Promising Young Woman

Unevenness sabotages this takedown of "nice guy" culture

"...The same day I screened Promising Young Woman, I went for a run. I usually..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Too Much Caffeine Woman

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

"...a few times, settling in the Bay Area when young Jean was in second grade. San Francisco was a..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan knows there are fates worse than her current legal quagmire – starring in this clunker, for example.

"...is the worst thing that could happen to a promising but troubled young actress, think again: You haven’t seen..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.

"...a film about an addict – but The Hour's promising premise of the nascent television news industry intersecting with..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Violation

Brutal drama turns takes the lurid appeal out of the rape-revenge horror

"...In this, it almost feels like a rebuttal to Promising Young Woman and its resolution, both overly-convoluted and simplistic...."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Minari Tops Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Nomadland, Promising Young Woman win big

"...Screenplay and Best Editing to director Chloé Zhao), and Promising Young Woman (taking Best First Film for writer/director Emerald..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...who has retreated from the horrors of plague-ridden Europe, young Gretel (Lillis) and Hansel (Leakey) must learn to fend..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Price Above Rubies

"...new tale by Boaz Yakin (Fresh) about a Hasidic woman's rebellion against the patriarchal confines of her circumscribed life...."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happening

Stunning French tale of a woman seeking an abortion is depressingly timely

"...award-winning French film details the personal journey of a young university student in 1963 who seeks to end her..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Violation

Feminist horror stabs deep into the Jacobean Revenger

"...In this, it almost feels like a rebuttal to Promising Young Woman and its resolution, both overly-convoluted and simplistic...."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Lamar) is Jared Hess's (Napoleon Dynamite) Gentleman Broncos, a promising slice of sci-fi nerd weirdness (with heart, natch) featuring..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Shatara Michelle Ford Wants to Make You Uncomfortable

The Test Pattern writer / director explains how microaggressions from white Austinites taught them how to write about trauma

"...on April 20) is the story of a Black woman named Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) who is drugged and..."

April 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Coachella 2007

"...events and possible heat-induced hallucinations: Jackass’ Weeman escorting a young woman into a Porta Potti, Scarlett Johansson joining the..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...hatch a plan to lure a batch of American woman into their clutches for matrimony in this bittersweet comedy..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...in distress who is also a forceful and manipulative woman, the type that fueled the imaginations of Flannery O'Connor,..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

The Forest

Supernatural thriller is set in Japan's Aokigahara Forest

"...of its own shadow. That’s too bad, given its promising psychological premise. A young American woman, Sara (Dormer), travels..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Everything's Gone Green

In this amusing film based on a screenplay by Douglas Coupland, a 29-year-old contemplates life’s purpose and the meaning of “winning.”

"...windows, Ryan stumbles into a new job that seems promising at first: interviewing and photographing lottery winners for a..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...man in the business. Unfortunately for our hero, a young, wild-card rival has decided that he wants that particular..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Peace Hotel

"...head and wielding a mean sword, chases a bloodied youngster through a corpse-filled hotel, intent on sending the injured..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Losers Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Lissette Feliciano In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera (Lorenza Izzo), sets out..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...get to be able about the life of a woman like that. But it was also daunting...."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Laurel Parmet's breakout success telling the story of a young woman trying to find her place in evangelical Kentucky...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...6 Years Director/Screenwriter: Hannah Fidell A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love begins to..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Further Reflections

"...brittle shards. This tale of two orphaned sisters, the younger stricken with illness, the older diseased with grief and..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...this Merchant-Ivory production is a British drama about a young woman (Davidtz from Schindler's List) who, in the late-19th..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...this Merchant-Ivory production is a British drama about a young woman (Davidtz from Schindler's List) who, in the late-19th..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Sxsw

"...& FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE: Unlike his peers in zydeco's young upstart generation, Delafose isn't going for the newfangled, hip-hop..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Eustache's The Mother and the Whore, and Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes...."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Fri. 17, Elephant Room, 11pm Young pianist Jacob Dupre's ensemble features pre-eminent trombone Austinite Jon..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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