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Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature
Next Goal Wins
Lead-footed "from the headlines" soccer comedy is an own goal
"...Kightley and David Fane. If you’ve seen any sports movie about underdogs, you’ve probably seen something close to Next..."
Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez
Renfield
Dracula's sidekick finally gets his day in the sun
"...the titular familiar (Hoult) to mixed results. At its best, it’s a fun horror-comedy romp, with great practical effects..."
April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez
Barbarian
Buried secrets make for the year's smartest, scariest horror
"...the lockbox, no one will answer her calls, and, worst of all, the homestead appears to be already occupied...."
Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur
SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon
Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list
"...film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The stellar lineupreally ignites..."
Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Old
Beach vacation, anyone?
"...very special kind of film. It's the sort of movie that can only be made by an extremely talented,..."
July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Luv Doc: Not a Planner
The Luv Doc talks about an OG social justice warrior from back in the day
"...we end up in the first row at the movie theatre because we didn't buy our tickets early enough...."
Nov. 9, 2018 Column
Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?
Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor
"...Brenner: People have been waiting for a Neuromancer movie for decades, and now maybe finally one's going to..."
Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Mother's Little Monster
Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton on the complexities of their Columbine-inspired collaboration
"...is no less striking. Iconoclastic is the word that best describes her work and the numerous gender-bending roles she's..."
Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
30 Things
The highs, the lows, the lists
"...Editor Marjorie Baumgarten's hilarious and thorough curation "30 Favorite Movie Bombs," many of which turn out to be from..."
Sept. 2, 2011 Features Feature
Assault on Precinct 13
This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.
"...and a clutch of prisoners and cops having the worst night of their lives when the abandoned precinct house..."
Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Postmarks
Contradictions Exposed
"...obnoxious right-wing figures in Austin, but you have the best representative of Lifestyle journalism in Amy Smith to write..."
Jan. 10, 1997 Column
A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation
How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant
"...– Vulcan Video, I Luv Video, Hyde Park's venerable Movie Store, and Encore – are doing considerably better than..."
Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate
remake's script
"...a brilliant script that would make for an amazing movie, especially as directed by you. Still, my first vote..."
July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script
"...a brilliant script that would make for an amazing movie, especially as directed by you. Still, my first vote..."
July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut
This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.
"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet again. Few other film genres are as..."
Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black
No Prozac for the Wicked
The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake
"...under a gaggle of pseudonyms), including two of the best crime fiction series ever written, and dozens of one-shot..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...be swept away by the sheer fun of this movie. When Noxeema and Vida tie for first place as..."
Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature
Trolls World Tour
Too many notes make for a flat CG-animated sequel
"...to the ever-optimistic Queen Poppy (Kendrick) and her lovestruck best friend Branch (Timberlake) to try to save the day...."
April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fewer beasts, but a much better story, make this sequel magical
"...Grindelwald – aka beta Voldemort – isn’t exactly a best-foot-forward way to open the film. The casting of Johnny..."
Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
DVDanger: Horror Roundup
The best and the rest of the month's home releases
"...This is not a conventional war movie, nor is it a straightforward creature feature. If you..."
July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...summer, when it's 100-plus degrees outside, catching an afternoon movie becomes a far more appealing distraction than riding the..."
July 15, 2005 Column
Page Two
Critical response to Kill Bill ignores the current cultural resonance of cinematic vengeance.
"...McCanlies as writer, director, and person, I loved the movie. Whether critics didn't or did like it wasn't of..."
Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Louis Black
McCanlies, Texas
Tim McCanlies is known in the movie business as a great script writer with few scripts that have actually hit the big screen. With the Sept. 19 release of Secondhand Lions, long thought to be one of the best unproduced scripts around, that will change.
"...decade it has been regarded as one of the best unproduced scripts circulating through the film industry (it was..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Double Down
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn goof around and discuss the making of Made.
"...marks his debut as a director and the only movie to pair him with his buddy Vince Vaughn since..."
July 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Postmarks
Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?
"...I was surprised to read that "art history is best known in such areas as Latin American art." Renaissance..."
Dec. 17, 1999 Column
Anne Rapp's Fortune
The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.
"...Altman? Rapp's screenplay was Cookie's Fortune, the critically well-received movie that played in theatres earlier this year. It was..."
Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Screamlines
"...a kid and still stands as my favorite horror movie. Everyone wanted to write on The Lost Boys, that..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...to alert him to the situation. Director Clark (previously best known for his gritty photos of urban street kids..."
Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature
Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising
The Luck of the Drawl
"...him that Don Phillips was sitting nearby - a movie producer doing preproduction and casting work on Austin independent..."
Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz
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