ATX Television Fest: The Devoted Niche vs. the Casual Mass

Examining an audience's value

"...a panel to debate the merits of the devoted niche vs. a casual mass audience. While the latter has..."

June 8, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Niche Streaming Sites for the Holidays

Give the gift of worlds of entertainment just a click away

"...internet bandwidth goes, there is a wide array of niche streaming sites that cater to people who are perhaps..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Eyeing the Niche

Local filmmakers head to Sundance with "The Send-Off"

"...before them, both filmmakers find themselves deeply interested in niche communities around the country, and both have an incredible..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

A Niche of One's Own

Capitol Times Casts Wide Net in Covering News

"...simply trying to squeeze one more paper into a niche that is already filled...."

June 12, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Whistle Has a Niche Market Cornered

Corner store offers local, sustainable grocery choices on Eastside

Dec. 7, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...audience. The music world has become the land of niche marketing. Fracasso could make a ballad album, followed by..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Queer Comedy That’s Not Just for Queers

Way Down in the Hole and Liz Behan take over ColdTowne

"...Niche is a word often bandied about to describe any..."

Aug. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...Brice in a library book, and discovers there’s a niche market for the letters of deceased authors and showbiz..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Skate Kitchen

Hybrid narrative/doc gets to the heart of NYC skater life

"...of the borderline generic coming-of-age plot, but exploring the niche subculture of this interracial, pansexual band of outsiders in..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grace Unplugged

A talented Christian teen must choose between her faith and superstardom.

"...In this niche-targeted film, Grace (Michalka) is in a successful Christian music..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Until the Light Takes Us

This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.

"...Us matches its subject, equally inscrutable though no less niche-oriented. The soundtrack’s modest illustration of the subject matter fits..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel stars in this new sex comedy from the Judd Apatow production factory.

"...Segel, who thus far hasn't really found a comic niche to call his own. His regular-joe features make him..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boynton Beach Club

Although this movie about residents of an “active adult” retirement community in Florida has a certain niche-market appeal, it’s really a movie for anyone who enjoys a solid romantic comedy.

"...and the City. Yes, the film has a certain niche-market appeal, but it’s a movie for anyone who enjoys..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...love interest) Lauren (Wonderland's Potts), Charlie discovers a bountiful niche market when he teams up with black transvestite Lola..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Phat Girlz

Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.

"...that it doesn’t deliver targeted gags for an underserved niche audience – fat women. Phat Girlz’s anemia instead results..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grandma's Boy

What's funnier than having to move back in with your parents? Why, moving in with your grandparents, of course.

"...the robot (hit, then many, many misses), is trashy, niche-marketed fun. Stupid, yes, but fun nonetheless...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...(or undead), and in the end Doom is so niche-marketed to gamers that it might as well not be..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lords of Dogtown

This narrative re-creation of the skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys is a blast, as accurate as it ought to be with more than enough mythology and gut thrills thrown in for good measure.

"...Surfboards owner Skip Engblom (Ledger) – who saw a niche one drought-ridden SoCal summer and filled it with urethane..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tokyo Godfathers

A homeless drag queen adopts an orphan in what is, but for some violence and harsh language, old-fashioned, big-hearted entertainment in high animé style.

"...churn out in live-action form before the era of niche marketing, when a good story sold a film. (Indeed,..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Climb

"...probably has enough polish and goodwill to give it niche appeal...."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fast Food Fast Women

"...Harris and Anna Thomson. After carving out a little niche with gritty character studies like Fiona and Sue, Israeli-born..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Carman: The Champion

"...Patricia Manterola, Michael Nouri and Carman. Talk about your niche marketing … Christian filmmaking seems to be all the..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smiling Fish and Goat On Fire

"...its release. Young men searching for both their occupational niche in life and their one true love has long..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dog Park

"...Hall alums seem to be fighting to find their niche years after their classic comic troupe disbanded, but McCulloch..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Late Bloomers

"...two unglamorous, fortyish women strains mightily against this arbitrary niche-market stigma with an appealing blend of charm, humor, and..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Selena

Selena Quintanilla Pérez, the barrier-crashing Tejano singer who was murdered at the age of 23, is the subject of this biopic that was also the breakout film role for Jennifer Lopez.

"...with art. Selena, for example, falls into the specialized niche of Validator Films -- movies primarily designed to help..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Crow: City of Angels

"...and Top-40 near-misses. It's this kind of rush job, market-niche attitude that nails the film to its chintzy balsa-wood..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Someone Else's America

"...characters and situations that manage to carve a memorable niche in the American geography...."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life

"...hit Ghost) seems to be trying to carve a niche for himself as an auteur in this genre of..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

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