Fantastic Fest Review: Helmut Berger, Actor
The lines get blurry in this documentary on an aging screen legend
"...actor, Austrian film icon and Luchino Visconti muse/lover Helmut Berger...."
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Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman
It's a Disaster
This dark comedy by UT grad Todd Berger is built around a likable ensemble.
"...Directed by: Todd Berger. Starring: Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera, Erinn Hayes,..."
April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Scenesters
"...Directed by: Todd Berger. Starring: Todd Berger, Sherilyn Fenn, Blaise Miller, Suzanne May,..."
Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Skills Like This
Winner of the SXSW Audience Award in 2007, Skills Like This is the story of a would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank robber.
"...Directed by: Monty Miranda. Starring: Spencer Berger, Gabriel Tigerman, Brian D. Phelan, Kerry Knuppe and Ned..."
April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Torremolinos 73
In this comedy set in Seventies Spain, a married couple makes porn movies for Scandinavian consumption.
"...Directed by: Pablo Berger. Starring: Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego, Malena Alterio,..."
June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
AFF2012: Case Study: 'It’s a Disaster'
Todd Berger says some - but not too much! – about his doomsday rom-com
"...According to writer-director Todd Berger, the less you know going into It’s a Disaster,..."
Oct. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Leah Churner
Walk on Water
A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.
"...Directed by: Eytan Fox. Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Carola Regnier and Hanns Zischler...."
May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
That's My Boy
Casting Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg as father and son is a stroke of inspiration, but there's nothing else cute about this comedy.
"...Sandler doesn’t seem to care if we like Donny Berger, the loutish character he plays with a looseness far..."
June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
All Quiet on the Western Front
Shocking, graphic, and mournful adaption of the World War I epic
"...Directed by: Edward Berger. Starring: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus..."
Dec. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
How La La Land Went From Pipe Dream to Musical Fireworks
Producers on creating a city of stars
"...released. "We're still working on it," laughed producer Fred Berger...."
Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Not Boxed In
Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.
"...play by award-winning sportswriter, novelist, and nonfiction writer Phil Berger. Berger covered boxing for The New York Times from..."
March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Brightwood
Time loop drama is a twisted depiction of codependence
"...Directed by: Dane Elcar. Starring: Dana Berger and Max Woertendyke...."
Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Blancanieves
A period piece about two generations of matadors is fused with the Snow White fairy tale in this black-and-white Spanish charmer.
"...Directed by: Pablo Berger. Starring: Macarena García, Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela..."
May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Naked City
The University Co-Op becomes a textbook monopoly.
"...The site, created by computer sciences doctoral candidate Emery Berger in 1995, allows students to post their textbooks for..."
June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy
Happy End
Michael Haneke creates a mosaic of French bourgeois life.
"...of that mosaic effect is created by cinematographer Christian Berger, and sound editors Denise Gerrard and Clément Laforce. Berger's..."
Dec. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Food-o-File
Our Valentine's Day Eat, Drink, Watch Movies
screening of 'Chocolat' is sold out for Monday night, so
be sure and tune in to Majic 95FM at 6:40am on Friday
morning for the chance to win the last pair of tickets!
Meanwhile, folks at the following places will be glad to
help you choose the perfect chocolate gift for your
sweet baboo.
"...Brown Paper Chocolates; Expressions truffles; Joseph Schmidt truffles; Scharffen Berger bars; El Rey bars; many others...."
Feb. 11, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Death Watch: No Comfort, No Closure
Jonas Cherry's parents don't want their son's killer killed
"...Making matters more muddy is that Sven Berger, one of the jurors during Storey's trial, spoke with..."
April 7, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Shit-faced Shakespeare
Highbrow meets lowbrow for an irreverent happy hour take on A Midsummer Night's Dream
"...Daniel Berger-Jones is the show's compère of the evening. Part emcee,..."
Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Stephanie Carll
Lights, Camera, aGLIFF!
Long-running film fest returns with something for everyone
"...movies. "We shot the film last September," says Mark Berger, one of the film's producers and stars (he plays..."
Sept. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff
Death Watch: After Little Help From Counsel, Inmate to Die
Tercero's execution would be 12th in Texas this year
"...On March 31, 1997, Robert Berger and his 3-year-old daughter walked into the Park Avenue..."
Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Review: UT Department of Theatre & Dance's The Way of the World
Despite the script's dizzying mishmash of complications, student production transports you to another time and place
"...first languid entrance into the chocolate shop, director Jesse Berger makes you feel as though you've been entirely transported..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
The Obsessive's Obsessive
Three former Austinites find Darryl Donaldson, 'Donnie Darko's '#1 Fan'
"...producer Ray Mansfield, director Dee Robertson, and writer/performer Todd Berger...."
Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
Heroism in Flight
When the New York stage company Collective Unconscious took transcripts of Cockpit Voice Recorder tapes from six real-life airline emergencies and performed them on stage under the title Charlie Victor Romeo, they created a theatrical sensation and a testament to the strength and spirit of humans in crisis.
"...the strength and spirit of humans in crisis. Bob Berger, who created Charlie Victor Romeo with Patrick Daniels and..."
Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Midwives on the Move
Local midwives pressure hospitals to continue midwifery programs.
"...woman. "We wish that hadn't happened," said Seton's Ed Berger, apologizing to BHOC Chair Dr. Jim Brand and Donna..."
June 28, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Yo! MTV Laughs!
The Long, Strange Trip to TV for Three Austin Comics
"...a search brought MTV executives James Jones and Lisa Berger to Austin some three and a half years ago...."
May 30, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare
Kung Fu Panda 4
The titular Dragon Warrior searches for his replacement
"...the script by series creators Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and franchise newcomer Darren Lemke (who put words into..."
March 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival
The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two
"...Helmut Berger, Actor Austria, France, Italy, 2015, Texas Premiere, 90 min..."
Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Green Inferno
Eli Roth's long-delayed cannibal movie has passed its shelf life
"...green) cinematography of Antonio Quercia. Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger of KNB EFX don’t stint on the gore, either,..."
Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
ISIS and Radical Twitter
Should we be worried about extremists' hacking skills?
"...Airlines' homepage – are estimated by extremism analyst J.M. Berger to have no more than 45,000 Twitter accounts, of..."
March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
'Good Night,' Sleep Tight
How living together strengthened the ensemble in Sean Gallagher's debut feature
"...film that features three actors – Alex Karpovsky, Todd Berger, and Jonny Mars – who are all also accomplished..."
