Point, Counterpoint

The debate over WTP4 goes to a public forum

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Holy Hell

A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants

"...near-daily basis. Those joyously made films here become the counterpoint to more recent interviews with former followers...."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Megamind

This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.

"...who was orphaned young and crafted an identity in counterpoint to another foundling who fell to Metro City, USA,..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Earth Days

Directed with a flawless eye and judicious craft, this documentary is an informative and nonpolemic look at the birth of the modern environmental movement.

"...noticeably amiss, Earth Days is a wise and stoic counterpoint to, say, Michael Moore's more incendiary, gallows-humoresques. Stone has..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld: Evolution

This tale of the ongoing hostilities between vampires and werewolves is pockmarked by the discordant likes of Puscifer and Slipknot.

"...couture. Perhaps the soundtrack is meant as a humorous counterpoint to the grimly sacrosanct storyline, but I doubt it;..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Talented Mr. Ripley

"...role that uses his bland, prep-school quarterback's face as counterpoint for gradually unfolding complexities, is an inspired choice for..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Head On

"...flails alongside the characters' tortured psyches in a ricocheting counterpoint. It's almost too much to bear, at times, but..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Stand Alone

"...as “justice” and “morality” frequently surface, often in textual counterpoint. Wonderfully performed by Philippe Nahon, this butcher is a..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Illuminata

"...directorial debut, 1992's Mac), uses this play as a counterpoint to the more pressing drama unfolding in the lives..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Dance With Me

"...hunks who uses sweet, dorky charm to add ingratiating counterpoint to his mannequin-like good looks, is a surprisingly adroit..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Latin Boys Go to Hell

"...using the program's storyline to serve as a not-so-subtle counterpoint to what's happening in the lives of the film's..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Late Bloomers

"...course a bit when it rehashes the stale, inane point-counterpoint of homosexuality as a social “issue” (though maybe the..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Totally F***ed Up

"...post-Godardian, using title cards and grainy, black-and-white interviews to counterpoint the vignettes documenting the trials and tribulations of this..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Desperate Remedies

"...integrity of The Colour Red. Meant as a visual counterpoint to the film's sexually perverse tendencies, Desperate Remedies is..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Calendar

"...Egoyan, his acting is impressive.) Khanjian is a warm counterpoint to the frigid Egoyan, openly showing us how Armenia..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Night and Day

"...the French New Wave. You can almost hear the counterpoint between Night and Day New Wave classics like Truffaut's..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Crying Game

"...guiding intelligence that's propelling this story with commentary and counterpoint, stripping it down layer by layer, illusion by illusion...."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's story of salesmen caught in their unique form of hell also offers a cornucopia of fine performances.

"...sings his love song to a helpless client in counterpoint. Lemmon, too, shows a little more discipline than usual..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Impromptu

"...fun as Liszt's jealous mistress. Her frills provide wry counterpoint to Davis' more macho version of femininity. When Sand..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

I Hear a Symphony

Composer Kent Kennan has been an essential voice in America's musical counterpoint since 1936 when he won the Prix de Rome Composition Prize. Now, at age 90, he'll hear the Austin Symphony play his composition for the very first time.

"...Credit seldom goes to good counterpoint...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

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Aug. 30, 2002 Column

Articulations

The passing of a longtime professor of music and the birth of a new opera by Austin Lyric Opera.

"...esteemed as a specialist in musical structure, most notably counterpoint. He had written the books Form in Tonal Music..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Renowned composer and educator Kent Kennan has died, longtime Paramount Theatre manager Paul Beutel calls it quits, and Vincent Kitch signs on as the city of Austin's cultural arts program manager.

"...Austin's master of counterpoint and composer of renown has died. Kent Kennan, winner..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Holler

A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line

"...fractured family living the hardscrabble life presents a bold counterpoint to 45’s brash bullshit. Holler’s stark, fatalistic story feels..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrath of Man

Ritchie and Statham find a new, welcome gear in this bloody thriller

"...film. Unsurprisingly, this stripped-down soundtrack serves as the perfect counterpoint for Ritchie’s direction, adding an element of the funereal..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Keep an Eye Out

Quentin Dupieux serves a delicious slice of nothing in this police anti-procedural

"...Grégoire Ludig’s beleaguered and ill-fated Fugain is his perfect counterpoint. If you are unfamiliar with Dupieux’s cinema of meta..."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

This Is Not a Movie

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk embodies the importance of honest journalism

"...is the right one, that reality doesn't need a counterpoint of lies. There is raw power in Fisk meeting..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Earth

Documentary about how we reshape the land digs deep but maybe too wide

"...in the Roman Empire: It gives context, and a counterpoint to the Panglossian optimism of everyone digging their own..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...soon as he graduates from Anaconda High. A direct counterpoint to the rough-and-tumble Aron, whose plans for the future..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome to Marwen

Outsider artist's harrowing true story gets a misguided Hollywood sheen

"...Mann as new neighbor Nicol to act as the counterpoint, but her character is little more than a mirror...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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