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Four-Hour Guru Tim Ferriss on the Path to Perfection
Meta-learning explored through the art of the kitchen
"...Saturday, sharing his approach for “Acquiring the Skills of Meta-Learning” through the lens of his new book The Four..."

March 11, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Opinion: Another Unfair Burden Put on Texas’ Public Schools
Greg Abbott and Mike Morath have put Texas schools in an impossible decision: shift to online learning, which is not as effective, or put students and families at risk by returning in the fall.
"...who will simply disappear if we convert to distance learning?..."

July 3, 2020 Column by Alyssa Potasznik

Knives Out
Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit
"...the movie’s ensemble of disinherited progeny indignantly clamor after learning the gravy train has derailed, the collective avarice displayed..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

UglyDolls
Ugly is as ugly does in this animated toy movie
"...with its by-the-numbers archetypes and pleasant enough story of learning to be yourself, UglyDolls is likely to be a..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Never Goin' Back
Augustine Frizell ingeniously revamps the stoner buddy comedy
"...and Jessie (Morrone) are two 17-year-old dropouts who are learning that reality, indeed, bites. They support themselves by working..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hearts Beat Loud
Nick Offerman plays father in this thoroughly modern tale of growing up musical
"...while daughter Sam (Clemons) sits in a pre-med class learning a rather poetic lesson about the blood-pumper: Hearts beat..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped
"...recalling that time of life when we were first learning how to be our best selves, the film unstridently..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love, Simon
Coming-out story remembers the romance.
"...groundbreaking, yet refreshingly ordinary movie about a young man learning to exhale after a lifetime of holding his breath...."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Documentary Gives Migrants in Austin a New Voice
Learning to listen with They Live Here, Now
"...an experience in which they are just listening and learning from other people, and learning to relate to these..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Nina Hernandez

Ferdinand
A beloved children's book gets a mediocre screen adaptation
"...who makes a break for freedom and flowers after learning that his father has exited the world via the..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hollars
Domestic dramedy has flashes of magic
"...(Kendrick). He returns to his family in Ohio after learning of his mother Sally’s (Martindale) diagnosis of brain cancer...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Days in the Desert
Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus and the devil in this secular imagining
"...in giving us a holy man who is still learning how to become the true son of God, García..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Royal Night Out
Fictional romp about the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth on V-E Day
"...imagine the pursing of Her Royal Highness’ lips upon learning of her younger movie self’s nocturnal adventures, which include..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos
First animated Mexican movie to receive wide release in the States
"...film’s thematic core revolves around conquering youthful insecurity, literally, “learning to fly.” That’s an especially common theme in the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dope
Peppy caper film features unusual characters: black high school geeks
"...producer and serves as the story’s narrator. Messages about learning to be comfortable in one’s own skin and the..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rich Hill
The turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town are observed through the camera's gentle lens.
"...12-year-old who has been diagnosed with a cavalcade of learning disorders. He spends his days skating around town, fighting..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: Zoe Bell on 'Raze'
Tarantino's favorite tough lady talks underground fighting
"...may be the toughest. "That's when you know I'm learning chops as an actor," said Bell, "because Doug is..."

May 24, 2014 Screens Post

The Angels' Share
Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.
"...and propensity for getting “coked to the gills.”) After learning the ins and outs of the fine whisky trade,..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Crooked Arrows
Brandon Routh stars in this story about a Native American high school lacrosse team.
"...scholar who teaches on the reservation. In addition to learning game mechanics, it’s essential for Joe and his laissez-faire..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Incendiary: The Willingham Case
The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.
"...in Texas, including the irrational hostility toward science, toward learning, toward temperance, as Mims and Bailey's well-made, deeply disheartening..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Switch
Jennifer Aniston does the turkey-baster thing with a donor's sperm, but seven years later the joke is on her.
"...The Switch is amiable fluff that takes its time learning how to walk, talk, and generally act like the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fashion
This new Bollywood film set amid the world of haute couture tells the story of one supermodel's rise, fall, and resurrection.
"...story of one supermodel's rise, fall, and resurrection after learning the true price of success...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up the Yangtze
Canadian documentary effectively personalizes the effect of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River and the 2 million it displaced.
"...and resentful; what she doesn’t realize is that by learning English and servicing Western tourists (never call them “old,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hamlet 2
The manic comedian Steve Coogan plays a high school drama teacher who pens a scandalous remake of the Bard's classic in an attempt to save his Tucson class from budget cuts.
"...committed high school drama teacher in Tucson who, upon learning that budget cuts will eliminate his class, quickly dashes..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame chases after the world's most wanted man and comes up empty but fulfilled.
"...the nature of violent Islamic extremism and cultural misunderstanding, learning along the way that – despite all accounts to..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Devil Wears Prada
A fresh and caustic take on the fashion industry is hobbled by a threadbare plot about a girl learning that it's wrong to sell her soul for designer shoes.
"...Hathaway gets bogged down in Andy’s dreary story about learning that there’s more to life than selling your soul..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transamerica
Felicity Huffman’s commanding, gender-bending performance is the primary reason to see Transamerica.
"...realized story. We’re to believe that the process of learning to become a father will indeed make Bree a..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Garçon Stupide
Love and sensation: It's all the same thing to a young gay Swiss man who leads a dangerous life.
"...he’s amoral, and that’s his failing. He’s capable of learning but not terribly interested in it: He likes picking..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

North Country
Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized, rousing, but nevertheless predictable account of the first class-action sexual discrimination suit.
"...the workplace and the conversion the protagonist undergoes while learning to fight for her rights. It’s emotionally charged and..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Biopic of the only person to have ever won golf's grand slam.
"...natural aptitude for golf, the challenge he faces in learning to curb his temper on the golf course, and..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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