One in a Crowd: The Adventures of Dr. Blah-kman & Mr. Meow

Local animation project needs a fresh lick of paint

"...animation. So now is the time to give one genius with world-conquering ambitions and his adorable/maniacal cat a contemporary..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

More star-finding shenanigans free of charge

"...I've covered the genius of Yoshio Ishii in this blog before. Be it..."

June 9, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Quentin Tarantino's Beloved Body Snatcher From Hell

"Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell"

"...his giddy, thoroughly contagious, prescreening happyrant, Zack Carlson, mad genius programmer for the Alamo Ritz's free, weekly "Terror Thursdays"..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: In This World

The all-consuming genius of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth

"...a fantastic shadow world out of del Toro's creative genius: an explicitly crafted mosaic of indefinable fragments of shared..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council moves to finesse the smoking ordinance.

"...perhaps Plan B is a work of public policy genius, in that it will leave both sides so annoyed..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Naked Gun Two 1/2: The Smell of Fear

"...Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.j. Simpson and Robert Goulet. Genius. Visionary. Intellectual. These words apply to no one involved..."

July 5, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...because of two new books with Austin connections: Boy Genius, by former Chronicle Politics editor Louis Dubose, Texas Monthly..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...Ratatouille writer Jim Capobianco brings the story of the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in The Inventor...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...it like to have your career sabotaged by a genius? That's the question that filmmaker Peter Medak asks of..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crank: High Voltage

If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.

"...game-for-anything Lloyd Kaufman). I mean, come on, that's borderline genius. Warped genius, but genius nonetheless. Crank: High Voltage is..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 31 - April 6

"...freaky eccentric, though today we regard him as a genius. I invite you to enjoy your own personal version..."

March 31, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 14-20

"...throughout 2022. 1. Practical Idealist with Flexible Strategies. 2. Genius of Interesting Intimacy. 3. Jaunty Healer with Boisterous Knowledge..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...and I don't use this word often – a genius...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...might have imagined. The Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...might have imagined. The Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

The Highest of Stakes

Cryptoscam doc feels like part of an outrage machine

"...verdict on whether Heart is a scammer or a genius. Directed by Patrick Moreau and Grant Peelle (the duo..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...redefining existence. Yet he's never portrayed as a solitary genius burdened with eureka moments. Instead, Murphy gently inhabits a..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 27 - February 2

"...musician Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a prolific and influential genius who created and played music with deep feeling. He..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

My Policeman

Harry Styles' celebrity overshadows this bloodless period drama

"...with period detail and sensibility as he did in Genius, his 2016 drama about novelist Thomas Wolfe and editor..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Orphan: First Kill

The cuckoo's nest classic gets a gruesome and surprising prequel

"...escape that stresses her physical aggressiveness, deceptive strength, and genius as a manipulator, she manages to con her way..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Belushi

More than laughs, more than addiction: a charming, tragic portrait of the Blues Brothers star

"...was unmatched as a fourth-wall-busting, pratfalling, charming, effortlessly brilliant genius of laughter. What ate him up, as shown in..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Current War - Director's Cut

The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists

"...into the battle to electrify America. Edison put his genius behind a direct current system, one that would demand..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Her Smell

Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction

"...venues, she spirals and combusts, the implied traces of genius evaporating in public. There's a constant buzz of muffled..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mapplethorpe

Matt Smith creates a startling portrait of the master photographer

"...aesthetics of bodybuilder magazines and classical sculpture. Through raw genius, he forced the American art establishment to give graphic..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Back From the Dead

Stephen Romano cheats the grim reaper to launch Eibon Press

"...looking through 20 layers of bizarre to see the genius beneath. As a kid, I'd been watching these movies..."

July 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Help Desk

Is arguing about anything other than the cuteness of cats and babies on Facebook worthwhile?

"...don't mind going toe-to-toe with opposing arguments and evidence, Genius.com is beta-testing an innovative product that allows users to..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

SXSW Film Review: 'Frank'

Michael Fassbender rewrites an icon of British outsider art

"...his weird art collective/avant garde pop band, he's a genius tinkerer with sound. And a giant plastic head...."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Howdy, Sailor

Gayest. South by. Ever.

"...BAYOU MAHARAJAH: THE TRAGIC GENIUS OF JAMES BOOKER "... the best black, gay, one-eyed..."

March 15, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...much of popular culture, we have to understand the genius from the beginning. We have to know how he..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...briefly touch on our introduction. For much more, see "Genius and Jive."..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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