SXSW Film Review: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Bloody British comedy has a delicate heart

"...Wheatley, working as a camera operator on everything from Kill List to Free Fire...."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

'Black Pond' Directors Kingsley and Sharpe Speak!

An interview with 'Black Pond's directors

"...add Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe to growing a list of indie UK filmmakers devising a whole new form..."

March 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'

Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley

"...The film reunites Wheatley with his Kill List star Michael Smiley, and features cult British comedians..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Earth

Ben Wheatley's unexpected eco-horror is sinister and hilarious

"...film since the more overt comedy of low-key serial killer road trip Sightseers, a genteel comedy of English manners..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Trophy

Doc on big game hunters and conservation

"...If you love it, cherish it. … Or kill it? After seeing Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz’s documentary,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...to wait another week for the Midnighters and shorts lists). The Headliners category drops three big additions, with a..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster

Dwayne Johnson is an ex-con out to avenge his brother's death and Billy Bob Thornton is the junkie cop on his tail.

"...movie – presumably more suitable, single-worders like Vengeance, Thief, Killer, and Angry were already taken – Faster turns out..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Powerful Odor of Mendacity'

An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.

"...living in the Mississippi Delta or someone dying of listeriosis in Pennsylvania -- and you know, it was not..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Lunatics: A Love Story

"...at the top of a vicious street gang's hit list. Turns out, Nancy's hiding in a phone booth just..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...and stylized earlier work, like A Field in England, Kill List, and Sightseers. He said, "I wanted to make..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Crawlspace/Sightseers

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...the people in the caravan park are on a killing spree?..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eye in the Sky

Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare

"...and No. 5 most wanted on America’s terrorist watch list, the stage is set for death from above 2016...."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

International Day Of Peace

"...of drones, which are an evil, remote way to kill and terrorize people, including innocent civilians. U.S. drones have..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Postmarks

This Week's Waste of Time

A little cyber self-annihilation for the holidays

"...holidays with your family. It's called 5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself)...."

Dec. 17, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...D-Houston. Five years ago, the two worked together to kill a tailpipe-emission testing program that by now would have..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...titles for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...I don't do Top 10 lists. I don't have a favorite film; I don't even..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Bra Boys

Russell Crowe narrates this insider's documentary about Australia's Bra Boys – a family of brawlers whose exploits are legendary.

"...dire circumstances). So you can strike impartiality off the list of this movie’s virtues. That said, the history related..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee is something of a rarity: a movie for children that is about children and their world.

"...on Christianna Brand’s Nurse Matilda books and featuring an A-list cast of British character actors, Nanny McPhee is indeed..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

"...of Times, Turner and Hooch, Air America, Shoot to Kill and this mess pretty much remove him from the..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2023

A-bombs and b-movies were what you were interested in this year

"...people. The British master of gritty nightmares (Down Terrace, Kill List) and psychedelic mind benders (A Field in England,..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Second SXSW Lineup Installment Adds Over 300 Acts

KT Tunstall, Shamir, Sunflower Bean, and Circuit Des Yeux highlight

"...323 acts to the music lineup. The second artist list leads with Brazilian futurist folk trio Tuyo, popular Scottish..."

Dec. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Why Darren Lynn Bousman Came Back For Spiral

Rock, racks, vices and games: the story behind the new Saw

"...II, III, and IV. This time the original Jigsaw Killer is long gone and a successor has taken his..."

May 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hereditary

Toni Collette's burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror

"...and above the best contemporary horror domestic dramas, like Kill List and A Dark Song, and alongside true classics,..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...had been in a double bill with Ben Wheatley's Kill List. "There's a karmic finishing," said Gavin. He had..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...be a stopgap. After the success of his spree killer comedy Sightseers, he said, "We were looking at doing..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...for a blur of information. SXSW unleashed their phenomenal list of Midnighters and Midnight Shorts today, but brace yourself..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...premiere of Ben Wheatley's super-under-wraps followup to Down Terrace, KILL LIST...."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mini Projects
for the Mildly Energized

"...Introducing 10 cheap-and-easy projects you can mark off your Kill-a-Watt Challenge to-do list this weekend...."

Aug. 19, 2007 Columns Post

Communication Breakdown

Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers

"...those are teachers. Six of those teachers are bilingual specialists or teach English as a second language, and three..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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