It's Complicated

Far from complicated, this rom-com starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin is a wish-fulfillment fantasy for women of a certain age.

"...Zoe Kazan and Hunter Parrish. The thing about It’s Complicated is that it’s not … complicated. Writer-director Meyers has..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Complicated Game Record Review

"...James McMurtryComplicated Game (Complicated Game)..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

When You Pause the Heart of an Eagle and Can Feel Its Fear

Steve Moore's smartphone thriller for Fusebox comes to an end.

"...they’ve seen that introductory page, then they might believe it's made up. But often in big organizations, one hand..."

Oct. 22, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Randi Zuckerberg's 'Dot Complicated' World

Former Facebook marketing director visits the Texas Conference for Women

"...complications" inspired her two new books. The nonfiction, Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives, seeks (along with its related..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Central Health Lays Out Its FY 2019 Budget

For your health

"...your hand if you know what Central Health is. It's OK; you're not alone. Polling shows that most folks..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Austin Energy Readies Its Defense

New report shows suburban ratepayers don't have it so bad

"...meeting a series of other paperwork deadlines in a complicated process that could take eight to 10 months to..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Philly's Soul Glo Comes to Oblivion Access and Brings Its Diaspora Problems With It

We talk with the hardcore outfit behind one of the year's best albums

"...Jordan hears me squinting through the phone and insists it's really not that complicated...."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...That story is and is not Jason Tremblay's. It's not his in that he didn't write it. (If..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD Takes a Peek at Its Budget

It looks like the reserves will be taking a hit

"...the board, have really expected." Their task has been complicated by waiting on details of the American Reinvestment and..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can TABC Really Lift a Restaurant’s License Over COVID Rules? It’s Complicated.

The experts weigh in on the challenges for both sides

"...temperature checks, possibly a negative test, visual screenings, etc. It's trying to carve out what we've been trying to..."

Aug. 18, 2021 News Post by Jessi Cape

Public Notice: Everything in Its Place

Contemplating “urbanism”

"...the gentrification threat he feels to his Rosedale neighborhood. It's staunchly pro-preservationist and got a rave reception from a..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

'The Sporting Life': It’s Game Time, Baby …

"...to be the simplest to play. There are no complicated rules. Know the answer, press the button. A monkey..."

Oct. 31, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Lilies

"...of the near-exquisite way in which it tells its complicated tale. Even given such narrative complexity, director Greyson finds..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Honeyland

The sweet and the bitter of life as a Macedonian apiarist

"...Honeyland delineates a number of complicated scenarios about many things. There’s Hatidze, who has spent..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Diamantino

Politics and Pekingese in this strange, sweet, and very Portuguese fantasy

"...spin on Candide, the world is a dark and complicated place, and all Diamantino wants to do is play..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

De-Lovely

Affectionate biography of Cole Porter's life is packed wall-to-wall with song-and-dance numbers but is short on new insights.

"...marriage with Linda (played by Judd). Theirs was a complicated and fascinating sort of "gentleman’s agreement" that was rooted..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blaze

The life and legacy of Austin's ill-fated Duct Tape Messiah

"...viewpoint only adds to the legend of the man’s complicated life...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth catapults Guillermo del Toro to the top ranks of international filmmakers: His dark and fertile imagination appears to have no limit.

"...of the id’s impulses – it is even more complicated. One additional response to repression for children (and the..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In My Country

Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche star in this John Boorman political drama about the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

"...to consider in our current political climate. There’s a complicated love story set in the foreground of the film..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Blindness

Julianne Moore brilliantly leads the strong cast in this sci-fi parable which takes us to the depths of human degradation before letting in the light.

"...in one instance using it to soft-shoe a morally complicated sex scene, then abruptly cutting to full-color to expose..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

School Finance Plan Headed for Hearing

Aycock promises no losers as Senate obsesses on vouchers

"...is distributed. Aycock explained that the conversation is so complicated and politically divisive that, even with the amount of..."

April 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

2 Guns

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg let the bullets fly in this intricate action puzzle.

"...with two guns you might wind up with a complicated and multihanded Mexican standoff by movie’s end. Following the..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elle

Riveting yet perplexing, this psychological thriller is a stunner

"...at least in her imagination. Michèle is a daring, complicated character – one that Isabelle Huppert brilliantly creates in..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...the dare to portray Mother Teresa as someone more complicated than the way the world otherwise views her, leaving..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl's POV

"...have fun,” their introduction to sex was a more complicated thing. Even today, few female teens can ever walk..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lambert & Stamp

Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp were two would-be filmmakers who wound up managing the Who

"...Who. It’s much more interested in the implausible and complicated partnership between Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, two would-be..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Green Prince

The son of a Hamas leader becomes an Israeli spy and searches for a moral center.

"...whites. The Green Prince is even muddier and more complicated...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff explores life in one's late 30s: troubles with unruly kids, ailing parents, and creative aspirations complicated by financial realities.

"...troubled by unruly kids, ailing parents, and creative aspirations complicated by financial realities. Braff has an ever-clever eye for..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fifth Estate

It's the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks before they became household names.

"...Telling the WikiLeaks story is obviously quite complicated and requires huge narrative skills and ambitions. In many..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Tomboy

In this French film a 10-year-old girl moves into a new neighborhood and pretends to be a boy because, well, it seems like boys just have more fun.

"...in time before issues of sexuality so much more complicated and calculated...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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