Game On: Sports Films Hit the Ransom Center
Series pairs with 'Literature in Sport' exhibit
"...the “Literature and Sport” exhibition deriving from the selected films include Robert De Niro’s catcher’s helmet from Bang the..."
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June 17, 2013 Screens Post by Russ Espinoza
Sports and Social Justice With David Zirin
On the Olympics, Mark Cuban’s fondness of Ayn Rand, and Howard Zinn’s love of the Boston Red Sox
"...Are Changing Our World," he’s been awarded Press Action's Sportswriter of the Year twice, and often graces television screens..."
March 5, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun
2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Award short list is predictable in form and content
"...Overcoming obstacles is the sustenance of sports documentaries, and in director Matt Ogens’ “Audible” it is..."
Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
A Decade in Austin Films
The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters
"...year, dozens of local filmmakers produce features and short films that have turned what was once seen as a..."
Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff
SXSW Adds Speakers, Films
Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more
"...Daniels and the Game of Thrones team, plus 125 films, and six catalogues of music, today's announcement swells their..."
Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2023
"...9) Air Crowd-pleaser about a piece of cultural/economic/sports history is a slam dunk...."
Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature
Chronicle Recommends: Family Dysfunction Films
Because the holidays aren't all about happiness and good cheer
"...the fun in dysfunctional and then some. Bill Moseley sports a Devo-esque cranial prosthetic – madcap! – as the..."
Dec. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff
Fall Films
"...Sleeping Dogs Lie was "less than what a midlife sports car would have cost," he brags about finding half..."
Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The improbable but true triumph of 19-year-old amateur American golfer Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open is given the David and Goliath treatment.
"...neophytes, the match re-creation is as riveting as the sports pages billed it, but there’s a lot of pokey..."
Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Supercross: The Movie
Two brothers overcome emotional and physical obstacles to achieve success in the competitive world of supercross racing.
"...the most inept (and, at 80 minutes, mercifully brief) extreme-sports films yet conceived. Live, motocross and its steroidal big..."
Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Touchback
It’s a Wonderful Life meets Twilight Zone in this film about a high school quarterback a second chance to score during the big game.
"...Apparently, the clamor for time-traveling sports films has reached such a fever pitch that even..."
April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
ESPN's '30 for 30 Gift Set: Vol. 2'
Sports docs that transcend sports
"...Back in November of last year I gave ESPN Films' 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection: Volume 1 a..."
Aug. 20, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan
Pride
Based on the true story of Jim Ellis, who created a nationally respected swimming program from an abandoned community center, Pride is a by-the-book sports film.
"...respected competitive swimming program, Pride is a perfectly by-the-book sports film about the power of the will to overcome..."
March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Play it to the Bone
"...-- the modern king of smart, funny, and knowing sports movies, who has such titles as Bull Durham, Tin..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Bigger Stakes
Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'
"...younger, it would have been one of those seminal films of my childhood like it is for so many..."
July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Miracle
The Cold war provides the background for this Olympics ice hockey miracle starring Kurt Russell.
"...age of niche-marketed "nag or drag" family fare. The sports action is cleanly staged and filmed – there’s even..."
Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Coach Carter
Come to this movie for the prominent hip-hop soundtrack and glossy sports action; leave with a message about teamwork, decency, and self-respect scorched into your brain.
"...us – and there are worse things for MTV Films to do with its deep pockets than dramatize the..."
Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Page Two: Seasons Change, and So Do We
Our sports blog commences, 'SXSW Presents' continues, and Priest unmasks the past
"...In addition, there is now increased online sports coverage, presided over by Mark Fagan and highlighted every..."
Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Louis Black
Big Fan
In this dark new film from the screenwriter of The Wrestler, a New York Giants fan and regular caller to a sports radio talk show snatches rededication from the jaws of disillusionment.
"...also wrote and set amid the fringes of another sports arena: the fans of sports talk radio. Were it..."
Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
McFarland, USA
Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.
"...years ago, was something of a gas. His sporting films – Tin Cup, For Love of the Game, etc...."
Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Peaceful Warrior
It's mostly hoo-hah, but there are moments in this New Agey, feel-semi-good crowd-pleaser that rise above and beyond the gymnastics and psychobabble.
"...was. Warrior has elements of suspense, thriller, even horror films, which dovetails with the director's previous work, but it..."
June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Against the Ropes
Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.
"...Joe Cortese and Kerry Washington. Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is..."
Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Deliver Us From Eva
"...steam rising off the leads. Mattson and Brauner’s script sports a number of laugh-out-loud gags interspersed with the sort..."
Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Legend of Bagger Vance
"...onto that movie's Field of Dreams has a Hollywood sports movie appealed to our national penchant for viewing athletic..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Old Dogs
Mork and Vinny Barbarino star in this witless comedy about middle-aged men caring for a couple of 7-year-olds.
"...Travolta and Williams play Charlie and Dan, phenomenally successful sports marketers who are on the verge of the biggest..."
Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Dallas 362
The actor Scott Caan makes a strong debut as a writer-director in this atmospheric character study in which he also co-stars with Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum, and Kelly Lynch.
"...is usually cast for his muscular physique in youth-oriented films like Varsity Blues and Gone in 60 Seconds, shows..."
April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Transporter 3
Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.
"...Martin, a stoically unflappable transporter of illicit goods (who sports abs that rival freshly minted 007 Daniel Craig) is..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Power, Forward
Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'
"...Sports radio is a nightmarish realm; yet, it's one of..."
Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley
Kicking & Screaming
Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka all appear together in a film that sings the praises of kids soccer and caffeine addiction.
"...– which makes it one of the oddest kids films since The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Ferrell plays..."
May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Nine for IX Premieres Tonight
ESPN presents a series on women in sports
"...its 30 for 30 series, celebrating three decades of sports stories both overlooked and underappreciated. But this time around,..."
July 2, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
