Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Awards Short Lists

The Power of the Dog leads the pack with nine nominations

"...• Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog • Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch Best Ensemble..."

Jan. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...Waltz, Ana de Armas, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Jeffrey Wright...."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts in Netflix's Alaskan Western

"...reaches out to author and wildlife tracker Russell Core (Jeffrey Wright) to bring justice to her family. Core has..."

Sept. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...in an unlikely friend. Cast: Tye Sheridan, Imogen Poots, Jeffrey Wright, Caleb Landry Jones (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Katniss Everdeen goes from Hunger Games victor to emblem of the revolution

"...Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright, Mahershala Ali and Natalie Dormer...."

Nov. 21, 2014 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.

"...Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright...."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

"...Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright and Zoe Caldwell...."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ides of March

George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

"...Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Max Minghella...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Source Code

These strangers on a train are players in a gripping science fiction roundelay.

"...Duncan Jones. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden and Cas Anvar. Source Code is..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Announces Opening Night Film

'Source Code' to kick off fest

"...also stars the can-do-no-wrong two-punch of Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright...."

Dec. 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright and Gemma Arterton. Forgive me, Sir Roger Moore,..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

W.

Oliver Stone’s Bush portrait is a tale of two movies: one a humanizing portrait of a failure as a young man, the other a damning but unsurprising look inside an administration gone loopy on ideological zealotry.

"...Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey Wright, Toby Jones, Thandie Newton, Scott Glenn and Richard..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Invasion

This fourth film telling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers appears to be made by pod people themselves.

"...Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Malin Akerman, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright and Veronica Cartwright. It's almost impossible to think..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casino Royale

This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry and love of fast cars, vodka martinis, and highest-stakes cardsharpery.

"...Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Isaach De Bankolé and Caterina Murino...."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lady in the Water

The performances are bang-on, and there are moments of great beauty throughout, but Lady in the Water ultimately capsizes under the weight of its own goofy story.

"...M. Night Shyamalan. Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhary, Cindy Cheung, M. Night..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Jon Voight, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Bruno Ganz, Ted Levine, Simon McBurney, Miguel Ferrer..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

With a Twist: Literary Classics Get a Modern Makeover

"...and stars Hawke in the title role. The venerable playwright/actor Sam Shepard rounds out an oddly grouped troupe that..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Critical Care

"...Spader, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick, Albert Brooks, Wallace Shawn, Jeffrey Wright and Anne Bancroft. Critical Care should be quickly..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Forgotten Silver

"...Jackson, Sam Neill, Harvey Weinstein, Leonard Maltin, Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Thomas, Leonard Maltin, Harvey Weinstein, Sam Neill and Jeffrey..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

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Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

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"...a man. While there, Cole meets the raving, wild-eyed Jeffrey Goines (Pitt), who helps him escape before Cole seemingly..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...female sex characteristics. This prompted me to pick up Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Middlesex (Farrar, Straus and..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Leslie K. Hollingsworth and Julianna Elizabeth Wright (Peter and the Wolf)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Leslie K. Hollingsworth and Julianna Elizabeth Wright (Peter and the Wolf)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2 Kool 2 Be 4gotten

"...Their Friendships, Rivalries, and Artistic Exchanges by Barbara Ehlrich Wright (Knopf, $65 hard), a less-blurred view exhaustively examines the..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars

Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest

"...the French Company Grocer, and finally Ft. Davis' Château Wright Winery, whose spring-fed swimming reservoir and food trucks helped..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival 2017

"...Jeffrey Eugenides (Fresh Complaint) and Claire Messud (The Burning Girl)..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Photo Gallery

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Musical! (Part 1) Anderson Dear, Atlantis: A Puppet Opera Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, The Pirates of Penzance Lyn Koenning, Monty Python's..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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