Rust and Bone

The unlikely relationship between two damaged souls is made deeply palpable by the stunning performances of Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and rising star Matthias Schoenaerts.

"...The unpredictable love story Rust and Bone is not the first thing you might..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school's hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.

"...Directed by: Chris Columbus. Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London and Shawn Roberts...."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dheepan

Cannes Palme d'Or winner about Tamil refugees in France

"...experience in France. Directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone), the film evidences the filmmaker’s realist tendencies..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Rust never sleeps, and metal never dies in this doc about the band Anvil.

"...Directed by: Sacha Gervasi. Not reviewed at press time. Rust never sleeps, and metal never dies. This documentary, which..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

C. Robert Cargill Nominated for Clarke Award

Dr. Strange co-writer up for SF lit's biggest award

"...of the year for his third book, Sea of Rust...."

May 2, 2018 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Top Books to Make Sense of a World Breaking Down

Jay Trachtenberg's top reads of 2016 explore a planet in crisis in Israel, rust-belt Ukraine, and the Antarctic

"...Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Wheeler). Set in the industrial rust belt of post-Soviet eastern Ukraine, it is a dark..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...22 years removed from their last show, knocked the rust off with a sledgehammer. Opening with a bone-shaking "Donkey..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

All the Ladies in the House

Texas authors Sarah Bird and Diane Wilson win Dobie Paisano fellowships

"...Studied Women) and Philipp Meyer (whose debut novel American Rust earned great reviews this spring)...."

May 15, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Paris, 13th District

Love and sex in this Paris-set adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s comics

"...the tonier, trendier areas of the city. Like 2012’s Rust and Bone, Audiard constructs a single narrative from unrelated..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Holler

A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line

"...the dreary, cheerless sky above Jackson, Ohio, “Nevermore.” This Rust Belt tale of a fractured family living the hardscrabble..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...The script, by Thomas Bidegain and director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), eliminates Eli’s stream of consciousness,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Heavy Mettle

Fact of Life

"...the city's first efforts to Do Something About the Rust Belt. The East Austin overlay ordinance, approved in July..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All ATX Benefit for HAAM

"...Water & Rust’s Daniel Welch and Gary Dorsey..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Photo Gallery

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"...10) Rust and Bone Marion Cotillard is thoroughly amazing in this..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Charlie Ferguson: Wasted Expressions'

Austin photographer finds painterly strokes in trash bins' rust and scratches

"...gestures, this is the chance work of nature: scratches, rust, and flaking paint on the sides of metal industrial..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Exploding Girl

Zoe Kazan stars in this perfectly paced movie about a 20-year-old home from college for the week.

"...Directed by: Bradley Rust Gray. Starring: Zoe Kazan, Mark Rendall and Maryann Urbano...."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Rust: A Novel

Former Austinite Philipp Meyer has impeccable, even prescient, timing with his debut novel about an economically ravaged steel town in Pennsylvania

"...American Rust: A novelby Philipp Meyer Spiegel & Grau, 367 pp.,..."

March 13, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch

Fighting Words

David Gordon Green Slams Indie Filmmakers and Snubs Cannes. Who Is This Kid, Anyway?

"...used here make everything feel that much bigger: the rust and rot and gnarled wire the children play among,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Riddle of Fire

Three kids embark on an epic quest on a lazy, golden summer day

"...kids. Yet for adults looking to strip away the rust of maturity, it will show them a little of..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Leonor Will Never Die

Wildly creative Filipino romp finds spectral fun in Manila's film biz

"...set of one of her early movies after a Rust-like accident involving a live gun. While his underexplained spectral..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Killer cast cuts to the core in this Gen Z Clue riff

"...The slow unraveling of trust throughout Bodies Bodies Bodies feeds into the movie’s tension,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

"...it looks like a Spirit Store prop with a Rust-Oleum spray job...."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Small Engine Repair

Toxic masculinity sizzles and pops, leading to a reeling third act

"...the titular shop, being released from prison in the rustier-than-Rust Belt township of Manchester, New Hampshire. Frank’s ability to..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monday

Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough let love slip and slide

"...an immigration lawyer but really just running from her Rust Belt hometown, while he's DJ'ing in beachfront bars because,..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lapsis

Bleak but funny look at life at the low end of the high-tech gig economy

"...future that never happened at the 1964 World's Fair, rust in the background). Instead, it's a more holistic study..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...this automotive allure, this roadster rave. Thus, you can trust me when I say that opening up W. Joe..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hillbilly Elegy

Redneck rehab drama is better intentioned but more tone-deaf than the book

"...glimpse into what they were getting wrong about the Rust Belt (because the left loves nothing more than a..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Donnybrook

Backwoods crime drama with a social conscience is gruelingly bleak

"...Some people are born for violence. Some have violence thrust upon them. And some just like the way it..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fahrenheit 11/9

Michael Moore takes on the Trump years

"...November midterm elections. Moore, whose insights into Hillary Clinton’s Rust Belt weaknesses were disregarded by the Democratic Party prior..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...The Sisters Brothers, the English-language debut of Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet); and Bradley Cooper's directorial debut,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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