Austin Film Festival Review: The Whale

Darren Aronofsky contemplates fatness and faith

"...obsessed with religion. Even before his biblical epic Noah, the controversial director dabbled in religious imagery and allegories, and..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new feature from Black Swan director Darren..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Shot: Noah & the Whale

More Mumford than Barenaked Ladies and endearingly so

"...Though its albums consistently place in the Top 10 in its native UK, Noah & the..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Faith and Fatness in The Whale

Darren Aronofsky and writer Samuel D. Hunter redefine the religious movie

"...Two themes run through the films of Darren Aronofsky: the fragility..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Squid and the Whale

In this expertly acted piece about the coming apart of a family of New York intellectuals, humor is served not with a smirk but with a helpless shrug.

"...Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer, William Baldwin and David Benger. The opening line lays it all out on the table:..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Whale

Brendan Fraser anchors Aronofsky's meditation on faith and fatness

"...obsessed with religion. Even before his biblical epic Noah, the controversial director dabbled in religious imagery and allegories, and..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

'The Whale'

Shanon Weaver puts on 600 lbs. for A Chick & a Dude's latest show

"...A playwright named Samuel D. Hunter – the same Idaho native who won an Obie award for..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

"...Richter, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick and August Schellenberg. Among the fictional cetacean set, Moby Dick still commands all the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Tale of a Whale: Shanon Weaver on Playing and Watching Charlie

Austin artist Shanon Weaver shares his experience playing Charlie and watching Brendan Fraser play the same part in The Whale

"...social media outlets since January of 2021. All of them accompanied by a link to the news of an..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Shanon Weaver

Margot at the Wedding

The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.

"...Jack Black, Zane Pais, John Turturro and Ciarán Hinds. The casual cruelty that the characters in Margot at the..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

In the Heart of the Sea

Ron Howard sets sails with that famous Nantucket whale story

"...The unimaginable chain of catastrophic events that led to the..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Whale-watching

Washington state offers an exciting escape from the summer heat

"...Whale-watching off the Washington coast is a little like playing..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

AFF: Film Critics and the Industry Panel

Print and web critics wonder if they still matter

"...When elite members of the print and online film criticism community gathered to talk..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...Back in the early Nineties, there was a BBC sitcom called Chef!,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Riding the Range

The year in film, 2005

"...'The Austin Chronicle' Top 10 Films of 20051) Brokeback Mountain..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Screens Feature

The Top 10 Films of 2022

Melancholic black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin heads up our critics' picks

"...In the year when people returned to cinemas, public places, and..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Rain Can't Stop the Music

UPDATE: ACL acts including Mowglis make alternate plans

"...else to play. If you still want to catch the cancelled acts from today's Austin City Limits Festival lineup,..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Swallowed Man

The Austin author's rich and strange take on Pinocchio has Geppetto tell the story from the belly of the giant fish

"...he animated that patchwork of corpses in his lab. The young doctor might have taken some lessons from it..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"...some form of dinosaur would be far and away the most popular creature here …..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

"...a family to belong to, so too does every whale. That was the lesson of Free Willy I. But,..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood in the Water

'Blackfish' is a whale of a nightmare for SeaWorld's PR department

"...two decades as one of SeaWorld's elite; a killer whale trainer, he'd worked with whales in San Antonio, San..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Whale Rider

This quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment in New Zealand is based on a cornerstone Maori myth.

"...New Zealand's native Maoris (and Witi Ihimaera's novel of the same name) that relates how the tribe's ancestors were..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bride of Frankenstein

"...Directed by: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson..."

June 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Whale of a Tale Goes 21st Century

The Fuse Box Festival hosts a Herman Melville Hoot Nite

"...to adapt a literary epic about a massive sperm whale, then there's really no question as to size: Go..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Invisible Man

Rains made his screen debut in the H.G. Wells mad-scientist classic.

"...Directed by: James Whale. Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor and William..."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the New Boss

Slaid Cleaves, road warrior, conqueror

"...It's said that the key to success is hard work and an unshakable..."

July 16, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

White Whale Games Introduces 'Slayers'

and other new ways to play in the God of Blades world

"...Just when you think the team at White Whale Games are resting on their..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Lu Over the Wall

Japanese mermaid tale with a big heart and a groovy beat.

"...Whether it's Texas or Japan, the story of being stuck..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.

"...on a video game, no less? He’s having a whale of a time, to all appearances, mining classic Hollywood..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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