Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...Joe Carnahan is the action filmmaker's action filmmaker. Not CGI..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grey

Bloodthirsty wolves and the brutalizing Alaskan elements conspire against a band of airplane crash survivors.

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo, Dermot..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smokin' Aces

A person could have a reasonably good time with this confusing, Tarantinoid actioner starring Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys, but there’s not actually much tension in the movie.

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy Garcia,..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Copshop

Suspend disbelief for this splendid symphony of blood and bullets

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Toby..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Narc

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Busta Rhymes, Krista..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

El Chicano

A new superhero for the Latinx community (and everyone else)

"...While he may not be a household name, Joe Carnahan is a favorite among genre fans. With cult..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Wrath of Man

Ritchie and Statham find a new, welcome gear in this bloody thriller

"...Man may soon occupy the same rarified air as Joe Carnahan’s The Grey, another film anchored by an aging..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fall Film Previews

September

"...McKellen, Brad Renfro, David Schwimmer, Bruce Davison, Elias Koteas, Joe Morton, Jan Triska...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Joe Carnahan; with Carnahan, Dan Leis, Ken Rudolph, Dan Harlan...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Wish

Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.

"...source of national ignominy, director Eli Roth and writer Joe Carnahan’s story about a white family in the North..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pride and Glory

Edward Norton and Colin Farrell top this predictable police procedural about clean and dirty cops who are also brothers in a family of Irish cops.

"...by the director's brother Gregory and hyperbolic Narc director Joe Carnahan) as predictable as this one, Pride and Glory's..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...Rockwell is surrounded by a great cast that includes Joe Mantegna, Maury Chaykin, Charles Durning, Ted Danson, William H...."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Catherine Hardwicke Unloads With Miss Bala

Twilight director and UT grad heads across the border for new film

"...AC: Talking with filmmakers like Joe Carnahan and his new War Party productions, they see..."

Jan. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Boy Erased D: Joel Edgerton..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Wheelman

Frank Grillo drives through the night

"...the first film from Grillo's WarParty shingle, co-founded with Joe Carnahan (director of The Grey and Smokin' Aces), this..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whitelisting 'The Blacklist'

Can James Spader and Megan Boone pull this off all season?

"...Though the pilot, directed by Joe Carnahan (The Grey), plays into plenty of the genre’s..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Bright Lights, Little City

"...place where new releases can be made or broken. Joe Carnahan's desert noir comedy of terrors Blood, Guts, Bullets..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...which she easily could. Second, late Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan would have to win from beyond the grave, which..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

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

"...C.B. Cebulski, and EVP, Creative Director + fan-favorite writer/artist Joe Quesada lead an interactive discussion on the storied history..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Between psychotropic horror Bliss and VHS splatterfest VFW, Joe Begos is the new King of the Underground. Acting..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

CodeNEXT Draft 3.0 Is Out

Feast your eyes on its map and substance matter

"...Interim Assistant City Manager Joe Pantalion held a press conference at 5pm to announce..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT's Delay, "Good for Austin"

Land-use rewrite gets punted to little complaint

"...but that deadline is no more. Assistant City Manager Joe Pantalion officially announced a timeline extension on Thursday, Nov...."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...Dems lose another seat, as Connecticut's GOP governor appoints Joe Lieberman's replacement. But the Ds may make that back..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

Land of 1,000 Dances

Sundance Film Festival 1997

"...by Vin Diesel and Black Circle Boys by Matthew Carnahan were also two of the big contenders in this..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten