Mank

Corruption, lies, and credits on the set of Citizen Kane

"...his latest iteration of the contentious creation of a masterpiece...."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Possessor Uncut

Identity melts in this psychotropic assassination brainblender

"...frequent Ben Wheatley collaborator Jim Williams, Possessor is queasy-smart near-masterpiece of psychotronic slippage. Like its protagonist’s risky psychogenic recollections,..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Akira

This animated science fiction based on a graphic novel set the modern standard of excellence for Japanese anime.

"...This masterpiece of Japanese animation gets a long-awaited 4K restoration. Adapted..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Herzog on Chatwin becomes Herzog exposed

"...America to research what would become his experimental ethnographic masterpiece, In Patagonia. That's nominally where Herzog's story begins, but..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Son of the White Mare

Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth

"...White Mare, Hungarian animation master Marcell Jankovics' restored obtuse masterpiece. Within its vibrant, earth-tones frames he free adapts the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

Intimate, semi-improvised last night at a dive bar sees delight in the dregs

"...the very year everything turned to shit. It’s a masterpiece. To quote Dashiell Hammett’s tippling couple Nick and Nora..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Relic

Senility and the supernatural in this nerve-wracking Australian horror

"...The comparisons to Hereditary, Ari Aster's febrile masterpiece of familial dysfunction, are inevitable, and while James doesn't..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Becky

Because sometimes you just have to deal with a few neo-Nazis the old-fashioned way

"...little more Roger Corman schlock than Jeremy Saulnier's twisted masterpiece, but that doesn't take the edge off the fact..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Deeper You Dig

Hell awaits in this lo-fi ghost story

"...somewhere between the cursed chill of JT Petty's underground masterpiece Soft for Digging, and the sorcerous wonder of Liam..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Join us tonight for a livetweet of the Lone Star classic

"...1960s idealism as well as an oft-imitated, rarely-equaled horror masterpiece (read our cast-and-crew reunion interview for more on its..."

March 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...In this case, much as in his eco-paranoia meltdown masterpiece, Safe, it's literal poison...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...design, and puppeteering. It is a stone-cold pop culture masterpiece...."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Echo in the Canyon

History of the Laurel Canyon folk-rock scene gets lost in its own winding paths

"...by the Beatles’ album Rubber Soul to create his masterpiece Pet Sounds, and how the release of Pet Sounds..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carmine Street Guitars

Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon

"...as does Bill Frisell, who strums the Beach Boys' masterpiece “Surfer Girl” on one of Kelly’s own masterworks. It’s..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

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

"...ago with a rare screening of his lost horror masterpiece Pig, is back with I'm Just F*cking With You...."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Bumblebee

Transformers spin-off is (checks notes) wait ... good?

"...that. The Laika Studios veteran's last film, stop motion masterpiece Kubo and the Two Strings, was nominated for an..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...toxophilite wonders of Michael Curtiz and William Keighley’s iconic masterpiece. This Robin Hood is instead a spirited misfire, curiously..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...of Korea for only the second time, Kim Ki-young’s masterpiece Ban Geum-ryeon is a lush smorgasbord from Korea’s most..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor

A deeply personal examination of 2013's landmark Supreme Court gay marriage case.

"...the current political climate. With another Supreme Court case, Masterpiece Cake shop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, making headlines..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"...down the Thames, Derek Jarman was shooting his subversive masterpiece Jubilee as Johnny Rotten sneer-howled atop a rented-for-the-occasion party..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Adrift

True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley

"...sprays than the ascetic dynamics of Robert Redford’s late-career masterpiece All Is Lost – which, at least, bodes well..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...If Ramsay's 2011 melancholy masterpiece We Need to Talk About Kevin was about the..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Six Films for Lovers

A half-dozen cinematic roses of varying degrees of romance

"...last 30 years (seriously, I Can’t Sleep is a masterpiece), Claire Denis fashions an intimate and incredibly realistic depiction..."

Feb. 13, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

The Post

Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers

"...focused on a single storyline as Alan J. Pakula’s masterpiece, which is both a plus in terms of its..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Pig: Adam Mason's rarely seen ultra-shock masterpiece made a rare appearance at SXSW, and has gone..."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Brings Walter Hill for The Warriors and Then Some

Writer/director comes out to play

"...in rock & roll fable Streets of Fire. Sci-fi masterpiece Alien owes its blue-collar grit to his script draft..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blade Runner 2049

This visually lush sequel was worth the wait.

"...rich plot of his sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece. This was prescient on his part, because the moment..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walter Hill, Keenen Ivory Wayans for AFF

Writer-centric film festival awarding boundary-busting pioneers

"...of dark crime and action cinema ever: barebones driving masterpiece The Driver, the epoch-defining The Warriors, brutal Western The..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shot Caller

The metamorphosis of the prison system

"...suspicious parole officer. Capped off with a paranoiac little masterpiece of a score, courtesy of Antonio Pinto, and Shot..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Live: Big Thief

Day party robbed by Masterpiece maker Adrianne Lenker!

"...fourpiece Big Thief slayed – surprisingly. The band’s debut, Masterpiece, came out last year on Saddle Creek Records and..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

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