog Day

"...Dogs are like people, but better. We already know this...."

Aug. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'In the Can With Martha Kelly'

Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny

"...At first blush, with the static single-camera setup and sparse mise-en-scène à la Animal..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Austin Studio Tour, Mighty Texas Dog Walk, and More Recommended Events

Things to keep you busy this weekend

"...time-travel romp about not dating your mom. Yet within their script-ology exists a strange screener written even before their..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

War, Inc.

John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.

"...whose pig-Latinized name translates to "fuck you" may be either terribly smart or awfully stupid but certainly, terminally aware..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...1. The Sweet Hereafter (39) 2. Hands on a Hard Body..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

What Just Happened

Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.

"...John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Lily Rabe, Robin Wright Penn, Catherine Keener, Michael Wincott and Sean Penn. Poor Ben (De..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Our Brand Is Crisis

Sandra Bullock shines in David Gordon Green's political comedy

"...whose bellicose playbook is referenced many times over in the course of Austin-based director David Gordon Green’s semi-comedic, overtly..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Simone

"...Taylor Vince, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Schwartzman, Jay Mohr, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts and Al Pacino. In our current..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...When Rip Torn handed his cousin Sissy Spacek the first Texas Film Hall of Fame award presented to..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Titanic What's a family to do in between all the holiday meals and the wrapping and unwrapping of presents?..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Space

Films to see before you vote

"...MTV Unplugged pro-choice Nineties Magic Marker show – but the mingling of art and politics is a time-honored conspiracy...."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Shooting War

Shooting War, writer Anthony Lappé and illustrator Dan Goldman's glossy, all-color graphic novel, is a political satire focused on the business of corrupt journalism, wars on terror, and networks shaking hands with governments

"..."There are two things I know to be true. There's..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Books Review by Sofia Resnick

Lunacy

Jan Svankmajer's creepy-crawl slowly becomes one of the most mordantly beautiful of the director's films, an asylum-set anti-love story with mobile body parts and splashy theatrics.

"...I want to frame it and put it on the wall above my monitor, or maybe I'll build a..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not Your Same Old News

Politico Taps Into Latino Affairs With Critical Eye

"...it just makes you scratch your head in wonderment. The Dallas Cowboys drove Jimmy Johnson away. Apple threw out..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...Nights Say it loud and say it proud: In these here parts, we like it Fast, Cheap & Out..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

BarkHappy App Connects Pups for Playtime

It’s a dog meet dog world

"...But up until recently, we humans have been hogging the power of this technology all to ourselves...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Features Feature by Tucker Whatley

Save Texas Schools Rally

February 23, 2013. 13 photos.

"...Members of Austin ISD’s Eastside Memorial High’s Panther Band join the Save Texas Schools March and Rally..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...(M.S.) 8/21/98 UN AIR DE FAMILLE 3.0 (M.S.) 11/27/98 THE ALARMIST 1.0 (S.D.) 11/27/98 ALMOST HEROES 0 (R.S.) 6/5/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Iraq Now, Then Iran – Caused by Pro-Israeli Lobby

"...Dear Editor, Why is the U.S. threatening Iran? One reason is that the American..."

March 27, 2007 Postmarks

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...can see it now: two studio suits, yakking into their cells as they merrily skip down the corridors of..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AISD Sends Signals on Future Budget Cuts

School closures and the redrawing of school boundaries eyed as potential ways to address $29 million deficit

"...sunset review process for contracts and programs are among the strategies that could contain Austin ISD's budget deficit. Leaders..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Coach's Corner

On an ill-advised trip to Europe, Coach comes to a startling realization.

"...The tail does, indeed, wag the dog. This is now..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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