Seadrift Tells the Forgotten History of Vietnamese Americans in a Texas Town
Austin director Tim Tsai shares a murder on the Gulf
"...In 1979, the small Texas city of Seadrift found itself in the..."
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June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle
Chronicle Recommends: The Worst of the Oscars
From badly timed to just plain bad: When the Academy got it wrong
"...It’s Oscar season again, and while the Academy Awards are always a source for grumbling, this..."
Feb. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Romancing the Holmes
What inspired Sherry Thomas to turn Sherlock into Charlotte?
"...built a following with a blend of YA fantasy (the Elementals trilogy), Victorian romance (the Fitzhugh series), and homages..."
Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires
Transformers: The Last Knight
Stick meet dead horse
"...becomes officially “James Cameron-Lite” with this fifth installment in the painfully self-perpetuating Paramount/Hasbro summer franchise that, at nearly two-and-a-half..."
June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Page Two: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
The path to a Republican presidency
"...achievable and admirable than critics insist. But especially that the Sanders candidacy is a reinvigorating political new wind, reminding..."
April 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Eye in the Sky
Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare
"...Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tsotsi) is, alas, one of the last films from the wonderful Alan Rickman (that’d be..."
March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”
As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic
"...As the tributes to Frank Sinatra in his centennial year continue..."
Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura
The Water Diviner
Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama
"...actual events”) that involves multiple continents, 17 million dead, the Battle of Gallipoli, forbidden love, brothers (literally) in arms,..."
April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Voter ID: Battle Lost, War Goes On
Litigants respond to SCOTUS ruling, pledge continuing challenge
"...The US Supreme Court has decided to let Texas voter..."
Oct. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
'Nixon by Nixon' Goes to the Tape
New HBO doc draws from Nixon secret tapes
"...In the 40 years since he resigned from office, Richard Milhous..."
Aug. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen
Carl Reiner: The Interview
On 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Mary Tyler Moore, and Mel
"...signs of slowing down. On this Tuesday, March 18, the comedy legend is making phones calls around the country..."
April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires
The Complete Jake Langley
Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some
"...here in 2010, but he’s impressed huge swaths of the local music scene. Jazz heads upstairs at the Continental..."
March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall
The Revisionaries
When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.
"...As goes Texas, so goes the nation – at least that’s true in the matter..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Victory at the Victory
Bill Spelman and Sheryl Cole celebrate reelection at the Victory Grill
"...was not supposed to be – but both crowned the evening at the historic 11th Street restaurant with decisive..."
May 13, 2012 News Post by Michael King
Is the Women's Health Program Dead?
Feds won't agree to exclude PP
"...In a letter dated Dec. 12, the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare..."
Dec. 13, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
The Little Traitor
Set in the British Mandate of Palestine in the summer of 1947, The Little Traitor stars Alfred Molina and tells its story through the eyes of a young innocent.
"...Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Rami Heuberger, Gilya Stern and Theodore Bikel. Attempting to understand the complex origins of the..."
April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
The tween music sensations take to the big screen.
"...Directed by: Bruce Hendricks. According to my research, the Jonas Brothers are a rock band from the Disney..."
March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Point Austin: The Perps Walk
FISA, Congress, and the rule of law
"...One of the core, almost religious bases of America's strength is this..."
July 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King
Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney's new documentary focuses on the patterns of abuse committed by American armed forces against enemy combatants in Iraq and elsewhere. Instead of bad apples, he finds bad orders.
"...(and, it must be said, thoroughly nonpartisan) documentary on the patterns of abuse and outright murder of "enemy combatants"..."
Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Page Two: The Terrible Thing
Demonization of those with whom we disagree is the most dangerous disease that can infect a constitutional republic
"...with it to shut up, be jailed, or to either vote or believe differently. "Page Two" is not a..."
Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Louis Black
Lady in the Water
The performances are bang-on, and there are moments of great beauty throughout, but Lady in the Water ultimately capsizes under the weight of its own goofy story.
"...by: M. Night Shyamalan. Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhary, Cindy Cheung, M...."
July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing
The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation
"...that, even with eyes open, it is as though they are shut. I hardly feel attached to my body...."
Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black
The Triplets of Belleville
Move over Disney and Pixar: Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar-nominated animated feature is the kind of work that could only be authored by a singular individual.
"...animated feature (which has been nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Animated Feature and Best Song) is..."
Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Matrix Revolutions
What now, Neo?
"...of all things technologically sentient, he was trapped between the "real" world and the "machine" world, which I suppose..."
Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Producer
Austinite Robert Rodriguez has, of course, been a maverick from the get-go, but it's wife and producer Elizabeth Avellán who often seems the cogent heart and soul behind her husband's outrageously entertaining productions.
"...Sergio Leone's epic masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West and Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Tailor of Panama
"...Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter, Catherine Mccormack, David Hayman and Jon Polito. Pierce Brosnan as..."
April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Climbing the Family Tree
Virginia Wood finds that with the help of U.S. census records, finding the roots of her family is possible.
"...and death dates in an old family Bible that brothers Will and David Kelly were born in 1868 and..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood
The End of the Affair
"...a story about an illicit sexual affair and all the love, deceit, and jealousy it engenders, The End of..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
For Love of the Game
"...and Jena Malone. Some of us thought that with the success of last year's A Simple Plan, Sam Raimi..."
Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
"...Here's more than you'd ever want to know about the late, not-all-that-great Ed Wood. Tim Burton's biopic a few..."
