Pain, Pathos, and Prescience: The Work of Agnieszka Holland

AFS and Austin Polish Film Festival celebrate the Polish pioneer

"...interested Holland because of the main character’s resemblance to Woody Allen’s Zelig, someone who takes on various masks and..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

A Local Pick for Free Comic Book Day

Creators of Punchline offer a super-powered narrative

"...twice as big for two bucks. You know how Woody Allen says a big chunk of life is just..."

May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Yorker, lawyer, and son of Mia Farrow and either Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra, graduated from Bard College with..."

May 18, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...the genre and would rather take in the latest Woody Allen flick. I scoff at any new teaser/trailers for..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett

The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously

"...Gregory. Mort Sahl. Mel Brooks. Joan Rivers. Jack Benny. Woody Allen. Jerry Lewis. Carol Burnett. Zero Mostel. Lily Tomlin...."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: Your 2018 Lineup

March mirth blows in with Bloom, Offerman, Gaffigan, & Cavett

"...comedy legends such as Groucho Marx, Joan Rivers, and Woody Allen;..."

Feb. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Tale

Turns out Christmas dinner is just as fraught in French

"...point (and there is – just ask Anderson or Woody Allen, whose masterstrokes in neuroses surely inspired Desplechin), then..."

Dec. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stream Analysis

Dispatches from the couch

"...novel, or perhaps a film by Wes Anderson or Woody Allen. Other works have made these Manhattanites familiar to..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

“Jewels in the Wasteland” Returns

Richard Linklater's series is back with more Eighties gems

"...such as the muted response at the time to Woody Allen's Another Woman. Linklater said, "Every review had to..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Report From the Toronto International Film Festival

Pass the popcorn (and the awards)

"...a very meta and funny, black-and-white comedy in a Woody Allen vein about a man whose 17-year-old daughter (Chloë..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

BBC Names Top 100 Comedies of All Time

Film critics poll picks Some Like It Hot for top slot

"...Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) 3) Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) 4) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) 5)..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

In Memoriam: Sam Shepard

The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas

"...trove of correspondence, with missives to the likes of Woody Allen, Marlon Brando, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, and Wim..."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

“Beth Consetta Rubel: Higher Learning: Educational Toys”

Rubel’s solo show is cutting when it comes to Bill Cosby and Rachel Dolezal, but it also explores the complexities of race

"...Goldberg, who vigorously defended Cosby from rape allegations. Even Woody Allen and Bill O'Reilly make sly appearances. Cosby flashes..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

PWR BTTM Will Not Play Austin

Queer punk duo faces erasure in light of sexual assault allegations

"...accountable for sexual assault. But what about Roman Polański, Woody Allen, Mel Gibson, Sean Connery, Dr. Luke, Affleck, Leto...."

May 19, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

I Like to Watch: Joe Swanberg Takes It Easy

His new Netflix show finds honesty and openness winning the day

"...to is a long-term autobiographical corpus, less problematic than Woody Allen's and less stilted than Truffaut's, in which the..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

The Star Wars Prequels Strike Back

Austin-made documentary gets to the heart of the hate

"...the Anakin Skywalker of his own story, the hero fallen from grace. He was the arthouse superstar, whose friend..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Writers

Storytellers become the story

"...and the Hollywood blacklist of 1953 also doubles as Woody Allen’s first dramatic role as an actor as nebbish..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

SXSW Film Review: Operation Avalanche

Sixties Cold War caper is a tribute to Dr. Strangelove

"...comedy auteur career on the model of (hyperbole alert!) Woody Allen or Albert Brooks...."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

2016 Texas Film Awards

"...Tom Bernard all sent their well wishes via video. Woody Allen’s congratulations were more deadpan; of being inducted into..."

March 11, 2016 Photo Gallery

At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers

The Butler Opera Center's pairing of these Jake Heggie chamber operas opened up small concerns to an enduring sense of love

"...modern urban mating ritual made familiar by writers from Woody Allen to Stephen Sondheim, expressed here in the neurotic..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

DVDanger: A Most Dangerous Year

Top 10 home releases you may have missed

"...(MPI): It's easy to describe Onur Tukel as part Woody Allen, part Sam Raimi, but it's also accurate. His..."

Jan. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Skewed Film Review

"...your review [Film Listings, Sept. 11] and felt like Woody Allen in almost any of his movies in which..."

Sept. 22, 2015 Postmarks

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part Two

The Editor and Reality, movies about movies

"...something much closer to Jacques Tati, or early, ridiculous Woody Allen...."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Plates Extra Helpings: The Perfect Pop

Popcorn gets under the fingernails and stays in the blood

"...count on a crowd for whatever bizarre puppet show Woody Allen had pulled out of his ass that year...."

Feb. 11, 2015 Food Post by Sara Reihani

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...turn everything on its head. Owing as much to Woody Allen as it does to F.W. Murnau, this is..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Of Russians and Ruffles

From Chekhov to Gunne Sax

"...Jon Bolden (Squirrel Buddies, Bad Boys), who co-directed a Woody Allen show in 2012 so wistfully witty I went..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

DVDanger: Of Teenage Turtles and Grown-Up Bronies

Two documentaries tackle Eighties cults that won't die

"...up making A Brony Tale (Virgil Films). He said, "Woody Allen said it. 80% of film making is showing..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From 'Garden State' to the Final Moments

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and 'Wish I Was Here'

"...attempt to follow the trail of cinematic dissidents like Woody Allen, Hal Ashby "and others who told a story..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vulcan (Video) Mind Meld

Staking out the store’s new North Loop location

"...Few directors have directed Woody Allen with such fine results as Mazursky with Mall,..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Demetri Martin

Whether making jokes with punch lines or with pie charts, Demetri Martin's job is directed daydreaming

"...animation, the show featured sketches, which proved a new challenge for the comedian. "I gravitate to jokes," says Martin...."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

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