The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

The eeriness is palpable but the suspense is not.

"...the ghost if you’ve seen the first film. Slamming doors and rocking chairs in the night can only do..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...the disguise of paranormal events, such as telekinetically slamming doors and summoning other frightening visual and aural phenomena. The..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

After Tiller

After the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, what's life like for the 4 remaining doctors who perform late-term abortions in this country?

"...the sadness of the women who walk through their doors...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paranormal Activity 4

Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.

"...long takes of empty rooms and hallways, mysteriously opening doors (set in temblor-prone Nevada, a supernatural explanation for household..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

The most famous restaurant in the world is profiled in this documentary.

"...but sadly you'll never get in: elBulli shuttered its doors in July 2011. Still, watching what once was is..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...the abusive exercise of male privilege lurking behind closed doors. Although the causes of the village’s various misfortunes are..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

(Untitled)

High art is both lampooned and championed in this knowing satire that stars the ever-eccentric Adam Goldberg.

"...drive even his otherwise supportive parents to the exit doors. To make matters worse, his brother Josh (Bailey) is..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Tyler Perry's Madea delivers a couple of young delinquents to their only living relative, a shady nightclub singer who must rise to the occasion.

"...missing, Jennifer and her brothers are dumped on the doorstep of Aunt April (Henson), a hard-drinking torch singer not..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shrink

A well-chosen cast props up this otherwise shallow story that stars Kevin Spacey as a therapist who turns to pot in the wake of a personal crisis.

"...Street Productions.) Still, the clients who pass through his doors are sketchy constructs, and the way in which their..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Every Little Step

This pleasingly meta documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line intersperses clips from Michael Bennett's original interviews with key players with scenes from the exhaustive search for a new cast.

"...the camerawork – muddy-seeming and uneven – bolsters that behind-closed-doors feel). This one's the mother of all auditions: 1,700..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Humboldt County

This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.

"...of a cinematic revolution that would blast wide the doors of onscreen unself-consciousness and herald the return of some..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Mighty Heart

Based on the true events surrounding journalist Danny Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, this drama by Michael Winterbottom and starring Angelina Jolie is more aloof than melodramatic.

"...takes the shape of a procedural thriller, beating down doors and seizing computers. A sudden curveball in the narrative..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Very Long Engagement

The director of Amélie reunites with that film's star, Audrey Tautou, for this World War One love story.

"...film, that bright, shiny plaything Amélie, were the necessary doors flung open to him. Pity that: I wonder what..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring

A Buddhist monk, viewed from childhood to old age, becomes a vehicle for exploring the journey of the soul in this cinematically rich Korean film.

"...begin and end with the opening of ornate wooden doors, the film follows a Buddhist monk from his childhood..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Apocalypse Now Redux

"...snatch of foley work. Then come the flames, the Doors, and 196 minutes of some of the finest filmmaking..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bring It On

Catfights, navel-baring, a Top 40 soundtrack, sugarcoated sentiments: Cheerleaders grab center stage.

"...sexuality. There's no sex here, only vague references, or behind-closed-doors, wink-wink nudges, and Torrance and her dog-collar boyfriend share..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Me Myself I

"...Myself I, like the 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle Sliding Doors, offers its heroine a chance to find out what..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dogma

Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.

"...agent, Kevin Smith has come knocking on the heavenly doors of our cineplexes with his new movie, Dogma, a..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stir of Echoes

"...That post-hypnotic suggestion opens Tom's mind, alright, throwing the doors of perception wide open to all manner of terrifying..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

M

Lang's unnerving tale of a deranged child-killer (with Lorre in a star-making turn) is a riveting example of Expressionist filmmaking.

"...menace of a time frame in which the well-oiled doors of human misery have begun to swing wide. Shots..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

"...Jimi Hendrix (a couple weeks before his death), the Doors (one year before the death of Jim Morrison), the..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Night

"...Primo and Secondo, who are struggling to keep the doors of their little restaurant open. The problem is one..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force

"...the genre, as well as open up the distribution doors for more seriously themed anime on these shores. The..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Tom & Viv

"...the 1920s, these problems were swept away behind closed doors, but Vivienne's troubles created such socially inappropriate behavior that,..."

March 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Colin Nutley's House of Angels

"...see the little secrets that go on behind closed doors. Adultery, pornography, premarital sex, gossip. It could be Twin..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dragon Inn

"...though, the Eunuchs make their entrance -- smashing the doors down, as eunuchs are apparently wont to do --..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The People Under the Stairs

Wes Craven mixes social injustice into urban horror

"...at the sinister pathologies that go on behind closed doors. It's also wryly funny. When Woman exclaims “You children..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Dahlia Bistro Closes Original Location

Owner Amy Ramirez bids farewell to a piece of her heart

"...Dahlia Bistro on 11th Street, is permanently closing its doors after 13 years as a result of the COVID-19..."

May 1, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Dog & Duck Pub Closes

Update: Longtime employees send heartfelt thanks to the community

"...2, the Dog & Duck Pub staff found the doors locked, with a posted letter citing nonpayment of rent...."

Nov. 8, 2017 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Care Communities Confirms Closure

Nonprofit to shut its doors on Oct. 31

"...Austin's Care Communities will close its doors for the final time on Oct. 31. The organization's..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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