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Doubt
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams star in the film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play.
Film Review, Dec. 26, 2008
Frost/Nixon
Ron Howard presents us with Richard M. Nixon – the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.
Film Review, Dec. 26, 2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Despite this animated film's overabundance of vocal talent and source material that won the Newberry Medal in 2004, The Tale of Despereaux is a multispecies offender.
Film Review, Dec. 19, 2008
Cadillac Records
The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.
Film Review, Dec. 12, 2008
Punisher: War Zone
Marvel Comics' Frank Castle again comes to the screen as a one-man vengeance machine in this stylishly violent and gory opus.
Film Review, Dec. 5, 2008
Fear(s) of the Dark
This French anthology of six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, has greater appeal for animation buffs than horror hounds.
Film Review, Nov. 28, 2008
JCVD
Jean-Claude Van Damme is the JCVD of the title, and in this career-adjusting film, the Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star.
Film Review, Nov. 21, 2008
Synecdoche, New York
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first venture as a director is audacious, ambitious, and amazing; it’s also intricate, self-referencing, and all-encompassing: in a word, a masterpiece.
Film Review, Nov. 14, 2008
Filth and Wisdom
Madonna's film-directing debut, which stars Gogol Bordello charismatic frontman Eugene Hutz, is a slight and philosophically dubious effort.
Film Review, Nov. 7, 2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith's telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.
Film Review, Oct. 31, 2008
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
College approaches, but that's no reason to stop singing and dancing.
Film Review, Oct. 31, 2008
Trouble the Water
This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.
Film Review, Oct. 31, 2008
Pride and Glory
Edward Norton and Colin Farrell top this predictable police procedural about clean and dirty cops who are also brothers in a family of Irish cops.
Film Review, Oct. 24, 2008
I.O.U.S.A.
This documentary manages to do something damn near impossible: make the subject of the U.S. national debt understandable and, moreover, render it interesting and urgent.
Film Review, Oct. 24, 2008
My AFF Friday
From a sunny barbecue to a film about the shrouded mysteries of Sonny Liston's boxing career in Phantom Punch to the comedy Shallow Grave that's just about as dark as they come
Screens Blog, Oct. 19, 2008 3:41 PM
The Secret Life of Bees
Despite the sincere coming-of-age story at the heart of this movie rife with singers-turned-actresses, there's no denying the pleasures found in the film's soulful matriarchy.
Film Review, Oct. 17, 2008
Year of the Fish
Year of the Fish is an animated fairy tale for adults that transposes the story of Cinderella to a Chinatown massage parlor.
Film Review, Oct. 17, 2008
Body of Lies
Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe star in Ridley Scott's new film about the different types of CIA operatives fighting the global war on terrorism.
Film Review, Oct. 10, 2008
An American Carol
Michael Moore and left-leaning Hollywood are the subjects of this spoof that's missing only one thing: comedy.
Film Review, Oct. 10, 2008
A Writer's Best Friend
Screens Feature, Oct. 10, 2008
Religulous
Bill Maher walks with the angels in this documentary, which he uses as his pulpit to proselytize the gospel of doubt.
Film Review, Oct. 3, 2008
Johnny Got His Gun
Austin-bred actor Ben McKenzie stars in this one-man show of Dalton Trumbo's timeless anti-war novel.
Film Review, Sep. 26, 2008
Towelhead
Alan Ball's film is guaranteed to discomfit and dismay with its dangerous plunge into an adolescent girl's discovery of sexuality and self-identity.
Film Review, Sep. 26, 2008
The Lucky Ones
Tim Robbins effectively heads an engaging threesome of Iraq war vets as they travel across America on a road to personal growth.
Film Review, Sep. 26, 2008
Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee fights the good fight but loses the battle in his bloated and muddled World War II epic that pays tribute to the Army's Buffalo Soldiers.
Film Review, Sep. 26, 2008
Can't Tell the Flix Without the Pics
Fantastic Fest's pictograph reference guide to the films is an endlessly fun diversion
Screens Blog, Sep. 24, 2008 7:32 PM
Porno Presented at the Paramount
Kevin Smith at opening night of Fantastic Fest
Screens Blog, Sep. 20, 2008 5:23 PM
Continental Drift
Scenes from the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Screens Feature, Sep. 19, 2008
Frozen River
In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.
Film Review, Sep. 5, 2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Fashion photographer Steven Sebring made this impressionistic documentary over the course of 12 years with Smith's full participation.
Film Review, Aug. 29, 2008
Transsiberian
With Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Kingsley, this train-set suspense movie also is full of sharp character studies.
Film Review, Aug. 29, 2008
Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition
Karaoke for dancing queens everywhere.
Film Review, Aug. 29, 2008
Before I Forget
Screens Feature, Aug. 29, 2008
Mister Foe
Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish coming-of-age story about a teenage voyeur is unpredictable and compelling and premieres exclusively in Austin.
Film Review, Aug. 22, 2008
Elegy
In this smart adaptation of Philip Roth's A Dying Animal, Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz turn the table on the standard May-December romance.
Film Review, Aug. 22, 2008
Mirrors
Spooky stuff crosses over from the mirror world to the real world, and it places Kiefer Sutherland in a world of hurt.
Film Review, Aug. 22, 2008
Tropic Thunder
Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.
Film Review, Aug. 15, 2008
Bottle Shock
Stuff the cork back in: This wine movie was sold before its time.
Film Review, Aug. 15, 2008
Take
Take, with a very good performance by Minnie Driver, is a dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.
Film Review, Aug. 15, 2008
American Teen
A princess, jock, rebel, heartthrob, and geek: It could be The Breakfast Club, but American Teen is instead a documentary that ducks the consequences of its own making.
Film Review, Aug. 8, 2008
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