Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman disappears into the role of the beloved English statesman

"...The answer is yes, but it’s a performance that always stands apart from the rest of the film. Director..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Breadwinner

A young girl tries to provide for her family in Afghanistan

"...dialogue is delivered in a sleepy monotone that doesn’t always feel quite appropriate. Sometimes stories soothe; sometimes they educate...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 17-19

AND YOU TOTALLY WON'T BELIEVE THE FOURTH ONE!

"...easier for you here, is all, O busy Austinite. Always on the go, always working some spiritually enriching hustle,..."

Nov. 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Interview: Haunters: The Art of the Scare

Director Jon Schnitzer talks Halloween haunts and the new extreme

"...Haunters: The Art of the Scare said, "Americans have always used horror as an escape."..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

California Typewriter

An ode to the analog

"...call of the manual typewriter and those who have always preferred to use them instead of computers, as well..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dynasty: On Being Black and Queer in Austin

The Mahogany Project's newest show dives into QPOC lived experience

"...a thriving LGBTQ+ community, but that doesn't mean it's always easy to call Austin home. The challenges queer people..."

Aug. 1, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Iman Shah

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...Stark, aka Iron Man (Downey Jr., coolly flip as always). Holland is the most realistic Parker/Spider-Man of them all,..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margaret Moser Tribute: Angela Strehli

“Margaret was always exuberant, cherubic, and mischievous simultaneously”

"...Margaret was always exuberant, cherubic, and mischievous simultaneously, which when you think..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Cars 3

Third times not a charm for this franchise

"...per entertainment) drops. Having said that, you can nearly always count on even the least of Pixar’s projects to..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Churchill

An intimate look at a leader's state of mind

"...a bravura performance that keeps things watchable, if not always dramatically truthful...."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Commune

Life in a Seventies Danish collective is not all that

"...of unplanned events. What looks good on paper doesn’t always pan out when reality comes to call. These are..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent

The origins of the celebrity chef

"...to a 12-piece pots and pans set. It wasn’t always so. A new documentary makes the case that Jeremiah..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Unforgettable

Another round of a psycho ex from hell

"...shifting family dynamics. In past films, the villain is always an interloper – conniving stepmother (Blancanieves), scorned mistress (Fatal..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Personal Shopper

A ghost story exploring the ineffable

"...can’t stop watching this film, even if you can’t always express in words what you’re seeing. Intuition fills in..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fist Fight

A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit

"...Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is moderately amusing as a guy..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Filmmakers Announced for Sundance

Several local filmmakers chosen to compete at Sundance 2017

"...slated for the Sundance Film Festival held in January always indicates that a new year is on the horizon...."

Dec. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rules Don’t Apply

Beatty's Howard Hughes film is a frantic mess

"...Was that always the intention? There’s enough extratextual evidence to wonder if..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gimme Danger

Welcome to the fun house

"...eventually paid the price for it, the Stooges were always seemingly too feral for such trivialities as engaging in..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kevin Hart: What Now?

Comic plays to record crowd in Philadelphia

"...the laughs out of his willing audience. The crowd always gets its money’s worth, too: Hart begins every show..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dressmaker

Kate Winslet stars in this adaptation of the Australian best-seller

"...Dressmaker gives Winslet her best leading role in ages. Always a great actress, often stuck in lesser movies, Winslet..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...the notion that the shades of the past are always with us and can disrupt us to the point..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Testing

Like it or not, you are always being graded – not by your words, but by your actions

"...a pop quiz. Like it or not, you are always being graded – not by your words, but by..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Ice Age: Collision Course

Latest entry of the series is overstuffed and meandering

"...Rule of thumb: It’s almost always a bad sign when a film franchise suddenly sends..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Infiltrator

Bryan Cranston takes on a drug cartel in this ho-hum thriller

"...The Infiltrator is one of those movies that is always telling the audience rather than demonstrating to us what..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...being just Han Solo forever, but Mark Hamill will always be in Luke Skywalker’s shadow. But what of those..."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Panel: Gale Anne Hurd Keynote

Walking Dead producer on working her way up in Hollywood

"...“Always do what you love, not just what’s easy.” Producer..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

The Lady in the Van

Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady

"...course, the film’s showpiece is another incomparable lady, the always amazing Maggie Smith. In a film career that has..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Public Notice: Common Ground?

It's always darkest before the dawn

"...Thurs­day's meeting, or in its aftermath. But hey, it's always darkest before the dawn, right? Out of the chaos..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Boy and the World

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

"...Afro-Brazilian jazz icon Naná Vasconcelos feels organic, wild, but always perfectly right in its own anarchic way. Perhaps the..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...stories rather than presenting one fluid narrative. DiCaprio is always fully engaging to watch, even when there aren’t many..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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