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May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Enigma Wants YOU
To be all you can be
"...Austinite and co-founder of the Jim Rose Sideshow, the Enigma appears at Elyisum tonight to marvel the mundane mind...."
Sept. 4, 2015 Music Post by Marc Savlov
The Sound of an Enigma in Sonarius: The Mysteries of M
Austin-based TV creator Peter Mattei turns to audio drama for his new Audible series
April 28, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Asian Enigma
Pinning down Peony
Nov. 7, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
The Last Emperor: Director's Cut
"...the wide screen in its journey to discover the enigma at the center of the drama. … As so..."
Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Burning
Extraordinary Korean drama adds emotion to the thriller equation
"...fresh pasta in his meticulously designed apartment. He’s an enigma – the Jay Gatsby to Jong-su’s Nick Carraway...."
Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton
"...but even with endless biographical facts, he remains an enigma. Maybe that's why that third act is the most..."
Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Insidious: The Last Key
Ghostly goings-on continue in franchise's fourth part
"...that always guarantees sequelitis ad nauseam. No, the genuine enigma facing the moviegoing public – not to mention genre..."
Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Follow
Austin's own Owen Egerton directs his first movie
"...That’s most transparent in Thana, who remains an enigma, a manic-depressive pixie girl into whom Applegate can only..."
Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast
"...cancer) that bushy eyebrow uncocks and he demystifies the enigma, if only just a little. They are rare moments..."
July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Elvis & Nixon
Now we can do more than wonder about the day these two men met
"...That photo, so definitive yet so enigmatic: Elvis Presley, the king, and Richard Nixon, the president,..."
April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
10 Cloverfield Lane
Unrelated Cloverfield follow-up is a dandy suspenser
"...Studios.) So when I first viewed the total freaking enigma that announced 10 Cloverfield Lane’s upcoming release, my curiosity..."
March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Listen to Me Marlon
Marlon Brando, in his own words, is nothing short of transcendent
"...what a wealth of insight it provides into this enigma. The film covers the waterfront, documenting a rich and..."
Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Imitation Game
The heartbreaking life of Alan Turing, the engineer who changed World War II
"...covert group at Bletchley Park that broke the Nazi Enigma code; many credit those cryptologists with winning the war...."
Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Less a doc than a lyrical presentation of the cult actor and surprising song man.
"...Dean Stanton: actor, mystic, lover of women, and ultimately enigma in extremis, is instantly recognizable from his culty breakout..."
Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Resident Evil: Retribution
In the fifth installment of this horror franchise, Milla Jovovich again stars as the saga's heroine Alice, who fights the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.
"...cruddy. Jovovich is back as Alice, the perpetually black-catsuit-clad heroine/enigma at the heart of the franchise. Years before, the..."
Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Unknown
In this psychological thriller, a man awakens after a car accident to find his wife doesn't recognize him and another man has assumed his identity.
"...A-Team) – not quite a riddle wrapped in an enigma, just a paycheck gig cloaked in an actioner, moonlighting..."
Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Notorious Bettie Page
Gretchen Mol dazzles as the titular pinup girl, but the film raises many more questions about the enigmatic icon than it answers.
"...sexy black ’do, Page herself remains a haunting, ethereal enigma. Harron's film captures her spirit but not her soul...."
April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.
"...miscast, and Owen allows Will to remain a scruffy enigma. This sad, dark movie moves across the screen like..."
Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.
"...that his unbearably terse Bourne is an even greater enigma in this second outing than in the first. But..."
July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.
"...speculation about the sources of Vermeer’s creativity and the enigma surrounding the identity of the painting’s model. There’s a..."
Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
To Be and to Have
In this documentary, a one-room schoolhouse in France is a microcosm of the teaching universe.
"...well-documented; the man himself, however, is somewhat of an enigma. The film runs a full hour before Lopez sits..."
Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
U-571
"...up the injured Nazi sub and steal their uncrackable Enigma encryption system, is a success until the enemy repair..."
April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Man on the Moon
"...doomed always to return to the starting point: the enigmatic Kaufman -- the comic performer who sticks in your..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Without Limits
"...least, Prefontaine is depicted in Without Limits as an enigma of sorts, a confounding character you can't figure out...."
Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Hard Eight
Bolstered by terrific performances, Anderson's debut film is a small, deceptively complex, mystery about some gamblers and their quasi-filial bonds.
"...appreciated great actors, is mesmerizing as Sydney, a sad-eyed enigma who seems to fancy himself an elderly catcher-in-the-rye for..."
March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Destiny Turns On the Radio
"...passion walks (drives, actually) Johnny Destiny (Tarrantino), a slick-talking enigma of a man who may or may not be..."
May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
"...scripts and notebooks, that Truffaut was as much an enigma then as he appears to be now. Coming from..."
Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Professional
Enigmatic hitman becomes unlikely caretaker of and mentor to the girl next door. The film features wonderful performances and lots of visual panache.
"...Sicilian émigré, the lanky, closely shorn Leon is an enigma, spending his days in his rundown apartment, tending to..."
Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Six Degrees of Separation
"...on different planes. Primarily, my problem resides with the enigma of Paul's character -- who, I think, is supposed..."
