Arthur Christmas

The folks at Aardman Animation, who gave us Wallace & Gromit, seve up an instant – and funny – holiday classic.

"...books that requires one or more forays into Christmastime comedy chaos each and every year. Generally speaking, I'd like..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arthur

The bubbles have gone out of Russell Brand's remake of the 30-year-old original.

"...the role popularized by Moore unnecessarily retains the character’s British yet somehow American identity. Brand’s demeanor is cheekier than..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mechanic

A mediocre remake of a Charles Bronson assassin film that's downright repellent at times.

"...and James Logan. Mere hours after extolling the gravelly British pleasures of Jason Statham's career thus far to an..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's in the Details

Andrew Bujalksi and Cinema Club screen an overlooked John Huston gem

"...a quartet of schemers traveling from southern Italy to British colonial Africa in hopes of plundering the Crown's newly..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ghost Town

A sweet, old-fashioned kind of picture content to burrow into the quiet spaces, where boring, ordinary adults live and fitfully try to love again. Oh, and occasionally talk to dead people.

"...who’s best known for his brilliant bumbling idiocy in British TV’s The Office and Extras. At first he seems..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Son of Rambow

Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.

"...Waver and a veritable rock star to all the British squares in their school uniforms, and while he could..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Yes, it's true: Harry Potter manages his first kiss, in between all manner of expository storytelling, and never was a young man's wand more ever-ready.

"...Dolores Umbridge (Staunton of Vera Drake and the BBC comedy series Little Britain) arrives to dismantle the school's Defense..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wicker Man

Notorious director Neil LaBute's well-intentioned but inadvertently silly film starring Nicolas Cage replaces the vague, sinister paganism of the original with a creepy infusion of earth-mother estrogen gone haywire.

"...a sound investment in offsetting any future dearth of comedy in my lifetime. If the giggly shocked expression that..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Mediocrity rises

"...British actor Chris Langham is the master of the vacant..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Pageant

With Patrick MacDonald's dark comedy 'Pageant,' Hyde Park Theatre takes us deep into the woods to consider the nature of beauty with a quartet of low-key comic Canucks

"...we say, exceeded his grasp. As Daniel Macdonald's dark comedy Pageant opens, the doc is paying the price for..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Wimbledon

A terribly tender, good-hearted romantic comedy from across the pond.

"...If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and if British production company Working Title has become something of the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...do to punk rock rats on last year's Situationist Comedy. Punk as fuck with a dash of pop and..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Ruling Class

"...Alastair Sim, Harry Andrews and Coral Browne. Nutty black comedy ensues when an heir to a British lordship thinks..."

July 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Through the Eyes of a Kid

Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.

"...the stage. Up there was the inimitable and very British Bernadette Nason, a queen of the children's theatre scene,..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

That's the Way I Like it

"...of young punks on hope. Goei, late of the British stage where he starred alongside Anthony Hopkins in M...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...really teed off. By his side are Azaria's effete, faux-British Blue Raja, a master of cutlery (except knives); Macy's..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fool for Love

"...Oregon Coast, New York's Adirondack Mountains, Vermont, and Victoria, British Columbia are very picturesque and inviting...."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

My Breakfast With Blassie

"...Borrowing its title from the popular British meal which consists of beer, bread, cheese, and a..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

Chain Reaction

"...disastrous critical and commercial failure of his ill-conceived, would-be comedy Steal Big, Steal Little, director Andrew Davis predictably hot-footed..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...of three female first-time directors in the Midnighters, alongside British filmmaker Abigail Blackmore (Tales From the Lodge) and Roxanne..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Director & Writer: James Gunn In this outlandish dark comedy, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Austin is Comedy Central

"...stand-up at the Velveeta Room or the Cap City Comedy Club. Now, you can watch Austin-based comedian Jim Hamilton..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...Comics & Queens Catch a drag show and stand-up comedy all in one place with hosts Tiffany Epiphany and..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

"...Rabbinical student Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth's queer autistic take on the British royalty in Diana: My Graphic Obsession. Described as an..."

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...is the Texas premiere of Fourth Man Out, a comedy about a small-town car mechanic who comes out to..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: XX versus XY

Female-centric horrors Witching & Bitching, Life After Beth

"...the sadly under-seen Harold's Going Stiff. But while the British lo-fi drama is a Ken Loachesque, vérité-style mockumentary, Beth..."

Oct. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards

More than 60 shows scored nominations for ACoT's annual theatre honors

"...do a gay New York baseball star, a vain British matinee idol, and a hillbilly Hamlet have in common?..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune

Robert Schenkkan's 'The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune' eases us back into that long-ago world of screwball comedy and serves up some new fun

"...one of those days. His movie star client, a British classical thespian who leaped into the saddle of silent-film..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

November Previews

"...and Robert Carlyle (Begbie in Trainspotting) star in this comedy-drama ("cramedy?") concerning author Frank McCourt's tumultuous young life in..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...Shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, but nonetheless a quintessentially Texan tale is Stacy..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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