Becoming Cousteau

The life and regrets of the man who made us fall in love with the ocean

"...as a French naval pilot. Swimming daily in the waters off Toulon to strengthen his injured limbs, he began..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Rescue

Bravery in darkness in this Thai cave rescue documentary

"...of the other rescuers who got stuck as the waters rose). The Rescue, a moving and sometimes terrifying documentary..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns

Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground

"...The Velvet Underground by Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Dark Waters, Carol). AFS founder and artistic director Richard Linklater will..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Habit

Nuns on the run, but no fun

"...who seems to think she’s in a mid-era John Waters movie and is way too extra for this)...."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else

Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion

"...long-winded confessions span Bo Diddley to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance...."

July 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Undine

Love is like drowning in this German fairy tale-inspired romance

"...and Beer’s vivid red hair burns bright in the waters engulfing it. He brings a sensory experience to Petzold’s..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Luca

Pixar's lull continues with a shallow fish-out-of-water tale

"...darkness is tantalizing – a toe dip into subversive waters – but the filmmakers remain stubbornly incurious...."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker

Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur

"...likes of photographer/activist Nan Goldin, Fran Lebowitz, and John Waters. In 1989 his longtime partner and fellow Act Up..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Russ, Vilma Vega, Producers: Kara Durrett, Floyd Russ, Corey Waters, Andy Coverdale Ayar, a first-generation American Latina, returns home..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Atlantis

Ukrainian post-war drama finds a nation dealing with and healing from PTSD

"...throughout Atlantis, bringing warmth to rigid landscapes and muddy waters. It opens and closes with thermal imagery, contrasting portraits..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...first-person narration in horror – Clark wades into ambiguous waters with confidence and clarity. When the film closes on..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Breaking Surface

Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension

"...family home for Christmas. She's headed for literally warmer waters, away from cleaning debris from around tanker propellers, while..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Bloodhound

Poe adaptation relishes tone over text

"...Adler get the inherent strangeness, having dabbled in these waters before (Aiken in Austinite Karen Skloss' psychedelic The Honor..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"

The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship

"...Seventies, when Nixon is sweating through Watergate and John Waters is shaking up Charm City with Pink Flamingos. A..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo

The film about flamingos that is definitely not about flamingos

"...Casanova, Guinness record-holding collector Cindy Dunlow, and, inévitablement, John Waters...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rental

The summer camp slasher brilliantly reinvented for the vacation rental generation

"...also probably racist. Charlie's efforts to smooth these rippled waters are just what he would do any time, and..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Truth

Binoche and Deneuve clash exquisitely as mère et fille

"...Ethan Hawke humorously dips his toes into their brackish waters...."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brewing Pedigree Represents at Far West Austin's Beerburg

Trevor Nearburg puts a burg on it

"...Brian "Swifty" Peters, Amos Lowe, Kim Mizner (ABGB), Michael Waters (Skull Mechanix), and Spencer Tielkemeier (formerly of Oasis Texas..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Fernando Saralegui's Best Eats Havana

Dishing on the many flavors of Cuba’s capital

"...thing he learned best from his old boss Alice Waters: “integrity – of product, of effort, of everything.” Though..."

Feb. 18, 2020 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Moontower Comedy 2020: Wave 3

Marlon Wayans, Chris Fleming, and more inked as headliners

"...those who relish his signature character, alpha mom Gayle Waters-Waters, but the 2017 national tour of Showpig (which stopped..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

This year's Academy-loved cartoons push the boundaries of the medium

"...is "The Bird and the Whale" swims the same waters of unlikely friendship as "Kitbull" but with a more..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Schedules Supernatural Retrospective, Stephen Colbert, and More

2020 fest adds Samantha Bee, Diplo, Jack Dorsey, Disney Imagineers

"...Erin Lee Carr and musicians Kim Gordon and Roger Waters. Now they've added Gabo Arora, Founding Director of the..."

Jan. 13, 2020 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Bill Camp (Dark Waters), Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy, The Peanut Butter Falcon), Joaquin..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Following yesterday’s announcement that Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters will make a keynote speaker appearance at the 2020..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Christmas

This is a movie inspired by a Wham! song, and you know what? It works.

"...Director Paul Feig is not unfamiliar with traversing these waters of a slap and a tickle. He’ll give you..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Interview: Riding The Wave With Justin Long

The actor talks psychedelics, jobs, and ... rabbits?

"...crisis of conscience, and to reflect on the ethical waters...."

Oct. 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sister Aimee

A slightly true story of America's first megapastor on the run

"...of Sister Aimee’s reported evaporation while swimming in the waters of Southern California. At the time, she was America’s..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

New sharks, who dis?

"...then the four leads are shot in cramped, murky waters, with all their lines delivered through scuba mask microphones,..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Coyote Lake

Still waters run deep in this innovative border crime drama

"...Coyote Lake is hardly a shallow enterprise. Its still waters still run pleasurably deep...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Anna

International ass-kickery with a strong but beautiful female lead? Luc Besson, back on his sh*t again.

"...lining? Besson's latest film, Anna, will not muddy those waters any further. Nobody will waste their time grappling with..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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