Twilight Samurai

A near masterpiece, this atypical samurai movie is more an epic of the heart than the battlefield.

"...glimpse inside the day-to-day life of an Edo-era swordsman. Twilight Samurai, an Oscar nominee for best foreign film, gives..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twilight

"...Schreiber, Margo Martindale, John Spencer and M. Emmet Walsh. Twilight is a good title for this murder-mystery whose best..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love in the Time of Twilight

"...Python's Meaning of Life, Love in the Time of Twilight is the latest effort from famed Hong Kong genre-bender..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Sun Sets on the 'Twilight' Saga

The Chronicle reviews Breaking Dawn Part Two

"...the first weekend for the final film in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn – Part Two...."

Nov. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"..."don't call them young adult" novels by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight is the first in what promises to be a..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

The Twilight's over, and the darkness has just begun.

"...So here it is: the last installment of the Twilight saga, or “our long national nightmare,” as I and..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

With this new entry, the series officially marks a transition from relatively harmless Victorian-minded trash to something flatly pernicious.

"...wedding that opens this fourth adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight books, the topic of will-they-or-won’t-they is still on the..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: It's Quieter in the Twilight

The mortality of machines and their creators gently explored

"...too. That's the lesson of It's Quieter in the Twilight, a history in motion of an engineering miracle and..."

March 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

This new chapter in the series splits the difference between kickstarter Twilight’s stylish camp and follow-up New Moon’s turgid drama, but still does not come up a winner.

"...the beginning minutes of this third film in the Twilight series. “Some say the world will end in fire,..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

aGLIFF Review: Twilight's Kiss

A Hong Kong tales of lives lived long in the closet

"...When asked about how his film, Twilight's Kiss (Suk Suk, meaning Uncle, in his native Cantonese),..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Edward and Bella are back for more thwarted young vampiric love.

"...Burke. Catherine Hardwicke started the saga with last year's Twilight, a deliciously trashy mash of pulp and pop art..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

‘Twilight’ Sucking the Blood Out of the eBook Business?

The electronic book release has abruptly been delayed by a full 24 hours after the hardback

"...You’ve probably heard about a little thing called Twilight, Stephanie Meyer’s insanely popular YA series about vampire teenagers..."

July 31, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Servants of Twilight

"...group of religious fanatics -- the Church of the Twilight -- as the Antichrist reborn. Along the way, the..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, Houston

Light show accents the space between day and night

"...Twilight Epiphany Skyspace on the campus of Rice Univer­sity in..."

March 15, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Charting an Earth-Based Trajectory Among the Stars in It's Quieter in the Twilight

All Earth’s voyagers must meet their end of days

"...Billy Miossi's new film, It's Quieter in the Twilight, premiering at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival,..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Is Who We Are #13: Pro Arts Collective's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 State Theatre, through Feb. 27 Running..."

June 1, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dancing in Twilight

This intercultural Houston-made film is an off-the-beaten-path ensemble drama that shows a healthy disregard for Hollywood rules.

"...It’s too hit-or-miss to fully endorse, but Dancing in Twilight is an interesting example of the Third Coast milieu..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Council Preview: Done by Twilight?

Light agenda features a few potential headlines

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Twilight of the Empire

Obama's expansion of the war leads nowhere

Dec. 4, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Futrell's Twilight

As the city manager looks homeward, odd old business erupts

July 13, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Twilight People

Oct. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Twilight of the Golds

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Unlike Twilight, the other vampire series based on young adult novels, Cirque du Freak isn't afraid to laugh at itself or the conventions of the genre.

"...(and frankly boring) hormonally conflicted teenage rebels of the Twilight series, sporting more angst than outright aggression and trying..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: City Theatre Tackles a Nineties Relic

Good performances can’t save The Twilight of the Golds from its datedness

"...The Twilight of the Golds is one such time capsule. Jonathan..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Cosmopolis

Even though it stars Robert Pattinson, we doubt his Twilight fans will fully appreciate this sleek, dystopian story that David Cronenberg adapted from Don DeLillo's 2003 novel.

"...admit Robert Pattinson does dead extremely well. In the Twilight films, his promise-ring vamp Edward was a model of..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vampires Suck

From the filmmaking team that gave us Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans comes this inevitable spoof of teen vampire movies.

"...and Kelsey Ford. Spoofing the teen vamps vs. werewolves Twilight series and its exsanguinary fanbase sounds like an exercise..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miss Bala

Drug cartel action gets an unexpectedly glamorous makeover

"...likely best known as the director of the first Twilight movie, but she cut her teeth in Hollywood production..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Dracula Untold

Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.

"...Pass. Lurking inside, amidst mountains of bones and perpetual twilight, is a vampire of the old-school kind (Dance) —..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding Hood

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight movie, helms this update of the fairy tale.

"...Hardwicke, the director of the first film in the Twilight trilogy that has helped catapult vampires into the new..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Ashes

Robert Pattinson costars as Salvador Dalí in this sexually speculative history of the artist's student years spent with friends, Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel.

"...Jover. Back before he became a phenomenon – the Twilight franchise’s swoony vampire boy Edward Cullen – Pattinson and..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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