Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers

Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary

"...and it may never have happened without Texas writer Lawrence Wright. (WARNING: huge spoilers ahead.)..."

July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence’s banned art finds a home in Taos hotel

"...novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and sometimes painter D. H. Lawrence was known for his frank discussion of sexuality, desire,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Right Man for the Job

Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas

"...for their book The Appetizer Atlas: A World of Small Bites (John Wiley & Sons), as well as Art's..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Jindabyne

The Australian director of Lantana returns to similar psychological terrain with this drama based on a Raymond Carver short story and starring the fantastic Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.

"...Directed by: Ray Lawrence. Starring: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Haywood, Deborra-Lee Furness,..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lantana

Lantana is an unconventional suspense film that succeeds on a smaller, more intimate scale. The avoidance of deus-ex-machina plot twists and the reliance upon tension generated by interpersonal situations drives the film. – Marrit Ingman

"...Directed by: Ray Lawrence. Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Rachael Blake,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Big Momma's House

"...Directed by: Raja Gosnell. Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Terrence Howard and Ella Mitchell...."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Causeway

Jennifer Lawrence returns in a moving portrait of a damaged woman

"...Directed by: Lila Neugebauer. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson and..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Leave No Trace

Into the woods in this moving family drama

"...regularly sells to area vagrants for pocket change. A small mistake leads to their capture and subsequent entry into..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker play a feuding New York City couple who rediscover their love while out West.

"...Directed by: Marc Lawrence. Starring: Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Out-of-Towners

"...The clear villain in this area is screenwriter Marc Lawrence, an inexplicably hot current property who's also responsible for..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

American Hustle

It's all about the hair, the performances, and the grift and graft in this unpredictable new offering from David O. Russell.

"...Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Robert De Niro, Michael Peña, Elisabeth Röhm,..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Theeb

A young Bedouin boy in 1916 has an adventure in the war-torn desert

"...About as perfect a companion piece to David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia as one could hope for, this first..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Night

Small town thriller intrigues, but never satisfies

"...has fashioned a noir tale of wrongdoing in a small, coal-mining town in upstate New York with a threaded,..."

Jan. 26, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Austin author Lawrence Wright (Remembering Satan, God's Favorite) went to his editor..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...the tablets decreed, one large and fussy, the other small and volatile – send them out on an adventure..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Hightower Lowdown

The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.

"...Lawrence Small may be perfectly named for the job he's..."

May 10, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave of movies and shows,..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Titanic

James Cameron's epic and romantic fantasy of the ocean tragedy

"...that 1,500 passengers perished that night due, in no small part, to the fact that there were less than..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My ATX Television Festival With the Scrubs Cast

The medics of Sacred Heart reunite in Austin this June

"...Oz, and Justified. Now the celebration of all things small screen has just added a special reunion of Peabody-winning..."

Feb. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Eye

"...by: Oxide Pang and Danny Pang. Starring: Lee Sin-je, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Yut Lai So and..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Four Feathers

"...British home. Ultimately however, The Four Feathers offers too small a dose of the blood-and-sand adventure you expect from..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One in a Crowd: Peace Officer

SXSW documentary on police violence needs finishing funds

"...The law was William “Dub” Lawrence's life. The sheriff of Davis County in Utah, he..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Disclosure/Darkside

Electro breakouts rattled C3 haunts Friday

"...taken Disclosure. It was bound to happen. The brothers Lawrence, Guy and Howard, made one of the best house..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...four takes. It may have been getting veteran actor Lawrence Tierney through his big scene, where gangster Joe Cabot..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Second Wind

As the Katrina crisis subsides, the small victories and the larger questions persist

"...Day, who is still searching for her missing husband, Lawrence Day Jr. She last spoke with him Aug. 23,..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mercy Streets

"...Directed by: Jon Gunn. Starring: Lawrence Taylor, Stacy Keach, Koji Kataoka, Lisa Furst, Kevin Downes,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Respectable Enemy: Curtis McMurtry

Lone star scion on Nashville, mom/dad/granddad, and Otto von Bismarck

"...McMurtry on the eve of his graduation from Sarah Lawrence College and his relocation to Nashville. A third generation..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival

Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW

"...the big time: the Austin celebration of all things small screen has been acquired by Penske Media, co-owners of..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Takes on the Coronavirus

Virtual festival will tackle how the pandemic changes lives

"...TV... From the Couch!, the celebration of all things small screen isn't hiding from the real world, with multiple..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brooklyn, Bourgeois, and Bow Ties

By way of introduction, welcome new GP blogger Lawrence Everett Forbes

"...My name is Lawrence Everett Forbes, I'm queer in all the ways the..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

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