Final Portrait

High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.

"...treatise on art vs. commerce. Which brings us to Final Portrait, as Tucci has adapted writer James Lord’s A..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: Final Portrait

Stanley Tucci's film cuts a wonderful slice of artistic anguish

"...treatise on art vs. commerce. Which brings us to Final Portrait, as Tucci has adapted writer James Lord’s A..."

March 11, 2018 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film: A Quiet Place & Final Portrait Red Carpets

"...Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer attend the screening of Final Portrait at the Stateside Theatre..."

March 10, 2018 Photo Gallery

The Final Member

An Icelandic museum of mammalian penises is documented while seeking its final member – a human specimen.

"...tattooed on Elmo’s head. But while very funny, The Final Member is also a compelling examination of society’s concept..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Robert Earl Keen Takes a Final ACL Bow

Texas songwriting staple signs off with seventh taping

"...intention in January to make this summer’s tour his final one, Austin City Limits quickly slotted in the iconic..."

April 28, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...a topic for another day, but when the gods finally smile on you and you get a good set..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Final Act

The Texas Documentary Tour hosts Robert Stone's 'Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst'

"...the FBI, followed by the two-hour live-coverage of the final shootout and the demise of six SLA members in..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...Portraiture: It's a curious no-man's land where art and commerce..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Tales of love and hate dominate these Oscar hopefuls

"...A judgment-free love of life until the final breath is at the empathetic core of "End Game."..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tito and the Birds

Brazilian animation goes for the throat of Late Capitalism

"...In the final stages of the fear disease, a person essentially becomes..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...time. All Things are Photographable is a revealing documentary portrait of the life and work of acclaimed photographer Garry..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.

"...This documentary about the final concert tour of country-music crossover legend Glen Campbell that..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goya's Ghosts

Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, Goya's Ghosts is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.

"...to the royals, Goya managed, somehow, to imbue his portraits of the nobles with touches of subversive commentary. His..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...has no doubt been a good thing since the final film does a good job of capturing the small-town..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lumumba

Peck's film is a fine, incendiary portrait of Congo's first freely elected prime minister, who arrived at his post in 1960 as the Belgians were finally exiting after 80 years of colonialism. – Marc Savlov

"...Lumumba, the more you'll appreciate Raoul Peck's fine, incendiary portrait of that country's first freely elected prime minister, the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Custody

A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce

"..."Just Before Losing Everything," Legrand delicately pieces together a portrait of a family fractured beyond repair, and it's Ménochet's..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Quest of Alain Ducasse

Adoring profile of great chef is oddly flavorless.

"...jewels of European architecture. That's the narrative drive, the final two years of development before the opening of Ore...."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Account of the informant who brought down Nixon's administration

"...already jittery nation. Against all odds, unfortunately, director Landesman’s portrait of FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt (Neeson, well cast),..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dior and I

This sharp doc is as close as most of us will ever get to fingering the Dior merchandise

"...Onto this fly-on-the-wall portrait of an atelier at work, writer/director Frédéric Tcheng appliqués..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Slither

Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and is one heck of a writer to boot.

"...little-seen 1989 nightmare-cum-satire Society), but by the time the final credits roll, damned if you’re not downright upbeat about..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Best Fiend

"...over Peruvian mountaintops and through slashing rapids, to its final doomed locale. The film was insane from the get-go;..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancemaker

"...Taylor is, most importantly, an intricate and delicately hued portrait of the artist as an old man. Following the..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Gods and Monsters

The final days of the man behind Hollywood's Frankenstein

"...The story is a speculative account of the final days in the life of James Whale, whose debilitating..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bitter Sugar

"...(Lavan of TV's One Life to Live) is the portrait of Cuba's “new man.” This young believer in the..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Caro Diario

"...40-year-old.” He goes to another cinema to watch Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and fumes as tries to..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost in the Machine

"...that might have been more aptly titled Max Headroom: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Karen Allen is a working..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Van Gogh

"...brilliant, yet tortured existence that led up to the final months of his life, you will not gain much..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Daughters of the Dust

"...Tommy Hicks and Kai-Lynn Warren. I'd wager that the portrait of turn of the century African-American women you get..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neruda

The famous Chilean poet is on the run in this biopic

"...a cheat sheet for Jackie, Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy in the aftermath of JFK’s assassination,..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Living Among Us

Bloodless vampire found footage should stay in the shadows

"...head bloodsucker Andrew (late character actor Heard in his final role) has allowed them into his home to explain..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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