2 Fast 2 Furious

"...Too much flash spoils the pan, and the EMS meatwagons already cornered the discos-on-wheels market ages ago. Still, the..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High School

You come in hoping to toke on a big ol' fattie, but instead you find yourself wallowing in seeds and stems – again.

"...Directed by: John Stalberg. Starring: Matt Bush, Sean Marquette, Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis, Colin Hanks,..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...May we direct your attention to the newly released slate for the Paramount's annual..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...Oh, the white anklets and crew socks, the feathered and poodle-permed hair, the pre-washed and pastel-everything… You couldn't..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

At the Drive-In

An East Austin art compound reviews the magic of outdoor screening

"..."Whatever happened to Randolph Scott, ridin' the trail alone? Whatever..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Clueless

Heckerling updates Jane Austen's Emma to Beverly Hills

"...so well so long ago with the brilliant, seminal Fast Times at Ridgemont High, returns to cloyingly similar territory..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Loser

"...Sadoski, Greg Kinnear, Jimmi Simpson and Dan Aykroyd. In Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless, writer-director Heckerling turned..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Encino Man

"...and steals the worst bits from both Iceman and Fast Times at Ridgemont High and ends up being just..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

"...Directed by: Kelly Makin. Starring: Matt Frewer, Valerie Mahaffey, Lawrence Dane, Tommy Chong, Kevin Mcdonald,..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Can't Hardly Wait

This better-than-average teen sex comedy looks at a bunch of seniors on the night of high school graduation.

"...comedy (Porky's, Zapped, Joysticks), here comes this nice throwback that actually has more in common with the classic teen..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...and Josh Pais. Amazingly, Adventureland is only the third feature film on talented director Mottola’s résumé. In the intervening..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Pie 2

"...Actually, it's the only thing out there right now that fits the equation: horny teens + clueless parents +..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Ultra

This stoner action rom-com stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart

"...What if a young Woody Allen had been cast as..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Pie

"...What hath Porky's wrought? This new, faster version of the..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monday Comes to Austin for Jimmy Buffett

Deep cuts and musical tributes, but no pink Crustacean

"...leaves cascading down the front, back, and sleeves, which at the elbows came stitched with the scales of justice...."

May 24, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Ugly Kid

"...Brendan Ryan Barrett, Mary Mara, Sammy Elliott, Kristen Parker, Patrick Higgins, Chloe Peterson, Taylor Negron, Tom Arnold and Tony..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Youth Gone Wild

Pre-millenial teen angst, both period and retro, melds with noir

"...tell a story, but only one plot: Things aren't what they seem." That's how small-town Texas high school graduate..."

Jan. 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sean Penn to Promote First Novel in Austin

Oscar winner-turned-author will make a stop here in April

"...director, journalist, and Madonna’s ex-boyfriend Sean Penn will appear at Central Presbyterian Church on April 3 to promote his..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Mae Hamilton

Review: Vortex Repertory Co.’s Ride the Wave

All foam, no fortitude in this surfer dude play

"...There’s a moral just waiting to surface in Mattie Barber-Bockelman’s fun, futuristic surfer story, Ride the Wave, which..."

Jan. 18, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Getting Schooled by Film’s Heavy Hitters

John Pierson’s Master Class airs tonight on KUT

"...The film and TV talents who’ve occupied the hot seat at UT prof John Pierson’s Master Class are so..."

Aug. 21, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Two 'Hot' for Your Eyes

For Camp Fig's new show 'Hot For Teacher,' 100 artists were given a small chalkboard. Their homework assignment? Make it art.

"..."I think of all the education that I missed. But then my homework was never..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Getting Crazy

A whirlwind tour of Arkush's 1983 feature

"...Richard Linklater has curated and is hosting Jewels in the Wasteland,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

Holiday Viewing: Gremlins

Classic black comedy has the blues

"...Melancholy coats Christmas classics like tinsel. Dickens to Lethal Weapon, “the..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Watching Movies

A good student is a prepared student. Here's our back to school curricula.

"...New Student Orientation..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature

Bad Boys

"...Esai Morales and Ally Sheedy. I’m not exactly sure what makes this scorching prison potboiler qualify as “something weird.”..."

July 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the Deedles

"...the Teenese from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure or Fast Times at Ridgemont High or even Clueless (which has..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...away your fear?" Lucinda Williams wrote those words about foundational Chronicle music scribe Margaret Moser, who sat with the..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Classics Su 5/21..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature

DVDs

"...Summer vacation gets its last hurrah in high school. Then comes..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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