Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...Kozik was born in Madrid, Spain in 1962 during the Franco regime. "It was a fascist country,"..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Music Man (1962)

Seventy-six trombones

"...in the vision. Of course, this being Tinseltown, the 1962 film can't end until it actually shows us a..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Biff Parker (1962-2011)

The Reivers' John Croslin remembers Biff Parker

Nov. 8, 2011 Music Post by John Croslin

Cape Fear

"...of what was already a remarkably disturbing movie in 1962. It adds putrefactive psychological dimensions to 1962's perfect little..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mamma Roma

In this early Pasolini film marked by the director's sumptuous neo-realism, Magnani plays a middle-aged prostitute who retires from the trade to become a full-time mother to her 16-year-old son.

"...Corsini, Luisa Orioli, Paolo Volponi and Luciano Gonini. Pasolini's 1962 film has finally (!) made it stateside, and it's..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sandlot

The movie is a grown man's memory of his first, awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962 and the importance of baseball as a bonding activity.

"...his first awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962, living with his mom and new step-dad and trying..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Green Book

Jim Crow road trip may be simplistic, but it's heartfelt

"...on the road) is a historic piece set in 1962, and is based on the experiences of the classically..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost Stories

Three very British tales of terror.

"...years. Whether it’s Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in 1962’s Tales of Terror, the sumptuous visuals of 1964’s Kwaidan,..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Backbeat

"...of the Beatles, covering the years between 1960 and 1962 before Beatlemania seized the world. Centered primarily on their..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On Chesil Beach

Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.

"...This is 1962, well before the sexual revolution – indeed, in pointed..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

Ron Howard tackles the Beatles

"...about the early years of the Fab Four, essentially 1962-1966. At first a gas for the young moptops, performing..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Go behind the groundbreaking book of interviews; a must for cinephiles

"...In 1962, two filmmakers sat in a room together to record..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Theory of Everything

Based on Jane Hawking's memoir about her marriage to the scientist Stephen Hawking, this film really shows what goes into a relationship.

"...courtship begins when they’re graduate students at Cambridge in 1962, a period lensed by cinematographer Benoît Delhomme like a..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Takashi Miike remakes Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film about a penniless samurai who commits the ritual act of suicide.

"...pace of this, the director's remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film Harakiri. It's a far cry from the artfully..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Women on the 6th Floor

This light comedy from France is pure bourgeois fantasy, but it's a genial fantasy nevertheless.

"...The film opens in Paris in 1962, in the Joubert apartment. Jean-Louis (Luchini), a stockbroker, was..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cry of the Owl

Based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, this mood-heavy film contemplates what happens to a stalker when the object of his obsession returns the favor.

"...Gord Rand. This mood-heavy Canadian/German co-production, based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, contemplates what happens to a stalker..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Single Man

Tom Ford ditched fashion designing for filmmaking with this smart adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood story about a grieving gay man in 1962 California.

"...teaching at a university in sunny Southern California in 1962. A closeted homosexual by cultural necessity, he's possessed of..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Brother Is an Only Child

This Italian film is a coming-of-age story about a young man who – like the era he was born into – has no idea how to come of age, except by fits and starts.

"...a Catholic preparatory school in small-town Italy. It’s October 1962, and across the Atlantic, John F. Kennedy and Nikita..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Mafioso

This genius Italian comedy from 1962 has been plucked from obscurity and given a sparkling new cleanup job.

"...cleanup job (its first since the original release in 1962) by Rialto Pictures, whose staff deserves a big fat..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...The Manchurian Candidate is a smart update of the 1962 political thriller of the same title, which was brilliantly..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down With Love

"...isn’t required to enjoy Down With Love – Reed’s 1962-set film could glide by on its good humor alone..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In the Mood for Love

Because the two lovers at the heart of this lush period piece never verbalize or consummate their feelings, “mood” is the right word to characterize this stunningly evocative Chinese love story.

"...though rife with repressed feelings and impulses. Set in 1962 Hong Kong, Wong's film is as much about exteriors..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thirteen Days

"...film like Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days, which covers the 1962 Cuban missile crisis from, if not a strictly intellectual..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Psycho Beach Party

This campy send-up of surf and slasher movies uses Gidget movies as its comic template.

"...knowing abandon. Set largely on a Malibu beach in 1962, Psycho Beach Party throws together a wannabe surfer girl..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Experimental Films

"...Byrne and Brian Eno. (Someone please bring back Conner's 1962 short, “Cosmic Ray,” set to the music of Ray..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time … When We Were Colored

"...the Mississippi Delta between the years of 1946 and 1962 -- a time when Southern America was still strictly,..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Wild Reeds

"...Wild Reeds follows these three youths in France in 1962 toward the end of the Algerian War. Complicating the..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Calendar Girl

"...Calendar Girl is inane, inept and implausible. Set in 1962, Calendar Girl's fatal error is that it is a..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Painted Faces

"...Starring: Samo Hung, Cheng Pei-Pei and Lam Ching-Ying. It's 1962, and a young boy is entering the mysterious, exotic..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...and John Sayles. Set against the background of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, at a time when the world..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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