The Shining

"...Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. Who would have ever thought to pair up Stanley..."

Nov. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Inscrutability Becomes Him

'Room 237’ questions Stanley Kubrick and 'The Shining’

"...“in that blurred space between textual analysis and conspiracy theory.” In the film, Ascher tries to demystify Stanley Kubrick’s..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...us and we would have been stoked: But now they've sent their first wave of titles crashing over us,..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ballet Austin's Belle Redux: A Tale of Beauty & the Beast

In its striking concept and execution, Stephen Mills' take on the fairy tale was his most fully realized story ballet since Hamlet

"...In most stories involving Beauty and the Beast, it isn't difficult to tell which is which...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Terror Behind Terror of Frankenstein

Austin debut of mind-bending horror Director's Commentary

"...over a fantasy. In Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein, the commentary itself is a story, a head-spinning metafiction twisting..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...A few hundred days into the most digitized era of our lives, and it's hard..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...writer can haunt your life. With 26 episodes of The Kingcast already online, and over a dozen more in..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lighthouse

The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation

"...If the events of The Lighthouse are to be believed, maintaining..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Love in the Time of Cholera

Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.

"...Laura Harring and Unax Ugalde. It’s a testament to the talents of Bardem that he can currently be seen..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Agronomist

Jonathan Demme's riveting documentary about slain Haitian populist and radio personality Jean Dominique.

"...Demme. Trying to make heads or tails out of the country of Haiti at any given moment is something..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cremaster Cycle: Part 3

Despite its numeric designation, Part 3 is the concluding installment of Barney's art cycle. It fuses mysticism and modernism and was filmed in New York's Chrysler Building and Guggenheim Museum, among other places. Barney plays the apprentice who endures torture and travails while ascending each building.

"...Directed by: Matthew Barney. Starring: Matthew Barney, Richard Serra, Aimee Mullins, Nesrin..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Vo-Ice: Silenced

Ex-Basswood Lane rapper Brandon 'Ice B' Southern dies

"...Sunday, August 17, Basswood Lane alum Brandon “Ice B” Southern was driving back from Houston with a female friend..."

Aug. 25, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Live From the Texas Film Awards

The party went on with remote tributes and hip bumps

"...The Texas Film Awards party has become the unofficial warm-up..."

March 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Heidi Pitre: Southern Peculiar" at the Butridge Gallery

In this solo exhibition, the South will rise again – not unlike a sort of puckish zombie made of cultural memories and witchy girlparts

"...no one else has ever been allowed to see, the one about the series of murders in a small..."

May 31, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wine of the Week

Texas wines on steroids

"...competition and a stunning number of new winemakers. Whatever the reason, Texas wines are getting better and better. Here..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

"...Death is a disease. At least, that’s how the heroine of SXSW selection The Angry Black Girl and..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Shimmy Around the Globe as the Jigglewatts Celebrate World Burlesque Day

Austin's sinsational artists join the international festivities

"...coming to you, courtesy of Austin's own innovators of the ecdysiastic arts, the Jigglewatts...."

April 27, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

These Five Last-Minute Gift Ideas Might Be the Best You’ll Ever See

Because, frankly, most other listicles like this are boring AF

"...well, you’ve heard about New Year’s Gifts, right? It’s the newest sensation, citizen! It’s a response to the pandemically..."

Dec. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2017

The year in cinema, and the Chronicle’s top 10 lists

"...There's a piece of cinematic wisdom, that 1982 was the..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Big Pitch

A horror film starring UT students aiming for the big screen

"...Just hear me out. What's the scariest thing ever? No, no, no. Worse than Jason..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)

How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics

"...recognition. But when Johannes Roberts was tasked with rebooting the films for his new adaptation, Resident Evil: Welcome to..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror to Open the 'The Profane Exhibit'

Festival to debut extreme horror anthology

"...Yesterday we had the great news that there will be a second volume..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post

All Hail 'The Lords of Salem'

Rob Zombie on his fifth feature, a decade in the making

"...Rob Zombie admits it: "I've always been obsessed with the bad characters." His first four turns as a film..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sound of One Psycho Cracking

John Cale talks abut composing the original soundtrack for American Psycho

"...dog this highly charged movie. However, one aspect of the film that is indisputable is the importance of the..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond the Norm

The Impressive Euro-Asian Fare at Bistro 88

"...sounds unbearably politically incorrect -- Oriental food for non-Asians. Hole-in-the-wall noodle shop it certainly is not, but if you..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Shining Through

"...John Gielgud, Liam Neeson and Joely Richardson. Set in the early years of World War II, Shining Through is..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Shining City

As with all Conor McPherson plays, the Devil is in the details

"...master storyteller. His tall tales are as powerful as they are poetic, and though each is a unique and..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Glow of the Tube

"...lives is remarkable, a kind of great equalizer uniting the largest number of people, giving them a common frame..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Where the Girls Go/ATX: The Post-Pride Edition

Yer best queer-grrrl-tastic events this weekend and every weekend

"...As we pack up the glitter, glowsticks, and strands of baubles and beads; cut..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

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