Overnight

Cautionary tales about the pitfalls of indie filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than this.

"...filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than Overnight, a fascinating documentary about the Hollywood experiences of aspiring..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Overnight

A good cast and a provocative setup still can't make this indie rom-com soar

"...scratch it. In the tepid Generation X comedy The Overnight, two straight couples spend 12 or so hours asking..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

AFF Opens With 'Overnight' and More

For admission information and more, see www.austinfilmfestival.com, or check back here next week for our preview

"...Paramount Theatre with the premiere of Mark Brian Smith's Overnight, a documentary that chronicles the sudden rise and spectacular..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

KLRU Lays Off Staff, Suspends Overnight Programming

The economy forces KLRU to make some changes

"...several programming changes. The most visible change includes suspending overnight hours, signing off from 1am to 6am. The Emmy..."

May 6, 2009 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...become that rarest of comic book phenomena, the legendary "overnight sensation," and is poised to become such in the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

World Book Night Doesn't Happen Overnight, You Know

BookPeople hosts planning session this Monday

Jan. 27, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Revolution Ain't Gonna Revolve Overnight

Getty at the Homo Revolution Tour 2007.

April 10, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Jem and the Holograms

The Eighties animated series is resurrected as live action

"...a pastel explosion of pinks and purples chronicling the overnight musical rise of small-town girl Jerrica (Peeples) – rechristened..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Once in a Lifetime

The unexpected rise and meteoric fall of the North American Soccer League in the heady, silly mid-Seventies is chronicled for the first time in this charmingly chatty documentary, which ably tracks both the birth of the sport on these shores and its ignominious downfall, which arrived almost overnight with the leave-taking of Pelé.

"...first time in our nation’s history, had become, seemingly overnight, a mammoth draw that threatened to siphon off the..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Liar

Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick

"...in the proverbial henhouse but whose protestations – almost overnight Roy ingratiates his way into the seemingly gullible Betty’s..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...once Poirot begins investigating a murder that takes place overnight in the first-class train car, the film starts to..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Winter Rose

A star is born (again)

"...Winter from point A (total obscurity) to point B (overnight celebrity) provides the feeble momentum of the film’s banal..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

"...inexperienced virgin from Stovall, Texas, who has become an overnight hero due to a viral photograph of him taking..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips & Beyond: Kokopelli's Cave

One-of-a-kind lodging offers privacy and panoramic views

"...to unusual and strange, there is no shortage of overnight accommodations around the world that fit in that category...."

Aug. 24, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...the film’s surprisingly lovable gym rats: Results don’t happen overnight, you know...."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...Step one to becoming an overnight success: Schedule a decade of prep. Step two: Add..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Celeste & Jesse Forever

This romantic comedy starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg is far funnier than you’d expect a film about a tortuous split to be – and more deft.

"...the tenderness and feelings of ownership that don’t evaporate overnight. They complicate the best of intentions and magnify the..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The film is an inoffensive slice of canny brand (or is that non-Brand?) management and marketing.

"...Helen Love, this backstage glimpse into the life of "overnight sensation" Perry proves her to be a true dork,..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Rome With Love

Ambling and merely passable, this new Woody Allen picture lacks a raison d'être.

"...Benigni plays a white-collar schlub who inexplicably becomes an overnight celebrity; meanwhile, a young couple, separated on the first..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Higher Ground

Oscar-winning actress Vera Farmiga makes her debut as a director with this film in which she also stars as a woman who struggles with religious faith.

"...Corinne’s crisis of faith is no overnight event; we witness the lifetime it took to arrive...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

This long-awaited follow-up to Troy Duffy's violent, pulpy cult original is dead on arrival.

"...substantial following, in part due to the canny documentary Overnight, which chronicles the Boondock director's meteoric nonrise to and..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

A zippy, lippy animated adaptation of the popular children’s book.

"...epicurean delights to fall from the sky, he transforms overnight from town pariah to boy hero. Flint's invention first..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Skills Like This

Winner of the SXSW Audience Award in 2007, Skills Like This is the story of a would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank robber.

"...story of a twentysomething would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank and convenience-store robber takes the..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...been pretty hit-or-miss – as it is to the not-quite-overnight arrival of YouTube and similar websites that allow easy..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Day Without a Mexican

What if Californians awoke one day to discover that all the Mexicans in the state had mysteriously vanished overnight?

"...all the Mexicans in the state had mysteriously vanished overnight? How would the remaining citizens fend for themselves without..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sea

"...drunken histrionics – all in the course of an overnight get-together. Add a bit of incest and a randy..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Glitter

"...viewing film prior to its release. Movie about improbable overnight superstardom of musical pop star Billie Frank purportedly based..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dill Scallion

"...a slut and thus the inspiration for his hilarious overnight hit “You Shared You.” He leaves her behind and..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

A Price Above Rubies

"...thinking process. One minute she's a meek, housebroken housefrau; overnight, she's a hard-bitten businesswoman busting some dealer's chops. One..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Latin Boys Go to Hell

"...world, complete with a cackling gunman seemingly turned deranged overnight. In another more accomplished and experienced filmmaker's hands, this..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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