Eye of God

"...Richard Jenkins, Maggie Moore and Mary Kay Place. Does God keep watch over Kingfisher, Oklahoma, or is this desolate..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bobby Lee Carter and the Hand of God

When Miss Lena came home from visiting her sister in Jackson and found out Bobby Lee Carter had hanged a man from her sycamore tree, she left the breakfast dishes unwashed in the sink for the first time in her life.

"...her life. She had just poured a second cup of coffee and was fixing to do the kitchen before..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Schorn

City of Men

This Brazilian followup to the award-winning City of God tells a new story but continues its look at gangster life and the cycle of poverty in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.

"...Santos, Camila Monteiro, Naíma Silva and Luciano Vidigal. City of Men is a followup to City of God, Fernando..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...Richar Didings, Tcheky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, Pascal Gregory, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich and Milla Jovovich. As the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The concluding chapter of Peter Jackson's Tolkien tales brings us full circle.

"...take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s 320-page prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy became, in Peter Jackson’s enormously capable..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The good, the bad, and the God on TV.

"...for the venerable Touched by an Angel. A big end-of-series sendoff is planned for May. It's not like I'm..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...to the Kingdom Hall to listen to the pontifications of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Considering how determined the Jehovah's Witnesses..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

God Help Us

Austinite Stephen Romano's psychotic collaboration with Don Coscarelli launches Showtime's 'Masters of Horror' series

"...Screenwriter Stephen Romano's house once so unnerved a girlfriend of mine that she left me. No kidding. Sure, there..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pleasure of the Paynes 2014

The 'Fix' was in at the 40th theatre awards ceremony

"...The "bitin' pains" – that's now how I'll think of our local theatre awards after hearing their title mangled..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...would one day face her demons in the form of a weekly deadline, a closet full of caftans, and..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...world and there's no way to make rational sense of his understanding of what happened, or is happening. It..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.

"...relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance. Though one of the most successful productions in theatrical history – to..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Mask of Zorro

"...L.q. Jones. Theoretically, if you take into account some of Einstein's more esoteric theorems (parallel universes and all that),..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Here's to Holly Hunter

"...excited about another cop show, but in the case of Saving Grace (TNT), I'm making an exception...."

July 20, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...Directed by: Irena Salina. When you grab a bottle of Poland Spring water and look at the label, with..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...himself all day in different personae but barely manages eye contact with you. Now let’s say that when he..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

TV Eye

Do you dream in color? Network execs sure don't.

"...A friend of mine called me last week, mildly distraught. She wasn't..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Who needs enemies?

"...and entirely humorless, Dirt looks at the cutthroat world of entertainment journalism and its symbiotic relationship with the industry..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: A Small Hurricane of Emotions

Jonathan Demme's Bob Marley Stay With the Rhythm pushes beyond the boundaries of the screen

"...He raises his hand up to the heavens, beseeching God. The sound of the music is hypnotic. His body..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: God Knows

Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom

"...religion requires freedom," Romney pronounced. "Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...The answer, if you were a fan of the short-lived but beloved The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The film is an inoffensive slice of canny brand (or is that non-Brand?) management and marketing.

"...which I watched the pre-release, “for the fans” screening of this candy-colored, pseudo-documentary whatsit was less than one-quarter full...."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.

"...Sheridan. Terrence Malick’s hotly awaited new movie, The Tree of Life, bursts with such unbridled ambition, vision, and sense..."

June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...it, and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

The Edge of 17

At 21 years old, actress Charmian Carr couldn't have known that the character she was portraying -- Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music -- would follow her for the rest of her life. Prior to her appearance at The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long, a benefit for Project Transitions and aGLIFF, Carr opens up about being forever Liesl.

"...From Ponce de Leon to the inventors of Propecia and Oil of Olay, humans have struggled to..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

In Defense of Paul McCartney

Milquetoast Balladeer or Songwriting Stud?

"...feeling that way because his death was a hell of a tragedy." -- Paul McCartney, 10/29/95..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are enjoying their retirement, sitting..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Testosterone on tap

"...I have to admit, I'm hooked. I'm a fan of Dennis Haysbert (formerly of 24), and I'm a sucker..."

March 31, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Luck and the Literature of Football

Longhorns live to fight another day

"...Tim Tebow crying through his John 16:33 eye black. Colt McCoy praying on the sidelines that his..."

Dec. 7, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Mystery Switches and Other Hidden Secrets of Shin Ultraman

How director Shinji Higuchi made a very loyal reboot

"...you look very, very carefully in the right ear of Ultraman, the giant robot superhero of his new film..."

Jan. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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