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Before Midnight

This third European outing with Celine and Jesse is a grand accomplishment.

Film Review, May. 24, 2013

Austin Film Scene: Where Pragmatism Meets Idealism

‘The New York Times’ floats a capital idea

Screens Blog, May. 18, 2013 2:00 PM

Pieta

South Korea's Kim Ki-duk makes his most commercial film yet, but it's still full of queasy-making moments.

Film Review, May. 17, 2013

From the Vaults: All for the Love of You

Carey Mulligan steals hearts as Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'

Screens Blog, May. 10, 2013 3:15 PM

Renoir

Renoir is great at capturing an Impressionist atmosphere on film but this story about the family relations is dramatically inert.

Film Review, May. 10, 2013

From the Vaults: Talking 'Trash'

Andrew Garrison discusses filming Allison Orr's 'Trash Project'

Screens Blog, May. 3, 2013 3:30 PM

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

Film Review, May. 3, 2013

Willie Nelson at 80: Screen-Testing for Gandalf

Willie's off to be the wizard

Screens Blog, Apr. 30, 2013 1:15 PM

From the Vaults: Rubin's Return

Henry Alex Rubin co-directed 'Murderball' prior to 'Disconnect'

Screens Blog, Apr. 26, 2013 3:45 PM

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

Film Review, Apr. 26, 2013

Clear As 'Mud'

Writer/director Jeff Nichols dishes the dirt on his third feature

Screens Feature, Apr. 25, 2013

Get the Green Light

Producer Sarah Green is a rare breed

Screens Feature, Apr. 25, 2013

Upstream Color

Shane Carruth's film is arthouse science fiction at its most compelling yet cryptic.

Film Review, Apr. 19, 2013

Starbuck

A sperm donor learns 20 years after the fact that he is the father of 533 children in this mild, French-Canadian comedy.

Film Review, Apr. 19, 2013

From the Vaults: Blank Checks Out

Les Blank tells us the favorite all of his films

Screens Blog, Apr. 12, 2013 3:15 PM

The Sapphires

Exuberant but fairly formulaic, this Australian film is a backstage story about an all-girl singing group from the outback in the Sixties.

Film Review, Apr. 12, 2013

To the Wonder

Terrence Malick makes a swift return to our screens with this evocative story about the stages of love.

Film Review, Apr. 12, 2013

From the Vaults: Inscrutability Becomes Him

'Room 237’ questions Stanley Kubrick and 'The Shining’

Screens Blog, Apr. 5, 2013 4:55 PM

Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

Perry's melodrama centers an ambitious, married woman's dalliance with a handsome billionaire.

Film Review, Apr. 5, 2013

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

Film Review, Apr. 5, 2013

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

Film Review, Apr. 5, 2013

From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece

Sorting the facts from the legend in 'The Searchers'

Screens Blog, Mar. 29, 2013 5:00 PM

No

Gael García Bernal stars in this lo-fi drama about the role advertising played in the ouster of the Chilean despot, General Pinochet.

Film Review, Mar. 29, 2013

DVD Watch: 'A Man Escaped'

The perfect introduction to Robert Bresson

Screens Blog, Mar. 26, 2013 2:35 PM

From the Vaults: Harmony Korine Is Back From Break

Will 'Spring Breakers' continue its smash-and-grab at the box office?

Screens Blog, Mar. 22, 2013 6:00 PM

The ABCs of Death

Horror anthology does it down to the letter.

Film Review, Mar. 22, 2013

Admission

Tina Fey and Paul Rudd go rom-drahm, while Lily Tomlin runs circles around everyone.

Film Review, Mar. 22, 2013

Come Out and Play

Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.

Film Review, Mar. 22, 2013

Olympus Has Fallen

It''s Die Hard at the White House as a lone man battles the terrorists who take the building with diabolical force.

Film Review, Mar. 22, 2013

Spring Breakers

In turns appealing and horrifying, those contrasts are at the heart of Harmony Korine’s latest outing.

Film Review, Mar. 22, 2013

SXSW Film: The Audience Has Spoken

Audience Awards and tonight's reprise screenings announced

SXSW Blog, Mar. 16, 2013 3:55 PM

From the Vaults: Snoop Loop

Dog to lion; rap to reel.

Screens Blog, Mar. 15, 2013 7:05 PM

Reincarnated

In this documentary, Snoop Lion goes to Jamaica to cut a reggae album and reinvent himself – and smoke the ganja, too.

Film Review, Mar. 15, 2013

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi play squabbling old-school magicians whose reign on the Vegas strip is threatened by a daring stunt magician played by Jim Carrey.

Film Review, Mar. 15, 2013

Masquerade

A galloping box-office success in its home country of South Korea, this film is a 17th century historical drama that, at heart, is really a comedy.

Film Review, Mar. 15, 2013

SXSW Film Reviews: 'Twenty Feet From Stardom'

Reviewed by Screens Feature, Mar. 13, 2013

SXSW Film Reviews: 'Milo'

Reviewed by Screens Feature, Mar. 13, 2013

'Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton'

Reviewed by Screens Feature, Mar. 13, 2013

From the Vaults: The Yellow Brick Road Leads to Austin

Michael Sieben illustrates new edition of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'

Screens Blog, Mar. 8, 2013 3:15 PM

The Last Exorcism: Part II

In this sequel, the devil follows the same girl from the backwoods to New Orleans; sadly this follow-up has none of the smarts of its predecessor.

Film Review, Mar. 8, 2013

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