Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.

"...brimstone; Hollywood movies have heightened our expectations for an apocalypse full of surround sound and digital fury, a certain..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise

"...since a deleted scene in the 1984 original, and now here comes the latest attempt to write a better..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...Godfather in reverse. Think chaos. Think desperate. Think doomed. Now you've got it...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...Marlon Brando as the "unsound" Col. Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Checking In: The Still is Still Moving to Oliver Rajamani

ATX’s Romani Lone Star makes another auto doc, My Mind

"...Andre Rieu, too, I’ve listened to for five years now. This is music that makes my days sunny and..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Snowpiercer

This English-language debut from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is a riveting sci-fi action film entirely set on a speeding train.

"...An object of blunt force and breath-catching beauty, Snowpiercer plays what-if with a familiar doomsday scenario: What if..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Society, screening a 35mm print of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead – Sidney Lumet's last film and one..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.

"...I didn't have enough to worry about as is, now I'm freaked out about the inevitability of a mystery..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bellflower

Hellaciously original, this low-budget, post-apocalyptic film looks like no other in recent memory.

"...of formally announcing his presidential intentions. In short, the Apocalypse – or something more secular, and therefore worse –..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...to Michigan – Flow is the kind of terrifying, impending-apocalypse documentary none of us wants to watch but all..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two

Kill Contemporary Film Criticism: Vol. 1.

"...a glass of wine, to my surprise, friends who know and love movies began to bemusedly question my championing..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

"...Goldberg is an alumna); it was an amazing summer. Now, we had been in this camp all summer. We..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Festival Snapshots

The Toronto International Film Festival

"...Credentials now in hand, I decide to dash off and attempt..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mad Max: Fury Road

Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road

"...gasoline was the lifeblood of this dreadful post-apocalyptic society; now it’s water, which Joe controls. He also has a..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World War Z

This bio-disaster movie with zombies and Brad Pitt is smart and ambitious, even if it doesn't break the mold.

"...Amazingly, this big-budget, zombie-apocalypse movie reveals little sign of its tumultuous production, which..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...of Spike and Mike or lousy, 10th-generation VHS dubs. Now, too, edgy animation sites like SuperDeluxe.com give budding Ralph..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...Jesus Christ, the New Testament, Christian proselytizing, or the apocalypse. It brings back memories of all the young girls..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aeon Flux

Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.

"...looking and acting like the evil twin of his now oh-so-quaint Hackers character) has grown up in the shadow..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...Visions celebration or the Masters tribute to great directors. Now, if you have an expensive sponsor or festival badge,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Playdates, Secret Screenings, and More Events for Your Week

Get out on a school night

"...Apocalypse Now: Final Cut..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Zombieland: Double Tap

Zomcom sequel doesn't have the splattering charm of the original

"...have become a family unit. Columbus and Wichita are now a consummated couple, and Little Rock and Tallahassee have..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...lot of lyrics. I've been studying them. I don't know if it'll do any good at all."..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reign of Fire

"...his performance also echoes Robert Duvall's Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now -- there are no big waves in Northern..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...young heads to stir concrete or nail boards, we know how to do that without his help. If a..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

The End

End times musical doesn't go far enough

"...father (Shannon) made his fortune in oil in Indonesia. Now he’s quite literally holed up in a former salt..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The East

Colonial ambitions implode in this brutal recounting of Dutch folly

"...the islands since 1800. But you don’t need to know the particulars of post-World War II colonialism to appreciate..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jiu Jitsu

No jiu jitsu, and not enough Nic Cage in this Predator rip-off

"...super soldiers who definitely don’t have amnesia because they know all about the still-foggy Jake and his mission in..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War for the Planet of the Apes

The capstone of the Apes reboot sticks the landing

"...of all three Apes movies, this is the most knowing, relatable, and intensely realized depiction of humanity’s end and..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: "I Got Vision, and the Rest of the World Wears Bifocals"

A conversation with Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black: excerpts

"...Louis: Now with you two, do you, when you're working on..."

March 4, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...Listen. The only thing you'll ever really need to know about Jason Henderson is that one of his daughter's..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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