AFF Interview: Taking the Blinders Off

Vincent van Horn takes the scary path to Hollywood

"...awaiting the North American premiere of his new film, Blinders...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Ecological Blinders

"...or just the opposite (thinking globally), are wearing ecological blinders (misacting locally)...."

Nov. 1, 2011 Postmarks

American Exceptionalism Is History With Blinders On

Jan. 26, 2010 Postmarks

Smallfoot

Furry animated antics as yetis find proof: Humans exist!

"...encourages young yetis everywhere to cast off their intellectual blinders...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freakonomics

The runaway nonfiction book that improbably spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list is now, just as improbably, a movie.

"...the film calls on us to tear off the blinders of conventional wisdom and find answers in the demonstrability..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Shaggy Dog

There are precious few surprises here, but this breezy remake starring Tim Allen is a painless affair.

"...all the more surreal, but viewed through the cinematic blinders of Generation X and beyond, the story of a..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary

"...wonder, in a very human sense, about the various blinders we all adopt to make our peace with life...."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Son of the Bride

In this Argentinean film, a single dad and businessman struggles to keep his personal life afloat while undergoing a midlife crisis.

"...makings for a working-class hero stunted by the emotional blinders he's inadvertently equipped himself with. Frequent visits to his..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Speed Racer Show

"...and extremely dull, especially when looked at through current blinders. Neither is it buffeted by clever humor or entertainingly..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners

Austin-linked films Blinders, Horton Foote win

"...Texas Independent Feature. Over in the Dark Matters category, Blinders may have been shot in Los Angeles but is..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Emma.

Anya Taylor-Joy gives Austen’s priggish heroine the spark she deserves

"...standing informed both the ambitious Gina Gray in Peaky Blinders and Lily, the epitome of a teen insulated from..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Serenity

Matthew McConaughey's beach thriller drowns in red herrings

"...Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) and force in television (Peaky Blinders, Taboo), Steven Knight made a directorial splash with 2014’s..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fighter

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams combine forces with director David O. Russell to make one of 2010's most exciting movies.

"...of harpies. Alice, who manages Micky’s career, wears virtual blinders when it comes to the realities of her children’s..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reefer Madness: Drug Laws Are So Fifties

Advocacy group calls for a return to the Seventies on sentencing

"...the failure of the Boggs Act. So lawmakers donned blinders – blinders made from crack cocaine. Again demonstrating little..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Another Day in Paradise

"...grated before; here, Clark has knocked away her back-lit blinders and allowed the woman to finally claw her way..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Advocate

"...For his part, Kevin might as well be wearing blinders -- this new outfit positively drips evil and you..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...Blinders D: Tyler Savage Writer: Tyler Savage, Dash Hawkins (North..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...Blinders D: Tyler Savage In the wake of a messy..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

16 Punk Rock Bands to Slam Into at SXSW

"...The BlindersThu. 14, British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 1am; Fri...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...your life? I guess you just have to put blinders on and say, “It doesn’t bother me, and I..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...discovery for me. Being black in America, [I had] blinders on with how it affects, like, Native American culture...."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...The Blinders (Manchester, England)..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Summoning Darkness With Suspiria

David Kajganich and Jessica Harper on terror and dance

"...English starts to feel like it has its cultural blinders on. We knew that this company was very eclectic..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spectrum Theatre Company's Juneteenth Chronicles

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

"...own slaves.' They're all just shucking responsibility or putting blinders on. My hope is that this show jars something..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: Monogamous Leftovers

Polyamory, like communism, is much harder in practice than in theory

"...over the place while I'm at home watching Peaky Blinders in my tighty whities. I will freely admit that..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

What’cha Watchin’?

Advertising Director Cassidy Frazier lets The Son, Deadwood, and Peaky Blinders speak for themselves

"...friends. Change calls the tune we dance to." Peaky Blinders (Netflix)..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Column

DJ Brimlo

"...means tightrope walking over an active volcano with horse blinders. Holding to his convictions, rapper/producer DJ Brimlo (Galvin McKinney)..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Page Two: When “Patriotism” Means Petulance

So much for draining the swamp

"...are passionate believers in original intent being appointed. Wearing blinders, this requires ignoring the actual deepest fears of the..."

May 26, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Fantastic Fest Review: The Girl With All the Gifts

A post-apocalyptic world that really grows on (or in) you

"...Director Colm McCarthy (Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who) captures more than a civilization in collapse...."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Backbeat

Vintage-inspired bar is everything but retro

"...plenty of sophisticated options to fill its place. Peachy Blinders ($12) doubles up with Speyside and Islay Scotch –..."

July 1, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

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