What We Leave Behind

Iliana Sosa's extraordinary portrait of her grandfather's cross-border life

"...assistant professor at UT-Austin Iliana Sosa offers an intimate portrait of a family separated by distance but united in..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

Carmine Street Guitars

Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon

"...sort of hard-won musical wisdom flows through this intimate portrait of Greenwich Village-based guitar maker Rick Kelly and his..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic

"...is played by Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel. The dutiful portrait, along with the obscurity of the film’s mathematical formulas..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My All American

Longhorn legend Freddie Steinmark gets his due in this sports drama

"...season, although it’s tough to say if this loving portrait of late-Sixties Longhorn safety Freddie Steinmark will bring succor..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Barista

Baristas compete for fame and glory, and the camera catches it all

"...camera’s gaze and competitive enough to advance to the final rounds. In both respects, Baijnauth struck gold with his..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Margaret

A tangled post-production history kept this Kenneth Lonergan film from completion for six years, and its story about teenage trauma suffers as a result. But, oh, what a cast.

"...distributors and financiers. As it stands now in this final two-and-a-half-hour cut, Margaret is an ungainly mess, full of..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Four Lions

This very black comedy about a group of bumbling jihadists is farce that ain't foolin' from the mind of British satirist Chris Morris.

"...satire to accommodate a more complete and, yes, humanizing portrait of the conflicted jihadis. This is provocative stuff, to..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Let Me In

This terrific American remake of Swedish vampire stunner Let the Right One In retains the original's keen sense of adolescent angst and mystery.

"...also a deeply moving, not to mention disturbingly accurate, portrait of youthful loneliness, peer brutality, and the stark, moment-by-moment..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'm Still Here

Is Joaquin Phoenix having a meltdown, or is he putting us on? Only his brother-in-the-law, the film's director, knows for sure.

"...value – in which case, it’s a sad, troubling portrait of a brilliant actor in a state of decrepitude..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Than a Game

Before joining the NBA, LeBron James was a high school star who climbed the heights with a core of teammates, all of whom are documented here.

"...old game footage, and family photos to create a portrait of a unit in which one person’s success or..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

United 93

United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal “first responders,” who in an instant were forced to wrap their heads around a new, unfathomable reality.

"...selfish popcorn profits. United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal “first responders” – the passengers on..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.

"...Katrina’s murder. Unlike 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson’s fleet, edgy portrait of Eminem, who had a hand in producing this..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anna

"...at that point he was unsure what form the final document might take, he continued to shoot one reel..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Surviving Picasso

"...is more to the story, something to which Gilot's final voiceover hints when she describes how his talent and..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Frankie

Family drama is far less fun than a walk in the woods

"...my favorite cinematic romances remains his sublime and sweet portrait of septuagenarian love under pressure, Love Is Strange. Alas,..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christine

Rebecca Hall dazzles in this story of Christine Chubbock

"...does show is some of Chubbuck’s life during her final weeks and the personal, professional, romantic, and familial issues..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Café Society

A lesser Woody Allen film, but not without its pleasures

"...manages to mostly sidestep this pitfall in his endearing portrait of a power mogul from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Eisenberg..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Conjuring 2

Semi-retired ghost hunters make a comeback in the second installment of James Wan's spooky series

"...budget and a lengthy profile piece and accompanying broody portrait in the Times, which begs the question “What does..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Space Cowboys

"...Although the film was made with NASA's approval, the portrait of its lax medical and individual performance standards is..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

She's All That

On a bet, a high school jock turns a plain-looking girl into a prom queen.

"...party sequence wears thin in mere seconds. As the portrait of high school suffering, Cook is a diamond in..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Austin Musician Gina Chavez Became the Subject of the City's Latest Mural

The story of an L.A. muralist creating a 12-foot-tall portrait of a local musical star

"...and the Mosaic Workshop, a community art project: a portrait of legendary local blues pianist Roosevelt Williams, better known..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...last fall. District 2: Deb Esquenazi & Carrie Kenny, Portraits..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...days and counting, folks), Fantastic Fest has announced its final wave of films, with Daniel Radcliffe's collaboration with Joe..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

The genius of the original bad boy of tennis, deconstructed

"...that Faraut argues, worked to his advantage. The film’s final third is composed of McEnroe’s 1984 French Open bout..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival: Sympathy For the Devil

The true story of rich people playing Satanist

"...The True Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment, you may not be too clear on the..."

Nov. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Salinger

The reclusive author is dragged posthumously into the light.

"...reading the extant Salinger biographies, other than the film’s final disclosure (which, subsequently, has been widely reported) that there..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Essential Events Still to Come at SXSW Music

Star-studded options for the Festival's final Thursday through Saturday

"...experimentation with guest producers including Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Jacob Portrait and Nick Hakim. Buzzy Fest selects Lola Brooke and..."

March 17, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Lean on Pete

Growing up fast as a race horse in this gritty but moving drama

"...a marvel of neo-realistic filmmaking, a trenchant and melancholy portrait of a 15-year-old boy seemingly destined to get the..."

March 12, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

AFS to Honor P.T. Anderson, Armie Hammer

Legendary director and rising actor take inaugural awards

"...and the screening of his new film, art biopic Final Portrait). The event, which will also include the yet-to-be-named..."

Feb. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...more films by actors-turned-directors: Paradox, by Daryl Hannah, and Final Portrait, Stanley Tucci's artistic biopic. Plus the R-rated comedy..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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