SXSW Doc Hunts Down the Truth Behind Those Bizarre Bill Murray Encounters

Tommy Avallone investigates the phenomenon in The Bill Murray Stories

"...Bill Murray is notoriously hard to find. Legend has it..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray Is Totally Worthy of Its Subject

Everyone will always believe this

"...You remember: That one time when Bill Murray was in Austin for SXSW and he just..."

Aug. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bill Murray Plays It Straight – Mostly

Still, you can’t keep Peter Venkman down

"...in front of a packed Long Center on Sunday, Bill Murray fumbled a stack of paper that floated down..."

March 19, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

Family Style: Kathy Murray's Blues

From the dance floor to the stage

"...saw in the audience wherever I went was Kathy Murray...."

Dec. 3, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Madalyn Murray O'hair Timeline

"...Sept. 1945: Madalyn has an affair with William J. Murray Jr., who fathers her eldest child of the same..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Rock the Kasbah

Bill Murray is a music promoter who finds his next client in Afghanistan

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...Directed by: Jon Amiel. Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Richard Wilson, Alfred Molina..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...Directed by: Theodore Melfi. Starring: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Chris O’Dowd,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola spins a unique tale about a yearning, indelible love-affair-that-isn’t between characters played by Bill Murray and this season's It Girl Scarlett Johansson.

"...Directed by: Sofia Coppola. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi and Anna Faris. Recently I heard..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Groundhog Day

The delightful romantic comedy is back … again.

"...Directed by: Harold Ramis. Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott and Stephen Tobolowsky. Working..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Hyde Park on Hudson

The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Larger Than Life

"...Directed by: Howard Franklin. Starring: Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew McConaughey, Pat Hingle, Linda Fiorentino,..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Osmosis Jones

"...Hyde Pierce, Chris Rock, Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott and Bill Murray. There are certain mysteries of the universe that..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seen / Soon: March 16

Getting virtually swept away by A Colossal Wave! and hearing America singing via Bill Murray and Jan Vogler

"...Bill Murray and Jan Vogler are out to prove that..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Column

Six Days, Seven Nights

"...the loopy exceptions of his early Eighties outings with Bill Murray, Reitman has proven to be the quintessential director..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

In the Army Now

"...from certain death. A loose rip-off of the early-Eighties Bill Murray/Harold Ramis vehicle Stripes, director Petrie, Jr. (Toy Soldiers)..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Borrower

"...Martin Scorsese as producer and Robert De Niro and Bill Murray as stars, will get McNaughton's career as auteur..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...Directed by: Aaron Schneider. Starring: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney and Bill Cobbs. You..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Broken Flowers

Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.

"...Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hamlet

You have to admire Michael Almereyda's contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet if for no other reason than its audacity in staging one of the passive prince's timeless soliloquies in the Action aisle of his local Blockbuster. “Go Home Happy,” chirps the store banner in the background.

"...Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Bill Murray, Karl Geary, Steve Zahn, Dechen Thurman, Sam Shepard..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What About Bob?

In this classic comedy, Murray plays a patient who drives his shrink (Dreyfuss) crazy.

"...Directed by: Frank Oz. Starring: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty and Charlie Kormos. What..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rushmore

A modern cult classic.

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Mason Gamble, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghostbusters

"...Directed by: Ivan Reitman. Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis,..."

July 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kingpin

Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.

"...Robert Farrelly. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Richard Tyson, Rob Moran, Lin Shaye,..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Directed by: Gil Kenan. Starring: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Dog and Glory

"...by: John McNaughton. Starring: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, Kathy Baker and David Caruso. After his shocking..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits,..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Monuments Men

George Clooney's star-studded account of the Allied rescue of the stolen art treasures of WW2 has many great scenes but no center.

"...Directed by: George Clooney. Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville,..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Charlie's Angels

"...by: McG. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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