Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounter

Review of Gregory Crewdson documentary

"...Director Ben Shapiro's documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounter is, if anything, too brief. That's not a..."

March 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Review: London’s Close Encounter Club Levitates Babeheaven, Sorry, and Weird Milk

Probing sonic atmosphere on the square mile’s northside

"...The Close Encounter Club’s mythos rests on its intergalactic brand, and that’s..."

March 19, 2021 Music Post by Laiken Neumann

Nights in Rodanthe

This movie which reunites Richard Gere and Diane Lane is hardly the best chick flick around, but it’s the flick with the best chick by far.

"...acts. Based on the Nicholas Spark novel about the brief encounter between a troubled surgeon (Gere) and a lonely..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scanlines

The Star Maker

"...Brief Encounter D: David Lean; with Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature

Barcelona

"...ten years old. The various women the two cousins encounter present the film's only decent spark of characterization. Barcelona..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

For a Lost Soldier

"...group of Canadian soldiers who then take up a brief residence in the local hotel before pulling out. One..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boys and Girls

"...you in a big way. Even the most casual encounter is a sacred thing, which is why a movie..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Boy Scout

"...of bullets, a fiery crash or a bone crushing encounter with a heavy object. Up and coming actress Berry..."

Dec. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...a song in her heart. NARRATIVE FILM COMPETITION A BRIEF STORY FROM THE GREEN PLANET D: Santiago Loza (Argentina/Germany/Brazil/Spain,..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Of an Age

Queer sexual awakening drama is depressingly familiar

"...and glory of personal relationships. It’s understandable what the brief encounter years ago might have meant to Kol, but..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images

Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams

"...Brief Encounter (1945)..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Railway Man

Colin Firth stars with Nicole Kidman in this memoir about a WWII POW in Burma who, in the present day, still suffers repercussions.

"...Patti (Kidman). Swiftly under her spell, Eric mentions Lean’s Brief Encounter, that seminal British romancer about a short-lived affair..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics Series

May 24-Sept. 9

"...Fahrenheit 451, 9:25pmAug. 4E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial, 4:30pm; Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 7pm; Metropolis, 10:10pmAug. 5E.T. –..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature

Underground Zero: Part 2

"...Brzeski, "Isaiah's Rap" by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, "Brief Encounter with Tibetan Monks" by Paul Harrill, "Scene from..."

Sept. 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Underground Zero: Part 1

"...Brzeski, "Isaiah's Rap" by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, "Brief Encounter with Tibetan Monks" by Paul Harrill, "Scene from..."

Sept. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Filthy and Respectable!

Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Waters, it helps to prepare oneself for: 1) a brief encounter, and 2) being his straight man for 15..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The Hightower Report

Chris Christie: A constantly lying truth-teller

"...but he'd only met the king once, in a brief encounter at a political dinner...."

July 31, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Marc Savlov's Top 10 List

"...Citizenfour Far from what the NSA presumably deciphered, this brief encounter with Edward Snowden cusping on infamy is all-new..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...heart would burst under the strain. The inevitable romantic brief encounter with street chanteuse Accacia leads to a mad..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Daytrip: San Marcos With the 'Yakona' Crew

The filmmakers behind the eco-doc take us to the river

"...Our celebrity encounter was the sweetest of the entire conference, a chance..."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...camera's eye as it documents in black-and-white verité a brief encounter between two young people who don't mind hooking..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Makes Its HB2 Case to U.S. Supreme Court

Says no evidence women are harmed

"...to care, lawyers for the state argue in a brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court...."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Under Construction

A lively collage of all-American memories at once thoughtful, funny, and poignant

"...of the now was the show's only weakness; a brief encounter with a young blogger seemed out of place..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

The Pied Piper of Hützovina

"...a drunken night in Prague. The result of that brief encounter is this foray into the life of a..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Apartment: Collector's Edition

What kind of tender tyrant hinges a love story on a suicide attempt?

"...story's first kernels came when Wilder watched David Lean's Brief Encounter, about two furtives affairing in train stations, the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

There Will Be Film

"...3) Atonement A marvelous adaptation with Brief Encounter in its blood; the kind of picture that..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Dress Suits to Hire

Winding up the Rude Mechanicals' Throws Like a Girl series, Holly Hughes' 'lesbian noir' 'Dress Suits to Hire' chills and excites in calculated disturbances

"...What happens when we rent clothing to experience a brief encounter with the other side? Who tells us what..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

TCB

Kickin' ass and takin' names (for later litigation) with Gibby Haynes, Spoon, Masonic, the Tuna Helpers, and President Bush himself

"...-- were ushered into the Oval Office for a brief encounter and photo op with ACL fans George and..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

New French Shorts

Queer and immigrant stories, satire and romance give new perspectives on French culture

"...Queer Palme-winning story of two men and a random encounter that feels sexual, but is really much more emotional...."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...while others are stupefied by the vulgarities we routinely encounter. Both of these plights are solved for us. Specifically...."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

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