Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov has been covering film, music, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 1991. In 2009 he was named "Meanest Critic in America" by the Miller McCune Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy (via aggregate film ratings derived from Metacritic et al). In 2011 he won "Best Film Critic" in the annual Austin Chronicle Best of Austin awards. Currently, he's prepping a non-fiction book and documentary about the punk rock scene in Thailand while attempting to learn Thai and master Adobe Final Cut Pro.
235 articles in 2003 • page 1 of 6
There's a definite sexual tension between Peter and Wendy in this live-action Pan that's heavy on the special effects.
Film Review, Dec. 26, 2003
With Screaming Black Yak Day upon us, Marc Savlov kindly gives out some kudos and guidance.
Screens Column, Dec. 26, 2003
Tim Burton is all grown up and getting serious.
Film Review, Dec. 25, 2003
An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.
Film Review, Dec. 19, 2003
The saga ends (and ends) back in the Shire where it began.
Film Review, Dec. 19, 2003
Sundance, Slamdance, and South by Southwest: The 411 on upcoming fests is right here.
Screens Column, Dec. 19, 2003
The Farrelly brothers deliver the ultimate buddy movie.
Film Review, Dec. 12, 2003
Disturbing French drama about a woman who cuts her own skin as a prelude to gnawing on her flesh.
Film Review, Dec. 12, 2003
An interview with George Wendt
Screens Feature, Dec. 12, 2003
Harry Knowles' Butt-Numb-A-Thon outdoes itself. Like, totally. Read on to regret not having attended.
Screens Column, Dec. 12, 2003
French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.
Film Review, Dec. 5, 2003
Jennifer Alba's hoodrat find her inner Flashdance.
Film Review, Dec. 5, 2003
Movin' on up: MoveOn.org, Steve Bilich, Bennie Klain, and Kyle Henry.
Screens Column, Dec. 5, 2003
Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.
Film Review, Nov. 28, 2003
Tarantino and Rodriguez make beautiful music together, and Ellen Spiro keeps reaching for the stars.
Screens Column, Nov. 28, 2003
Let's Get It
Music Review, Nov. 21, 2003
Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.
Film Review, Nov. 21, 2003
Award-winning indie favorite shows how human beings form emotional connections – despite their best efforts not to.
Film Review, Nov. 21, 2003
The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.
Film Review, Nov. 21, 2003
Bad cat makes stink in theatre.
Film Review, Nov. 21, 2003
Charging toward a movie, TV, or computer screen near you: HorseBack Salad Entertainment
Screens Feature, Nov. 21, 2003
Screens Feature, Nov. 21, 2003
Action / horror heartthrob John Saxon brings two classics to the Alamo.
Screens Feature, Nov. 21, 2003
Steve Bilich here, in Manhattan, and everywhere
Screens Column, Nov. 21, 2003
Austin record labels, part 1
Music Feature, Nov. 14, 2003
British romantic tale uses the gunslinger mythos as a means to explore romance and regret.
Film Review, Nov. 14, 2003
It's a Russell Crowe's nest of a performance in this seafaring adventure.
Film Review, Nov. 14, 2003
More popular dead than alive, the hip-hop Tupac Shakur is remembered in this authorized documentary.
Film Review, Nov. 14, 2003
Riotous comedy mixes live-action and animation for a great result.
Film Review, Nov. 14, 2003
Credit where credit is due: Bill Broyles takes on Brian Grazer in The New Yorker.
Screens Column, Nov. 14, 2003
Music Feature, Nov. 7, 2003
The rise and fall of superstar club promoter Michael Alig.
Film Review, Nov. 7, 2003
Peter Hedges' Pieces of April brings the novelist-screenwriter out of the quiet and into the filmmaking fray.
Screens Feature, Nov. 7, 2003
If L.A. fell into the ocean, Hollywood would move to Austin. If it doesn't anyway.
Screens Column, Nov. 7, 2003
What now, Neo?
Film Review, Nov. 6, 2003
This merry skein of loves lost and found in holiday-season London is written and directed by the Four Weddings and a Funeral scribe.
Film Review, Nov. 6, 2003
Third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure Children of the Corny.
Film Review, Oct. 31, 2003
Unusual film about dying young avoids sentimentality.
Film Review, Oct. 31, 2003
Death chess, incest, maggots, kidnappings, hippies, cannibals, undead babes, Kaufman as a killer, corndogs, and the birth of slash: Halloween home viewing
Screens Feature, Oct. 31, 2003
Every day is Halloween when you're Professor Griffin.
Screens Feature, Oct. 31, 2003
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