After the Sunset

Possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, After the Sunset is 100-proof pap.

"...genre had been filtered through the mindset of Maxim magazine, complete with lingering looks at the various actresses lounging..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arzak Rhapsody

Arzak Rhapsody is a gorgeous and easily digested slice of Gallic animé by Heavy Metal magazine creator Moebius. American premiere.

"...Metal Hurlant, or, as it’s known Stateside, Heavy Metal magazine, and concept designer/artist for such genre films as Alien,..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

13 Going on 30

Magic wishing dust allows Jennifer Garner to completely skip over her teens and twenties.

"...with a closet full of strappy sandals, a high-powered magazine job, and a tooly hockey-player boyfriend. Allow me to..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Urban Cowboy

Only a couple years removed from his screen super-success in Saturday Night Fever, Travolta struts his way through Urban Cowboy’s modern-West parable about machismo, cowboy manqué, and mechanical bulls set among petrochemical workers in Pasadena, Texas.

"...Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger and Scott Glenn. A magazine story by Aaron Latham is the source material for..."

Oct. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Me Myself I

"...tackles the “what ifs” that have engulfed thirtysomething women's magazine-writer Pamela Drury (Griffiths). Fêted by her co-workers for her..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beefcake

"...his subject -- the life and times of pulp magazine impresario and low-budget nudie filmmaker Bob Mizer -- Fitzgerald's..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

American Beauty

This Oscar winner is a bleak comedy of suburban mores and one man's sudden rejection of the arrangement.

"...is second to none, plays Lester Burnham, a hack magazine writer who, approaching middle age, suddenly realizes that somewhere..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"...plays John Kelso, a stringer for Town and Country magazine who arrives in the verdant squares of Savannah, Georgia..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man of the Year

"...the tradition of mockumentaries, budding director and former Playgirl magazine centerfold Dirk Shafer sets out to dramatize the events..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Spy Hard

"...Griffith. Filled to the bursting point with witless, sub-Mad magazine movie parodies, pointless cameos by a seemingly endless parade..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

What Happened Was …

"...publisher whom she found through an ad in a magazine (“Can you write children's books? Take this test and..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

In Custody

"...and student of Urdu who is asked by a magazine editor to attempt an interview with the reclusive Nur..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Often cited as the first true horror movie and one of the first films to tell its story through the eyes of a delirious madman, the techniques of this film milestone are rarely imitated. Eschewing naturalism, the movie's sets are all painted in hallucinatory black-and-white designs and the acting, as well, follows Expressionistic techniques popular in Germany at the time.

"...Warm, Walter Reiman, and Walter Röhrig (all with the magazine Sturm), and the acting, as well, follows Expressionistic techniques..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King

"...with the band, and the editor of Forced Exposure magazine chimes in with a number of insightful and barbed..."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...undismayed Moslem widow in mourning while reading a fashion magazine, an understanding Muslim imam cursing in frustration, the embarrassment..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romeo is Bleeding

"...script by Hilary Henkin was hailed by American Film magazine a couple years ago as one of the “Ten..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Vie De Bohème

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

"...and the keys to an office to publish a magazine and Louis Malle surfaces as a gentleman diner. The..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fatal Instinct

"...you laugh and a lot that won't; it's Mad Magazine without the blinding satirical insight. Stupid humor is a..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Sex and Zen

"...scene are the words “Recommended by PENTHOUSE.” As Spy magazine's monocular Walter Monheit might say, “Ooof!” I can see,..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crush

"...only this time Humbert Humbert writes for trendy Pique! magazine and lives in Seattle (but doesn't everybody these days?)...."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

"...Heath. This exhaustive documentary on the life of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner feels more like an errant PBS..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Singles

Love in the Nineties: no drugs and the sex is scary. Actually, Cameron Crowe documents the habits of a generation that adapted.

"...stories like a kid with a pastepot and Life magazine. Sometimes it works, but more often than not, it's..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Mom and Dad Save the World

"...be (as if the misspelled advertisng blurbs from Parent magazine didn't tip you off right away). One-note wonder Lovitz..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Addams Family

"...Charles Addams cartoons which ran in The New Yorker magazine for decades. Be thankful, because in doing so, he..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chameleon Street

"...headlines impersonating a baseball player, a writer for Time magazine and a practicing surgeon. Another filmmaker from Flint, Michigan,..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals

How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads

"...much simpler path. "I read about it in a magazine."..."

June 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ramones at 40 / Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles, 1977-80

Ramones at 40 / Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles, 1977-80

"...Martin Popoff Sterling, 208 pp., $27.95 Slash: A Punk Magazine from Los Angeles, 1977-80Edited by Brian Roettinger & J.C...."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Gabrielle Hamilton Cooks in Austin

Award-winning chef and author is a guest during Austin Style Week

"...Contemporary Austin Downtown. The dinner is hosted by Tribeza magazine as part of the 11th annual Austin Style Week..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Another Profile in HIV Advocacy

Greg'ry Revenj joins the fight against stigma

"...came out on the global scene in HIV Plus Magazine. Greg’ry Revenj has a lot of experience and perspective..."

Sept. 4, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Might Be More Art Than You Can Handle, Baby

Esopus. Rubber Repertory. So many links.

"...The most recent issue of the twice-yearly Esopus magazine, a printed wunderkammer you should totally know about, is..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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