Rosewater

Jon Stewart makes his directing debut with this story about a journalist's imprisonment in Tehran.

"...Jon Stewart’s work in front of the camera as an actor in a handful of films over..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: When Shirley Clarke Met Roger Corman

Shirley Clarke was to direct "Crazy Mama"

"...I wrote a piece this week in the Chronicle..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Back to Babs

Barbara Lynn at Antone's tonight

"...When you were growing up in Beaumont, who were some of the artists you heard on the radio that..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Love Guru

Is it redundant to mock self-help culture? Not if you're Mike Myers and have a new sketch-comedy character to introduce.

"...Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili and Ben Kingsley. Stop me if..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

While examining steroid use and abuse, this documentary discovers that enhancement drugs permeate our culture. Who’s to say which ones should be illegal?

"...Directed by: Chris Bell. Remember when Major League Baseball was up against the wall..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Honeydripper

John Sayles’ new drama is about life in a destitute African-American cotton-farming town in Jim Crow-era Alabama and the music that gave the region its mythology.

"...Jr., Mable John and Stacy Keach. I think it’s time for me to come clean and admit that I’ve..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cowboy del Amor

Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.

"...16 years this "Cowboy Cupid" has been introducing marriage-minded American men to Mexican women. Well, that's one interpretation, anyhow...."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Love Don't Cost a Thing

A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.

"...Love Don't Cost a Thing is an "urbanized" (read African-American) remake of the 1987 teen comedy Can’t Buy Me..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let the Work Speak for Itself

Yaphet Kotto, the First African-American in Space

"...Cut, we spoke by phone with Kotto from his home in New York...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sugar on the Asphalt

How Jimmy Eat World bleeds teen angst tunefully, responsibly

"...one would never have guessed it was issued by mega-label DreamWorks. Actually, one would never have guessed the band..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Unfaithful

"...occurs in 9 1/2 Weeks or with a nymphet named Lolita. His new one, Unfaithful, finds him navigating familiar..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Resident Evil

Wild, senseless, sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game

"...Paul Anderson. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Colin Salmon and Marison Nichols. Like your first..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The King is Alive

"...Jason Leigh and Peter Kubheka. Ultimately, I think, it comes down to aesthetics -- a necessarily vague and academic-sounding..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gone in Sixty Seconds

"...Duvall, Will Patton, Delroy Lindo, Chi McBride, Scott Caan, James Duval and Christopher Eccleston. There was a period back..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...At first glance, Robert Hughes' new eight-part PBS series American Visions generates a mystique no different from the vaguely..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

A Certified Shame

The Sad State of the American Steak

"...The American steak ain't what it used to be. Ten years..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Original Gangstas.preview

"...Hauser, Scarface and Bushwick Bill. Not reviewed at press time. What a dump! No, not the movie; I haven't..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil, Probably

"...filmmaking. He makes movies slowly and deliberately, directing a mere 13 features since 1943. The Devil, Probably, which he..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Killing Zoe

"...Zoe is the directorial debut of Roger Avery, Tarantino's longtime pal and co-writer (Reservoir Dogs, True Romance). Stoltz is..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Buddha

"...Tibetan monks on the Seattle monorail. A fair-skinned, blond-headed, American gameboy in a sea of dark-haired residents of Kathmandu...."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Angie

"...Directed by: Martha Coolidge. Starring: Geena Davis, Stephen Rea, James Gandolfini, Aida Turturro, Philip Bosco, Jenny O'Hara and Michael..."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Player

"...Altman through the looking glass. From its brilliant and sublime opening sequence to its self-reflexive ending, The Player distills..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Power of One

"...Walker and Alois Moyo. Director Avildsen has one recurrent theme: that of the solitary individual pitted against the insensitive,..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mambo Kings

"...Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers. This film adaptation of Oscar Hijuelos' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...Fred Rogers, the creator of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and epitome of kindness for generations of American children, but it's..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crazy Rich Asians

Joyful rom-com puts the American fish out of water among Asia's 1%

"...decided to invite her to attend a wedding back home with him. Someone else at the cafe overhears them..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A New World Opens Up for Austin's Soul Priestess Mélat

The daughter of Ethiopian émigrés finds a voice with Move Me II

"...a martini glass as sharp-edged glasses and blond curls frame her face, soul stylist Mélat Kassa details last weekend's..."

May 4, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

The Greatest Showman

Don't be fooled by this whitewashed version of the great huckster

"...Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Keala Settle, Sam Humphrey, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Paul Sparks and Will Swenson...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mia Madre

A filmmaker says goodbye to a mother

"...director whispers a plea, or a prayer: “Mama, help me.”..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...the Table's 23rd presentation of honors for notable artistic achievements, but close behind were LOLA Austin's La Femme Bohème..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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