Billy Elliot

"...Heywood, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells and Mike Elliot. Set against the gray, doomed miner's strikes in Durham..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...about his time in the original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Expressing Himself

How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical

"...irrepressible, secure-in-his-skin best bud to the titular hero of Billy Elliot the Musical, was a highlight of that show's..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Chumscrubber

Teens, suburbia, five sets of dysfunctional parents, and the suicide that looms over it all.

"...classmates – Lee (Pucci), Crystal (Belle), and grade-A asshole Billy (War of the Worlds’ Chatwin) – try to convince..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

He Will Go and He Will Shine

'Billy Elliot the Musical' reviewed

"...arrival of the Broadway Across America national tour of 'Billy Elliot the Musical.' So what does Chronicle writer Jillian..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mister Foe

Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish coming-of-age story about a teenage voyeur is unpredictable and compelling and premieres exclusively in Austin.

"...subversively fanciful in others where it might be punishing. Billy Elliot's Bell comes into his own here as a..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...Monty (or Waking Ned Devine or Calendar Girls or Billy Elliot) then this film's surprises will be few and..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bootmen

"...routine, wot? -- but with some of the old Billy Elliot/Shall We Dance? nontraditional male identity-quest tension chucked into..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Billy Elliot the Musical

The national tour of this uplifting musical featured some insanely talented kids

"...Billy Elliot the MusicalBass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Dr.,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Taking Woodstock

The director of Brokeback Mountain looks for peace and love in another decade and finds it at the legendary festival through the story of one key participant.

"...make the event happen. The film is based on Elliot Tiber’s 2007 memoir, Taking Woodstock: A True Story of..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Center Stage Texas

Tony nominee David Bologna joins a musical benefit for his old school, kidsActing

"...show-stopping turn as Michael, the cross-dressing best bud to Billy, in Billy Elliot the Musical, left the Broadway company..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tony Awards

Local song-and-dance wunderkind David Bologna is up for a top stage honor

"...Michael, cross-dressing best bud to the titular hero in Billy Elliot, The Musical, and now he's nominated for Best..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta frees her inner dork, with big ups for The Lone Gunmen and BattleBots, among others. Also, a partial Oscar ballot.

"...TrafficBest Director Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Lords of Dogtown

This narrative re-creation of the skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys is a blast, as accurate as it ought to be with more than enough mythology and gut thrills thrown in for good measure.

"...it seems like it’s not working at all. Cinematographer Elliot Davis (along with legendary skate-DP Lance Mountain) captures the..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin on Broadway: More Shooting Stars Than Ever

There have never been as many Austinites in Broadway shows as there are now

"...the plum role of Michael, cross-dressing best bud to Billy, in Billy Elliot: The Musical, which opened Nov. 13,..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Together

Towering and intimate performances illuminate a couple's lockdown tensions

"...film work, which has vacillated between feel-good awards bait (Billy Elliot) and feel-bad awards bait (The Hours, The Reader)...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rocketman

A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself

"...by Lee Hall (whose script for another performer drama, Billy Elliot, made Bell a star and was later adapted..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...who shot to fame as a child dancer in Billy Elliot, looks spent from the effort. Bening, fabulously sexy,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spare Parts

This movie about undocumented teens building an attention-grabbing robot stands and delivers.

"...that often teeters on the painfully cliched. Rocky Balboa, Billy Elliot, the Titans – who doesn’t like to root..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...ago: “Gotta dance, got-ta dance!” From Tony Manero to Billy Elliot, the male urge to express himself through bodily..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Eagle

This sword-and-sandals epic is an old-fashioned boys' adventure tale about Roman warriors in the second century.

"...of a vanquished tribal leader from the north. Bell (Billy Elliot) lends dimension to his character while Tatum adds..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jumper

Jumper is pretty slick, entertaining stuff about what young male teens might do if given the ability to teleport.

"...the least of which is Scots-burring Griffin (Bell, from Billy Elliot), a black-leather-jacketed daredevil with a savage, righteous edge...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Undertow

Cross-pollinate the arthouse film with B-movie backwoods gothic, and you get something like Undertow’s peculiar fusion of high and low culture.

"...Green’s latest effort begins breathlessly as sullen teen Chris (Billy Elliot’s Bell) hauls ass over field and swamp, trying..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow countryman. Cast: Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Chicago

Teen actors show a good grasp of Kander & Ebb's jaded Jazz Age satire

"...strut out here as shameless, unscrupulous, wheeling-and-dealing legal eagle Billy Flynn is to see how spectacularly well they can..."

March 4, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Long Center/Texas Performing Arts

Austin's biggest concert halls team up to present touring Broadway musicals

"...the BAA mix that have not yet played Austin: Billy Elliot the Musical, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, Xanadu, Jersey..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The 101 Dalmatians Musical'

Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs

"...a new stage adaptation, with book by B.T. McNicholl (Billy Elliot the Musical) and music by Dennis DeYoung of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Showstoppers

Zach Theatre's youth troupe applies its serious talent to premiering a new musical

"...stopping the show in a major supporting role in Billy Elliot: The Musical...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

So, you wanna be in pictures?

"...The folks that brought you Mr. Bean and Billy Elliot are coming to Austin in search of funny..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...staff, but by the time the final film -- Billy Elliot -- began unspooling at 7:35pm, the moribund feel..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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