The Aviary

Desert-set cult drama is a little dry

"...Directed by: Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite. Starring: Malin Ackerman, Lorenza Izzo,..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Live by Night

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this period gangster drama

"...Directed by: Ben Affleck. Starring: Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Chris Cooper,..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks tries hard, and though it's a likable film she never completely sparks.

"...Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan and Elliott..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Call Jane

Timely but lightweight abortion drama isn't up to the topic's pressing needs

"...Directed by: Phyllis Nagy. Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith and..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Secrets We Keep

War crimes revisited in suburban America

"...Directed by: Yuval Adler. Starring: Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Chris Messina and Amy Seimetz...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Cake

In a rare dramatic role, Jennifer Aniston plays a woman grappling with chronic pain, painkiller addiction, and personal tragedy.

"...Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Chris Messina, Mamie Gummer, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy...."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Air

Feel-good history of the Air Jordan centers on the shoe, not the man

"...Ben Affleck. Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Julius Tennon, Jason Bateman, Matthew Maher and Chris..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Famous Faces During the Final Weekend of SXSW 2023

"...Chris Messina at the Air premiere at the Paramount Theatre..."

March 20, 2023 Photo Gallery

I.S.S.

Spacebound political thriller lacks any sense of gravity

"...Directed by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Starring: Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Maria Mashkova, Costa Ronin and..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boogeyman

Can Hollywood just knock it off with the trauma horror?

"...Directed by: Rob Savage. Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian, Madison Hu and..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Manglehorn

Al Pacino stars in David Gordon Green's shot-in-Austin drama

"...by: David Gordon Green. Starring: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine, Skylar Gasper and Herculano Trevino...."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Devil

A group of strangers takes a ride with the devil on an elevator to hell.

"...Directed by: John Erick Dowdle. Starring: Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Logan Marshall-Green, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.

"...Nora Ephron. Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Jane Lynch and Mary..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Away We Go

See it for the many lovely performances, although the film’s vision of Gen-Y nesting is liable to leave you up a tree.

"...Ejogo, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O’Hara, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan and Josh..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Humboldt County

This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.

"...Starring: Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Chris Messina, Brad Dourif and Madison Davenport. In a perfect..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Documentary Feature Competition category is St. Edward’s prof Scott Christopherson’s Peace Officer, while in the Visions category, Ben Powell..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell, Tom Cullen, Keir Gilchrist, Kiowa Gordon, Star Slade (U.S. Premiere)..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Argo

Ben Affleck directs this entertaining thriller about an unbelievable-but-true mission to extricate American hostages from Iran in 1980.

"...Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, Zeljko Ivanek..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Air

The good guys win in this charming origin story for the Air Jordan

"...as hyper-aggressive sports agent Dave Falk (a gloriously overblown Chris Messina) belligerently reminds Vaccaro. Which is unfortunate, because Vaccaro,..."

March 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Ben Affleck’s Air as Surprise Closing Night Film

Air Jordan origin story stars Matt Damon

"...(playing Jordan’s mother, Deloris Jordan), Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, and Matthew Maher...."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

She Dies Tomorrow

Deathcentric dramedy mistakes gloom for depth

"...Seimetz. Starring: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Chris Messina, Katie Aselton, Tunde Adebimpe, Jennifer Kim, Olivia Taylor..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina and Ella Jay Basco...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Chris Messina, Anna Kendrick, Judith Light, Sam Elliott, Mike Birbiglia,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

An Ungentrified Man

David Gordon Green wraps up his Texas trilogy with Manglehorn

"...people get close to him. There's his son Jacob (Chris Messina), a successful businessman alienated from his father; and..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Mondo plants its flag in Toyland, and 'Manglehorn' heads to Toronto

"...latest, Manglehorn, which stars Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, and Chris Messina. Here’s the description from today’s press release:..."

July 22, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Palo Alto

Gia Coppola, the latest voice heard from in that ridiculously talented filmmaking family, makes an auspicious directing debut with this teen drama based on stories from a collection by James Franco.

"...Janet Jones, Don Novello, Zoe Levin, Colleen Camp and Chris Messina...."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Celeste & Jesse Forever

This romantic comedy starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg is far funnier than you’d expect a film about a tortuous split to be – and more deft.

"...by: Lee Toland Krieger. Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Elijah Wood, Ari Graynor, Eric Christian Olsen, Will..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greenberg

Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.

"...Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Merritt Wever and Chris Messina. Baumbach's very vocal critics have sneered that with..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

John Krasinski makes his directorial debut with this screen adaptation of David Foster Wallace's stories.

"...Faison, Will Forte, Benjamin Gibbard, Timothy Hutton, John Krasinski, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Christopher Meloni, Lou Taylor Pucci and..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Woody Allen's newest is by no means a bad film, but it’s irrefutable evidence that Allen has aged – or cloistered – himself into irrelevance.

"...Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina and Kevin Dunn. Yes, this is the new..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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