The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...a BBC sitcom called Chef!, in which Lenny Henry played an arrogant and overbearing but undeniably talented chef of..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Small-screen stately manor still can't fill the big screen

"...(Woman in Gold, Goodbye Christopher Robin) brings a placid directing style to the proceedings. He’s fond of wide, sometimes..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Short and Sweet: "Act of God"

Austin-made short busts the disability drama tropes

"...was very obvious to me that Parker was also directing. There were times when I just couldn’t attend to..."

March 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scream

Ghostface is back in the serial killer/movie nerd franchise

"...late director, as are twins Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin (played by Savoy Brown and Gooding, respectively), niece and nephew..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...are you performing in the show, too, or "just" directing it?..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Interview: The Boy Behind the Door

David Charbonier and Justin Powell on their dark thriller

"...their stars, they're now part of the wave of directing duos who split duties. Often they're siblings, such as..."

Sept. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jonah Hill Goes Back to the Mid90s

Director's debut is a film he can stand by

"...Sant's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, playing Donnie, AA sponsor to paraplegic cartoonist John Callahan (Joaquin..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Liz Fisher Wins Princess Grace Award

Austin theatre artist receives national arts scholarship

"...scholarship that will help her complete her master's in directing at Texas State University, where she's Resident Director at..."

Oct. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Captain

A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance

"...must be an actual captain, and he begins to play the role with dark efficiency. After all, better everyone..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Una

A woman confronts an older ex-lover with devastating results

"...of late. Aussie director Andrews, who made his name directing Shakespeare, Genet, and Chekhov on the stage, proves himself..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Colossal

Toxic masculinity melds with a monster movie

"...the pleasure here comes from watching Hathaway and Sudeikis play against type. Neither drunken Gloria nor borderline stalker Oscar..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...the exposé. Some of it, however, turned to the plays with which Profiles – and Cox – were most..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...festival filmmakers coming back, with Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directing Green Room, Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England)..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chef

Jon Favreau and a bunch of ready collaborators find the heart in this story about a chef who rediscovers what's important when he turns to a food truck.

"...stars in the film as well as writing and directing it, has imbued a film with this kind of..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christopher Durang

Tony-winning playwright takes up residence at Texas State

"...days, but "adrift" is not one of them. The playwright responsible for Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales. Their first feature, which played at Fantastic Fest 2011, was Israel's first ever horror..."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...of Madison County and Beloved before branching out into directing) wrote the Beautiful Creatures screenplay and directed the film...."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks tries hard, and though it's a likable film she never completely sparks.

"...darker corners of the situation, and allowing Kazan to play the indie gamine and daffy muse while at the..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: Of Mayhem and Delight

The Keystone films, especially those of Charles Chaplin, reflected the present and heralded the future

"...is delicate, as cats are deftly delicate when at play. These are intelligent people, but you sense their awareness..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Legion

God loses faith in humanity and sends a legion of angels to start the apocalypse.

"...deserves some sort of theologically bipolar acting award for playing two diametrically opposed characters in two individual films in..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school's hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.

"...a fingers-on-chalkboard nasal whine, and a best friend (ably played with marginally less schtick by Carpenter) who sports the..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off the Map

An off-the-grid family copes with depression and a tax audit outside Taos, N.M., in this warm and unusual drama directed by Campbell Scott.

"...the film is stagy (scribe Joan Ackermann adapts her play to screen), and the script relies too heavily on..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Aviator

Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.

"...of a true pioneer. Choosing the baby-faced DiCaprio to play Hughes may have engendered some winces when it was..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...is accessible in a number of ways, but it plays to the international film community elite. Telluride is film-centric,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...right up there with Randy Shilts' And the Band Played On in exposing the ignorant, hateful underbelly of drug..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Troma Ward

Troma Films co-founder Lloyd Kaufman: indie maverick, gross-out artist.

"...caught the movie virus," Kaufman recalls. He wound up directing a feature there called Girl Who Returned that was..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Merle Bertrand

Collegia Musikum

How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today

"...all points across the United States. In addition to directing and performing for T.E.M.P., he has also performed and..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Robi Polgar

The Gift

"...uneven results in recent years as he's taken to directing studio features: For every Darkman and A Simple Plan,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Duets

"...and that's where Duets' various converging storylines come into play. These six capable lead actors are paired off into..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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