Austin Film Festival Review: Shorts Program 10 – Everything’s Shorter in Texas
Series highlights strong range of local filmmakers
"...Comprised of both fiction and nonfiction shorts that occupied all..."
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Elana James' Black Beauty
"...fluid movement between notes. Those pipes ring true on Black Beauty lead-off "Only You," an earthy pop song atop..."
April 24, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
A Field in England
The most enticingly original film to come out of the UK this year is told in crisp, trippy, black and white.
"...treachery, and madness. And it’s yet another marker in English director and co-writer (with Amy Jump) Wheatley’s exemplary catalog..."
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The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year
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"...titular A-side, while fitting a pair on the flip, fist-pounding "Tell Me" and gas-huffer "Come Back." Australian Cattle God..."
Jan. 29, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Metallic Fashionistas
Metal tees
"...the Goodwill on North Lamar. My $25 Radio Birdman black-and-red, via Emo’s last year, hangs on me like a..."
May 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Sea of Dreams
She's married to the sea, and he belongs to the earth: This Mexican film relies on prehistoric folk myths and a delightful color palette for its impact.
"...Sonia Braga, Angélica María, Nicholas Gonzalez and Seymour Cassel. This Mexican feature relies heavily on prehistoric folk myths and..."
Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Catch a Fire
Phillip Noyce explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples in this straightforward account of real-life black South African activist Patrick Chamusso and the white Boer police agent, who hunts him.
"...Phillip Noyce. Starring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Sithembiso Khumalo and Michele Burgers. Australian director Noyce continues to..."
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Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...both thank you and chide you for your article published in today's Chronicle about Tesía Samara ["The Death of..."
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The American Astronaut
Scripted and directed by the frontman of the musical group the Billy Nayer Show, American Astronaut is an imaginative and resourceful spectacle.
"...Taylor, James Ransone, Annie Golden, Gregory Russell Cook, Rocco Sisto and Cory McAbee. This black-and-white sci-fi musical is beautiful..."
Dec. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Harrison's Flowers
"...we don't depend on for crude oil, so Hollywood's disinterest in the situation is somewhat understandable, profit-driven as it..."
March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Original Hipster
Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor
"...If you guessed (D), friends, you're correct -- it is none other than that progenitor of Bad Boy Black..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland
Raise the Red Lantern
Zhang's film is a biting examination of sexual politics, mandarin-style. Also stunningly gorgeous to look at, this melodrama transcends all borders and eras to speak to the ages.
"...Caifei. Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum, Ju Dou) is the most exciting thing to happen to film melodrama..."
June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center
RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative
"...White walls, fluorescent lights, the occasional “keep your distance” line of tape on the floor: Most art galleries..."
Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson
Valoneecia Tolbert Geeks Out in Tales of a Blerd Ballerina
The actress looks back at what it was to be young, geeky, and Black
"...Ta-Nehisi Coates writes Black Panther and Captain America comics. Stacey..."
April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Hotel by the River
Semi-improvised South Korean family drama is as much about pauses as what it spoken
"...lives. Be they lover, family, or friend, Hong composes his films as a series of moments between the characters..."
March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Everything, Everything
Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers
"...Based on the YA novel by Nicola Yoon, this is an above-average, young love weeper that somehow manages..."
May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hot Takes
What to drink with the fieriest salsas at the AC Hot Sauce Festival
"...I've always been a bit jealous of sommeliers, brewmasters, mixologists, and other beverage professionals. They get to taste the..."
Aug. 19, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
Terribly Happy
This Danish import is a wonderfully unhinged and a painstakingly constructed meditation on a place where good and evil meet, mate, and make sour times sublime.
"...by: Henrik Ruben Genz. Starring: Jakob Cedergren, Lina Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia, Lars Brygmann, Anders Hove, Mathilde Maack and..."
March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This Town
The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing
"...chill in the air, so she's snuggled under a black corduroy coat lined in shocking pink. Outside, the steel..."
Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
King Kong
Jackson's remake is a corker of an action/monster movie: part RKO serial; part square-jawed, manly romp; and part classic journey into the unknown that recalls and references Heart of Darkness.
"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Colin..."
Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Magdalene Sisters
A grim and unmistakable masterpiece of bleak, black sorrow.
"...As if things haven’t been tough enough of late, this week sees it cinematically battered by both The Order,..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Dancemaker
"...make it, Diamond's absorbing documentary about choreographer Paul Taylor is, most importantly, an intricate and delicately hued portrait of..."
April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola
The Opposite of Sex
"...Directed by: Don Roos. Starring: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki..."
July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Exibitionism
Artisans: The Art and Culture of Early Texas Handmade Furniture: Our History in Chairs
"...If you somehow got out of taking Texas history back in junior high, do not fear. There's still..."
June 12, 1998 Arts Review
Like a Hurricane
Jim Jarmusch + Neil Young + Crazy Horse
"...(l) and Neil Young Two months have passed since this interview with Jim Jarmusch took place in Toronto. Year..."
Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Irma Vep
Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.
"...Bulle Ogier, Lou Castel and Dominique Faysse. Bizarre and beautiful, this French take on the madness inherent in independent..."
Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Lone Star
Writer/director Sayles squeezes lots of metaphorical juice from the idea of borders in this story filmed on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. Ostensibly a murder mystery, the story exposes many other town secrets.
"...Directed by: John Sayles. Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Joe Morton, Miriam Colon, Clifton James,..."
June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires
The Tale of King Crab
Italian historical drama where the cosmic joke is on us
"...Directed by: Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis. Starring: Gabriele Silli, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Ercole Colnago and..."
April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin
In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen
"...Is there boldness in them? Apprehension? Joy? Fear?..."
