SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...1,500 narrative features and 1,000 documentaries, and narrowed that down to about 150 titles. Now the Fest has announced..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds

This aerial dance company's production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up

"...one of Sally Jacques' Blue Lapis Light productions. No 20-story buildings with dancers racing across its glass face. No..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Instinct

"...of Daniel Quinn's 1992 philoso-fiction novel Ishmael are sure to cringe at some of the changes Hollywood has made..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Arrival

"...Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo and Tony T. Johnson. Screenwriter Twohy (The Fugitive, Waterworld, Alien3) takes..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...normal array of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark, experimental, and immersive with today's wave of..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Superman Returns

Superman returns to Earth seeming more like a humbled prodigal son than an invincible superhero.

"...Marsden, Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Eva Marie Saint, Sam Huntington and Kal Penn. Superman (Routh) returns to Earth seeming..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seen / Soon: Dec. 22

Getting down to earth with Wangechi Mutu's solo show and easing into New Year's with a Hideout improv sampler

"...Artist Wangechi Mutu immerses us in the earth of Kenya in her absorbing solo show at the..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Column

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...Morgan Sheppard and Wendi McLendon-Covey. There’s just no end to America’s love affair with blandness, is there? Every time..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Color of My Parachute

120mph Straight Down

"...photograph by Doug Park..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Germinal

"...grim quasi-epic that tackles everything from love and death to labor relations and class war. Fortunately, director Berri is..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: The Hunt for Planet B

We’re gonna need a bigger telescope ...

"...the math, the chance that there’s a planet like earth out there, with life on it, is very high.”..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Monsters

In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.

"...by: Gareth Edwards. Starring: Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. Director Gareth Edwards has said in interviews that he initially..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Cookout

Don't get burned on these leftover stereotypes.

"...Directed by: Lance Rivera. Starring: Storm P, Jenifer Lewis, Meagan Good, Frankie Faison, Queen Latifah,..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Virus

"...on which the film is based), does his best to make this tale of otherworldly infestation on the high..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...Irons, Henry Cavill, Ciarán Hinds, Diane Lane and Joe Morton...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hannah Montana: The Movie

"Pop it, lock it, polka dot it," sings Miley, while also learning worthy messages about responsibility to family, community, and Mother Earth.

"...origins on the Disney Channel, Hannah Montana has rocketed into a megabrand, a fictional construct turned cash cow. In..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

"...Directed by: Tim Story. Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis,..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Powder

"...Directed by: Victor Desalva. Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henricksen,..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Different Kind of Space Force

How NASA satellite data is harnessed to combat food insecurity

"...Did you know there are 24 satellites orbiting the earth? And did you know the data they collect is..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...for its 2018 event, and you can look forward to more than 280 great guests to attend, among them..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock & Roll

Once upon a time, writers used to be the tour documentarians

"...Air Force One, the Starship. She introduced David Bowie to Lou Reed. She was maybe the only journalist who..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Mister Lonely

Oddly, Harmony Korine's film may be his most accessible as a director, featuring characters and images that are unforgettable – even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual whole.

"...Directed by: Harmony Korine. Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, Richard..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Waitress

Despite a storyline that involves an unplanned pregnancy, various affairs, spousal abuse, maternal ambivalence, and food-service employment, Waitress is an optimistic comedy about getting past your mistakes and making the best of life.

"...Shelly. Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith and Adrienne Shelly. I first saw Adrienne..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel is brought faithfully to the screen, although the melodramatics of the story's latter section undercuts the poetic drama of the first half.

"...by: Marc Forster. Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Shaun Toub, Atossa Leoni, Said Tashimaoui and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada. Adapting..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...Steve Harvey, LaTanya Richardson and T-Bone. Can someone dial down Cuba Gooding Jr. a few notches? He’s so hyperactive..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

This generally appealing romantic comedy is occasionally ungainly, but its sensational cast breezily flicks away most distractions.

"...Requa. Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Jonah Bobo, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Analeigh Tipton and..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Planet 51

In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.

"...Directed by: Jorge Blanco. I'm tempted to think this animated, yawningly kiddie-friendly potboiler is reverse-engineered from..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happily Ever After

This French romantic comedy is little more than a heap of clichés whenever the director and star Yvan Attal's real-life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, disappears from the screen.

"...and ugly in moments, Happily Ever After is closer to the latter. Masculine jealousy is funny (as we’ve seen..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

3-Iron

A young man steals into people's apartments and adopts their identities in this largely wordless Korean drama.

"...Kwon Hyuk-ho. A young Korean man (Jae) tapes fliers to doors in a busy city – slum buildings, palatial..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tea With the Dames

Share a cuppa with the great British ladies of the screen

"...thespic insights spanning a period of several decades. These down-to-earth dames serve up some good-natured dish here, without pinkies..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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