The Language Expands, and the Heart of a Crank Contracts

OMFG: We're nearing the million-word mark

"...JJ Payack's A Million Words and Counting: How Global English Is Rewriting the World (published May 1 by Citadel),..."

June 10, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Bridging the Language Gap

A Q&A with AISD Public Relations & Multicultural Outreach Director Alex Sanchez

"...parents. Sometimes, in some communities, it can't be in English, and there's many publics and many constituents and all..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Wind Rises (English dubbed)

The swan song of master animator Hayao Miyazaki appeals to the head and heart.

"...were licensed for distribution – and redubbing, with high-profile, English-speaking voice actors – by Disney, leading to a slew..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shouldn't Reward Those Who Refuse to Learn English

"...immigrants, legal and illegal, who refuse to learn the English language. The act is a veiled attempt to appease..."

Dec. 7, 2005 Postmarks

AISD and St. Edward's Partner for Dual Language Program

Summer Bridge program gives ninth graders a taste of college

"...As part of the Austin ISD Dual Language Summer Bridge program, many incoming bilingual ninth graders are..."

July 31, 2019 News Post by Megan Menchaca

Mad English

Under review: some advice from Nigeria and the ultimate fashion victim

"...Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad English (Pantheon, $26.95) is a charming anthology and affectionate tribute..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Language of Light

The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary

"...expectant. More giggles, more shrugging. Whispers in Spanish, in English...."

May 19, 2000 News Feature

Americans Shouldn't Only Speak a Foreign Language

"...discrimination label. It is disconcerting to have the Spanish language so prevalent in our culture. Beyond that, it is..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Postmarks

If English Was Good Enough for Jesus ...

"...in Austin" letter ["Postmarks," Aug. 29] complaining about the language skills of city laborers. Surely he was joking, but,..."

Sept. 2, 2003 Postmarks

dot the i

In his English-language debut, Gael García Bernal plays one of the sides of a twisted love triangle

"...in the word love. Well, that’s not true in English, which is the language spoken in the London-set movie...."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Apes and humans: Why can't everyone just get along?

"...for this colony), and live in Anasazi-like dwellings, where English-language skills and philosophical teachings (“Ape not kill ape”) are..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boss of It All

Lars von Trier assures us at the outset that this will be a "cozy comedy," the last thing you might expect from this prickly filmmaker. (AFS@Dobie)

"...veers drastically in tone from the Dane's recent, allegorical, English-language dramas (Manderlay, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark). This new..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Night Watch

Russia's highest box-office grosser (until the release of its sequel) is a stylish sci-fi thriller that's filled with adrenaline-fueled pacing, an abundance of gory effects, a death metal soundtrack, and a convoluted narrative that puts The Matrix to shame.

"...a hankering for this kind of jolt. A new English-language prologue and epilogue have been added to Night Watch,..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shanghai Knights

"...to avenge the murder of Wang’s father by an English lord, strives for some element of emotional depth, but..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Food of Love

"...of love might be confused for instruction in proper English tea etiquette. To say the least, the chemistry is..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Strange things are afoot in the morgue

"...now fears is being visited upon his son. This English-language debut by André Øverdal, the Norwegian director of the..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Loft

Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.

"...Body Spray, Erik Van Looy’s The Loft marks the English-language remake of his own original Belgian thriller about five..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Cantinflas

Mexico's most beloved comedy film star gets the biopic treatment.

"...because he really only appeared in a couple of English-language films, notably Around the World in 80 Days. This..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...The Grand Seduction is an English-language remake of a 2003 Quebecois film which hit the..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Snowpiercer

This English-language debut from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is a riveting sci-fi action film entirely set on a speeding train.

"...In this English-language debut from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (The..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Prisoners

Jake Gyllenhaal is a detective working a troubling case, and Hugh Jackman's wound-up father of the victim is just one of his problems.

"...With this, his English language debut, Québécois director and Oscar nominee (Incendies) Villeneuve..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stoker

Starring Nicole Kidman, this first English-language outing of Korean fave Park Chan-wook is stylish but wanting.

"...for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance. In his English-language debut, he demonstrates a continued appetite for sort-of revenge..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dead Man Down

Noomi Rapace, the original Lisbeth Salander, reunites with her The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director for this NYC gangland thriller starring Colin Farrell.

"...original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and makes his English-language debut here, doesn’t share the same affinity for nuance..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

The titular siblings turn bounty hunters after a traumatic childhood incident with an oven.

"...every other B-movie actioner currently clogging multiplexes. In his English-language debut, Wirkola dabbles in everything but commits to nothing,..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp stars in this adaptation of one of Hunter S. Thompson's earliest novels, which is set in Puerto Rico in 1960 and soaked in booze

"...living in suspended, rum-infused doldrums while working for the English-language newspaper, The San Juan Star. The new kid on..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Apollo 18

This secretive film's premise is that it reveals suppressed footage of the U.S. government's secret mission to the moon.

"...of making the film’s origins murky. In his first English-language production, López-Gallego has done an effective job of mimicking..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Blueberry Nights

Filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's English-language debut stars the singer Norah Jones in her acting debut, but instead of exuding newness this sensuous film has an also-ran feel.

"...– croons in the opening and closing of Wong's English-language debut. Indeed, the stories told within – of heartbreak..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Water

Don't come to this movie expecting a doom-and-gloom forecast about ecological catastrophe. It's instead an encounter with "voodoo chemistry" that aims to show why we all should start imbibing "structurized water."

"...coincidental. Intention Media Inc., the American distributor of this English-language version of Water, is headed by Betsy Chasse and..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Things We Lost in the Fire

This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.

"...Things We Lost in the Fire is Bier’s first English-language film and her follow-up to the Oscar-nominated After the..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Being Cyrus

This atypical Bollywood film is an English-language mystery drama that has no song-and-dance numbers and is a brief, 90-minutes long.

"...traditional formulas. It's a mystery drama recorded in the English language. It has no song-and dance numbers, and at..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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