Kimberley Jones
Editor-in-Chief and Film Critic at The Austin Chronicle
Editor-in-chief & film critic at @AustinChronicle Opinions/dog glamour shots all on me.
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1 week ago |
austinchronicle.com | Kimberley Jones
Cynically, you could roll your eyes at a film industry so bereft of original ideas it’s even remaking its arthouse hits. But The Wedding Banquet, Ang Lee’s’ 1993 breakout feature, is actually an inspired vehicle to revisit. Thirty years ago, gay marriage wasn’t legal in America, and most general audience LGBTQ narratives were about coming out, or getting AIDS. Why not bring the dramedy – well-liked but long in the tooth, not to mention unavailable on streaming – up to 21st century code?
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3 weeks ago |
austinchronicle.com | Kimberley Jones
2025, R, 120 min. Directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel. Starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Noma Dumezweni, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Carla Gugino. REVIEWED By Kimberley Jones, Fri., April 4, 2025 Sure, a dog can play dead. But how about deadpan? The magnificent Great Dane at the center of this grief comedy has perfected a kind of expressive expressionlessness.
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3 weeks ago |
austinchronicle.com | Kimberley Jones
Filmmaker Jeremy Workman has a history of documenting obsessive behavior: the guy determined to walk every street of New York City’s five boroughs in The World Before Your Feet, the domino artist prodigy painstakingly positioning countless blocks in Lily Topples the World.
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4 weeks ago |
austinchronicle.com | Kimberley Jones
Here’s something we could all use more of: Good news. Positive energy. That’s why I get so much pleasure from running our annual Best of Austin Awards, which launch in this week’s issue. It’s our way of letting the folks around us know we think they’re doing outstanding work in their field. And earning a Best of Austin nomination can be truly impactful for them, be they artists, electricians, politicians, shop owners, or nonprofits.
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4 weeks ago |
austinchronicle.com | Kimberley Jones
I first read the title of Bob Trevino Likes It as a little porny, which says more about me than it does the film, which is in fact very sweet and very sincere. The debut feature from University of Texas alum Tracie Laymon and a festival favorite – it won both the Grand Jury Prize Audience Award at South by Southwest 2024 – Bob Trevino Likes It follows the unlikely connection forged between Lily, an adrift young woman (’s Ferreira), and a construction manager (Leguizamo) named Bob Trevino.
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