Robert Rodriguez Filming Hypnotic in July in Austin

Hitchcockian thriller starring Ben Affleck moves from California

"...This morning, Robert Rodriguez announced that his latest film, Hypnotic starring Ben Affleck, has relocated from California and will..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender

"...in a while, but he's definitely lurking around in Hypnotic, the Austin filmmaker's long-gestating Hitchcock-inspired thriller that debuted as..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Family That Films Together: Robert, Racer, and Rebel Rodriguez on Hypnotic

The moviemaking dynasty proves the value of working from home

"...His newest film, Hypnotic, is truly a family affair. Not only did Robert..."

May 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

"...That inspired the script for Hypnotic, which he worked on for the next two decades...."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Constant Follower: Meet the Hypnotic Folk Songcrafter Who Lost His Childhood Memories After a Gang Beatdown

Scotland's Stephen McAll overcame brain trauma to discover a new self

"...the country leaping at the chance to perform McAll’s hypnotic compositions. Stateside, the musician can already count one of..."

March 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

The Family That Films Together: Robert, Racer, and Rebel Rodriguez on Hypnotic

The moviemaking dynasty proves the value of working from home

May 19, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Constant Follower: Meet the Hypnotic Folk Songcrafter Who Lost His Childhood Memories After a Gang Beatdown

Scotland's Stephen McAll overcame brain trauma to discover a new self

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

ATX Screen News: E3, AFS, and More

AFS Cinema, Arkane Studios' vampire nightmare, and the return of Hypnotic

"...Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic is headed to the set (again). The Hitchcock homage,..."

June 18, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dark Horse

True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart

"...aloft once more. It’s a spectacular thing to behold, hypnotic in its poise and beauty. The enormously heartfelt documentary..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Darling

A woman appears to go ’round the bend in this well-done horror film

"...titular character (never named, but completely embodied by the hypnotic Lauren Ashley Carter), who has taken a job looking..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Most Violent Year

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain anchor this simmering drama set in the semi-lawless New York City of 1981.

"...deputies. A Most Violent Year is its own thing, hypnotic and exacting and as subtly savage as mellow-voiced Marvin..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Only Lovers Left Alive

In this hypnotic love story, Jim Jarmusch gives us vampires who are bohemian outsiders and not blood-sucking freaks.

"...lacks for stimulation or idle observations. The film is hypnotic, which lends it an addictive sensibility that complements the..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Raid 2

This breathtaker is a relentless wall of action filmmaking that sets a new, bloody standard.

"...swims in glorious ultraviolence, with an emphasis on the hypnotic, brutal choreography of the Indonesian fighting style of pencak..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Savages

Oliver Stone’s movie is volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and nearly irrestible – at least when the young 'uns aren't onscreen.

"...rug out from under the audience. It’s volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and irrestible. But then O opens her mouth..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...Lisbeth's second incarnation is every bit as unnerving and hypnotic as Rapace’s. Sometimes even more so...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Martha Marcy May Marlene

A psychological thriller that's stripped of the usual Hollywood trappings, this film maintains a sense of oppressive threat throughout.

"...to exist in its own fractured dream state. It's hypnotic, narcotic, and trembling on the verge of either dread..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Although Tsai Ming-Liang's I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone is nearly wordless and slow moving, the film’s characters are compelling and its pace hypnotic. (AFS@Dobie)

"...moving, the film’s characters are compelling and its pace hypnotic. The Kuala Lumpur in which the story is set..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into Great Silence

At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.

"...reaches of faith, and what he discovers is beautiful, hypnotic, comforting, and, yes, bizarre – a lifestyle so far..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hours

"...Jeff Daniels and Jack Rovello. There's a mesmerizing, almost hypnotic rhythm to The Hours, the exquisite adaptation of Michael..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chopper

Story of legendary Australian renegade and dreamer.

"...with his slippery grip on reality. Dominik uses accelerated, hypnotic camera tricks to suggest that this is a creature..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stir of Echoes

"...into a chicken every time a bell rings. That post-hypnotic suggestion opens Tom's mind, alright, throwing the doors of..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Cérémonie

"...fare. But for those who are susceptible to its hypnotic allure, it could rank among the season's best...."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Microcosmos

"...artistic license. Original music by Bruno Coulais enhances the hypnotic ambiance. And ambiance is all-important here; like the films..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Mystery of Rampo

"...Masahiro Motoki as the dashing young detective share a hypnotic chemistry. There's little doubt that some will find the..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Temptation of a Monk

"...of violent action, Temptation of a Monk is terrific, hypnotic entertainment, directed with uncompromising patience and skill by one..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Taiga

"...earlier film Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia, another long and hypnotic film that took more of a mythological and fairy..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lover

"...successfully craft Marguerite Duras' coming-of-age memoir L'Amant into a hypnotic, sensuous film teeming with undercurrents of sociopolitical implications in..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Zentropa

"...well as manipulate the audience almost subconsciously. It's a hypnotic film to watch; Trier uses back projection, superimposes different..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life Stinks

"...when things are looking their bleakest, he begins this hypnotic mantra, “Life Stinks,” that spreads like wildfire amongst the..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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