Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...their meaning, and the means by which he turned American journalism on its ear. Looking at the larger-than-life character..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Free State of Jones

Matthew McConaughey stars in pic about little-known Civil War event

"...to the screen a fascinating yet little-known episode of American history in Free State of Jones. Nevertheless, this ambitious..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eagle Eye

Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.

"...car chases; its near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and its improbable and, in the end, totally disposable..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Antibirth

A party girl discovers she's pregnant

"...comes across as a post-millennial splatterpunk barrage of guts, guns, and girls gone wild – sorry, no God here...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...Wall Street is Martin Scorsese’s latest take on the American hoodlum, a species the filmmaker returns to time and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Haywire

A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.

"...since it stars famed mixed martial artist and former American Gladiator Gina Carano as an ultrabadass femme fatale with..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ATL

Wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.

"...– which acts much as the burger stand in American Graffiti did – that Rashad and his posse can..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marie Baie Des Anges

"...they wander around the Bay of Angels, swim, tease American sailors, and generally slouch about as if they were..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Niagara, Niagara

"...like: Two lonely, white-trash adolescents fall in love, shoot guns, commit crimes, and go on the lam, everything ultimately..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

City Hunter

"...eventually finds himself aboard a cruise ship teeming with Pan-American terrorists, leggy female government agents, his sex-starved nymphet Girl..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Road to Perdition

"...Leigh, Liam Aiken, Dylan Baker and Ciarán Hinds. That gunshot to the head in the last moments of Sam..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Interview

See how a goofy comedy can spark an international incident.

"...blame-shifting by numerous players; the hue and cry of Americans of all stripes angry about being told what they..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Samurai

Tom Cruise turns Japanese.

"...basic premise in The Last Samurai – a white American army officer captured by an indigenous people is assimilated..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mindwalk

"...Channel. There are no car chases here, and no guns, no mismatched buddies, no adorable 12-year-olds, no aliens, no..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bedside Manner: Not for the Gun-Shy

Tracing the origins of the Gatling gun

"...It seems like the American inspirational parable. A farm boy follows his dreams to..."

Feb. 14, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

Red Dawn

This remake's inspiration comes more from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter games, rather than the 1984 original.

"...invasion, had earned a large enough place in the American psyche for the 2003 military operation that captured Saddam..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...Bul Dau sums up, “People come at night with guns, and if you are not Muslim, they can kill..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Heading South

North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.

"...is set in the late Seventies in Haiti, North American women of a certain age are sex tourists at..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Replacement Killers

"...straightforward. Hit man John Lee (Chow) is sent by Chinese-American Triad boss Wei (Tsang) to assassinate the seven-year-old son..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Wolfpack

This doc makes us privy to a family that's like none we've ever seen before

"...endlessly re-enacting the film shot-for-shot, word-for-word, while wielding prop guns made of Scotch tape and deconstructed cereal boxes. To..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pressley Fiasco

Pressley counterattacks … and the "Statesman" scuttles

"...questions about her oft-expressed views on fluoride, smart meters, guns, or 9/11 conspiracies – unless, of course, they’re softball..."

Nov. 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Fireproof

God helps a firefighter, played by Kirk Cameron, to repair his marriage.

"...kinds of filth and sinful indulgence – men with guns, men with knives, men with dirty mouths, men with..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Autumn Sun

"...Jewish boyfriend while her Orthodox brother is visiting), longtime Latin-American stars Aleandro and Luppi are a constant joy to..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Panther

"...father Melvin scripted; both co-produced) depiction of the nascent African-American political party-cum-self-empowerment movement is a stirring -- if readily..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Filmmaker David Blue Garcia Goes Back to the Border for Tejano

Guns, drugs, and laughs in this microbudget thriller

"...liminal space personified – seen as Mexican by his American friends, but a güero south of the border. "He's..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas-Sized Basketball: The Houston Rockets and Why I Moved to Texas

"...especially Texas. Texas is unimaginable heat and cowboys and guns; cultural conservatives, the death penalty, and Tom DeLay. Texas..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

A Fine Mess

Texan Sticks to Guns and Misfires

"...which students control student media. By sticking to her guns, the editor, Tara Copp, is now doing exactly what..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...titles for 2018, and it's already bringing the big guns, with the announcement of the world premiere of action-horror..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Bethlehem to Austin

A journalist moves from the violence of Palestine to the safety of Austin, and finds herself dazed by the difference.

"...the distance between South Austin and downtown. Being an American citizen made no difference. I still lacked the proper..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Muna Hamzeh

Hopped-Up Hopper

AFS screens rare 1970 Dennis Hopper doc The American Dreamer

"...over the course of those months. And while The American Dreamer has been screened over the years on college..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

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