Irrational Man

Joaquin Phoenix plots the perfect crime in Woody Allen's new charmer

"...hit or a miss. I’m happy to report that Irrational Man is a delight (although, I should note, a..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enduring Love

This creepy tale of a stalker and the object of his affection is adapted from an Ian McEwan novel.

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Alexandra Aitken, Susan Lynch and Bill..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The School of Flesh

Provocative film is based on a Yukio Mishima novel and transposed to present-day Paris.

"...are both attracted and repelled by each other, like human magnets. Dominique is a successful, mature, trés bourgeois businesswoman..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...priorities, and absolute truth. It’s told in a matter-of-fact manner that eschews melodrama, yet is loaded with haunting human..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Post Coitum

"...the floor with animalistic abandon. Cut to a fortyish woman writhing in bed, rubbing her hands all over her..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Butcher's Wife

"...Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, Margaret Colin, Frances Mcdormand, Max Revlich and Luis Avalos. A genial fantasy about..."

Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Café Society

A lesser Woody Allen film, but not without its pleasures

"...Allen returning to a time period familiar to so many of his films: the past. Set in the late..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...franchise's ashes and soars with fury, finesse, invention, and showmanship...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...Music Show on KUT-FM. He transformed the lives of many people around him, including mine, but his own life..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

Letters at 3AM

Cry over the election if you must, but don't let the bastards sap your vitality. American progressives started seriously mass-scale organizing only about a year ago, and in just one year we came within reach of victory.

"...I once shook the hand of a man who shook his hand. In the spirit of passing..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Died, which continues the artistic evolution of punk elder statesman Henry Rollins into an actor to watch. Neece said,..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...the University of Texas under the sponsorship of the Humanities Institute and the Plan II Honors Program. Hersh is..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

TV Eye

Mustering enthusiasm for the wedding that has gripped the world

"...Every time I hear a woman on a TV show or in a movie say..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?

Reuniting the same couples from his 2007 film, Perry explores the next chapter in the lives of these old friends.

"...Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba, Lamman Rucker, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White,..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Walk on Water

A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.

"...so hot when it comes to spotting a gay German tourist, as the Israeli secret service agent Eyal (Ashkenazi,..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carmen Jones

"...been a pet project of lyricist OscarHammerstein II for many years S His lyrics for Carmen Jones are eloquentfusions..."

July 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Patriot Games

"...of courage results in the death of a young Irishman recruited to participate in the kidnapping by an older..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Page Two: Return to Forever

From creationism to red-baiting, the right kicks it old school

"...and least imaginative reading of the Bible. In too many ways, this trivializes God's grandeur and reduces the Bible..."

May 29, 2009 Column by Louis Black

In Person

Barry Glassner on fear in the media and how to hide a pony

"...Bowling for Columbine. You may recall him as the man who takes Moore to South Central L.A. in order..."

April 8, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...dark is a thought out of nowhere, often completely irrational and senseless. The overwhelming tendency is to ignore these..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...assistant director Jim Hensz, and script supervisor Monika Von Manteuffel) watch the video monitors that relay exactly what is..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

Letters @ 3AM

Family life in the Bible mirrors the worst in anyone's family

"...(King James edition): God creates the world, then makes man "in our image, after our likeness" (1:26); "male and..."

April 13, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, J. Michael Trautmann, and David Oyelowo (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...Third, in what was once a neighborhood filled with German immigrant families, Plumer points south to a parking structure..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...the Texas attorney general's Cyber Crimes Unit -- was demanding entry. By the end of that morning, Perez's academic..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...system is. Even when there's overwhelming evidence of a man's innocence they still ignore it...."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on Melinda Ballard vs. Farmers Insurance about Ballard's moldy mansion ["The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back," March 21]. I haven't..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Dearly Beloved

'Sherlock' takes us inside the hearts and minds of its cast

"...who, it turns out, needs help writing his best man speech...."

Jan. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Page Two: Personalizing the Mythic

How a former president's understated decency and the hectic birth of rock & roll electrified Toronto screens

"...Two of the best of them (both by friends), Man From Plains and Honeydripper, are not only great movies..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Even then, the comment is preceded with something like, "Man, y'all are awesome!" I think you, as a musician,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column

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