Encanto

Disney's latest animated family adventure is magical if not overly memorable

"...not long after her beloved home literally begins to crack up. Guess who’s going to save the day?..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...Ferguson, who wears each loss until she will either crack or strike back) adds heart. Yet Villeneuve also makes..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cry Macho

Old man Eastwood heads down to Mexico and into his soul

"...handsome cowhand Rowdy Yates, rounding up steers to the crack of that whip on the black-and-white television series Rawhide,..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...The point here is to crack the booming nonwhite suburbs of Waller and Fort Bend..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Nowhere Inn

Layered St. Vincent mockumentary warps reality and opens a window to artist's heart

"...when she breaks the news to her friend, a crack forms, and Clark starts to feed off the energy..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Go ninja, go ninja, GO! Wait, wrong toy line …

"...the world that we really, truly need a third crack at an extended G.I. Joe universe, Andrew Koji and..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Werewolves Within

Howlingly hilarious lycanthrope comedy is a shaggy whodunnit

"...something in-between, and that's a terribly hard equation to crack (the history of werecinema is crammed with stunt performers..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A White, White Day

Icelandic revenge drama is really a perfect study of stifled grief

"...the negative space around him, and Palmason lets Sigurdsson crack the character open by distraction – the audience learns..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Slay the Dragon

Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back

"...states by gerrymandering districts. Their plan was to either crack Democratic seats (splitting ballot boxes across multiple safe Republican..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Booksellers

Tale of New York antiquarian booksellers is the Reader's Digest version

"...believe that ephemera like scribbles on cocktail napkins can crack open the mysteries of creativity, but it's never shoved..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Whistlers

Convoluted Romanian noir gets lost in translation from birdsong

"...and the great terror was that the police would crack the code. So it is in Romanian crime caper..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Miss Americana

Officially sanctioned documentary gets us a little closer to TayTay

"...alone increased my esteem of her. But seeing her “crack” a chorus and feel a pure elation will be..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Ed Travis

The Rhythm Section

Blake Lively doesn't live up to her name in this flat spy romp

"...place there?), we find Stephanie in a brothel, a crack whore who couldn’t care less about the world. That..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ip Man 4: The Finale

The adventures of the martial arts legend come to an end ... possibly.

"...about the use of a politicized immigration service to crack down on racial minorities adds a definite modern edge..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...leaving Finn, Chewie, and Dameron to fill time and crack jokes. It’s all about the next cool shot, the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...Lead Actress Florinda Bryant, black do crack..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lulu Wang Introduces Us to The Farewell

Director talks identity, family, and Awkwafina's superpower

"...had since she was a kid, that she could crack a joke and everyone would laugh and it would..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Spy Behind Home Plate

Fascinating documentary about spy/baseball player Moe Berg never cracks his code

"...Berg’s outward behaviors and accomplishments, but none ever fully crack the essential mysteries that governed his life...."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men in Black: International

The MiB stay Earthbound in a sequel saved by its stars

"...few jokes that Thompson and Hemsworth are allowed to crack. But history is rarely kind to films that occupy..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Breakthrough

Evangelical tract never raises a pulse

"...retrieval of his body is still bone-chilling. That merciless crack of breaking ice! The sentimentalized scene that follows, in..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Music Steps Up Ninth Artist List

Japanese Breakfast, Broken Social Scene, Ambar Lucid and 154 others

"...Bad, Black Pumas, Blood, Carrie Fussell, Collin Russell Mullins, Crack Pipes, Damak, Delle Sorelle, DJ Breezah & DJ Lolo,..."

Feb. 21, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

They Shall Not Grow Old

Peter Jackson's extraordinary World War I documentary finds humanity in a hellish war

"...imaginable. (Audiences will be thankful that Jackson and his crack team of restorationists were unable to restore the particular..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...10) Crack Pipes, Fake Eyelashes (Super Secret) Thomas Fawcett..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

Behind the scenes as the Studio Ghibli mastermind returns to film

"...the increasingly frail old man.) As he assembles a crack team of CGI pros to animate his hand-drawn images..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Predator

The Predator needs an editor

"...he was doing. So why not give Black a crack at a languishing property with potential?..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

White Boy Rick

A true-life tale of coke, corruption, and betrayal

"...which was devastated by the massive factory closures and crack epidemic of the Eighties (and the toothless “Just Say..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chili Dog Fest Caps SXSW Local Style

Impressive lineup of musicians to benefit Central Texas Food Bank

"...Piñata Bust for the kids at 3:15pm and the Crack Pipes leading A Howl for Mike Carroll honoring the..."

March 15, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

SXSW Panel: Barry Jenkins Keynote

A year after "the mix-up," Oscar winner finally delivers his speech

"...of his career. Jenkins, born in Miami during the crack epidemic, would occasionally return to an illustrative refrain throughout..."

March 11, 2018 SXSW Post by Austin Sanders

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Keely, TOD proved remarkably consistent in generating concert chaos, crackerjack songwriting, and an explosive fusion of prog ambition and..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Beerland Handed Down

Austin Jukebox group takes over Red River punk cavity

"...organizers, which include Super Secret Records owner Richard Lynn, Crack Pipes frontman Ray Colgan, Knife in the Water guitarist/singer..."

Dec. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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