Footnote

The usual strife between fathers and sons charts an uncommon course through academia in this laceratingly comic and award-winning Israeli film.

"...regards the mention of his own scholarship in a footnote within an important tome to be the pinnacle of..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thanks for the Footnote!

April 1, 2017 Postmarks

Churchill

An intimate look at a leader's state of mind

"...writers write.) In the end, Churchill is a biographical footnote that will be pertinent only to students of the..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

The man who would be kingmaker

"...on the knowing insights evident in his previous film Footnote, which also co-starred Ashkenazi as one-half of a pair..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lost City of Z

A futile quest for an extraordinary place

"...of Bolivia seldom rises to anything above a historical footnote here. Based on white-hot New Yorker journalist David Grann’s..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Freeheld

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are adrift in this gay-rights drama

"...now moved on and Freeheld seems more like a footnote than a groundswell...."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dog

Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.

"...may, however, you can’t turn away from this obscure footnote in pop culture history, even at his most aggravating...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Invisible Woman

The woman who must remain invisible in this drama is Nelly Ternan, an actress who's not only the mistress of married Charles Dickens, but also 27 years his junior.

"...subtext of 19th century gender politics that keeps this footnote in Dickens’ life mildly interesting, but it’s a not..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...of Death sure adds an interesting and virtually unknown footnote to the annals of punk rock...."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fair Game

The performances of Sean Penn and Naomi Watts make this film rendition of the Valerie Plame affair a study in acting.

"...and infuriates, comes across as little more than a footnote in an ever-lengthening list (thanks, Wikileaks!) of the Bush..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Affair of the Necklace

"...years of the French monarchy. Based on an historical footnote, l'affair du collier has long been infamous in Europe..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

State and Main

Mamet's story about a big-budget Hollywood production that steamrolls into a little Vermont town is told with a gentle smirk.

"...State and Main will probably serve only as a footnote in Mamet's impressive body of work, pigeonholed as an..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Small Soldiers

"...an obviously weak script in what is unfortunately a footnote to Dante's better work...."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beaumarchais Scoundrel

"...doesn't illuminate Beaumarchais as an interesting historical and cultural footnote; his greatest accomplishments were penning the social satires, The..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hoodlum

"...here, I suspect Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson will remain a footnote in the pages of NYC gangster lore...."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Backbeat

"...the history of the Beatles, Sutcliffe is merely a footnote, of interest only to serious fans and trivia buffs..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swing Kids

"...the history portrayed in Swing Kids. No doubt a footnote to the Nazi era, the movie is no less..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

CrissCross

"...a bio-pic about the life story of that undistinguished footnote to Austin music history. (Anyway, that would be a..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"....footnote { vertical-align: super; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; color: #d6121a..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Where Do Terror Babies Come From?

Debbie Riddle digs that conspiracy hole deeper

"...At last Wednesday's Texas Tribune breakfast, Riddle tried to..."

Sept. 20, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Outwaters

A trip to the desert becomes a found footage nightmare collage

"...blunder in the dark, Tombville (an obscure but intriguing footnote in the history of found footage). Yet with that..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

History of the avant-garde jazz pioneers is surprisingly lacking in innovation

"...its own doc, but it feels like merely a footnote here. When the landscape of documentary films is embodied..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Lords of Chaos

The true crime story that made black metal truly sinister

"...the murder seem particularly bizarre, considering it was a footnote that only gained dark significance later. Mayhem was the..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent

The origins of the celebrity chef

"...California and New American cuisine and not just a footnote to Waters’ success story. Chefs and serious foodies certainly..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Grandma

Lily Tomlin leads a dynamic cast down roads less traveled

"...months (Greer) and call her, with unnecessary cruelty, a “footnote.” We come to find that Elle is scathingly honest..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Highway to 2040

CAMPO Board approves regional trans plan

"...because (unlike Adler's amendment) it would be only "a footnote" to the project description...."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Wrecking Crew

The great L.A. session band gets the doc treatment

"...and shifting hair styles, but also in the jarring footnote of how many of the interviewees have since passed..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Education of Greg Abbott

Attorney general in hot water over school plan

"...That was until the Davis campaign pointed out a footnote in Abbott's policy document, a citation for the assertion..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Stalingrad

3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.

"...Winter Olympics, Stalingrad deserves to be more than a footnote in post-Soviet-era filmmaking. Its depiction of the Battle of..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The KeyPoint Report: Read the Redacted Sections Here

Transcript of unreleased investigation

"...where they occur, as are a few editorial clarifications. Footnote numbers are indicated where they occur in the text,..."

May 10, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

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