'Where Soldiers Come From' on POV

Heather Courtney doc debuts on KLRU Thursday night

"...(11/10), 9pm, on KLRU, as part of PBS' long-running POV series...."

Nov. 9, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

ATX TV Fest Recap: Flipping the Script on TV’s Male POV

Writers and directors on reclaiming and centering the female gaze

June 11, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

First-Person Mayhem

Insane POV film Hardcore Henry unleashes the ultraviolence

"...lot of trial and error. The biggest issue with POV action is that there's no point of reference –..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Dashcam

POV horror comedy punishes you with the real worst person in the world

"...the "why won't you just die" unwitting villainess of POV pitch-black comedy horror Dashcam...."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

POV at 20

"...One of PBS's longest-running series, POV, hits 20 this year. This year's season, launched last..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Shallows

Blake Lively is trapped by a shark on her own bikini island

"...editor Joel Negron, go through the usual scares: shark POV, limbs removed from the water in the nick of..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...the horrific, workaday world. We see everything from Saul’s POV as though we were standing or running right behind..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This indie hit is sweet and funny

"...the hate seems to stem from the film’s constricted POV – that of a 17-year-old white guy from the..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Points of View

The 27th season of the doc series 'POV' begins tonight on KLRU

"...of the 27th season of PBS’ award-winning documentary series POV. The series (aired locally at 9pm on KLRU-TV) continues..."

June 23, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Watch: 'Girl Model'

POV airs doc about a troubled industry and the girls it employs

"...the harrowing documentary Girl Model, which debuts on PBS’ POV tonight...."

March 25, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Max Payne

Film version of the popular video game stars Mark Wahlberg … unfortunately.

"...is essentially a convoluted shoot-’em-up better suited to the joystick-and-POV combo: The dialogue crackles and ricochets just like the..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quarantine

An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.

"...the film's running around in the dark shot from POV angles, it does come off as 28 Weeks Later..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Manson Family

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

"...justice to a tale yet untold from the killer’s POV. Which doesn’t make it any less gut-churning to sit..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miracle

The Cold war provides the background for this Olympics ice hockey miracle starring Kurt Russell.

"...staged and filmed – there’s even a bit of POV camerawork on the ice – and fans of the..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Spy Game

"...to every scene, too, with jittery hand-held cameras, revolving POV shots, and enough hyperkinetic editing to make your head..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stendahl Syndrome

"...director's trademark camera obscurities: swooping, airborne shots; the maniac's POV shots, and long, clinical glimpses of chilly stone architecture...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mighty Ducks

"...that creates the illusion of a puck-cam capturing the POV of a hockey puck as it's hurtling through the..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unlawful Entry

"...she obligingly is. Shot with much of the same POV camera angles as used in Kaplan's film The Accused,..."

July 3, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

TV Eye

PBS's landmark documentary series, "Point of View," announces its summer lineup.

"...two specials and an encore presentation. Point of View (POV), the PBS series that showcases documentary film, returns for..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

With PBS' Point of View (POV) documentary series, columnist Belinda Acosta has found a place where her ideals about the medium collide with reality.

"...the case of public television's fine Point of View (POV) series, it comes together repeatedly, season after season. This..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

How to resolve conflict? Japanese import Iron Chef has the right idea.

"...Cara Mertes, executive director of the documentary film series POV (Point of View), says in the May 26 issue..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Stories That Tell Themselves

In town for the Texas Documentary Tour, Albert Maysles -- the man behind such famous documentaries as Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens -- talks about his fierce philosophy of direct cinema.

"...AM: You could call it that, but if the POV is set up to give you a message --..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

'Eggshells' Is an Austin Time Capsule

Tobe Hooper presents 'Eggshells' on Tuesday night with Louis Black

"...would start out laughing at it. Wise's use of POV and overall mise-en-scène, though, always had them screaming at..."

July 7, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Found Film

The rehatching of Tobe Hooper's 1969 debut, Eggshells

"...would start out laughing at it. Wise's use of POV and overall mise-en-scène, though, always had them screaming at..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TV Eye

When most of us see younger versions of ourselves in pictures or home movies, it's in the privacy of our own home in the company of friends and loved ones. For Shelby Knox, some of those images will be seen across the nation, in prime time, when 'The Education of Shelby Knox' launches the 18th season of the 'POV' documentary series on PBS.

"...and Marion Lipschutz) launches the 18th season of the POV documentary series on PBS. If that weren't enough, Knox's..."

June 17, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Host

Screenlife horror is more than a ghost in the machine

"...is often misapplied. It's become a coverall term for POV cinema (which sounds a little too film-school-pretension for most..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Madeline's Madeline

"...risk, such as an unexpected kinship to the 2012 POV remake of William Lustig's underground classic Maniac, and a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?

For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month

"...killer's eyes. Literally: Khalfoun re-creates the horror as a POV experience, from the murderer's viewpoint...."

Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Other things to watch:

"...The July lineup of the PBS series POV (Television with a Point of View) features three films..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

DVDanger: 'Frankenstein's Army'/'Hammer of the Gods'

Two different historic takes on the 'squad on a mission' tale

"...mayhem entails a lot of monsters, a lot of POV running, and some splendid, gruesome kills. With his debut..."

Sept. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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