The Dilemma

Ron Howard's latest is a decidedly honest comedy-melodrama about love and friendship.

"...have been committed (as the singles say), are tough, lovely work. Marriages are even more fraught, unequally primed for..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place Goes to Comic Con Austin

What? Gays who like comics, card games, and roleplay? Shut yo' mouth!

"...our little Southern Baptist church when I got my first Bible...."

Nov. 18, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Everyone Else

A German couple teeters on the jagged peaks of passive aggression and self-doubt.

"...Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka and Carina N. Wiese. At first glance, not much appears to be going on with..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mao's Last Dancer

In this film based on a true story, a Chinese ballet dancer defects to the U.S. when he falls in love with a Houston dancer while on tour.

"...the U.S. in 1981, is painless melodrama from its first image to the freeze-frame finale. Oscar-winning Aussie director Beresford,..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flipped

Rob Reiner's best film in a decade is another coming-of-age story set in small-town America.

"...action is so undramatic as to hardly warrant a first viewing, let alone a second, and the film is..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.

"...sears itself onto your retinas. This is director Blakeson's first major feature – by "major" I mean the first..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who You Callin' a Bear?

It's a Bear Nation, we're just living in it.

"...We fell in love with Malcolm Ingram when he made Small Town Gay..."

March 26, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

To Save a Life

This well-meaning but ineptly made message movie teaches that with the help of Jesus Christ, you, too, can prevent teenage suicides.

"...the Giants. But the screenplay by Jim Britts, a first-time scriptwriter, and the direction by Baugh, a cinematographer-turned-director, are..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...see any film by director Richard Linklater for the first time, one can't be sure what to expect. Clearly..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Unlike Twilight, the other vampire series based on young adult novels, Cirque du Freak isn't afraid to laugh at itself or the conventions of the genre.

"...way in high school hallways, and just because the first Twilight is Harlequin romance-lite (to eyes raised on more,..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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