Postmarks

Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.

"...and Blue Streak and they are both very good movies. However, you have given such bad ratings to these..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column

The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...entire world, of the characters. Yes, there were silly movies, too; but again and again he made strangely tense,..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

A Slight Silence at a Small Gathering

"...must, occasionally, break my own rules. People are building prisons fast enough, after all, and one must occasionally leave..."

June 21, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...the hallmarks of a foul film make an appearance: prison lesbians; sexual assault as revenge; and the director citing..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events

Your weekdays are spoken for

"...Movies based on English-language graphic novels number in the hundreds,..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turkey Prep, Indigenous Films, and More Weekday Events

Events to attend before you're too stuffed to move

"...that he saw his own father, a former WWI prison camp superintendent, when he inflicted sadistic punishments on the..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Amendment right to read about sexual health, see R-rated movies, watch porn, and otherwise access information about sex if..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...just one of the celebrities confirmed to bring their movies in person to the festival, with Will Ferrell in..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...year for Austin films, with three big wins for movies with local connections. Baseball documentary Clemente about overlooked legend..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"...directed by Ryan Darbonne and Frank Netscher about the prison industrial complex. Darbonne recalled, "The show, at times, was..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish up the summer with some adventure

"...that she would become the subject of Western novels, movies, and songs. Most of the crimes and adventures attributed..."

Aug. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...big-screen takes on D&D before, but like comic book movies in the 80s they rarely dragged themselves out of..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Goes Delving into the UnderWorlds

Senior Programmer Dan Repp digs into two days of horror

"...or exits. Unsure if he is in a hospital, prison, or hell, he tries to radio for help, to..."

May 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: No Man of God

Latest Bundy biopic is a portrait of the investigator

"...if there wasn't already a cottage industry of Bundy movies and series (including the double-header from Joe Berlinger in..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...with his daughter and co-host of the Maltin on Movies podcast, Jessie Maltin (Film & TV Industry)..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...as the headline announcement for the second wave of movies, announced today...."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: A Handful

You can’t just beat children anymore unless you want CPS all up in your chili

"...My dad used to beat me and my brothers..."

July 19, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...The announcement comes as part of the latest major..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...Beesley ("Calls to Okies," Okie Noodling, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo) and Hannah Fidell (6 Years, A Teacher) bringing..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...He shockingly only received 10 years' probation and zero prison time. In 2001, he finally went to jail for..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Holiday Viewing: The Lion in Winter

It’s 1183 … but squabbling with the family is timeless

"...with the family at Christmas can feel like a prison sentence. Quite the opposite for Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine..."

Dec. 6, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...youth. Yet for him, the distance between the two movies is short: Both deal with the poignancy of reminiscence...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Stream Analysis

Dispatches from the couch

"...own films, wooing directors like Martin Scorsese to create movies for their streaming service. Amazon and Hulu are following..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Review: The Cured

Grief, guilt, and terrorism explored in Irish zombie drama

"...story of a mass IRA breakout from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland). As the former barrister reduced to..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Walter Hill, Keenen Ivory Wayans for AFF

Writer-centric film festival awarding boundary-busting pioneers

"...into the director's chair in 1975 for lean, mean prison drama Hard Times, before blowing cinema apart with one..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore

Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

"...Watching Caged Heat – Demme's first directorial effort, a women-in-prison genre film – at a South Austin drive-in theatre..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: Win It All

Joe Swanberg takes a shot at a feel-good movie about addiction

"...When a lowlife associate headed to prison asks him to hold onto a bag full of..."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

Enter the Domain With Other Worlds Austin

Sci-fi film festival adds world premiere, new score, and award winners

"...That's just one of a series of must-see movies added by Other Worlds Austin today. The local fest..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grrrls of aGLIFF

A strong presence of queer women at this year's fest

"...LGBTQ characters are popping up in movies and TV; their roles progressing from tropes to fleshed-out..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

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