Eugene the Destroyer

His comedy kills, and now he's hosting the SXSW Web Awards

"...Ustream.TV could represent a whole new world of performative possibilities. So it makes sense that Mirman is coming all..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Talk to the Hand

The first ever Puppet Parts Film Festival

"...in the company want to show people the various possibilities of puppetry, from the personal to the political." In..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Rendition

Intelligent and well-meaning, Rendition is nevertheless an oversimplified and uneven attempt to arouse righteous indignation among its viewers.

"...suffers great tortures, while his pregnant wife beseeches all possibilities for assistance. Her old college friend (Sarsgaard), who now..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Introducing the Dwights

Introducing the Dwights is a difficult film to watch. Ostensibly a comedy, it’s really just a collection of awkward stage performances set off by scenes of familial dysfunction.

"...Tim – a character rich in contradictions and psychological possibilities – Chittenden may as well be a cardboard cutout..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Eagle vs Shark

Like Napoleon Dynamite, Eagle vs Shark is a little wisp of a movie, a lightweight feature loaded with montage and hung on the multidimensional performance of Loren Horsley as Lily.

"...in the yard, which affords all sorts of cinematographic possibilities, and Lily gradually awakens to her self-worth while Jarrod..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: Brain Wash

Coming to terms with conspiracy theorists, with some help from Loudon Wainwright III

"...it that way suggests that perhaps there are other possibilities (if you have a firm conviction that you are..."

June 29, 2007 Column by Louis Black

DOA: Dead or Alive

Female fighters start out as enemies but strip down to their bikini tops to fight a common foe.

"...you’re going to fall madly in love with the possibilities of wire fighting and CGI effects at the expense..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Condemned

Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.

"...latent in its island-prison premise. Wiper doesn’t exploit the possibilities of his setting, so the only conflict is the..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dr. Dog

"...thing the Sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had." So said..."

April 13, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

G.I. Jesus

Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...while night-vision goggles tugged at his unruly beard. The possibilities seemed limitless and wonderful. Alas, I’m not that lucky...."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...want, what they need, why they’re so crazy. The possibilities are endless. The man with the most to say..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Against the Day

"...full of possibility, the passing of time limits these possibilities until one option remains: the present. For symmetry's sake,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Books Review by James Renovitch

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...that could have been rendered more consumer-friendly. Despite the possibilities of the first reteaming, Sharif and O'Toole since Lawrence..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker becomes dictator Idi Amin in a ferocious performance that often dwarfs the more ordinary aspects of this picture.

"...thing, as is the rumble of talk concerning Oscar possibilities for Whitaker. I'd be the last person to deny..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rembrandt's Etchings

With the exhibition 'Rembrandt's Etchings,' the Blanton Museum of Art has created a rare and intimate opportunity for you to see, study, and absorb the impact of Rembrandt's mastery for yourself

"...emotional expression covering a nearly full range of human possibilities. This master began and ended with the standard tools..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

The Science of Sleep

Michel Gondry's film is messy, confusing, painful, and ultimately, thanks in no small measure to the unfettered talents of Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg, utterly rewarding.

"...in love with love and aches to perfect its possibilities on the screen. That's a monumental task for any..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...you, when that perfect song comes on the radio, possibilities despite all learned knowledge again vanquishing memory and current..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Payback as Comeback

The Rude Mechs boost a resurgence with 'REVENGE!'

"...All of this goes toward reminding us of fresh possibilities – specifically the possibilities that are obscured when a..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Steve Moore

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...Saturday, March 18, 2pm, Paramount Possibilities..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM

With oil in the future rationed to agriculture, essential services, and (inevitably) the military, and personal long-distance driving and passenger flight no longer feasible – then, if the United States is to remain a continental entity, the only answer is trains

"...There are many "up-down" possibilities, but let's focus on trains. With oil rationed to..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Grizzly Man

This documentary reveals how Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, may have needed the bears more than they needed him.

"...truly provocative essay – and one that eliminates all possibilities of being just plain grisly, man. (See Herzog interview..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...match meant that the researchers could rule out several possibilities: John Doe was never charged with a crime, he..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Well-considered, beautifully made, and often gripping in its narrative, this film examines a man's complex relationship with a flock of wild parrots.

"...its subject is compassion itself, the noblest of human possibilities. It asks difficult but worthwhile questions: How do people..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Zelary

Life during wartime is always difficult, but never more so than when you're in love as this Czech movie demonstrates.

"...station seen here is a metaphorical riff on the possibilities of upheaval and unexpected turbulence. It's not despair he's..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm II Fantasy Ball

Parish, Saturday, October 16, 2004

"...still makes you a nurse. Whatever the case, the possibilities are endless, and while caution, discretion and repression work..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Cellular

Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.

"...horror genre – have been mining the myriad story possibilities inherent in modern technology for years now, with haunted..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Born in the Barn

How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin's – and the country's – best theatre

"...in a university English course see more of the possibilities within a Shakespeare play through the lens of performance,..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Before Sunset

Linklater summons up an affair to remember.

"...Andre have furthermore left you unconvinced of Sunset’s entertainment possibilities, then I (and the rest of the critical mob)..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

The story of how the Style Avatar got his sew on

"...construction techniques. Being exposed to such a range of possibilities was one of the most illuminating experiences of my..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

American Splendor

At the center of its uniquely beating heart, American Splendor is a heartfelt valentine to Everymen (and Women) everywhere

"...who have of late become so gaga over the possibilities of hi-definition filmmaking and computer-generated effects that they’ve left..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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