Alan & Naomi

"...pushpins. It comes closer, however, when Naomi (Zaoui), a catatonic survivor of the Gestapo, arrives to stay with the..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

"...his father, while his mother (Bullock) shambles at home, near-catatonic with grief. Daldry and his adapter, Eric Roth (Forrest..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Iron Claw

The triumph and the tragedy of Texas wrestling legends the Von Erichs

"...feelings. Instead, he's contending with those feelings, and his near-catatonic silences come from Efron's deep understanding of a certain..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Animated Haruki Murakami adaptation finds his fabulist tendencies

"...that they expect, that's not its purpose. That these catatonic characters – Katagiri, Komura, and Kyoko – find a..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beau Is Afraid

Joaquin Phoenix is the understated fool in this bloated Oedipal epic

"...the other end of a phone, tut-tutting at her near-catatonic offspring, incapable as he is of functioning in the..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Silent Twins

True story of siblings gives little insight into their inner lives

"...to break their co-dependency. But the girls just became catatonic and further withdrawn. Eventually, after some acts of public..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Firestarter

Annoying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of pyrokinetic terror

"...Captain Hollister (Reuben) dispatching merciless superpowered assassin Rainbird (a near-catatonic Greyeyes) to snatch Charlie, who it turns out is..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...Beanpole, which opens with a women locked in a catatonic state. She is Iya (Miroshnichenko), the titular Beanpole. In..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...fully telegraph his thoughts; the character maintains a nearly catatonic bearing throughout and does little to explain himself by..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: VR Stories With Dark Corner

Is the future of horror shorts immersive?

"...shack at the far-from-tender mercies of a knife-wielding maniac. "Catatonic" straps you into a wheelchair as you are pushed..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...VR studio Dark Corner (responsible for breakout 360 stunner Catatonic) will be immersing attendees in three projects: death trip..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amour

Death is part of love’s bargain, a fact filmmaker Michael Haneke lays bare.

"...breakfast one morning, Anne is overtaken by a seemingly catatonic lapse which quickly passes. The next time we see..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Winter's Bone

Set in the Ozark Mountain backwoods of Missouri, this tense drama is an exceptionally good film.

"...cookers in the area, and her mother has become catatonic and useless from worry and a broken heart. As..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wackness

An odd-couple pairing between a teenage pot dealer and the shrink with whom he trades weed for sessions anchors this story about coming of age in New York City during the Nineties.

"...stepdaughter, Stephanie (Thirlby), while Squire's marriage to the chain-smoking, near-catatonic Kristin (Janssen) is fissuring. Janssen's screen time is negligible,..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Quiet

The first Burnt Orange Productions joint mixes The Piano with Poison Ivy. Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.

"...in the Cheryl Ladd role, only this time she's catatonic from drugs) and an inappropriate relationship with a blond..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

We Don't Live Here Anymore

What people fight about when they fight about love.

"...a stalemated writer and womanizer married to the long-suffering, near-catatonic Edith (Watts); they don’t fight, which amounts to something..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From Justin to Kelly

"...(not the Lorna Luft remake). Who could forget a near-catatonic Yvette Mimieux wandering into highway traffic after getting gangbanged?..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Good Girl

"...by Joe Doe and Roxanne Hart) are portrayed as catatonic couch potatoes, even though the plot dynamics hinge on..."

Aug. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Murder in the First

"...trial alongside Young, who by this time is nearly catatonic from the unbelievable three years in solitary he's spent..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...a woman (Carly Pope) being used to access the catatonic and quite possibly possessed mind of her mother (Nathalie..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Billy Harvey

"...free-flow insouciance seesaw with repetitive bass fuzz, evincing a catatonic cool in "Dope Wings," while twofer "Supergrey" and "Barnaby..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Panel Recap: Horror in VR

Can terror in the virtual world have IRL success?

"...platform-first approach. Shelmerdine recalled that with his first project, Catatonic, "It wasn’t like I had a burning desire to..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...fertilize their flammable substance. It can draw people into catatonic states, and make them either stand rigid in place..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...walked out of the original's now-legendary end as a catatonic mess. Now she's back in the worst possible job:..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Gerbling

Some people like to push the envelope

"...slow motion. A few tequila shots later, and the catatonic death grip on my brain relaxed a bit and..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Cutting Hitch Down to Size

Inside Mondo's new collectibles line

"...and emotional limits (Tippi Hedren, for one, went briefly catatonic after a particularly punishing day on The Birds set)...."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...in an orgy of orange bones. His roommate was catatonic, rocking back and forth in the corner. Tate had..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

TV Review: ‘The Girl’

HBO Film examines Hitchcock's obsession with Tippi Hedren

"...which production had to be shut down while the near-catatonic actress recovered – the filmmakers leave out what is..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Dallas' Redux: Why You Should Tune In

TNT rolls out Southfork 2.0

"...best for last, viewers are finally reunited with a catatonic J.R., who's been hospitalized indefinitely for clinical depression. Innovations..."

June 13, 2012 Screens Post by Anne Harris

Austin Eats Food Tour

There's no need to sing for your supper; take a walk or a bike ride

"...Springs Road, without which I would have collapsed in catatonic food ecstasy...."

March 2, 2012 Food Review by Rachel Feit

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