Jack

"...– would be a one-star movie, the kind of thing that's designed to make you laugh and make you..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tie-Died: Rock 'n Roll's Most Deadicated Fans

"...follow the band from location to location and create something of a mobile village in location after location? It..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Three Swordsmen

"...plotline, which, while far too complicated to summarize, has something to do with Lau's character, a master swordsman named..."

Jan. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The New Age

"...a juxtaposition reminiscent of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Michael Tolkin's latest film poses two philosophies. Spiritual leader..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Project S (aka Once a Cop)

"...Supercop, but then, that's what kept the whole implausible thing afloat last time. Without Jackie Chan's low-brow comic twists..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silent Tongue

"...days away, and Eamon and Reeves follow. (The whole thing is kind of an Old West twist on the..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

Gift

"...this film that may be the most lushly romantic thing I've ever seen on celluloid. It's a wedding, specifically..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Searchers

Regarded by many as Ford's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time, this John Wayne Western is a meditation on survival, the loss of faith, and the death of heroes.

"...Searchers is about the loss of faith and the death of heroes. The classic Western heroes, those who helped..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Fugitive

Flinty Tommy Lee Jones is the best thing about this otherwise standard chase film.

"...murder scene. On route to his incarceration (and pending death sentence), fate intervenes in the form of a failed..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Time

"...a well-intentioned social conscience. Now imagine that the whole thing goes on, and on, and on, relentlessly driving home..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twogether

"...with very little to say to each other. Certainly nothing of earth-shaking caliber and, doubtful, nothing along the lines..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point of No Return

"...recruited by the Government and given the option of death for her crimes or rebirth as a deep-cover assassin...."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swing Kids

"...cultural rebellion. But is cultural rebellion necessarily the same thing as political rebellion? Can the purity of sound be..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Year of the Gun

"...Moro. Sadly, Frankenheimer as filmmaker is doing the same thing as McCarthy's journalist. He's using a period in history..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Questioning How We Embrace Mortality in She Dies Tomorrow

Director Amy Seimetz new film is death positive

"...Death is inevitable – and yet so many people avoid..."

July 31, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Countdown

It's like Ring, but with an app instead of a ghost in a well

"...is counting down to the exact time of his death, Quinn lets curiosity get the better of her and..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"...in the hall. Dylan called Avila's name; Nicholas wasn't breathing, the child reported. Avila, father to a 5-year-old son..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Keel changes language to speed up death penalty

"..."opt-in" to fast-tracked federal court review of the state's death penalty cases. Keel said that he and Sen. Juan..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Life or Something Like It

"...an association game. Angelina Jolie is to Life or Something Like It as Tiffany's is to a suburban strip..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

"...impressive is akin to saying Walt Disney had a thing for mice. Jin-Roh, which is helmed by some of..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...was a staple of my week. Thursdays meant one thing to me, taking a long lunch at Kerbey South..."

April 2, 1999 Column

Love Affair

"...1939 weep-o-rama (also entitled Love Affair) stars the closest thing to Hollywood royalty our modern society has. One rumor..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Used People

"...and life-affirming schmaltz as if they were the best thing since sliced bread. (This movie is totally devoid of..."

Jan. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Insane Inmate Deemed Too Ill to Murder

It took 20 years of litigation to figure out

"...A very rare thing occurred in death penalty jurisprudence on Thursday: Scott Panetti,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Fantastic Fest Interview: Ant Timpson Says Come to Daddy

How an old grieving tradition gave the filmmaker a new energy

"...circles as the producer of such gory gems as Deathgasm and The ABCs of Death. So when he announced..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotel by the River

Semi-improvised South Korean family drama is as much about pauses as what it spoken

"...visit him. He has had a vision of his death, and wants to mend those ties that bind. Add..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

War for the Planet of the Apes

The capstone of the Apes reboot sticks the landing

"...It’s a rare thing for a trilogy to best itself again and again...."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SOS Q&A: Carcass

“Everyone in the band enjoys Austin”

"...in the mid-Eighties as pioneers of both grindcore and death metal. Bassist/vocalist Jeffrey Walker and guitarist Bill Steer resurrected..."

Nov. 3, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Future of Tegan & Sara

Digital age Intervention

"...found collaborating on eighth studio album Love You to Death far more difficult without the internet. The queer icons..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

Mia Madre

A filmmaker says goodbye to a mother

"...their queen’s needs. But they can’t fix the biggest thing bothering Margherita, which is that her mother (Lazzarini), a..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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