BY MICHAEL KING
This documentary recounts numerous distressing human stories -- oppression of immigrants by a country of immigrants -- and a few small but important victories
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
A devastating, twisted work, Amores Perros is marred only by a bloated running time and a bloodless conclusion.
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Two years after graduation, a gang of high school buddies reunites for an evening of air hockey and reverse peristalsis.
BY MARC SAVLOV
University of Texas MFA students Maggie Carey and Elena Carr discover it's not all fluffers and hedgehogs in the real world of down-and-dirty indie porn.
BY MICHAEL KING
Every Austinite should see this film, the human underside of our relentless growth; filmmakers should see it as a testimony to letting the story come to you.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Despite its first-film raggedness, there's plenty of charm in this documentary about Austin's garage sale culture
BY BARRY JOHNSON
Peter Sutherland's film about New York city bike messengers is that rare documentary that allows the viewer to live the spectacle rather than view it.
BY MARCEL MEYER
"Welcome to the world of existential angst."
BY MARCEL MEYER
This collection's themes of self-responsibility, introspection, and carpe diem made for a charming program.
BY MICHAEL KING
In her documentary about the residents of east side Milwaukee's "Caesar's Park," Sarah Price captures many of the idiosyncrasies and quirks of her over-the-fence characters, but we're left, like the local walkabout, looking in vain for real "friends."
BY MARCEL MEYER
Todd McFarlane gives everything to the camera in this engaging documentary which delves deep into the psyche of the creator of the ever-popular Spawn comic books.
BY KATE X MESSER
What seems to be an uplifting look into the liberating nature of women's pro wrestling in Japan quickly becomes an exploration into the psyches of the women who live it
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Melissa Shachat's vibrantly colored documentary looks at Gibtown, the refuge of longtime carnival and circus workers when they aren't on the road.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
That this Western succeeds as well as it does on its very low budget is a testament to the passion of these filmmakers.
BY MARCEL MEYER
Beautifully shot (to a fault), meticulously edited, and well-acted, Risk comes off as a watered-down Hollywood-style caper movie with a little more grit than your average Tom Cruise fare.
BY MARC SAVLOV
If Scratch isn't the hip-hop doc to end all hip-hop docs, then it's stultifyingly close.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
The gags come fast and furious, and the fair amount of gross-out humor makes Super Troopers play like a cop version of Caddyshack.
BY MARRIT INGMAN
The genius of Penelope Spheeris' OzzFest documentary is her whip-smart editing style, which weaves skeins of meaning behind the madness with crosscuts and montage.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
One can safely assume that Herman Melville never imagined the title character of his dark tale "Bartleby the Scrivener" in an episode of The Drew Carey Show.
BY KATE X MESSER
This paean to the late-Eighties punk DIY fanzine underground follows black-clad, brooding 'zinester Teri and her scruffy pals on a random adventure from South Carolina to NYC.
BY HOLLIS CHACONA
Gorgeously shot and superbly acted, Felicidades is a fascinating nightmare.
BY BARRY JOHNSON
"How's your news?" may seem an odd question to ask a stranger, but in this documentary about disabled adults who travel across the country as news reporters, it isn't the question that matters.
BY BARRY JOHNSON
Low Self-Esteem Girl amounts to nothing terribly special, which makes its Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature all the more baffling.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
This documentary on the all-female concert tour is both overlong and undernourished, and the end result is likely to sustain interest for only the most avid Lilith fan.
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Pavarotti of the Plains records the story of Texas legend Don Walser with simple, plainspoken eloquence.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Scott J. Gill's porn doc wonders: How does a hammy kid from Flatbush, Queens -- the former Ronnie Hyatt, son of a physicist -- become the hirsute "Hedgehog," the most prolific and recognizable figure in adult film?
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
A wholly originally, wholly beautiful rumination on memory and rootlessness
BY MARRIT INGMAN
This PBS-backed documentary, directed by Hector Galán, succeeds as both a Tejano cultural history and a heartfelt love ballad to the most maligned of instruments.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Stephen Ives tells the touching story of Tony and Sally Amato, the couple who founded a small New York company in 1948 and have been giving young singers a place to perform in full productions of classic operas for half a century.
BY KATE X MESSER
You can't make this shit up.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Catholic machine gets another working over in this Italian coming-of-age story about a young boy and his love for the house servant.
BY MARCEL MEYER
This inspired program is an inventive and deeply emotional compilation that not only works psychologically but also resonates across gender, age, and sexual orientation
BY MICHAEL KING
Corporate behemoth Wal-Mart plans a new store in Ashland, and the local "Pink Flamingos" organize against the mega-mart while town fathers want business to continue as usual.
BY HOLLIS CHACONA
Documentarian Alan Berliner explores his obsession with names, most specifically, his own name and the fact that he must share it with at least 12 other Alan (or Allen or Allan …) Berliners in the world.
BY BARRY JOHNSON
This celebration of the Gypsies of Spain blends documentary and narrative styles to create a unique film, one which uses a simple story to tell volumes about a culture often misunderstood by the masses
BY MARC SAVLOV
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Strikingly conceived and executed, with visual panache and diamond-hard portrayals from the leads, Memento is one to remember.
BY HOLLIS CHACONA
Okie Noodling is Bradley Beesley's affectionate, funny, and engaging look at the "noodlers" in his home state.
BY HOLLIS CHACONA
As 54-year-old lovers in an uneasy, reluctant courtship, Jill Clayburgh and Jeffrey Tambor nearly save this picture, but it's a losing battle.
BY BARRY JOHNSON
Like The Sweet Hereafter, red deer is a meditative tale of loss and redemption which seeks answers in the unexplained events of everyday life. Unlike that 1997 critics favorite, however, red deer lacks the visual appeal to sustain this slowgoing narrative.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Part sci-fi, part exploitation, part hipster hymn to Frederick's of Hollywood, this ambitious flick loses its way at times but still brings home a point about prejudice, feminism, and star-crossed lovers.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The trouble with this movie is that despite its cute premise, a sex-ed movie about masturbation wears thin surprisingly quickly.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Moore manages to encapsulate the entirety of the open source software movement and keep non-techheads awake simultaneously.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
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