Mysterious Skin

With this disturbing story about the lingering affects of child sexual abuse, Gregg Araki creates a film that is psychologically rich, emotionally haunting, and technically superior to anything he has ever done.

"...still transgressive to the core, Araki nevertheless creates with Mysterious Skin a story that is psychologically rich, emotionally haunting,..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Appreciates 'Mysterious Skin'

"...assessment [“Postmarks,” July 29] of both Gregg Araki’s film Mysterious Skin and Marjorie Baumgarten’s critical response to it [Film..."

Aug. 4, 2005 Postmarks

Fear(s) of the Dark

This French anthology of six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, has greater appeal for animation buffs than horror hounds.

"...deep-seated, primal fears: invasive insects, haunted houses, fierce dogs, mysterious disappearances, the amorphous existential nightmare. These stories won't make..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fatal Instinct

"...ice-pick thrillers of the Nineties and barely breaks the skin. He and screenwriter David O'Malley tackle such sex 'n'..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Man on the Train

"...wash down the pill at his nearby home. The mysterious man who comes to town is named Milan (Hallyday),..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

"...punishing combination of big guns and a bigger bosom, skin-tight black shorts, long legs, a snaky, snarky ponytail, and..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nico Icon

"...sight of this self-invented horror with rotten teeth, bad skin, and dyed brown hair. As the film progresses, friends..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Wall

Matt Damon protects the Chinese from lizards

"...rather (spoiler alert!) monstrous extraterrestrials resembling reptilian hyenas with skin the color of Day-Glo green relish. Having crash-landed on..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Song of the Sea

From the director of The Secret of Kells comes this lovely work of animation about the Celtic selkies.

"...time in the Celtic folklore of the selkie, the mysterious creature who lives as a seal in the sea..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

"The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb"

"...Brothers Grimm classic that manages to make both your skin creep and your heart ache, often in the same..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flora and Son

Joseph Gordon-Levitt steals the show in this Irish musical drama

"...Gordon-Levitt has proven a reliable presence in films like Mysterious Skin, Brick, (500) Days of Summer, 50/50, The Dark..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...a kingpin, and an intrepid young hero cherchezing his mysteriously errant femme. Brick has a lot in common with..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When a Stranger Calls

Simon West’s do-over of Fred Walton’s 1979 creepfest – in which babysitter Belle menaced by a stranger with a phone who probably isn’t that guy from Verizon – is a hollow, shallow, and just plain boring exercise in snooziness.

"...minutes of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain or Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin than in a thousand years of wrong numbers..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Riding the Range

The year in film, 2005

"...2) Mysterious Skin..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Carole Baskin..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

Eating Out

Crude comedy of sexual errors falls flat.

"...a new and critically acclaimed maturity with his upcoming Mysterious Skin, leaving fans of the edgier borders of the..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ATX TV Festival 2022: Sydney Sweeney

Euphoria talks keeping busy, and playlists for characters

"...directorial debut National Anthem, The Players Table, and the still-mysterious Marvel project Madame Web. When asked about her packed..."

June 5, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

aGLIFF/Polari

"...Ever, 8pm; The Dark Place, 9:30pm; Mala Mala, 10:45pm; Mysterious Skin, 11:59pm. SATURDAY..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

It's aGLIFF Time Again

The 27th annual fest of LGBTQ films begins

"...in the theme of rediscovery [other retrospective screenings include Mysterious Skin and a 20th anniversary rewind of Ed Wood]..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

aGLIFF Announces Full Lineup

Festival to unspool at the reopened Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar

"...critically acclaimed film, a 10th-anniversary screening of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, and a 20th-anniversary screening..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Russell Brand

Comedian proves a classy, philosophical pervert at the Paramount

"...Russell Brand’s sweeping world-tour, “Messiah Complex,” gave off a mysterious allure. The spastic, excitable enormity of the 38-year-old provocateur’s..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Come Together

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the HitRECord.org Midnight Matinee

"...– while accreting authentic cinematic laurels in everything from Mysterious Skin to Brick (we'll not mention G.I. Joe: The..."

March 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...So what were you thinking with your review of Mysterious Skin [Film Listings, July 1]? You wrote the review..."

July 29, 2005 Column

Marjorie, What Were You Thinking!?!

"...So what were you thinking with your review of Mysterious Skin [Film Listings, July 1]? You wrote the review..."

July 25, 2005 Postmarks

Check Out These Films

"...Dear Editor, Marjorie Baumgarten's review of Mysterious Skin was insightful [Film Listings, July 1]. As difficult..."

July 8, 2005 Postmarks

Arkansas

Neo-noir is more Spaghetti Western than southern-fried Tarantino

"...because no one knows who Frog is. He's the mysterious king pin of a drug operation in the Natural..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...I'm Fine (Thanks For Asking) D: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina Screenwriters: Kelley Kali, Angelique..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: NSFW

The return of Eurosex with 'Nymphomaniac' and 'Under the Skin'

"...Scarlett Johansson turns art house heads in Under The Skin (Lionsgate)...."

July 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Machinista

Honorable mention

"...Clara's father Benny was short and skinny, with handsome, lonely eyes. Graciella, Clara's grandmother, had warned..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Lisa Carroll-Lee

Silent Hill

Eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.

"...ought to be. When Sharon goes missing after a mysterious automobile accident (everything's mysterious in Silent Hill), Rose wanders..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

1   2   3   4   5     NEXT ›    5 »