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

Becoming Astrid

Pippi Longstocking creator's life story isn't for kids

"...channel biopic. Her luminescence is a wonderful and needed counterpoint to what amounts to a particularly grim story of..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: Happy Grunting!

There are certain smells that even love can't overcome

"...unicorn. Therefore, I am going to have to take counterpoint to your girlfriend and state with the utmost surety..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Family Fang

Jason Bateman directs and co-stars in this dark comedy

"...fades somewhat as Annie begins to serve as the counterpoint to Baxter’s less anger-driven perspective on things. But in..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...in general that Ultron feels like a very intentional counterpoint to Man of Steel’s city-wasting melees; instead, countless hostile..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Richard Gere joins in the fun at this revived hotel for seniors.

"...the young hotel manager Sonny (Patel) provides a decent counterpoint to the equally chaotic personal lives of his guests,..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

UPDATE: The People's Filibuster Continues

Opponents of war on women use lege rules to derail abortion ban

"...Speakers against the bill have raised counterpoint after counterpoint; dismantling false arguments; derailing the idea that..."

June 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Marley

Stir it Up: Finally, there's an authoritative film biography of Bob Marley.

"...to illustrate the film’s points. So thoughtful is this counterpoint that it almost makes up for Macdonald never showing..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Somewhere

Filmmaker Sofia Coppola makes a dreamy, beautifully shot statement about the slow-burning dread of a truly hollow man, but Somewhere lacks the dry humor of Lost in Translation.

"...T-shirt, which provides us with a subtle and poignant counterpoint to his moldering soul. He's the polar opposite of..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Please Give

The pleasure of Nicole Holofcener's film – which stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, and Amanda Peet – lies in the honesty of its conversations rather than its plot.

"...mammogram X-ray machine while the Roches sing in amusing counterpoint on the soundtrack. Automatically, we are dropped into Holofcener’s..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...be a youngster somewhere in the vicinity to provide counterpoint to the sage if occasionally obvious wisdom of the..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Call + Response

Documentary pairs celebrities with musicians to inform viewers about the issues of child slavery and human trafficking in the U.S. and around the world.

"...are times when the duty of the critic runs counterpoint to one’s duty as a human citizen of the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reich, Rags, and Road Movie

SXSW showcase reviews

"...pressure, Soli clarinet player Stephanie Key tackled "New York Counterpoint" for her second stand-alone performance of the night (she..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

Wednesday Picks

"...Watermelons to presaging electronica with works like 1987's Electric Counterpoint, Reich has consistently redefined the vanguard. Initially composed for..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Herzog's Veracity in 'Rescue Dawn'?

"...but chose to build DeBruin's character into a pathetic counterpoint to his hero's. This was needless. He already had..."

Aug. 6, 2007 Postmarks

Local Round-Up: Novus Annus Edition

News bits for the new year

"...deplane and check out Bergstrom's Austin Chronicle store. Yeah! Counterpoint to 'Red-Light' Traffic Cameras: Naked Intersections: An interesting, big..."

Jan. 3, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys'

Dao Strom's 'Four Stories': an excerpt

"...in mind of the ocean. Reprinted with permission from Counterpoint Press © 2006...."

May 5, 2006 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...to the set of the schlocky film-within-the-film as a counterpoint to his own opus, but his satire of Hollywood..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hills Have Eyes

This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.

"...world these days. Lacking this kind of wackily transgressive counterpoint, Aja’s version, while a killer ride in its own..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World

Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.

"...passengers that its circuit takes 15 minutes) and their counterpoint – in every interior shot, backstage and in every..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Layer Cake

A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.

"...Sanctuary" to the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" play musical counterpoint to the action unfolding onscreen, but Layer Cake, for..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Alamo

In this round of historical revisionism there's not much to remember except, maybe, Davy Crockett becoming a fiddler on the roof.

"...and Hancock), and although a sequence of him playing counterpoint fiddle to the strident strains of the Mexican army’s..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carnage

Although maybe not a great film, Carnage is the most ambitious and assured feature debut in recent memory, and it is certainly distinctive.

"...ring. Dainty music-box melodies on the film’s evocative soundtrack counterpoint the image of the bull’s carcass being dragged through..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Are You Really Going to Eat That? Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker

Robb Walsh is indeed an explorer -- a hungry mind and curious gullet searching out food experiences that, when put to paper, provide vicarious adventures for less peripatetic readers.

"...Counterpoint Press, 224 pp., $25..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Food Review by MM Pack

Herod's Law

Unflinching satire is diminished by overwritten messages.

"...with a bang. The bongos-and-brass score and its visual counterpoint – a fat, sweaty dude with fistfuls of money..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Swimming Pool

Ozon’s film is like Eric Rohmer meets Brian DePalma – questions of identity and perception come to the fore, but slowly.

"...overripe sexuality and lithe, sun-bronzed form play a delirious counterpoint to Rampling’s initially staid Sarah. For American audiences, Swimming..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

"...the sets or settings, post-Fellini. They provide an interesting counterpoint, showing us how unremarkable, how undressed a place becomes..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Book Reviews

Amanda Eyre Ward diagnoses Joan Barfoot's latest novel.

"...Counterpoint, 336 pp., $25..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood will get back to the restaurant news and advisories next week; for now, she just has to tell you about Timothy Taylor's debut novel, which has quite the culinary theme its own self.

"...food comes naturally from the terroir. In Stanley Park (Counterpoint, $25), the debut novel from award-winning Canadian short story..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

My Wife Is an Actress

"...of the father. I'm not sure what aim this counterpoint serves, although it does broaden the story away from..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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