A Christmas Tale

Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.

"...Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Laurent Capelluto and Emile Berling. “Merry Christmas, baby,” croons Otis Redding from the scratched LP in..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Tale

Turns out Christmas dinner is just as fraught in French

"...“Merry Christmas, baby,” croons Otis Redding from the scratched LP in..."

Dec. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Last Christmas

How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

"...“Last Christmas,” George Michael’s breathy betrayal of the human race, has..."

Dec. 24, 2013 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Color Arc Productions' People of Color Christmas

With her new holiday comedy, theatre artist Christine Hoang makes a safe place for everyone

"...Hoang calls characters in her play People of Color Christmas: The White Elephant in the Room "misfit toys," she..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Here Yet Ever There

From Austin, New Orleans artists strive to save what remains of their city and work to recover it

"...his negatives, her own, and her pets, she lost everything else. As her work specifically addresses issues of disassociation..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Feature

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for the South..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

OMG! The Grumpy Cat Movie Premieres Tonight!

And we have a few reasons why you might be other than thrilled

"...and it's a Lifetime Channel movie – Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever – that debuts tonight...."

Nov. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays

The least sad way to spend Christmas solo

"...Any ideas about the least sad ways to spend Christmas alone? I don't get enough time off this year..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

1985

Stunning AIDS drama looks beyond the disease and into grief

"...he grew up in. That makes coming home for Christmas for the first time in years a bit of..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Eye of the Beholder

"...eye, if not on their lips. Much of this ever-ready verbiage has to do with deadlines and other journalistic..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...immediately following the death of Bob Marley, 1982-'85. Virtually every spring and summer weekend featured a top-notch Jamaican or..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Holiday Viewing: Krampus

How to avoid being dragged away on Krampusnacht

"...rules to Halloween. Wear a costume. Hand out treats. Never blow out a Jack O' Lantern. Always check your..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Toy

"...bad direction manages to suck dry the talents of everyone involved – including ace cinematographer Lazlo Kovacs. Pryor, Gleason,..."

Dec. 17, 1982 Movie Review by Martin Chait

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...with an excitement I generally reserve for shit like Christmas, I didn't see Skullening's name mentioned anywhere...."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

The Luv Doc: Hot Mom

Austin has more Peter Pans than just about any city this side of San Francisco

"...My middle-aged mom still thinks she's in her 20s...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...1) the Coen Brothers are as good as they’ve ever been, 2) Juno star Ellen Page has a long..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Two Music Critics Dive Back Into the Scene

Raoul and Kevin hit the clubs for the first time in 14 months, and only one of them has a psychedelic freakout

"...novel that Agnes asked to tag along, which she never does. Date night in far South Austin proved an..."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Screens Top 10s

The Chronicle's film critics talk about their favorite movies of the year

"...Ajvide Lindqvist), Elegy (Nicholas Meyer), The Pool (Chris Smith) WORST FILM..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...on the right, you can see the pageantry of Christmas, and look a little further down and the lights..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...reaching out to man. No amount of religion can ever save -- only Jesus can...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Season's Grazings

"...illustration by Lisa Kirkpatrick Christmas dinner has a somewhat checkered history in my family...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Texas travel tips from Llano lights to Kerrville craftsmanship

"...Land of Rudolph. Every year the lighted jumping deer in front of the..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...his friend Bud Shrake, Demme asked if I had ever seen the quasi-legendary Kid Blue, a cult film still..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Qmmunity: Holigay Movie Review

Three LGBTQ holiday movies to throw on, plus one bad queer movie challenge

"...a Cheerleader) may have created the most controversial lesbian Christmas film of all time; just check the Letterboxd reviews...."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...Two days before Christmas 2010 Sylvia was found dead in her home by..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...9, at the height of the holiday season, not every Austin family had reason to celebrate. For poor and..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Life and Nothing But

"...houses 5,000 mostly black inmates. The Farm is not, however, about the violent seventh circle of hell that we've..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

"...I must take issue with several statements in Lisa Tozzi's generally worthy article, "Kaplan Crunch,"..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Growing Pains

Austin Theatre for Youth Builds on First Season

"...a drive-in on a springtime Saturday night, and, for whatever reasons -- no publicity, a short run at a..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Soul

Pixar's jazzy trip to the afterlife mixes kid-friendly hijinks with metaphysical angst

"...and a most welcome gift, that, as it launches Christmas Day on Disney+ after COVID-19 derailed plans for a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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