Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...Directed by: Cathy Yan. Starring: Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Bombshell

Finding sympathy in Fox’s #MeToo moment by ignoring everything else about Fox

"...Directed by: Jay Roach. Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass,..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Focus

Will Smith is a con man compromised by the reappearance of his shady ex.

"...by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Adrian Martinez, BD Wong and Gerald..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mary Queen of Scots

Period drama has no sense of history

"...Directed by: Josie Rourke. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Gemma Chan, Martin Compston,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Legend of Tarzan

This new take on Tarzan, with its CGI jungle animals, isn't half bad

"...Directed by: David Yates. Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou and..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Tarantino takes Tinseltown head-on

"...Directed by: Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Rafal Zawierucha, Damon Herriman, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning,..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I, Tonya

Belated biopic redress for America's skating punchline

"...Directed by: Craig Gillespie. Starring: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Damien Chazelle and the Fall of Silent Hollywood in Babylon

The director talks falling stars and the great studio inversion of 1927

"...starlet Nellie LaRoy he went with Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie respectively. In part, that was happenstance: Pitt was..."

Dec. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Barbie

The doll that changed the world faces the world she changed in this fizzy meta-comedy

"...Directed by: Greta Gerwig. Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell,..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Amsterdam

David O. Russell's madcap murder-mystery is a misfire

"...Directed by: David O. Russell. Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert De Niro, Anya Taylor-Joy,..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Tina Fey becomes a war correspondent in her new comedy

"...by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...regularly stops for interstitials in which the likes of Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez speak straight into the camera,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall Greta Lee, Past Lives Margot Robbie, Barbie Emma Stone, Poor Things..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Babylon

Star-studded, bittersweet love letter to the golden age of Hollywood is cinema maximus

"...Directed by: Damien Chazelle. Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's bad guys doing good prove DC needs to get silly

"...Directed by: James Gunn. Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman,..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter's amiable bunny gets a CGI makeover.

"...Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Margot Robbie, James Corden, Colin Moody and Sia...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goodbye Christopher Robin

The story of A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh

"...Directed by: Simon Curtis. Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Will Tilston, Alex Lawther and Stephen..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad is done in by its own hand

"...Directed by: David Ayer. Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez,..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Society Premieres Z for Zachariah

AFS brings Sundance hit to Texas

"...Z for Zachariah follows the daily routine of Ann (Margot Robbie), a young woman who lives on her father's..."

Aug. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau,..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime Month: Tarantino's Alternate History, Where Women Don't Get to Talk a Whole Lot

Parsing fact from fiction in Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

"...and the murder of Sharon Tate (played here by Margot Robbie) and her three houseguests, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski,..."

July 30, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Matthew Monagle’s Top 10 Films of 2023

"...3) Asteroid City Margot Robbie's best work of 2023...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Rooster Teeth Launches Harley Quinn Clothing Line

Local studio reenforces its position as Warner's cool brand

"...upcoming film and especially ny the home-made tattoos of Margot Robbie's psychologist-turned-henchwoman-turned-antihero Harleen Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Many Truths of I, Tonya

Sebastian Stan and Steven Rogers on unreliable narrators and figure skating's most controversial figure

"...woes. As the story flicks between Harding (played by Margot Robbie) and Gillooly's version of events, Stan said, "Our..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...fall of America's skating underdog, with mesmerizing performances from Margot Robbie and Allison Janney. 3) Blade Runner 2049..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I, Tonya Smashes Into AFF

Biopic of ice skating's greatest scandal and more for fest

"...Starring Margot Robbie (still riding high after her turn as Harley..."

Oct. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Need for Election Detox

County Judge primary campaign begins to bubble

"...women, Democrats are just as reluctant as Republicans,” wrote Margot Clarke to the Chronicle in September, triggering a heated..."

Nov. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King