Where 'Friend' Is a Four-Letter Word

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin explores the fractious founding of Facebook in The Social Network

"...Aaron Sorkin enters the interview suite on one of the..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Jobs

Everyone works at the top of their game to deliver this timely biopic

"...Aaron Sorkin writes the sickest burns. “You can’t handle the..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Miss Sloane

Jessica Chastain plays a powerful D.C. lobbyist

"...Perera’s vision board also saved a fat space for Aaron Sorkin; you can hear echoes of Sorkin’s patterns –..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Charlie Wilson's War

Despite a script by Aaron Sorkin, direction by Mike Nichols, and star turns by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this good-natured geopolitical romp falls flat.

"...I know, but, as adapted by The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin (no stranger to making politico speech sound snappy),..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Aaron Sorkin, Mad as Hell

"...The formidable Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) are the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Molly's Game

Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut plays a high stakes game with Jessica Chastain

"...Directed by: Aaron Sorkin. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Inbetween Girl Comes Home for the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Austin-Made dramedy brings teenage dreams and Sorkin rhythms to the drive-in

"...so tightly written! I was like, 'Yeah! Come on, Sorkin!'"..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted

"...Directed by: Aaron Sorkin. Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Being the Ricardos

Miscasting (except for J.K. Simmons) derails this Lucille Ball biopic.

"...Directed by: Aaron Sorkin. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J. K. Simmons,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

‘The Newsroom’ Made Me Wish Chivalry Was Still Dead

HBO show ends season 2 with a ride on the mansplain train

"...Show creator and episode writer Aaron Sorkin went instead with “Election Night, Part II,” carrying..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...four seasons of its composer and conductor, writer/creator/executive producer Aaron Sorkin, who handed the baton over to the duo..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sports Night: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Edition

Death to the laugh track

"...laugh track in this groundbreaking half-hour hybrid from creator Aaron Sorkin and collaborator Tommy Schlamme (a UT alum) represented..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Entertainment television struggles to address the events of 9 / 11.

"...are rethinking their content in consideration of current events, Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing came out front and center..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Social Network

This retelling of Facebook's first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg's spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.

"...of The Social Network's two major creative forces, writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) and director David Fincher (Fight..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Backing 'Black'

The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards

"...only two categories that didn't require a second ballot (Aaron Sorkin's win for Best Adapted Screenplay was the other..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

ATX Panel and Event Picks

Not sure what to do at ATX? Start here.

"...reality where federal employees care about meaningful social change, Aaron Sorkin's fast-moving and even faster-talking drama, The West Wing,..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

Being Charlie

Rob Reiner directs this addiction drama written by his son Nick

"...1995 for that still-satisfying softie The American President, writer Aaron Sorkin’s warm-up stretch for The West Wing.) How curious,..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...Don't take my word for it. All summer long, Aaron Sorkin has been railing against the toothless mediocrity of..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moneyball

Brad Pitt hits a home run with this film about the inner workings of baseball. It's a film that will appeal to sports fans and nonfans alike.

"...initially written by Steven Zaillian and then rewritten by Aaron Sorkin after the narrative focus shifted when the original..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

What to do when the writers' strike shuts down your favorite shows

"...Go to New York. The talented Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Sports Night) started as a..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

'The King' finds a throne, Hanks finds another Wilson, and where you'll find time to help Marian Yeager; plus, Sandra Bullock should stay closer to home

"...Union in the early 1980s. The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin wrote the script. No word on whether any..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Malice

"...the real culprit in Malice is the script by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men) and Scott Frank (Dead..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Few Good Men

The Georgetown Palace production isn't always effective, but it gets at the continued relevance of Aaron Sorkin's script

"...Say this for Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men: Since its 1989 Broadway..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Act Like You Mean It: Stars Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer

The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer

"...lawsuit against Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. When asked whether screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's complex dialogue and pacing posed extra challenges to..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Gangsters, vampires, and conspiracy theories : the best television had to offer in 1999.

"...an episode or two to warm up to this Aaron Sorkin drama, but once I did, I was hooked...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

David E. Kelley is one of the most gifted and savvy television writers of the late Nineties : So why is he degenerating into Aaron Spelling?

"...particularly sweet.) So why is Kelley degenerating into the Aaron Spelling of the late Nineties?..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

BlackBerry Retro-Engineers the Rise and Fall of the Original Smartphone

Matt Johnson's tells the tale of a very Canadian tech crunch

"...is inviting you to notice that he is not Aaron Sorkin, and that the paradigm-shifting CEOs of BlackBerry, the..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Mystery Switches and Other Hidden Secrets of Shin Ultraman

How director Shinji Higuchi made a very loyal reboot

"...Higuchi's biggest inspirations was in fact the works of Aaron Sorkin and most especially The West Wing, "where it's..."

Jan. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prima Doñas' LatiNacional: tu casa es mi casa

The improv troupe behind Latinauts gives 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a makeover like the country has never seen

"...Bartlet. No, despite the sensory cues, we aren't in Aaron Sorkin's (White) House. This is la Casa Blanca, the..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist), Aaron Sorkin (Molly's Game), James Ivory (Call Me by Your..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

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