Small Time Crooks

"...features. With its story about an inept bank robber, Small Time Crooks readily calls to mind Allen's Take the..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003); Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003); The Princess of Mars (pre-production)..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Small Screen, Big Ideas

The Territory Begins A New Season

"...show how the best-laid plans of lovers and petty crooks can easily go awry...."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...not one, but two comedies -- Road Trip and Small Time Crooks -- on the same day. This double-punch..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scoop

Woody Allen's second British film with Scarlett Johansson finds the director falling back into the rut he carved for himself with every forgettable comedy since the underrated Deconstructing Harry.

"...Grim Reaper-driven boat to the afterlife. Bored, Strombel makes small talk with the victim of a notorious London serial..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...odd bedfellows with the era’s ascending slackers, clerks, and small-time crooks. When Stillman expatriated to Europe for a spell,..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Born Yesterday

"...is also handy in that Woody Allen’s new movie, Small Time Crooks, which opens next week, owes more than..."

May 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twenty Bucks

"...Next we see Buscemi and Lloyd, a pair of small time crooks who team up on an all-night convenience..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...aimed at all the kids out of school with time on their hands; fall is for the heavier dramatic..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...issue would leave one to believe that Coyote Ugly, Small Time Crooks, and Sunshine are all equally worthy (or..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson

From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

"...the trio collaborated on a short about two inept small-town crooks, starring the brothers, directed by Anderson, and written..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's the Buzz?

The lowdown on summer movies -- from A to X-Men

"...In the following pages, we've set out a small sample of what you can expect to see at..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature

Postmarks

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

"...on the Missouri limits case was rendered at that time. That decision, surprisingly, bolstered the cause for campaign contribution..."

May 26, 2000 Column

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...its steely, unblinking gaze on a familial bunch of small-time crooks with overblown egos and blown-out dreams. Think The..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Slade

Gift guide

"...Slade as Flame, a hard-luck Midlands act struggling against small-time crooks and cynical promoters to make it in the..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Sharper

A stylishly smart and satisfying con artist drama

"...Barnum: There’s a sucker born every minute? From the small-time Depression-era grifts in Paper Moon to the elaborate ragtime..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...Director Larry Clark (Kids) chronicles more dysfunctional teens. This time, they're homicidal...."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Creeping Tarantinism

"...darkly funny Pulp Fiction is beginning to be felt. Big-time...."

Nov. 3, 1995 Screens Feature

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...for a neighborhood bar, it would likely be a small sum, maybe $2,000. But for place like, say, Sugar's,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...man to be trusted? Not if you count the times he's spearheaded various Austin-bashing shenanigans at the Lege. This..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

Where's the Fire?

Live Music Venues vs. the Fire Marshal

"...does every publication from Rolling Stone to L.A.'s New Times mention the Austin Fire Department?" The presence of the..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Where Live Music is Dead

Welcome to Sixth Street

"...revenues down and that they were having a hard time paying local acts reasonable fees ("Where's All the Live..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...It's like a time warp in here...."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...required, he simply let the disease take its course. Sometime around Aug. 15 or 16, 2005, the disease took..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

"...Say goodbye to another Danny Crooks enterprise. The former Steamboat captain phoned the Chronicle on..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.

"...Time Waits for No Man -- Even "Bob"!..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing about Architecture

Goodbye, AM15?

"...Year: "Carried Away" George Strait; "One Night At a Time" George Strait..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Another festival weekend, this time jazz; plus Mars Music not going under, and Bill Hicks -- still dead, more CDs.

"...you can't wait that long, the video for Spoon's "Small Stakes," made in Austin by Peter and Julie Simonite,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...past 15 years, Pilgrim's company has been cited numerous times by state and federal authorities for violating clean air..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dancing About Architecture

"...strike toward keeping that club viable in these hard times for live music, while at the same time hoping..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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