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April 6, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward
Texas Rangers Get Wrangled Into "Bonnenghazi" Drama
Scandal surrounding House Speaker Dennis Bonnen burns on
"...managed to wrangle the Texas Rangers into the "Bonnenghazi" drama enveloping the Capitol. On Monday morning, Aug. 12, the..."
Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders
Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature
"...seconds – while she was shooting her new Texas-set drama, Bull. "I had this moment where I went, 'Wow,..."
April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Life
"...Lisa Nicole Carson. This odd mixture of comedy and prison drama works better than might be expected at first..."
April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Carandiru
In prison in Brazil is a woeful place to be.
"...action without a moment’s notice, as a pair of prisoners attempt to psyche each other out before their big..."
July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Prophet
This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.
"...Jean-Philippe Ricci and Leïla Bekhti. The astonishingly good French drama A Prophet is the best prison/crime saga to come..."
March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Thank God It's Friday
UT grad Christian McLaughlin discusses Spyder Games, his MTV "soap opera on crack."
"...was a Search for Tomorrow storyline involving a women's prison, and McLaughlin recalls being "riveted" by the idea of..."
July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith
Lilies
"...of confession as the means by which an embittered prisoner exacts his revenge for a murderous trespass committed over..."
Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Middle of Nowhere
In this Sundance-honored film, a woman has to figure out what to do after her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison.
"...This beautifully acted and gradually revealed drama is a quiet discovery. Not one to blare its..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Woodsman
Writer-director Nicole Kassell’s debut film is a lean drama anchored by subject matter which, although difficult, remains distantly disquieting yet never challenging.
"...Eve. Writer-director Nicole Kassell’s debut film is a lean drama anchored by subject matter which, although difficult, remains distantly..."
Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Captain
A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance
"...faster, but Herold gathered some troops, took over a prison camp containing German military deserters, and started killing them,..."
Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Shot Caller
The metamorphosis of the prison system
"...still packs a wallop. Shot Caller, the new real life-meets-prison, life drama-cum-actioner from director Waugh (Snitch) fits the latter..."
Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Coming Home
Zhang Yimou's latest is a family drama set against the winds of history
"...gray backdrop of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, this is old-school melodrama writ big from a director who’s probably better known..."
Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Talk to Me
Cheadle leads a great cast through a musical glance at D.C. in the Sixties and Seventies.
"...the down-and-dirty radio deejay Petey Greene, who emerged from prison to develop a huge following in Washington, D.C., during..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Snitch
A socially conscious action adventure that stars Dwayne Johnson, Snitch is an indictment of our federal minimum-punishment guidelines for drug offenses.
"...gangs, but the legal system’s regular infliction of draconian prison sentences puts government in an especially bad light. Often..."
Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
Kin
Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal
"...This mash-up of family drama and science fiction is a pleasant but unconvincing adventure..."
Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.
"...Zhang returns to more familiar footing with the intimate drama Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles. It's the kind..."
Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Rosenstrasse
Von Trotta puts a human face on 1943's Rosenstrasse uprising, one of the few public, and moreover, successful citizen protests against the power of the Nazi regime.
"...cluster of people who stood daily outside the makeshift prison to await news or the release of their husbands..."
Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Being Charlie
Rob Reiner directs this addiction drama written by his son Nick
"...You don’t find too many straight dramas on Reiner’s CV; they don’t play to his greatest..."
May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Blue Ruin
Writer, director, and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier colludes with actor Macon Blair to create an unusual spin on this revenge tale.
"...to jail for the crime is being released from prison. Dwight cleans up, trades in his aluminum cans for..."
April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Conviction
Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell star in this real-life legal drama in which a woman goes to law school in an attempt to exonerate her brother.
"...express purpose of exonerating her brother Kenny (Rockwell) from prison, where he is serving a life sentence for a..."
Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Eye of God
"...on Ainsley (Plimpton), a young woman who marries her prison pen pal Jack (Anderson) following a quick courtship upon..."
Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Dance Me Outside
"...entertaining Highway 61, helms this flawed, but likable, comic drama which, despite taking a questionable turn in its third..."
Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Destiny Turns On the Radio
"...bit of genuine weirdness: one-third love story, one-third heist drama, and one-third Quentin Tarrantino ascending nude from a glowing..."
May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rescue Dawn
German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.
"...on film. Minus jingoism and sentimentality, this Vietnam War-era drama tells the story of Dieter Dengler, a Navy air..."
July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
He Got Game
"...most capable of delivering Hollywood's first truly great hoop drama squares up at the three-point line and takes a..."
May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
What Price Cable?
"...a wonderful hybrid of family, organized crime, and psychological drama -- took a couple episodes, but only because I..."
July 16, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Outside In
Jay Duplass and Edie Falco in a story of post-prison re-integration.
"...Chris is returning home after two decades in prison, an early release due in large part to the..."
May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Invictus
Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in this true story of the leader helping to heal a nation through rugby.
"...moment.” With racial tensions high after his release from prison and ascension to the presidency, Mandela saw a means..."
Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Hero
No good deed goes unpunished in this Iranian drama
"...captivating. The simple mistake of giving the police the prison’s number to call him stirs up suspicion – did..."
Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
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