Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

"...Directed by: Alan Rudolph. Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick,..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Interview: Parker Millsap

Okie song phenom taps the spirit

"...On March 25, Oklahoma’s Parker Millsap follows up his acclaimed debut with an even..."

March 19, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Commitments

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Snapper

"...class Irish trilogy (the first book was adapted by Alan Parker in The Commitments), director Frears returns to his..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Crazy

"...the film's first half. Written by the team behind Alan Parker's The Commitments, and directed by the man who..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Van

"...film adaptation of Dublin author Roddy Doyle's “Barrytown Trilogy” (Alan Parker's The Commitments and Frears' The Snapper preceded), is..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shallow Grave

"...quest for a perfect flatmate that echoes everything from Alan Parker's The Commitments to The Treasure of Sierra Madre,..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angela's Ashes

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Pauline Mclynn, Ronnie Masterson, Michael Legge, Ciaran..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Evita

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Road to Wellville

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Life of David Gale

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pink Floyd: The Wall

"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Bob Hoskins, James..."

Jan. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...count among their numbers the viewers pulverized in the avalanche of too much product competing for too little screen..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Character Generator

Why Tom Parker Never Looks the Same Way Twice

"...Tom Parker as Nat Moyer in I'm Not Rappaport photograph by..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The History Boys

If you like your British movies quick, raunchy, reflective, and bittersweet, then The History Boys, based on the stage play, is for you.

"...Campbell Moore, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Jamie Parker, Russell Tovey, Samuel Anderson, Sacha Dhawan, Andrew Knott, Penelope..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Angel Heart (1987)

If one were to graph Mickey Rourke's career, one would find the peak way back in the mid-Eighties, back when Rourke was an A-list actor who actually starred in films rather than randomly popped up, as he does these days, as a weathered cameo player swallowing his bit parts whole. Somewhere on the summit of that peak sits Angel Heart.

"...D: Alan Parker; with Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Fame

Fame, a fictionalized but not entirely glamorized look at the High School for Performing Arts in New York, requires a complete suspension of belief, but once suspended, it's as easy to swallow as ice cream.

"...D: Alan Parker, with Irene Cara, Gene Anthony Ray, Debbie Allen,..."

July 26, 2002 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

When Brendan Met Trudy

"...screen by two of the best directors working today. Alan Parker's take on The Commitments was an unqualified and..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

And Then We Danced

Georgian coming-out-drama is extraordinary only for its location

"...a sliver of the definitive struggling young performer drama, Alan Parker's original Fame, in its depiction of the day-to-day..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Battlefield America

It's You Got Served for a younger dance generation.

"...also helmed by Stokes. What it most resembles is Alan Parker's 1976 tweens-as-gangsters misfire Bugsy Malone, only with preadolescent..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Catch That Kid

Kids commit heist – all for a good cause.

"...Gros and Michael Des Barres. Anybody remember Bugsy Malone? Alan Parker’s 1976 satire of Prohibition-era gangland featuring an all-kid..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

A bright design firm on the Austin theatre and film scene, Star Costume & Clothiers, falls to earth, and folk artist Brother Jeremias Mysliwiec passes away.

"...work for the movies, including doing custom-fitting work on Alan Parker's The Life of David Gale, making the "magnet..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

Mark Miks and Murder in Small Town X, festival season upon us, and pre-production on The Life of David Gale.

"...Life of David Gale begins pre-production July 30, with Alan Parker directing and Kevin Spacey starring as a fictional..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Agnes Browne

"...McCourt's witheringly sentimental novel Angela's Ashes (as well as Alan Parker's recent film adaptation) has a twin of sorts..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

"...D: Alan Smithee (1997) with Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Eric..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Dance With Me

"...D: Alan Parker (1978) with Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Swing Kids

"...worst, this could be another misguided Newsies. Or an Alan Parker movie -- i.e., a movie set in a..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dumbo

Another Disney live-action remake, but this one has a little magic

"...by: Tim Burton. Starring: Colin Farrell, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Eva Green, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Alan Arkin...."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Music Review: Low, Josh T. Pearson, SYML

Strange exorcisms in a Downtown church

"...“Peace be with you,” Alan Sparhawk intoned quietly in concluding Tuesday evening’s SXSW showcase..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...2002: The Life of David Gale (Universal Pictures) D: Alan Parker; S: Charles Randolph; with Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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