The Intruder

Is going Full-On Quaid a thing? Maybe so, as the veteran goes bugnuts melodrama in the "crazy neighbor" thriller

"...a straight face, but it works divinely when hidden beneath a layer of escalated emotions and genre tropes...."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

High Life

The tedium of space is nothing compared to the tedium of an unfulfilling story

"...a statement that the filmmaker thinks that genre is beneath them, like it's lucky that they are there. And..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A.X.L

A boy and his electronic dog

"...As a creature, Axl is buried beneath the uncanny valley of movie robots, possessing many of..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Unfriended: Dark Web

Back to the laptop in this surprisingly scary sequel to the surprise hit

"...And lurking beneath the surface of Dark Web is a deceptively complex..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Leave No Trace

Into the woods in this moving family drama

"...foraging for mushrooms, building campfires with their hands, sleeping beneath tarps, playing chess, and camouflaging their presence in a..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...Are fireworks flat, so they only look beautiful from beneath, or do they explode in three dimensions? That seemingly..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Submergence

Europe's great sentimentalist explores the mysteries of separation.

"...about to board a submersible to study microscopic life beneath the Arctic Circle. James More (McAvoy) is a spy..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Dragons and Pac-Man visual nods, might seem a little beneath him. Instead, he embraces it with gusto, following the..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Party

Sally Potter's dinner party theatre is a delicious dish.

"...(Murphy), a twitchy, coke-snorting finance professional cloaking a revolver beneath his Prada suit. Fred Frith strums guitar on the..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God's Own Country

Love and lambing on the cruel, cold hills of England

"...in pragmatism. Homophobia, xenophobia, bigotry, and callousness all float beneath the surface here, but as quiet subtext. This is..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Plans for New SXSW HQ Unveiled at Groundbreaking

The 145,000-square-foot building is set to open in 2019

"...According to their website, “The Silva Cells are placed beneath porous paving in these sections, allowing roots to extend..."

Nov. 16, 2017 Chronolog Post by Reanna Zuniga

Frantz

A bitter-sweet romance in the aftermath of WWI

"...Lucke), killed in the war, although no body lies beneath, lost in the battlefield. When Anna discovers Frenchman Adrien..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kong: Skull Island

The big ape is back

"...actually smushing the guts out of our GI Joes beneath his monstrous foot. This version does not, uh, monkey..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Standing Rock’s Civil Disobedience Reaches West Texas

“It’s the Rio Grande. It’s sacred to many people."

"...Of course, to reach Mexico, it has to cross beneath the Rio Grande first. That is where – in..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck shines in this heartfelt drama

"...hard work and solitude, but his emotional dyspepsia gurgles beneath his outwardly placid surface, coloring the care he invests..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moana

Set sail for Disney's gorgeous new adventure

"...right, and a sequence of Moana and Maui becalmed beneath a starry night sky as a huge, glowing manta..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Man Called Ove

A grumpy old man finds his heart

"...men beginning with Ebenezer Scrooge, you predictably know that beneath this 59-year-old’s tart exterior is a lonely soul embittered..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Moonlight

There's magic in this Moonlight

"...Moonlight. They stealthily sneak up on you and burrow beneath your skin before you know it...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Masterminds

Heist comedy stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristin Wiig

"...security, his backside-bulging pants concealing a buttload of cash beneath a pair of not-so-tightie whities? No question: The man..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...fraught after the groom discovers a human skeleton buried beneath a tree on the grounds of Zaneta’s crumbling family..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...The train, chugging along, gets a little hip hop beneath it as it goes. The Congress Avenue Bridge may..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Wiener-Dog

Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite

"...mismatched characters. (No worries: There’s still a trenchant vibe beneath the surface.) But don’t think he’s softening too much...."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...There's a full-color painting hidden beneath several coats of white latex on one wall in..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Levitation Live Shot: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Australian crowd-surfing instigators stomp a tsunami

"...Musicians and stage divers alike bled into one entity beneath the swirling colors of the projections on more than..."

May 2, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

ARENA: Dressage to Impress

A starry & enchanted night of human performance in the Hill Country

"...with Dripping Springs vodka or gin, made to order beneath a giant old oak tree when you first arrive..."

April 26, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Modernized fairy tale is a wan follow-up

"...another. The actors are all game, but the job’s beneath them – Hemsworth, a pro, and a real champ..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...from a slow boiling stew of sneers lurking just beneath the surface. (Also: Sat., 9pm, Blackheart) – Greg..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...question given the circumstances. Burying the boy secretly, right beneath the all-seeing gaze of the camp’s overseers, gives Saul..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"...if he had some kind of James Bond switch beneath the dashboard that sucked even the white noise out..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...finally prepping his next film (a follow-up to 2014's Beneath) that he hopes to start shooting next year. First,..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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