Actor Martinez

A meta-movie about a struggling actor

"...to knock them down. It’s an intriguing proposition, yet Actor Martinez is not nearly as witty and disruptive in..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Review: Helmut Berger, Actor

The lines get blurry in this documentary on an aging screen legend

"...plot or direction to Andreas Horvath’s Dalian portrait of actor, Austrian film icon and Luchino Visconti muse/lover Helmut Berger...."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"..."[I] was the 26th most popular actor there at that time, according to Japan's Screen Magazine,"..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

An Actor and an Übermensch

Tishuan Scott connects the dots between Nietzsche and his award-winning turn in civil war drama 'The Retrieval'

"...In the often thankless life of an actor, it's a long way from making $35 a week..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Play Along With Busy Actor Bingo

Mark a tile once you've seen the actor in at least two films

"...year's Festival is chock-full of busy people. Dozens of actors are double-dipping in multiple features and shorts, with some..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Local Actor Lou Perryman Murdered

The body of Lou Perryman, a longtime fixture in the Austin film and theatre community, was found by Austin Police Thursday morning

"...of Austin film and stage: The body of local actor Lou Perryman was discovered in his home on Thursday..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Writer/Director/Actor Pamela Adlon Embraces Better Things at SXSW

The comedian and show creator talks the strength of scars

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harry Dean Stanton Is a Great Actor!!

"...looking to bring back some of the older character actors, like Tarantino has done. May I suggest the likes..."

Nov. 4, 2003 Postmarks

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...on the receiving end of that look and the actor who nearly caused me to lose it was Michael..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bruce Almighty

"...and you see the parallel: Jim Carrey is an actor – a funny actor – who wants to be..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wagons East

"...funny. I suppose it's silly, this desire for an actor's last film role to be somehow an embodiment of..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...at Walter Skinner in more than seven years, the actor who's played that redoubtable FBI assistant director since The..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hottest State

Ethan Hawke writes and directs this story based on his own novel about a lovesick narcissist in New York City.

"...Linney, Sonia Braga, Michelle Williams and Ethan Hawke. The actor Ethan Hawke directed and adapted this movie that’s based..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Throwing a Few Back With Shit-faced Shakespeare

When it's time to perform Shit-faced Shakespeare, here's how an actor prepares

"...If the notion of an actor getting drunk before the play seems odd, then it's..."

July 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Uzumasa Limelight

The hero of this beguiling Japanese film is a kirare-yaku or “sliced actor” – a certain kind of Japanese actor/stuntman who always dies by sword in the shadows.

"...Uzumasa Limelight focuses on a particular type of actor/stuntman key to the genre: the kirare-yaku or “sliced actor”..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Less a doc than a lyrical presentation of the cult actor and surprising song man.

"...on the visual history of cinema. Harry Dean Stanton: actor, mystic, lover of women, and ultimately enigma in extremis,..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Best Fiend

"...It's strange that such a tiny slice of an actor's output would link him forever to one director, but..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three Faces of Steve

Actor Steve McDaniel Shows His Different Sides

"...a case study in multiple personalities, talk to an actor. Your average thespian has at least a dozen folks..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...nonstop parade of egocentric, narcissistic, and just plain lunkheaded actors, directors, and extras in line and out of the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freud's Last Session Opens in Austin

Actor David Jarrott turns producer to get a drama about Freud and C.S. Lewis onstage in Austin

"...For an actor to see a play and say, "I want to..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Listen to Me Marlon

Marlon Brando, in his own words, is nothing short of transcendent

"...utterly remarkable documentary Listen to Me Marlon charts the actor’s life through Brando’s own words, using public domain materials..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Saint John of Las Vegas

Although the film sounds like a sure bet on paper, this comedy starring Steve Buscemi sadly comes up solid snake eyes.

"...little narrative logic or coherence, zero chemistry among the actors, and most sinfully, a scarcity of genuine humor. Beloved..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold Souls

Paul Giamatti plays Paul Giamatti, sans soul.

"...Strathairn, Emily Watson, Katheryn Winnick and Lauren Ambrose. An actor named Paul Giamatti (played by the actor Paul Giamatti)..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleuth

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

"...director renowned for his Shakespeare adaptations, a two-time Oscar-winning actor who also happens to be a knight of the..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

1408

Even though 1408 is one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever, this movie belongs to star John Cusack and director Mikael Håfström all the way.

"...Identity, another horror hotel movie, raised fears that the actor might have overdosed on one too many Gideon Bibles...."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lear Jaunt

Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn

"...in Lear is being played by Matthew Radford, an actor who's been performing Shakespeare professionally in the UK for..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

The Player

With Adventures of a No Name Actor, a comic memoir of his adventures in the screen trade, anonymous player Marco Perella is finding literary stardom.

"...from his new book, Adventures of a No Name Actor, comic tales from the life of a featured player...."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Hollow Man

"...I suppose we're lucky to see much of the actor at all, though. Verhoeven and his special-effects and CGI..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Schizopolis

Soderbergh works both sides of the camera as actor, writer, and director of this most personal – and idiosyncratic – of all his projects.

"...Steven Soderbergh beat the heart of a great comic actor? In Schizopolis, we find Soderbergh working both sides of..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...(Taplitz) and his parents – Brian (Kinnear), a barely-working actor, and Kathy (Ehle), a psychotherapist shouldering the family’s bills..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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