Austin Video Game Developer Certain Affinity Announces Original Title, Last Expedition

Independent game studio also plans expansion to offices in Toronto

"...Certain Affinity has very quietly grown from its launch in 2006..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Screens Post by James Renovitch

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years

Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”

"...common to law enforcement across the country – "antifa affinity groups."..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Final Portrait

High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.

"...I suspect Stanley Tucci has a similar affinity to that process as well, ever since he collaborated..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Street Cat Named Bob

An addict's life is saved by a feline friend

"...of all four-legged creatures, but I have a special affinity for felines. So, a movie that recounts the true..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Deli Man

This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty

"...Cantor’s Tale and The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground. His affinity for the subject matter is evident, but it’s hard..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dead Man Down

Noomi Rapace, the original Lisbeth Salander, reunites with her The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director for this NYC gangland thriller starring Colin Farrell.

"...makes his English-language debut here, doesn’t share the same affinity for nuance or depth of character. Indeed, when an..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dolphin Tale

This true story of the world's first dolphin with a prosthetic tail provides solid family entertainment.

"...Sawyer’s natural affinity with the dolphin helps the boy emerge from his..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Horse Boy

This locally produced film is an intimate and endlessly inspiring look at one family's struggle to cope with autism.

"...grocery store can be a nightmare. Encouraged by Rowan’s affinity for horses, Isaacson travels with his family to Mongolia,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...and raunchy Superbad, although all three films share an affinity for single compound-word titles. In Adventureland, Mottola’s comic facility..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

License to Wed

A couple seeks connubial advice from a celibate with an affinity for Popeye impressions.

"...weeks of connubial advice from a celibate with an affinity for Popeye impressions. It goes without saying that this..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Absurdist non sequiturs and deadpan pauses emanate from an animated milkshake, a box of french fries, and a ball of ground beef.

"...pauses, which, depending on your tastes (and possibly your affinity for mind-altering drugs), are either the stuff of comic..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wassup Rockers

Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.

"...I’d also argue that the filmmaker has a certain affinity with his subject, which he is able to translate..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chocolat

This English-language movie is set in a provincial French village in 1959 and deals with the pressing question of whether the seductive and mysterious powers of chocolate can soothe the priggish tendencies of the local townsfolk – and during Lent, no less.

"...last year's The Cider House Rules, has a recurring affinity for stories about small-town eccentrics, and Chocolat also falls..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Groove

"...and -performed slice of life that requires no special affinity with the subject matter in order to -- ahem..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Ideal Husband

The Oscar Wilde drama about deceit and honor is presented by a solid cast.

"...given Oscar Wilde's immortal rapier wit and cinema's recent affinity for clever period comedy, that An Ideal Husband would..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

"...a few moments of true pathos and an honest affinity for the timeless -- if overused -- American imagery..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Angus

"...only) friend a pint-sized Howdy Doody look-alike with an affinity for James Bond. In short, Angus Bethune is one..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

A Little Princess

From the exquisite costumes to the remarkable set design to the superb performances, this fairy tale comes to life.

"...please the affluent Captain Crewe and by her own affinity for the magic of make-believe. She shares the lore..."

May 26, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

A River Runs Through it

"...from seemingly impossible subject matter? Politics? Self-challenge? Masochism? An affinity for the visual beauty of the written word? Whatever..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Inherent Vice

Highbrow mixes with lowbrow in Paul Thomas Anderson's screen adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel.

"...tragic chip on his shoulder and an unnervingly fetishistic affinity for frozen, chocolate-covered bananas; he’s pulling some strings, to..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

All Light, Everywhere

Chilling and insightful look at the birth of our surveillance culture

"...mostly anyway), which is why I have a particular affinity for filmmaker Theo Anthony. He is much more successful..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Angelina Jolie jumps in the fire in this action-thriller

"...Gillen's show, not least because they fit with his affinity for human darkness, even if some of their weirder..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith’s “Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze” in Our Father

Dick Wolf, Chicago, and the politics of writing female leads

"...Father). It seems you and your collaborators have an affinity for stories about agnostic 30-somethings who feel lost in..."

March 26, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent's follow-up to The Babadook is a true historical horror

"...and Clare slowly unearth their similarities, including a shared affinity for songbirds. Their perceived inhumanity affords them common ground,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pasolini

Minds meet as Abel Ferrara explores the final hours of the Italian maverick

"...the time Pasolini was murdered in 1975, feels an affinity with this forebear...."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eating Animals

Natalie Portman narrated documentary about the ethics of farming versus factory farming.

"...farmer husband’s newly adopted advocacy. (The turkey farmer’s clear affinity for his flock does pepper the film with some..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

Home Again

a lifestyle comedy with a soupçon of pain

"...at this sort of thing. Meyers-Shyer clearly shares their affinity for affluent white people’s romantic quandaries and kitchens out..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Cousin Rachel

Love and murder on the English Highlands

"...set up his early history, that he has no affinity for books. When Ambrose turns ill, he goes to..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Systems Are Go for NASA Doc Mission Control

Showtime at the Apollo

"...we wondered if there was a sort of natural affinity between Fairhead, in his filmic career so far, and..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Retrieval

Chris Eska's ambitious indie film is set during the waning months of the Civil War and tells a distinctive coming-of-age story.

"...is crisp and eye-catching, and Eska shows a definite affinity for landscape portraiture. At a few points, the film’s..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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