Blood Simple: The Director's Cut

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Hedaya, Frances Mcdormand and..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood Simple

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh and Samm-Art Williams. Back..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Knives Out for Rian Johnson

Talking whodunnits, character actors, and $2 bills

"...There's a myth that successful filmmakers gets every project made. Yet even..."

Dec. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...Directed by: Kate Montgomery. Starring: Timothy Vahle, Mariana Tosca, Sam Vlahos, M. Emmet..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Racing Stripes

Just as the titular zebra, Stripes, is not really a horse of a different color, this kids picture is not a movie of a different stripe.

"...Frederik Du Chau. Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Gary Bullock and Caspar Poyck. Stripes..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Raising Buchanan

Bodysnatching comedy find humor in our shortcomings

"...Directed by: Bruce Dellis. Starring: Amanda Melby, Rene Auberjonois, Cathy Shim, Terence Bernie Hines, M...."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

From Script to Screen

"...nights between October 1-8. Presented here are reviews of some of the collected 80 shorts and features that screened..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin Heart Of Film Festival Schedule And Information

"...Waking Ned Devine..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

This family film with magical elements is from the writer/director of Dan in Real Life.

"...by: Peter Hedges. Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Odeya Rush, Shohreh Aghdashioo, Rosemarie DeWitt, David Morse, M...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wild Wild West

"...Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld. Starring: Musetta Vander, Frederique Van Der Wal, Bai Ling, M. Emmet..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Between mid May and Labor Day, there are only 15 weekends..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Revisits the Perfectly Looney What’s Up, Doc?

Paul Feig presents the 1972 screwball comedy on Sunday

"...I was a kid, I'd never seen a screwball comedy,” Bridesmaids director Paul Feig told NPR’s Steve Inskeep in..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica Reisman..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Now Streaming in Austin: Blood Simple

Tweet along with us to the Lone Star Noir that gave us the Coens

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles..."

April 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

"...Directed by: John Michael McDonagh. Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Aidan Gillen, Kelly Reilly, Chris..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does considered, heartfelt adult dramas,..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...a few friends that are trying pretty hard to make it as screenwriters. Every one of them has taken..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Christmas With the Kranks

Holiday pap and circumstance.

"...Directed by: Joe Roth. Starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Jake Busey,..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snow Dogs

"...Directed by: Brian Levant. Starring: Graham Greene, M. Emmet Walsh, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, Sisqó, James Coburn..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...COMPETITION SCREENINGSAFTER THE FLOOD..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Mikey & Nicky

"...Directed by: Elaine May. Starring: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick,..."

May 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...Second Time AroundClassic Films Enjoy a Re-Release..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...just bought in Georgetown, where he served as chief information officer for a company called Power Computing. To get..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Raising Arizona

The Coen brothers sealed their place in film history as more than just a novelty act with this demented comedy about an infertile couple who steal a baby. The family values here are arresting.

"...Coen. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh. The..."

June 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Schedule

"...Killer of Sheep (January 19) (1977, 83 min., b&w, 16mm)..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Feature

Twilight

"...Directed by: Robert Benton. Starring: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, James Garner, Stockard Channing, Reese..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scan Lines

"...("Scanlines" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv Video, and Vulcan Video for..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Norma Jean & Marilyn

"...D: Tim Fywell; with Mira Sorvino, Ashley Judd, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin, David Dukes...."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo,..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

"...Directed by: Dwight Little. Starring: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Francis Capra, Michael Madsen, Elizabeth Peña,..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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