Unending Folly

"...all of our faults for our government's continued bloody folly. That is a crock of crap. Those of us..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Postmarks

Immigration Folly at the Lege

April 27, 2007 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Tort-Reform Folly

According to new report on state's tort-reform measures, Perry's promise that frivolous lawsuits and high medical-malpractice insurance rates for docs are down and that the recruitment of specialists is apparently on the rise are promises that haven't panned out

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Criminal Justice Policy Folly

Perry signs executive order creating state Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center, basically reconstituting Texas' Criminal Justice Policy Council, which he axed back in 2003

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Spy Behind Home Plate

Fascinating documentary about spy/baseball player Moe Berg never cracks his code

"...who wishes to hold personal secrets close, it is folly to try to unlock the depth of those secrets..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rocketman

A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself

"...Bernie Taupin (Bell) into a well-trodden storyline about the folly of fame. While the dramatic exposition is often psychologically..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks' romantic yearnings once again flood our screens

"...clear of director Ross Katz’s grindingly dull, Valentine’s Day folly...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Youth

Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel star in this gorgeous, existential ode

"...much more than a meditation on the loss or folly of its title. Regrets, they’ve had a few, but..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...message remains essentially the same: Hubris unchained leads to folly, and homunculi are always bad news...."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Identical

The fabricated ghost of Elvis Presley's twin brother hangs over this complete muddle.

"...deep pockets but muddled intentions, The Identical is a folly largely unworthy of its hidden idol...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Heaven Is for Real

Greg Kinnear plays a dad who believes his son's claim to have seen heaven.

"...Real is a well-meaning but misshapen movie about the folly of pursuing answers to unanswerable questions...."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Casa de mi Padre

Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.

"...and dopey enthusiasm pervades the entire venture. Teetering between folly and genius, this Will Ferrell comedy masquerading as a..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

8 Murders a Day

The drug-related violence occurring in Juarez, Mexico, is the subject of this impassioned documentary.

"...next door and the United States' equal measure of folly. Journalist Charles Bowden (Mother Jones, Harper's) offers an unstintingly..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War Horse

A stylistic throwback to classic studio movies, Spielberg's film about war as seen through a horse's experience of it rarely rises to the occasion.

"...of course), and it might be said that the folly of War Horse is its expectation of emotional resonance..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Abyss

In his latest documentary, Werner Herzog tackles the subject of the death penalty in Texas.

"...as much an indictment of small-town idiocy and the folly of misguided youth. Conroe, Texas, comes off looking like..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

24 Hour Party People

"...Mixing the hedonistic comic folly of Trainspotting with the sort of dry, wry British..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Acid House

"...less victims of pharmaceuticals than suitable victims, of fate, folly, and bad fashion decisions. Tale one, The Granton Star..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wood

"...the backward glance of three friends reminiscing about adolescent folly on the day one of them is to be..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hard Core Logo

A legendary punk band reunites for a tour of Western Canada in this indie film that perfectly captures the common fissures that erode so many bands on the run.

"...the most wickedly effective satires I've seen on the folly of trying to relive peak experiences dredged up from..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Apostle

"...Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preaching machine,” or humbly acknowledging the folly of his actions, Duvall inhabits the character of Sonny,..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mimic

"...the subterranean netherworld to seek out proof of their folly while F. Murray Abraham furrows his craggy brow up..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Month by the Lake

"...of the heart. It is the story about the folly of love, as portrayed in the seemingly unsure romance..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hook

Spielberg's Hook breaks the cardinal rule of J.M. Barrie's timeless fantasy – it grows up.

"...set out to make a perennial classic -- certain folly if ever there were. And when Peter and Tink..."

Dec. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: The Arc of Oblivion

Documentary explores the beautiful effort of human record-keeping

"...mark against the entropy of the physical world is folly, Ian Cheney’s Arc of Oblivion takes a pretty cheery..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Summer Reading

"...Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

Speak the Speech

"...to take a position against it would be pure folly. Not that I’m against pure folly, mind you. In..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM: 'Roadie': 30 Years Later

The screenwriter of Roadie visits his younger, more serious self

"...Folly for folly's sake is worth some trouble...."

March 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Ann Pizer: Folly: The Natural Order

In the 16 color photographs that comprise the exhibition "Ann Pizer: Folly," the photographer captures some sense of the magic in formal gardens, of our foolishness in trying to tame nature, and of the way we sway between the two.

"...Ann Pizer: Folly: The Natural Order..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mickey 17

Bong Joon Ho’s clone comedy is the resistance movie we need right now

"...which dances so close to the edge of grand folly, the effect is exhilarating...."

March 7, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Tale of King Crab

Italian historical drama where the cosmic joke is on us

"...drama feels like a meandering Brechtian allegory about the folly of opposing truly corrupt power, as the venal influence..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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