No Family Is an Island

The Piersons on 'Reel Paradise'

"...know who takes movies too seriously. We compose special lists of films, and in moments of disappointment and desperation,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

This Is a Love Story

Back and forth with Tood Solondz on his new film, 'Palindromes'

"...released three studio films featuring a number of artier A-listers, piled up awards and nominations (particularly for Welcome to..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

After Life and Liberty

Andrew Shapter's Happiness Is

"...Everybody has a different idea of what happiness is, previous theories having run the gamut from an inalienable..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Peanuts Movie

Happiness is a warm animated cartoon called The Peanuts Movie

"...Happiness is a warm feature-length animated cartoon called The Peanuts..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wiener-Dog

Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite

"...original Peck’s bad boy of American independent cinema, an uncompromising filmmaker with a perverse gift for going against the..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Christmas Tale

Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.

"...Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Laurent Capelluto and Emile Berling. “Merry Christmas, baby,” croons Otis Redding from the scratched LP in..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crush

"...and Bill Paterson. Crush, by first-time writer-director John McKay, is the kind of movie that gives “chick flicks” a..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Margaret's Museum

"...Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Kenneth Welsh, Craig Olejnik, Andrea Morris and Peter Boretski. Margaret's Museum's bittersweet tone and raw,..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

A Friend of the Deceased

"...Directed by: Vyacheslav Krishtofovich. Starring: Alexandre Lazarev, Tatiana Krivitska, Eugen Pachin, Constantin Kostychin,..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bodhi for the Bitcoin Set

SXSW Interactive keynote speaker Andy Puddicombe on finding happiness through mindfulness

"...SXSW is a marathon, and just like any other race, it's..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, happiness, and the importance of change. The call took place..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Boys Life 2

"...Angeles nightlife of three gay teens. Jason (Milo Ventimiglia), his rather obnoxious friends Eric (Michael Saucedo) and Kevin (Justin..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Legend of Suriyothai

"...of popular legend. Yet The Legend of Suriyothai was commissioned and underwritten by Thailand’s currently reigning royal family as..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shortbus

John Cameron Mitchell's sophomore film effort asserts – with great gusto and even a brass band – our universal right to sexual happiness.

"...Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, Jay Brannan, Justin Bond, Lindsay Beamish, Peter Stickles and Raphael Barker. You’ve never seen a..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fantastic Fest: Starfish Clings to Grief

Writer/director AT White on how his own loss shaped his film

"...Every film is somewhat intimate to the filmmaker: A.T. White, the writer..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Slippery Slope

To water-park jefe, Schlitterbahn's Jeff Henry, salvage equals whimsy not whim

"..."This is the fun part of my job," says Jeff..."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...to go online for 2020, but the selection for this year's virtual fest is still worthy of the big..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo

"...The patriarchy gets another lashing from Yorgos Lanthimos in his latest film allegory The Killing of a Sacred Deer...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

This basic human right gets short shrift in today's materialistic world; and Support Your Local Farmers

"...we spend, farmers now get only 19 cents, with monopolistic middlemen like ADM, Cargill, McDonald's, Monsanto, Philip Morris, Tyson,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Several vignettes follow different characters as their lives interconnect in a search for happiness.

"...Amy Irving, Alan Arkin, Barbara Sukowa, Tia Texada, Frankie Faison and William Wise. This new movie by Jill Sprecher..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life During Wartime

Todd Solondz revisits the family from his film Happiness, but the characters are all played by different actors, and the result is no less disconcerting.

"...Todd Solondz. Starring: Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Emma Hinz, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Reubens, Charlotte..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hairdresser's Husband

The Hairdresser's Husband is a tightly knit, though slight, tale told in the best of humor. It's the story of despair bred by utter happiness. The story of this marriage begins with the husband's childhood in which he developed an adolescent crush on the town's buxom barber and also a severe case of jock itch thanks to the red wool bathing trunks his mother made him wear. Freud would not approve.

"...He has no ambitions nor dreams except, perhaps, of his past, and his only occupation seems to be filling..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Caramel

The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.

"...Labaki. Starring: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Adel Karam, Siham Haddad and Aziza Semaan. The..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thank God I'm a Lesbian

"...and style, the title makes it perfectly clear where this Canadian documentary is coming from. Essentially a talking heads..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken English

Parker Posey gives a lovely, toned-down performance as Nora Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy.

"...Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy. The role calls on her to effectively..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Surviving Christmas

Money can buy happiness goes the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy starring Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini.

"...Directed by: Mike Mitchell. Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman, Bill Macy, Jennifer Morrison,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happy Trails to You

Writer-director Jill Sprecher journeys toward enlightenment in "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"

"...uncomfortable stool-type chair. Bubbly yet engagingly proper, her cute Wisconsin accent quickly relieves any awkwardness. She is genuinely kind...."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Piet Levy

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...of burnt electricity. The scent lingers as Andrew Shapter is summoned to radiation. White confetti covers the floor outside..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Storytelling

"...John Goodman, Mark Webber, Paul Giamatti, Aleska Palladino, Robert Wisdom, Leo Fitzpatrick and Selma Blair. If it seemed as..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nobody Loves Me

"...Directed by: Doris Dörrie. Starring: Maria Schrader, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Michael Von Au..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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