Gulliver's Travels

In this update of the satiric Jonathan Swift novel, Jack Black plays s travel writer who becomes lost on the island of Lilliput.

"...and Chris O’Dowd. As disinterested in itself as Gulliver’s Travels seems to be, it’s a wonder it ever came..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luis Buñuel's "Illusion Travels by Streetcar" by Dick Price

Songwriter Dick Price riffs on Illusion Travels by Streetcar

"...title this good? That's what I said about Illusion Travels by Streetcar when writing a preview piece a few..."

Dec. 13, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Road Trip Drama Travels into No Man's Land

The filmmaking Allyn brothers see Mexico through a new lens

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Film Society's Noir Canon Travels the Mean Streets

The city is the star of the AFS film series

Nov. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

A Terminator Travels 'From Dusk Till Dawn'

Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network brings back Robert Patrick

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Travels on 290

Two Western Outposts on the Gateway to the Hill Country

July 26, 2013 Food Feature

Señor Buddy's

Two Western outposts on the gateway to the Hill Country

July 26, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Pieous

Two Western outposts on the gateway to the Hill Country

July 26, 2013 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

The actor Michael Rapaport turns director for this admiring portrait of the seminal Nineties hip-hop outfit.

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Student Travels

AFS Documentary Tour showcases UT MFA work

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Safe Travels

Amy Annelle and Ralph White head West.

Aug. 22, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Travels With Saúl

Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Sullivan's Travels

Jan. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Laal Singh Chaddha

Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original

"...story however, eschewing the subtextual commentary provided by Jenny’s travels through the underground in the original in favor of..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Long Shot

Timely political rom-com finds new common ground for opposites attracting each other

"...again, Fred joins Charlotte’s staff as a speechwriter and travels with her overseas for a series of diplomatic meetings...."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Transit

A contemporary retelling of life in occupied France has chilling modern resonances

"...he grabs the author’s manuscript, steals his identity, and travels to Marseille, the hope of that ancient port being..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

My Cousin Rachel

Love and murder on the English Highlands

"...Ambrose refers to her as “Rachel my torment.” Philip travels to Italy to check in on Ambrose, only to..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Papa: Hemingway in Cuba

A young writer travels to revolutionary Cuba in 1959 to meet his idol

"...Kelly. Not reviewed at press time. A young writer travels to Cuba in 1959 to meet his idol, Ernest..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Norm of the North

Animated bear protects his Arctic home

"...a talking bear who finds his calling when he travels to New York with three playful lemmings to discourage..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boy and the World

A singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation that is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and joyous as the world it depicts

"...the story of Menino (voiced by Vinicius Garcia), who travels from his rural, agrarian village to the favelas of..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Forest

Supernatural thriller is set in Japan's Aokigahara Forest

"...promising psychological premise. A young American woman, Sara (Dormer), travels to Japan to search for her missing twin sister,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Salt of the Earth

The amazing work of photographer Sebastião Salgado is scrutinized in this doc

"...you leave the theatre. The Salt of the Earth travels to the heart of darkness, but thankfully comes out..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Deli Man

This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty

"...previous knowledge of matzo balls and gefilte fish), and travels to New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, and San Francisco..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point and Shoot

This documentary follows an American man's motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, during which he takes up arms against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

"...decision to reinvent himself as an action hero. He travels to the Middle East, where he buys a motorcycle..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Smashed

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul portray a married couple who are plagued by the disease of alcoholism.

"...Kate’s recovery travels the usual movie route from AA meetings to backsliding..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Samsara

The director of Baraka returns with this wordless tone poem filled with stunning images and scant meanings.

"...force. Shot over a period of five years, Samsara travels the globe to record images of sacred places and..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Ride

The last few days in the life of Hank Williams are portrayed in this plausible film re-creation.

"...of Williams’ last few days of life as he travels by car from Alabama to gigs in West Virginia..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Way

Emilio Estevez directs this film about a spiritual pilgrimage, which stars his father Martin Sheen.

"...Sheen plays Tom, an optometrist who travels to Europe to claim the ashes of his estranged..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Circo

A family-run circus that travels the back roads of Mexico is the subject of this documentary which explores the universal theme of filial loyalty.

"...matter of this documentary is a family-run circus that travels the back roads of Mexico, the film's themes and..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Exorcism

This faux documentary pulls few punches in its fresh look at what happens when religion and the secular world collide.

"...to expose the tricks of his fraudulent trade, Marcus travels to the farmstead of Louis Sweetzer (Herthum), a taciturn..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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