If the name Henry Alex Rubin – the director of the movie Disconnect which opened today in Austin – sounds familiar, here’s why. The director of this contempo thriller is also one of the co-directors of the terrific 2005 documentary Murderball.

Murderball documents the quad rugby community with particular emphasis on Paralympics champion (and Austin resident) Mark Zupan. The film creates a stirring narrative that is more like a competitive sports drama than straightforward documentary. Shawn Badgley spoke with Zupan, Rubin, and some others in “Zupan on Impact” at the time of the film’s release.

This article appears in April 26 • 2013.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.