90 Minutes in Heaven

Faith-based film taken from bestseller is directed by Michael Polish

"...takes a dramatic leap forward with 90 Minutes in Heaven, a well-appointed work based on Don Piper’s bestseller, that,..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heaven Is for Real

Greg Kinnear plays a dad who believes his son's claim to have seen heaven.

"...The empirical question of heaven’s existence is a rhetorical one by default – by..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Far From Heaven

"...Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson and Viola Davis. Far From Heaven begins just like Douglas Sirk's 1952 Hollywood melodrama All..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kingdom of Heaven

Ridley Scott's Crusades epic is a historical spectacle on the order of Gladiator and a dissection of war, as gritty and illuminating as Black Hawk Down, that takes flight when it becomes a canvas for ideas and ideologies in action.

"...William Monahan use to their advantage in Kingdom of Heaven, a far-reaching period epic that is also relevant to..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc: Beer in Heaven?

What if the bliss they're doling out in heaven is not your jam?

"..."In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink it..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Heaven's a Drag

"...HIV-positive man and his HIV-negative lover, friends, and family. Heaven's a Drag is about Simon (Arklie) and Mark (Williams),..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Heaven & Earth

"...Johnny Guitar, or a complete and utter mess. With Heaven & Earth, Oliver Stone has created the latter. Stone's..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miracles From Heaven

This Christian-centric film wears its faith on its sleeve

"...The Christian-centric Miracles From Heaven wears its faith on its sleeve: There’s never any..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Heaven's Prisoners

"...days. Based on the bestseller by James Lee Burke, Heaven's Prisoners is the story of Dave Robicheaux (Baldwin) an..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Children of Heaven

Young, impoverished, Iranian siblings go to great lengths to cover up the fact that they've lost a pair of shoes.

"...better to avoid problems with the censors), Children of Heaven is the first one that I've seen that seems..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trouble Puppet's The Wars of Heaven, Part I

The eons-old battle between heaven and hell gets reorganized along gender lines

"...Paradise Lost, the 17th-century epic of Satan's rebellion against heaven. Its contemporary spin goes beyond the casual and profanity-laced..."

May 8, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

"...canine hero from the first part, now resides in heaven but he gets his chance to come back to..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Days of Heaven

"...and cinematographer Nestor Almendros, combined forces on Days of Heaven and created something so beautiful that it touches heaven..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Edge of Heaven

This Turkish film is a transgenerational, transborder microcosm of modern cultural melding.

"...calming of the form. In Akin’s The Edge of Heaven, people don’t explode into one another’s lives in fits..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Battle in Heaven

Hot new Mexican director Carlos Reygadas is back with his second feature which pushes his unflinching imagery into provocative realms.

"...Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstien and Rosalinda Ramirez. Battle in Heaven, Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas’ follow-up to his impressive debut..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...ex-con Jimmy in Lone Star crime flick South of Heaven, he thought he was opening a new perspective on..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Honky Tonk Heaven

Doc on the legendary Broken Spoke seeks finishing funds

"...dancehall the Broken Spoke. The new doc Honky Tonk Heaven has been in production for two years, and now..."

Oct. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Sounds Like Heaven

AFF presents a new Ya'Ke Smith script reading

"...2 Face might've gotten all the glory, but Wednesday's Heaven has all the guts...."

Oct. 30, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

'Heaven' Sent

Writer / director Todd Haynes resurrects the gloriously overwrought weepies of the Fifties in Far From Heaven.

"...a promotional tour for his new film, Far From Heaven. But even though it's at the end of a..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Leave Her to Heaven: Iconically Gene Tierney

"...in their vehicles. The Razor's Edge, Leave Her to Heaven, Night and the City: more trophy-case Tierney. In the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...the heartstrings from Ryan’s exemplary romantic résumé. Just Like Heaven is just like the Cure in more than name..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Yoshi Ramen and Veggie Heaven

Chef Stacy Chen is the bandleader of two distinctly tasty Asian restaurants

"...ramen roster is Yoshi Ramen, a sister to Veggie Heaven, whose new iteration croons our weird city's heart song...."

March 23, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...The kingdom of heaven..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Zombie Heaven

Two former Zombies, back from the dead

"...Of the innumerable scriptures that compose the rock & roll bible, Zombie Heaven is one of the most..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

South of Heaven

Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly hold on to love on the run

"...In dusty Southern Gothic crime drama South of Heaven, Jason Sudeikis plays Jimmy as a man trying to..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Some Kind of Heaven

America's retirement heaven shows some splinter in the clouds

"...its denizens, as they search for Some Kind of Heaven...."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Heaven's Metal

Austin Christian metal magazine is a must-read to those moshing for Jesus

"...I see myself as a pastoral voice for rock & roll sheep," says Doug Van Pelt in a moment..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Luv Doc: A Heaven-on-Earth Couplehood

The Luv Doc thinks this reader might have a malfunctioning amygdala

"...in decades of bullshit relationships to get to this heaven-on-earth couplehood. Thoughts?..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...be comfortable in the space." Inviting Chaos at Outer Heaven Disco Club..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Veggie Heaven

"...Veggie Heaven photograph by John Anderson Restaurants on the Drag come..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Food Feature

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