Naked

"...Directed by: Mike Leigh. Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Deborah Maclaren, Gina Mckee..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman goes inside the minds of puppets

"...from another. Numb to human connection, Michael (voiced by David Thewlis) will encounter a cab driver, a bellhop, an..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seven Years in Tibet

"...Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud. Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.d. Wong, Mako and Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk. Forget..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Besieged

"...Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring: Claudio Santamaria, David Thewlis and Thandie Newton. It's been many a luna..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Total Eclipse

"...Directed by: Agnieszka Holland. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer and Dominique Blanc. This never less-than-fascinating..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wonder Woman

The origin story of Diana, princess of the Amazons

"...Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Lucy..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Macbeth

Bloody screen adaptation shows what Shakespeare only tells

"...Justin Kurzel. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, David Thewlis, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Debicki...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Vera Farmiga is a knockout in this otherwise predictable and emotionally manipulative story about the horror of the German concentration camps.

"...Directed by: Mark Herman. Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson, Sheila Hancock..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked

The 1993 film by writer and director Mike Leigh, newly released by Criterion, is a small masterpiece of blighted English negativity: like little body with a corrosive heart

"...with a corrosive heart. Starring the brilliant and subtle David Thewlis as Johnny, the angriest of angry young men,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...John Moore. Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. It..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Timeline

Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.

"...Billy Connolly, Anna Friel, Ethan Embry, Marton Csokas and David Thewlis. Based on a Michael Crichton novel that no..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragonheart

"...Directed by: Rob Cohen. Starring: Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie and Sean..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Basic Instinct 2

This wholly unwarranted sequel is so outrageously preposterous (and chockablock with bad dialogue) that the end result achieves a basement grandeur of near-epic proportions.

"...Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones. Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling and Hugh Dancy. "Ich..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Lebowski

A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.

"...Gazzara, Jon Polito, Tara Reid, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, David Huddleston and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Coen Brothers --..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anonymous

Normally a maker of big, explosive movies, Roland Emmerich directs this conspiracy-minded potboiler which questions the veracity of Shakespeare's authorship.

"...Roland Emmerich. Starring: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Xavier Samuel,..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"...Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith...."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...been a tent pole movie for an arthouse studio: David Thewlis, Ethan Hawke, and Emma Watson, directed by Alejandro..."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Secrets & Lies

"...the perambulations of a disturbingly mesmerizing sociopath played by David Thewlis. Despite its off-putting nature, Naked received much critical..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Headliners D: Bernard Rose; with Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis, Luis Tosar, Crispin Glover, Omid Djalili..."

March 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.

"...Directed by: David Yates. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...literally kill for roles in a new production of David Mamet's American Buffalo. (May 21)..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Ifantolino, The Myth of the American Sleepover, directed by David Robert Mitchell, Phillip The Fossil, directed by Garth Donovan,..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

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

"...The semi-autobiographical comedy starring SNL's Pete Davidson and directed by Judd Apatow kicks off today's lineup..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)

The return of Twin Peaks is cause for celebration

"...TV event of the year. Whenever an artist of David Lynch’s caliber releases anything new, it’s newsworthy. But when..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...David Garza: Let's play a game. Each time you watch..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature

Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival: An Introduction

"...panelists, including Cauleen Smith (Drylongso), Jay Rosenblatt (Human Remains), David Barker (Afraid of Everything), Lee Daniel (Dazed and Confused),..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice

Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets above-average adaptation

"...local ratcatchers, and most especially the mystery-shrouded Boss Man (David Thewlis), up to?..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival 2017

Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley comes home

"...the embodiment of the ruthless German expat V.M. Varga (David Thewlis), a gleefully malicious bulimic who may or may..."

June 9, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Legend

Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins

"...Directed by: Brian Helgeland. Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Sam Spruell, Christopher Eccleston and Tara Fitzgerald...."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2015: Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman measures the weight of human consciousness

"...a convention. A melancholic guy, Michael is voiced by David Thewlis, and we witness his feeble attempts to make..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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