Chronicle Recommends: Seasons Beatings
Our top picks for holiday movies with a twist
"...Who's ready for some Christmas cheer? Well, not the Chronicle's film critics, it seems...."
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Dec. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
Everyone's favorite Christmas misanthrope loses his edge
"...side effects include an intense loathing of all things Christmas). This Grinch suffers from something like PTSD following a..."
Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
It's a Wonderful Lie
Breezy, sneaky Christmas in Connecticut airs Christmas Eve on TCM
"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the..."
Dec. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Gift Guide 2016: Haunted Holidays
A few suggestions if you’re giving your Ghost of Christmas Past a present ...
"...reading of ghost stories during long, dark, and cold Christmas nights is a yuletide ritual which dates to at..."
Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Love the Coopers
A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers
"...a valediction hastily scribbled at the bottom of a Christmas card, or an entreaty to embrace yet another white..."
Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Last Ounce of Courage
A dead veteran's family heals their loss through their "free speech" battle to save Christmas from the godless ACLU.
"...of this hysterical screed from somewhere in America where Christmas, and therefore Christ, is under attack from all sides?..."
Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Anatomy of a Gay Bashing, Part 1
The story of the Christmas night gay bashing
"...Bobby Beltran and a friend were attacked on Christmas night in Austin's warehouse district. We sat with Bobby..."
Dec. 30, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer
Four Christmases
From the director of the hit documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters comes this holiday-themed romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Opens Wednesday.
"...No yuletide season would be complete without the crappy Christmas movie. A holiday tradition on par with returning unwanted..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis
What Would Jesus Buy?
The good Reverend Billy is on an agitprop mission to convince his fellow Americans that our heedless consumerism will be their spiritual undoing.
"...the Disneylands – in an effort to free the Christmas season from the clutches of the capitalists and return..."
Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
The Lovemongers The Last Noel (B2)
Christmas Records
"...LovemongersThe Last Noel (B2) The rule for making worthwhile Christmas music is simple: Sing something different, write something new,..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Playing The Sacrifice Game
Director Jenn Wexler and producer Heather Buckley on seasonal scares
"...the flames of possibility than a closed school at Christmas...."
Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Spirited
Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets flipped
"...Not reviewed at press time. Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets flipped as a dimwitted Ghost of Christmas..."
Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review
Holiday Viewing: The Best Man Holiday
Bust a gut laughing, or cry your guts out: You get it both ways
"...How do you like your Christmas movie? Raunchy comedy, or wracking-sob melodrama? With The Best..."
Dec. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays
The least sad way to spend Christmas solo
"...Any ideas about the least sad ways to spend Christmas alone? I don't get enough time off this year..."
Dec. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda
Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup
Holiday happenings, news, and more
"...off to a wet and chilly start, but the Christmas lights are still burning brightly...."
Dec. 2, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
New Sounds of the Season
Christmas cheer for the ear from UT Wind Ensemble, Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Conspirare
"...annual seasonal concert now belongs to the Ghost of Christmas Past, but you can still catch a wondrous echo..."
Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
TexARTS Cabaret Series
Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson bring the Christmas cheer in series debut
"...Coming Home for Christmas is a new medley of yuletide favorites, both the..."
Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Blue Christmas (Dialtone)
Christmas Records
"...Blue Christmas(Dialtone) Austin's Dialtone Records offers up this slab of rough-hewn..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw
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Pee-wee's Christmas Special
"...Calling this his "special Christmas special," Pee-wee Herman sets the Playhouse stage for festive..."
Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature
Mixed Nuts
"...My Life, Sleepless in Seattle) new movie about the Christmas Eve misadventures of the neurotic and ineffectual staff of..."
Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
The Ref
"...vitriol, something tells me The Ref missed its targeted Christmas release. No matter: an unrepentantly nihilistic 110 minutes of..."
March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Look Who's Talking Now!
"...do with it, this is certainly a nightmare before Christmas. Travolta and Alley reprise their roles as good-natured, all-American..."
Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls
Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s
"...At the intersection of the Christmas spirit and folk art, this is a unique trail..."
Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Holdovers
Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for a Christmas lament
"...wealth, even as the school itself cuts corners on Christmas decorations to stretch its budget. But while the Seventies..."
Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Holiday Viewing: Gremlins
Classic black comedy has the blues
"...Melancholy coats Christmas classics like tinsel. Dickens to Lethal Weapon, “the suicide..."
Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez
Holiday Viewing: Krampus
How to avoid being dragged away on Krampusnacht
"...candy. How come there's no simple, handy-dandy guide to Christmas like that?..."
Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Opening Night at Guzu Gallery
Artists talk about their work for new horror-themed show
"...of the artists were on hand to discuss bringing Christmas fear to the seasonal cheer...."
Dec. 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Carol
Everything about this Fifties lesbian romance is sublime
"...toy department of a large Manhattan department store at Christmastime. Vaguely bored at work, Therese also seems discontented with..."
Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
All Hail the Queen of Rural Media!
Jay Byrd brings Pat Hazell's Kodachrome Christmas to cheery life.
"...about this show, this upcoming production of A Kodachrome Christmas...."
Nov. 26, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Best Man Holiday
Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.
"...you’d expect on a family home video distributed at Christmas and scored to a forgettable R&B song. It’s all..."
