Charles Ealy
Charles Ealy is a former movies editor for The Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman.
Film review: ‘Men’ will mess with your mind, but make you think
At a live-streamed Q&A with writer/director Alex Garland after an Austin screening of his new horror film, “Men,” the interviewer started with a rather inelegant comment — that Garland’s...
Flash Jordan, the Austin public access TV eccentric, has died at 80
Flash Jordan, the eccentric Austin public access TV character who played a keyboard and sang with an Elvis impersonator and three male backup dancers, has died.
Her music show was...
SXSW review: ‘Comedy Punks’ looks at the Canadian Kids in the Hall who made a splash
“Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks” pays tribute to the Canadian troupe who broke all sorts of boundaries, donning wigs and dresses and fully embracing their imagined characters, including...
SXSW review: Tanya Tucker makes a glorious comeback — and it’s on film
South by Southwest always has a lot of music documentaries in the film festival. But rarely does one come along as good as “The Return of Tanya Tucker —...
SXSW review: ‘Sheryl’ looks at the highs and lows of a rock star
Sheryl Crow is 60 years old, so it doesn’t seem too early to have a documentary about her extraordinary life. And if you don’t like Crow and her music,...
SXSW review: ‘Sell/Buy/Date’ offers a humorous trip through the sex industry
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” kicked off the South by Southwest Film Festival on Friday, with Michelle Yeoh walking the wintry red carpet at the Paramount.
By most accounts, it...

