Chronicle Art Reviews Exhibitionism

"...famine were a fond childhood memory. One song in particular stands out, something about a husband and his philandering..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Review

We Have an Issue: At Night the Art Comes Out to Play

Inside Ion Art’s neon wonderland, the "Surreal Garden" exhibit at Zilker Botanical Garden

"...said this to me yesterday: "The more I view art and review art, the more I'm sick of it..."

April 22, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Interview: Haunters: The Art of the Scare

Director Jon Schnitzer talks Halloween haunts and the new extreme

"...the biggest ever. Jon Schnitzer, director of Haunters: The Art of the Scare said, "Americans have always used horror..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...name-calling and scripture-quoting. After the jump, we revisit the reviews that courted the most clicks...."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Book Reviews

Reviews of Recent Fiction and Nonfiction

"...little to no funding for a library, music, or art education because of savage cutbacks 10 years prior. It..."

May 19, 2000 Books Feature by Ann Guidry

Ian Sweet

Shapeshifter (Hardly Art)

"...Boston-turned-New York trio Ian Sweet's first LP with Hardly Art yields a discordant, raw intensity, 10 tracks of twee..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

The Art of the Dealer

Exploring the Relationships of Artists & Gallery Owners

"...Years ago, arts writer and former art dealer Dave Hickey described the..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Arts Feature

Reviews Relocated

After seven years, the 'Chronicle' is returning arts reviews to the Arts listings and saying farewell to the 'Exhibitionism' page

"...As of this issue, the arts review page known as "Exhibitionism" has gone the way..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...NADJAD: Michael Almereyda; with Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze, Martin Donovan, Peter Fonda, Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn,..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Record Reviews

"...The Nashville artist known as Hayseed distills the music of his Kentucky..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

Book Reviews

"...potent points about the failures of both idealism and art. In fact, the great feat of this book is..."

July 23, 1999 Books Review

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...thoroughly original and resourceful rhymer. From the faux-No Limit artwork on down, Dr. Doom brutally slays both the hip-hop..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds

"...("Video Reviews" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Book Reviews

"...Harry Strand turns to the intrigue of the international art scene. A reluctant protagonist, Strand struggles with a crisis..."

April 2, 1999 Books Review

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...to Up Up Up Up Up Up, an album partly recorded right here in Austin, drugs are bad, the..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

"...The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artistby Francis Ames-Lewis..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Tim Walker

Died Young, Stayed Pretty

"...Are poster artists renegade DIY guerrilla artists expressing themselves purely for the..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

The Politics of War

This show of political art by Robert Levers and Chris Reno is as timely as it gets

"...Artists mollify their fears with their creative processes. They attach..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Terrence McNally on Art and Commerce

The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show

"...has had ample experience with theatre from both the artistic side and the business side, and to have seen..."

June 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 From Visual Art in 2012

In an exceptional year for seeing art, deconstructed graphics, technosculpture, and detailed drawings stood out

"...sees and where one sees it. As a regular arts reviewer for the Chronicle, I saw a lot of..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Record Reviews

"...The Art of War (Ruthless)..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Austin Film Festival Reviews: The Souvenir Part II

Joanna Hogg's sequel is the portrait of the artist as filmmaker

"...For anyone who watched Joanna Hogg's heartbreaking 2019 semi-autobiography, The Souvenir, the opening sequences of The..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Zandunga Mexican Bistro

Mi Madre's hermana is growing up

"...that surround the open kitchen with Mexican pottery and art...."

Oct. 22, 2010 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Peat Duggins: Black Room

This museum room of a future race is an interior space addressing the outside world

"...Art Palace..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

SXSW Film Reviews

Short reviews from the festival's competition and non-competition lineup.

"...in Downside Up, a few, when it seems like art crit blather and solid American practical-mindedness are on a..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Art Pepper

"...Art PepperThe Hollywood All-Star Sessions (Galaxy) With the first American..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Intern

Intern isn't a particularly deep movie, but, to paraphrase Karl Lagerfeld, fashion is not the same thing as feeding the hungry and curing the ill.

"...Bad reviews abound for this little-seen feature -- they consisted of..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Future-Kill, Roadie

Hoping to capitalize on the success of Tobe Hooper's 1974 surprise horror hit Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Future-Kill reunited that film's stars Neal and Burns and aimed for a similar creepy / kitschy vein. It failed.Meat Loaf quits his day job to become the world's best roadie. Sound weird? It is.

"...have indelibly inked themselves in film history and audiences' hearts; some were less memorable. Hell, some of them just..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Heat

"...("Video Reviews" wishes to thank Blockbuster Movies & Video, Encore Movies..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Review by Bryan Poyser

Magnolia

"...chooses films like I choose bottles of wine -- part misremembered recommendations and part pretty pictures.) But for whatever..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

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