Backseat

Two buddies take a road trip to Montreal in this shaggy dog tale that was an Austin Film Festival Audience Award winner.

"...Aubrey Dollar, Mark Rosenthal, Will Janowitz and Helen Coxe. Backseat begins with a crosscut between two pals in compromising..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Backseat Driver

The most exquisite intellectual torture imaginable

"...can I get him to stop being such a front/backseat driver?..."

March 2, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

ACL Fest Artist Spotlight: The Backseat Lovers

Utah rock foursome spill suburban frustration seasoned with surf tones

"...The magic of the Backseat Lovers spools in a classic formula, building from a..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large: Backseat Driver

Karen Rae resigns from Cap Metro

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Blue Ruin

Writer, director, and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier colludes with actor Macon Blair to create an unusual spin on this revenge tale.

"...unkempt, Dwight is a loner who sleeps in the backseat of a bullet-riddled car that’s parked somewhere in the..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lords of Salem

With his fifth horror feature, writer/director Rob Zombie proves he's a unique visionary in a repetitive cinematic genre.

"...– what there is of it – takes a backseat to the film’s skewed sense of the everyday slipping..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Ride

The last few days in the life of Hank Williams are portrayed in this plausible film re-creation.

"...Hank Williams at the age of 29 in the backseat of a baby-blue Cadillac on New Year’s Day 1953..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Guard

A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

"...details of the cops-and-smugglers plot tends to take a backseat to the film’s character study. But what a study..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...never acquire a firm foothold and always take a backseat to the roar of the race cars. (Austin viewers,..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ramona and Beezus

Beverly Cleary's beloved Ramona Quimby makes a pleasing leap to the big screen with this adaptation.

"...– short for Beatrice – would quickly take a backseat to Ramona, the scrappy and imaginative accused "pest" who..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Adam

Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne co-star in this love story about a guy with Asperger's Syndrome and the girl who lives next door.

"...for Adam, embarking on a romance that takes a backseat, before it’s barely begun, to a lawsuit brought against..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue – enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.

"...that she allows her own character to take a backseat to these stories. In fact, Christine’s story proves the..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The City (La Ciudad)

"...all the way, and the immigrant problems take a backseat to the director's starring role...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Common Law

New Traffic Laws – Turn Off Cell Phones and Buckle Seat Belts

"...you are in the habit of riding in the backseat of your friend's car without wearing a seat belt?..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Luke Ellis

The Luv Doc: She’s Not My Friend

Never be the designated driver

"...argument about whose friend the drunk woman in the backseat of my car was. Long story short, I ended..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Evidence of Things Not Seen

Lindsey Lane's new novel about a missing boy and the lives he touches: an excerpt

"...The car shifted and jerked her body across the backseat of the car. The plastic upholstery was cold in..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Lindsey Lane

Austin Jewish Film Festival Schedule

"...short: "Backseat Bingo"..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature

She Is Love

Dry love-triangle comedy sacrifices honesty for hollow style

"...upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic), but her part takes a backseat to the central push-pull between Idris and his ex-wife...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Outrage Over APD's Refusal to Discipline Alex Gonzales' Killers

Officers face no consequences after chaotic 2021 encounter

"...and lungs–all while their three-month-old son sat in the backseat...."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

King Car

Dystopian Brazilian sci-fi flick is Herbie meets Marx

"...Born in the backseat en route to the hospital, young Uno (Pedro Jr.)..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Joe Bob Briggs Teaches the History of Redneck Cinema

The original Hellbilly Deluxe

"...ran red with the blood of untold numbers of backseat deflowerings; and Rex Reed inexplicably transformed into a pillar..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

I, Daniel Blake

Ken Loach's latest offers dignity in the face of humiliation

"...important is that the filmmakers’ leftist politics take a backseat to the film’s humanistic vision. Shot in his familiar..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Saw the Light

The sad but mercurial life of Hank Williams is put to screen

"...out at the age of 29 while in the backseat of a car as he’s being driven to a..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Learning to Drive

Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley drive a tale of unlikely friendship

"...another woman. Through the rearview mirror, Darwan watches the backseat drama, pustular with years of indifference and inertia, suddenly..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...new boyfriend Hugh (Weary) that ends first in the backseat of a car, and then with Jay duct-taped to..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

20,000 Days on Earth

This documentary (for which Nick Cave receives a script credit), gets inside the artist's notoriously fussy creative process.

"...A few of the conversations Cave has with these backseat drivers about his art may come across as mundane,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Land Ho!

This buddy comedy travels all the way to Reykjavik – but does it actually go anywhere?

"...Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. It’s enough to be backseat voyeurs to their travels as they go hither and..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mom's Night Out

The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.

"...pet canary named “Mama” that inexplicably travels in the backseat of a minivan.) Predictably enough, nothing goes as planned..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Veronica Mars

Although this isn't a reinvention of the wheel, the beloved TV show gets a spirited spin in this feature.

"...the whosits and whatsits of the murdering take a backseat in priority to the ever-clever wordplay and deeply felt..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tabloid

Errol Morris finds a real character for his documentary subject this time – scandal magnet Joyce McKinney, who allegedly abducted and raped a Mormon missionary.

"...hero – but those more philosophic concerns take a backseat to a "he said/she said" chronological roll call of..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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