Nomadland

Story of America's itinerant population wanders too much

"...nomads of this film are modern-day vagabonds, mostly older Americans who live and travel in their camper vans, creating..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Have an Issue: Redefining Distancing

How Austin's recovery community is adapting to COVID-19

"...creative force" including the Miró Quartet's ambitious Faces of America two-concert program and Sally Jacques' The Well Inside, a..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...One of the defining traits of post-World War II America is the idea of the honorable war. Moreover, it's..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...disorder that impacts motor skills. In a Good Morning America appearance last month, wife Sharon Osbourne predicted her husband..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Exposed Flesh

Please remember my disapproval

"...My girlfriend is very attractive. I tell her that..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

A War on Passivity: Rick Alverson and Tye Sheridan Climb The Mountain

The confrontational director challenges audiences to work once again

"...get to beneath your skin, and make you think, 'America,' really. This movie really challenges the idea of a..."

Aug. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...– is just one of the small but satisfying inside gags in Jim Jarmusch’s languorous riff on George Romero’s..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...premieres for feature films (101 World premieres, 9 North American, and 3 U.S. and counting), today's list also includes..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...world premiere of her feature directorial debut Booksmart, while Americana legend David Crosby (who will be in town for..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Papillon

New adaptation of Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel of life on Devil's Island

"...colony of Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America. It is a brutal and heartless place, one where..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...British Ghost Story, starring Martin Freeman, makes its North American debut. Sorcerous mystery Hereditary comes out of Sundance with..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...21 Grams. Set during the 1820s in the unsettled America lying west of the Missouri River (the future North..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...documentary account of his trial, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, last year.) Fictionalized depictions of..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Building Austin

As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?

"...done by Workers Defense Project. Coming primarily from Central America, these men (almost all of them are men) may..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...to less starry stuff – exciting new works in American and international independent cinema. The Austin roll call is..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Killing Them Softly

Some great performances punctuate the odd pacing in this adapatation of George V. Higgins' Cogan's Trade, set within the criminal underworld.

"...this, the mob is like any big corporation in America, and that’s a point Dominik hammers over and over...."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...arbiters at the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board). Like art and pornography, they may not..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: The Return of Our Angel

Marilyn Monroe has returned to us recently in various guises

"...her only as "Marilyn." Inevitably, someone asked her the American question: "What do you do?" She'd say something like..."

March 9, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...For 32 years this story has been pounding inside me, begging to come out...."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Blackthorn

Sam Shepard stars in this film which imagines what might have happened if Butch Cassidy had survived and lived on in Bolivia.

"...Mateo Gil's film, an elegiac take on the great American Western that sees Butch living to a ripe old..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Metal vs. Indie

"...locals' use of an Eastbound & Down audio sample. Inside, Red River vets Jesus Christ Superfly augmented their Stooge-rock..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 4-11

"...OF FEAR A two-day conference on violence in Latin America. Thu.-Fri., March 4-5. Texas Union, Santa Rita Rm. 3.502,..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature

Point Austin: Earthquake All Around

Central Texas hunger remains a slow-motion, invisible disaster

"...That's not so reassuring, as evidenced by "Hunger in America 2010," the report released Wednesday morning by the Capital..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...of Texas professor Russell Lee were all part of America's largest governmental effort to record history when the Farm..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Chicago 10

The trial that resulted from the demonstrations outside the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago were a media spectacle that is well-captured here.

"...argument that any town hosting a political convention in America is bound to turn a bit odd, but the..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Hightower Report

President Pinocchio speaks to the nation; and Lobbyists reject restrictions

"...His headline-grabber was that America is "addicted to oil" and that he'll cut U.S...."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America. I'd read several admiring reviews – Michael Billington in..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Hightower Report

After five years as president, W. remains securely sealed in his political cocoon, void of real-life experiences, pure of any intrusion by the hardships of regular folks; and it's wrong to think that faith talk and photo-ops with evangelicals will be enough to convert people to the Democratic cause

"...and political puffers tell him is a booming economy. America's economic growth is up, says George excitedly, corporate profits..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...thousands of life and death stories like this one inside the convention center, where evacuees began arriving Saturday. Most..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Crash the most compelling American movie in recent memory ["Film Listings," May 6]? Next..."

May 13, 2005 Column

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