Forget Paris

"...Stevenson, Richard Masur, Julie Kavner, William Hickey, Robert Constanzo, John Spencer and Cathy Moriarty. Wave au revoir and then..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An American in Paris

Even if you think you've watched this musical to death during home viewings, you have never really seen this most tragic of all the director's tragic musicals if you haven't viewed it on a big screen with its shimmering color photography.

"...a big screen with its shimmering color photography by John Alton, the great noir artist, and Alfred Gilks, who..."

July 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An American Werewolf in Paris

"...13th sequels in less than half that time. But John Landis' hip, gruesomely inventive American Werewolf in London made..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

From Paris With Love

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.

"...Directed by: Pierre Morel. Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak and Richard Durden...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Fogerty Won’t Back Down

From Pete Seeger and Tom Petty to the romance of the Sixties

"...the Top 40, all but one penned by bandleader John Fogerty. You’ll hear a few Sunday on Auditorium Shores..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Levitation: John Cale, Black Angels

Velvet Underground in the house!

"...Velvet Underground co-founder and avant-garde solo artist and producer John Cale, after whose VU standout “Black Angel’s Death Song”..."

Nov. 10, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

John Bolton for Paxton

Speaker hopeful gets the mustache vote from ex-UN ambassador

"...criminal and former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton in his corner...."

Jan. 3, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Paris Vu Par …

Six French filmmakers make six films set in different sections of Paris.

"...the crest of Godard's Breathless. Five years later, then, Paris Vu Par … is a celebration, six postcards shot..."

Nov. 1, 2001 Movie Review

An American in Paris (1951)

"...a big screen with its shimmering color photography by John Alton, the great noir artist, and Alfred Gilks, who..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Anarchy in Paris

French electro anarchist Éric Débris resides in South Austin

"...Even in Paris, 1975 is boring and repressive. Gotham gutter-glam terrors the..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

John Cale (and Friends) Reviewed

"...John CaleHoboSapiens (Or Music)Sturgis NikidesMan of SteelDeerfrance: Extra Virgin MaryBlest..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

John Mayer Sets the Moody Center Mood

Sob rocker marks first show at not-quite-ready stadium

"...Of all the mood-making activities above, seeing John Mayer perform on 4/20 may be the moodiest: the..."

April 21, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Gum King

How Andy Paris cornered the market

"...in your little brother's hair. Austin filmmaker and musician John Paris has spent over a decade working to ensure..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ronin

"...Directed by: John Frankenheimer. Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Vie De Bohème

This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.

"...Louis Malle. Oh, to be a starving artist in Paris with a loving mistress, a dog named Baudelaire and..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dingo

"...force behind the life and dreams of the protagonist, John “Dingo” Anderson (Friels). A tracker by trade who hunts..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Six (Not So) Easy Pieces

Eight local filmmakers team up to shoot DV shorts in and about Austin.

"...A cynical whore smirks in bed as her dweebish john looks on. All quintessentially French visions (the last one..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Lucky

Cranky loner (and beloved character actor) faces mortality

"...Directed by: John Carroll Lynch. Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Shabaka Henley,..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Burnt

Bradley Cooper is a "bad boy" chef; Sienna Miller and others are garnish

"...Directed by: John Wells. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Celluloid Icons

The larger-than-life John Milius and the enigmatic, introverted Harry Dean Stanton come into focus

"...The careers of John Milius and Harry Dean Stanton have intersected on two..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...An American in Paris This has always been one of Minnelli's most popular..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Irma Vep

Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.

"...HK oeuvre.) Cheung, who plays herself, is called to Paris by the fictional Rene Vidal (Léaud), an embittered, confused..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...Directed by: John Erick Dowdle. Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge,..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Catwalk

"...Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Kate Moss, Isaac Mizrahi and John Galliano. I love fashion and everything that goes along..."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...deserve one? There's an argument to be made for Paris Hilton, whose absurdist antics in the public eye reach..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New York, I Love You

The central thesis in this ominibus of short films is that New York is not its landmarks or its landscape; New York is its people.

"...Bradley Cooper, Chris Cooper, Drea de Matteo, Ethan Hawke, John Hurt, Irfan Khan, Shia LaBeouf, Cloris Leachman, Rachel Bilson,..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

"...by: Boaz Davidson. Starring: Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen and John Ryan. With American Cyborg, Yoram Globus and his new..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...this week's News Roundup: Austin leaders back from the Paris climate conference reaffirm their city's commitment to combat climate..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Moulin Rouge

This musical sucks you in with its own brand of willful illogic and breathtaking visuals. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a penniless poet falls madly in love with a nightclub's star performer, a chanteuse-cum-courtesan who has a heart of gold and is an incipient consumptive. The music is a combination of restructured modern pop tunes manhandled into clever new forms.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent and Richard Roxburgh. For the first..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Hit

"...Miss, this grade-Z action parody looks like a second-rate John Woo cast-off (Woo and longtime partner Terence Chang produced..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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