Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...Deal. Miracles can occur, even in the face of disaster. Hurricane Katrina, a compound catastrophe caused by natural forces..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pursuit of Happyness

Will Smith plays a self-made success who trains as a stockbroker even though he is homeless and raising a young son on the streets of San Francisco in this movie based on the true-life story of Chris Gardner.

"...the actual film. Based on a true story, the movie follows Chris Gardner (Smith), a self-made success who trained..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

"...and Aidan Drummond. Thai director Wych Kaosayanada knows a disaster when he sees (or directs) one; paring down his..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Impostor

"...minutes in. It's up to Sinise to carry the movie, and he does so admirably. A leading man with..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Impact

"...of the tale. By far and away the slowest-moving disaster film since Irwin Allen's passing, Leder here trains her..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Solar Crisis

"...there who is embarrassed to be associated with this movie; it may just be a matter circumscribed by current..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Criminal

Kevin Costner is a prisoner who is implanted with a CIA op's knowledge

"...ripped-open jugular? Does one crummy time averting a nuclear disaster grant you a lifetime hall pass for killing all..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ted

Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear he willed to life as a child stay BFFs into adulthood in Seth McFarlane's zany first foray onto the big screen.

"...matter how you stuff it, yet another man-child buddy movie – and all that that implies. The film opens..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

North Face

Based on real-life events of July 1936 in the Swiss Alps, this German film is a gripping and epic account of men vs. mountain vs. other men.

"...film studio, was still cranking out bergfilme (literally, "mountain movies") by the Volkswagen-load, and indeed, it was in this..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Flight Out

Righteously mediocre stuff from the "film ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"

"...Last Flight Out is by no means a pure disaster of a film; from acting to cinematography to editing,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elephant

Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.

"...Hunting and Finding Forrester, his two most recent "mainstream" movies, dealt with damaged young males, and of course his..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waterworld

"...you'll find Reynolds and Costner's enfant terrible of a movie isn't so terrible after all. With a budget hovering..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Four Weddings and a Funeral

This romantic comedy is as intoxicated by words, dialogue, and characters as by love.

"...He meets Carrie (McDowell); at first it is a disaster, but they keep meeting, maybe they fall in love…..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Sleepwalkers

"...time telling you how awful the new “Stephen King Movie” turned out? Should I ramble on about how Mick..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silo

Farming accident drama is more than just a long PSA

"...It's a small disaster movie, built around the terrifying risks caused by grain..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Surface

Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension

"...fabulous boulder-meets-water Norwegian flick, 2015's The Wave: an epic disaster movie on an intimate scale...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: 'Aftershock'

Much more realistic than 'Last Night at the Alamo'

"...One of my core movie memories is of my Jewish grandfather taking me to..."

Sept. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...simultaneously staging the very theatrics of hostage situations and disaster movie clichés that it means to mock. Clever, that:..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams

"...apt culmination of 50 years of work in the movies. It's a pastiche of eight separate dream segments connected..."

July 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Last Girl Standing

Austin horror goes beyond the slasher

"...make a Short Term 12 version of a slasher movie."..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spinning The Color Wheel

Bob Byington supplies the Q's, Alex Ross Perry the A's

"...I was in a movie that's done really well and it's coming to Austin,..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Post by Robert Byington

A Twisted Family Reunited in Southern Gothic Horror What Josiah Saw

Director Vincent Grashaw discusses the versions that almost were

"...Josiah Saw. Director Vincent Grashaw called it "the heaviest movie I've ever done. I was having PTSD director dreams..."

Aug. 6, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...Gary Poulter was a charming movie star with shockingly pale blue eyes and smooth dance..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

DVD Watch: 'Freaked'

Alex Winter talks cult classics and the Butthole Surfers

"...all. Winter said, "It was made as a cult movie, and it was originally conceived of as a cult..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man and Michael Paul Stephenson’s Best Worst Movie (it’s Troll 2, in case you were wondering)… Not..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

America's Team

Matt Stone and Trey Parker take on terrorism, celebrity, and the perils of puppetry

"...editing and the voice work to do before the movie's release on Oct. 15. Plus, there's that pesky NC-17..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...Door and Humanoids From Atlantis.   – Richard Whittaker Disaster! The Musical..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Fashion

Get glamorous with our favorite catwalk flicks

"...the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. With the fabulously stylish documentary, The Gospel According..."

June 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...started off as a cute phrase, purloined from the movie Antichrist. "Chaos reigns," a fox declares as it consumes..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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