Impromptu

"...to the character. As a salon full of characters, Impromptu provides great fly on the wall fun, that saves..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Pop-Up Food Folks You Should Follow for Impromptu Dining

Locals offer pop-up options for outdoor dining

"...in Austin, the pandemic being somewhat conducive to these impromptu, primarily outdoor, temporary happenings...."

Jan. 17, 2022 Food Post by Evan Rodriguez

Watch This: Remembering Doug Sahm and the Grateful Dead’s Impromptu 1972 Thanksgiving Day Jam

New pocket-doc revisits Armadillo lore 50 years later

Nov. 24, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...pots, marketplace gods, too much underwear, too little underwear, impromptu guerrilla street theater, semi-mythical bootleg rum, library police, homemade..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Love the Coopers

A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers

"...soldier on leave (Lacy, finally getting his due); an impromptu psychotherapy session between a spinster aunt arrested for copping..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paper Towns

Paper-thin teen tale is based on a John Green YA novel

"...– Quentin and a few friends embark on an impromptu road trip from their hometown of Orlando to a..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Entourage

In this feature spin on the HBO show, it's still boys beings bros, only the screen is bigger

"...TV series ended. Last seen heading off to an impromptu wedding, Vinnie (Grenier) is partying in Ibiza after the..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Fockers

Surely we're not the only ones Fockered out as this franchise aims for low-brow smut in its third outing.

"...include grown men fighting in bouncy castles and an impromptu kiss between Pam Focker’s ex-boyfriend Kevin (Wilson) and her..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.

"...rainstorm, Block Party’s most memorable scenes belong to the impromptu comedy of Chappelle. Although the party is set to..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ratcatcher

Glasgow, mid-Seventies. A garbagemen's strike afflicts the city. While boys muck around in the diseased water, a drowning occurs, and 12-year-old James Gillespie's life changes forever. From the first moments of this bleak Scottish export, the misery of these people is deeply felt. Children come of age long before their time as families are broken by poverty, drink, death, and grime. Yet writer/director Ramsay produces poetry in all this devastation. Ratcatcher is an inner-city tragedy that plays its story simply, sorrowfully, and beautifully.

"...drowning). Every instance of tenderness -- in a mother's impromptu dance around the living room, or between two children..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

King of Masks

"...makes his way to the marketplace where he stages impromptu performances of his art, that of “face-changing,” a sly,..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dingo

"...remote hometown of Poona Flat, and Cross gives an impromptu performance for the astonished citizens. Rather than allow his..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Leonor Will Never Die

Wildly creative Filipino romp finds spectral fun in Manila's film biz

"...Ronwaldo to break character (a smile!) and perform an impromptu dance as he awaits further instruction. But the movie..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

We Have an Issue: This One’s on Us

"...Music's pocket-doc revisiting Doug Sahm and the Grateful Dead's impromptu 1972 performance at the Armadillo World Headquarters...."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

What We Leave Behind

Iliana Sosa's extraordinary portrait of her grandfather's cross-border life

"...flies (“They’re prophets, the little bastards,” he says). An impromptu song with Tecate in hand is bittersweet...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Metacomedy makes Nic Cage the last true movie star

"...vital turning point, but it’s when Cage blows an impromptu audition by being too much Cage...."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Macaluso Sisters

An intimate and devastating family portrait across decades

"...everyone’s lives is wonderful, full of laughter and splashing, impromptu conga lines and romance...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

We Have an Issue: Life’s Rich Pageant

In praise of people watching, and a face to follow on film

"...never strummed, a dangling threat; the dread of an impromptu jam session got a lot of laughs at our..."

May 21, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

About Endlessness

Roy Andersson carves another exquisite, funny, mordant world

"...to be alive. Three young women do a giddy, impromptu dance to a Delta Rhythm Boys classic for a..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

12 Hour Shift

Raucous and wicked organ-theft comedy isn't afraid to get bloody

"...keeps spinning, the filmmaker still has time for an impromptu singalong to “Are You Washed in the Blood?”..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Way I See It

Portrait of presidential photographer Pete Souza has depth but lacks focus

"...There is never anything in the photographs that seems impromptu or unposed...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

Intimate, semi-improvised last night at a dive bar sees delight in the dregs

"...– moves out into the parking lot for an impromptu fireworks display. It’s the utterly wasted Michael who digs..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Truth

Binoche and Deneuve clash exquisitely as mère et fille

"...also dissolve into shared giggles and camaraderie during other impromptu moments. Deneuve and Binoche, two of the best in..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Times of Bill Cunningham

The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people

"...got was four hours of a messy, poorly structured, impromptu interview. Blame Bozek's understandable lack of preparedness (Cunningham told..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pavarotti

Ron Howard's documentary shows the great tenor in all his humanity

"...Mehta in the 1990s. The clip of the trio’s impromptu three-way rendition of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” at the first..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bodied

Battle rap comedy takes no prisoners

"...producer here) challenges this straight-out-of-Berkeley college kid to an impromptu parking lot battle. “Oh, I don’t rap,” Adam squeaks,..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Revenge

Bloody vengeance fit for the #MeToo era.

"...(Bouchède). After a night of hardcore partying and an impromptu lap dance, during which Fargeat celebrates a woman’s right..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Southside With You

When Barack met Michelle

"...famous. (The vocalizations are uncanny.) When Obama gives an impromptu speech to a group of citizens stumped by political..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Krisha

This exceptionally well-done drama ushers in a striking new talent

"...suitcases, dresses hanging willy-nilly, endless sports on TV, and impromptu feats of arm wrestling. Popping pills and eventually hitting..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Joy

Jennifer Lawrence rises above family dysfunction in this comic biopic

"...truthful) moment comes when she pops off a few impromptu rounds at a shooting range conveniently located next to..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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