Shoplifters

The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored

"...officer after her life has unfurled. From the outside, it's not much of a life. She works a low-pay..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...that every major release has been watered down to its point of broadest possible appeal, then you might take..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Happytime Murders

Puppet comedy crime caper is less Feebles, more just feeble

"...theatre kid of the early 2000s, no Broadway show better captured my brand of mild-mannered rebellion than Avenue Q...."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Happy Death Day

Living your death over and over again

"...Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken and Rob Mello...."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Land of Mine

A viscerally intense anti-war film

"...beaches along the western coast of Denmark were crawling with defeated Nazi troops. Most of them were just forcibly..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max Rose

Screen legend Jerry Lewis stars in this drama's title role

"...passage of time is a sobering reminder of human mortality in the drama Max Rose, particularly when considering the..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The AggreGAYtor: January 21

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Davos gets gay, Russell Brand gets up in arms, and Plano..."

Jan. 21, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The AggreGAYtor: November 19

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...rolls forward, and Michiganders go underfoot, as your AggreGAYtor gets back to "The Comeback."..."

Nov. 19, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The AggreGAYtor: June 23

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Rick Perry gets contrite, Brian Schweitzer gets kooky, and Presbyterians sidle up..."

June 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The AggreGAYtor: June 18

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Obama gets real, four states get heard, and Texas parents get..."

June 18, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Bob Byington's filmed-in-Austin, indie comedy takes place over decades as a guy wanders through life with (scene-stealing) coaching from his best friend, played by Nick Offerman.

"...Directed by: Bob Byington. Starring: Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Marshall Bell,..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Stoker

Starring Nicole Kidman, this first English-language outing of Korean fave Park Chan-wook is stylish but wanting.

"...South Korean filmmaker and critical darling Park Chan-wook is best known for his Vengeance..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seven Psychopaths

A knockout cast of oddball actors seize the reins in Martin McDonagh's smart comedy about dumb people doing really awful things.

"...Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Pitt, Harry Dean Stanton,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

This fourth entry in the Tom Cruise film franchise is the best of the bunch; it's wacky and keen to please.

"...Perhaps it’s the fact that I just finished reading Jaron Lanier's..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...of Illinois on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at the University of Texas at Austin. No, I didn't type it..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim classic shows just how dull violent retribution can be when it's all someone ever talks (or, in this case, sings) about.

"...to steer clear of Sweeney Todd (Depp). For one, it's six to five and pick ’em whether or not..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.

"...Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw and Rose McGowan. What does it say about me that I have a copy of..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zoom

This superhero sci-fi farce drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.

"...Directed by: Peter Hewitt. Starring: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...and get some sleep." Then somebody passed him a guitar. For the next few minutes, a few dozen or..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...of Akins High School are clean-feeling, almost sterile, yet with an aura of expectation for the new year. Early..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...slapping his broad pink palms against his smoky gray suit jacket. It's his best suit and he feels like..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Cinderella Story

Hilary Duff's Cinderella tale goes splat like a pumpkin.

"...time … can happen anytime." "Really?" one worries. "Anytime?" It’s the ad-speak equivalent of a heightened terror alert: Warning,..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hard Word

"...Directed by: Scott Roberts. Starring: Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton, Damien Richardson, Robert Taylor and Rhondda Findleton...."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...have been getting out on us. Virginia, the hip's better. Love ya, Joe...."

May 23, 2003 Column

Enough

"...a voice grave and forbidding: “Slim thought she had it all.” Dun, dun, dunnnnnn. The “had it all” part..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All the Pretty Horses

"...adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's widely cherished Western novel is neither the sacrilege that McCarthy's true believers feared nor the..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Capitol Chronicle

Liberals blame Ralph Nader for Al Gore's defeat; media frenzy at the Governor's Mansion

"...Blame it on Cain,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Liquid Sunshine

Park Kerr Makes Tequila the Old-Fashioned Way, by Agonizing Over It

"...Twelve-thirty in the afternoon at Stubb's. He is sitting at a corner table with the owner of Stubb's...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Boys and Girls

"...story. Most of the people populating the planet are either looking for love, looking to get out of love,..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Dreamed of Africa

"...all I got was this lousy movie. In 1972, Italian husband and wife, Paolo and Kuki Gallman, uprooted themselves..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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