Third Person

Globe-trotting multistory meditation on love, betrayal, and lost/found children from the director of Crash.

"...same thing, and you think, “Everyone sure likes submerging things in water, I wonder if this will turn out..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Transcendence

Wally Phister, the Oscar-winning Inception lenser, takes the directing reins for this sci-fi puzzler that stars Johnny Depp.

"...(Let’s just say we know from minute one that things are going to go pear-shaped.) Jogging back five years,..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews and panel info

"...her nemesis and the betrayal between them; there are five orphans; there is a dark night at a ranch..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature

The Oranges

The great ensemble cast is the highlight of this movie about a 50-year-old man who falls in love with his best friend's daughter, who is half his age.

"...when Nina Ostroff (Meester) arrives home for Thanksgiving after five years away, her dad’s best friend, David Walling (Laurie),..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...Indeed, in the nearly five years since Acevedo signed on as the city's top..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Zookeeper

There are many things we can learn from the animals but lessons in love from talking primates is not one of them.

"...have their imaginations tickled and teased, to have miraculous things projected 10 feet tall – not some guy in..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It's Kind of a Funny Story

When a 15-year-old overachiever checks himself into a mental ward, he learns to affirm the good things in life without ever whitewashing the bad.

"...not entirely thought-out brake-pull that results in a mandated five-day stay in the hospital. You probably already know where..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Art of the Steal

This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.

"...the permanent home for his collection, the Barnes Foundation, five miles from downtown Philadelphia in the township of Lower..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Armored

An armored truck robbery of $42 million is an inside job in this action film starring Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, and Jean Reno.

"...that is The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day, hey, things could be worse.) Hungarian director Antal appeared out of..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Comfort and Joy

Loreena McKennitt and her spirit animals

"...songs yet she proved on 1995's A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season that with proper arrangement, an..."

Dec. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Squares for Rock Stars

Spending a show with chefs Luke Bibby and James Holmes backstage at the Backyard

"...grits, and more coffee. Lunch is a preview of things to come at dinnertime. "Today we had turkey wraps..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Battle of the Jam Bands

Bob Ray and Werner Campbell's five-year rock & Roller Derby adventure

"...to Ray and Campbell a week outside of their five-years-in-the-making world premiere and got the lowdown on the longtime..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hoot

First-time producer Jimmy Buffett turns outs an eco-friendly coming-of-age movie based on Carl Hiassen's Newberry Award-winning young-adult novel.

"...Tim Blake Nelson. Walden Media, the bringer of all things feel-good and educational (The Chronicles of Narnia, Because of..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Rebound

Although this Mighty Ducks/Bad News Bears clone is predictable and inoffensive, it's filled with sweet humor and well-drawn young characters.

"...a team so bad and ill-trained they only have five players, archetypes all. There’s Ralph (Lawrence), who throws up..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Riddick

Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.

"...the jump gate to a new sci-fi franchise. Stranger things have happened, not the least of them the pairing..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Revenge is a dish best served bold – and deliciously, by Quentin and Uma.

"...to some film noir locale). And while we learn things like the Bride’s real name and how Elle lost..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...by the original. The story is familiar, at least: Five teens traveling through Texas stop to pick up a..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cabin Fever

A festival breakout shocker that twists genre conventions into a jarring battery of scares.

"...alternately going all fetal and drippy and running amok. Five teens, led by the relatively ethical Strong, head out..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Filth and the Fury

"...Filth and the Fury appears to be, among other things, Temple's attempt to present a more balanced picture...."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Relax … It's Just Sex

"...the weight, but this ensemble, led by Party of Five's Anderson, continually sucks us in with their quick wit..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Glory Daze

"...slant. The thin story line follows the misadventures of five “young, stupid, and unattached” college buddies as they decide..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Last Supper

"...is a less-than-satisfying meal. The problem is not that things don't gel or aren't tasty; the problem resides more..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most

From racist comedy to new books, returning theatre, and new textile joy, the most read stories about the Austin arts scene in 2021

"...Alan Brenner, Feb. 18 Winter Storm Uri proved two things: 1) Texas falls apart in bad weather, and 2)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Game Night

Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.

"...couple, Annie (McAdams) and Max (Bateman) – in like five seconds flat. The pacing never really lets up from..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Twenty-five years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Roosevelt

A comedian returns to Austin to care for her sick cat and confront her past

"...The postscript to nostalgia is that we selfishly expect things to remain preserved in the state in which we..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...monied musical web will support the efforts of the five women profiled herein, or their contemporaries and many others..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

’71

A kinetic chase movie uses the Troubles of Northern Ireland as its setting

"...the very much in-over-his-head Lt. Armitage (Reid). Almost immediately, things go horrifically awry, as a seemingly simple guarding action..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...O’Brien, an Austin-based author perhaps best known for The Things They Carried, a 1990 collection of fictional stories inspired..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...He’s an inveterate reader, partial to banned books like Slaughterhouse-Five and Tropic of Cancer, which makes him distinct from..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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