The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...Directed by: André Øvredal. Starring: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Woody Norman, Liam Cunningham, Javier Botet and David Dastmalchian...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cobweb

There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare

"...Directed by: Samuel Bodin. Starring: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr and Cleopatra Coleman...."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...up a fiddle) in the line of folks like Norman Blake. Knowler's songs drum up mythologies around campfires in..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

C'mon C'mon

Joaquin Phoenix's avuncular turn avoids cloying family clichés

"...Directed by: Mike Mills. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy, Elaine Kagan and Jaboukie..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin Film Festival Review: C’mon C’mon

Joaquin Phoenix's avuncular turn avoids cloying family clichés

"...Phoenix) who is entrusted with watching his nephew Jesse (Woody Norman), whom he hasn’t seen in over a year..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

In Memoriam: Sam Shepard

The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas

"...The Wittliff Collections at Texas State in San Marcos..."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...of humor, both would appreciate other program highlights like Woody Allen's Bananas and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, thumbing..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Triple 9

Grimy policier is an electrifying muddle with killer cast

"...John Hillcoat. Starring: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr., Gal..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Haskell Wexler and Taking a Stand

Editor Louis Black on the creative visionary

"...co-produced), Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night (1966) and..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Tearjerker John Moreland

Okie songsmith breaks out with songs on Sons of Anarchy

"...& roll. Like his pal John Fullbright and the Woody Guthrie legacy, Moreland’s home state adds perspective...."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

DVDanger: The Burning and The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Another gruesome twosome for your weekend's viewing

"...Suspiria. A year later she was one corner of Woody Allen's love square in Stardust Memories. But here she..."

May 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Butt-Numb-a-Thon 14 Lineup

Harry Knowles' annual film fest sneaks 'The Hobbit,' 'Mama'

"...Melody of 1940 starring Astaire and Powell. Directed by Norman Taurog, the film features some Cole Porter songs that..."

Dec. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Louis Black

'A Guy Walks Into the United States Art Authority...'

Feral Cinema/Lenny Bruce

"...testimonials by the likes of Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer and Woody Allen, only to be overturned following..."

July 15, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Author? Author?

Who really wrote Shakespeare's plays? Writer Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.

"...The Front. (Does anyone even remember The Front nowadays? Woody Allen putting his name on scripts for blacklisted screenwriters..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...than folk, yet rooted in the activist tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Bragg possesses unique wit and..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

TCB

Austin steps up to help our New Orleans brothers and sisters the best way we know how: benefits, benefits, benefits

"...7) Cyril and Gaynielle Neville, their son Norman Caesar, and Papa Mali & the Instigators at the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two

The artistic genius of 79-year-old cinematographer Haskell Wexler is only the beginning of his story; the passion and eloquence of his lifelong political commitment stand equal to his cinematic achievements

"...co-produced), Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night (1966) and..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Ballad of Joe Hill

Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights

"...second-string Motowner who put his stamp on the Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield collaboration, and on this night, "War has a..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

"...oversized sense of the intricacies of ethnicity that rivals Woody Allen's frequent gags at the expense of his extended..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...in Fedoras. Helen Hunt and Dan Aykroyd star in Woody Allen's latest, about a jewel heist in the Forties...."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...the region: Chet Baker, J.J. Cale, Leon Russell, and Woody Guthrie. Nowadays, the Austinite writes and sings original, sometimes..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...with a dash of bad relationship angst, while the Norman, Ok.-based Chainsaw Kittens deliver their Seventies-informed fuzz and glam..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...the coming weeks, although some holiday titles, such as Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown and documentarian Errol Morris' Mr...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Six Ways to Sunday

"...Elina Lowehsohn, Peter Appel, Adrien Brody, Deborah Harry and Norman Reedus. A coming-of-age mob tale with a uniquely warped..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Ron Howard; with Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: Woody Allen; with Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wild Man Blues

"...recording of labor disputes to this film portrait of Woody Allen. Ostensibly commissioned as a document of Allen, the..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple shot this documentary about Woody Allen and his Dixieland jazz band on tour through..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...with a folksy bent (Pump Boys and Dinettes, Quilters, Woody Guthrie's American Song). As with its non-musical work, presentation..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...everything nice. Precocious pigtails and all, she's Lolita via Norman Bates, a pre-pubescent psychopath possessed of a genetic predisposition..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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