The Hudsucker Proxy

This Coen brothers film is a goofy ode to genres and eras gone by. Although it's a little less “weird” than much of their work, it still retains a mannered and quirky air with performances that walk a line between realism and understated surreality.

"...who also co-scripted and directed second unit. The Hudsucker Proxy is the Coen brothers' most accessible film to date...."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hudson-Suckah Proxy

Austin Music Award winners ("Best Folk") the Hudsons play SXSW.

March 15, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

To Dust

Two men and a pig become more than porcine comedy in this tender and cunning discussion of death

"...wildly unorthodox scheme that involves killing and burying a proxy pig to gauge the speed of his dead wife’s..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Love

Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey

"...Love concerns, first and foremost, Murphy (Glusman, a Noé proxy), an American film student studying in Paris. He meets..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Book Thief

This print bestseller about a girl's coming of age amid the horrors of Nazi Germany is swaddled in maudlin melodrama in this film adaptation.

"...Meminger (Néllisse) is shipped off to live with her proxy parents, an older German couple: kindly, compassionate WWI veteran..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's a Disaster

This dark comedy by UT grad Todd Berger is built around a likable ensemble.

"...a Disaster makes David Cross’ new-to-the-group Glen the audience’s proxy. On only his third date with the group’s lone..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Saw VI

Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Promises, promises.

"...choices to secure their freedom. Nowadays, he's using a proxy: his former nemesis Detective Hoffman (Mandylor, returning), who is..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last House on the Left

Two parents take revenge on the scum who raped and savaged their daughter in the remake of Wes Craven's grisly horror landmark.

"...has gotten around to neutering Wes Craven's seminal 1972 familial-vengeance-as-proxy-for-Vietnam-outrage horror show, the industry can move on to more..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

America's Heart & Soul

Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit working in a land where seldom is heard a discouraging word.

"...glimpses of superstars who make everyone feel good by proxy. And some of these situations are pretty scary upon..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...some have said. Fargo and the underrated The Hudsucker Proxy are more fluid and rely less on their penchant..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kingpin

Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.

"...and one final bid at his dream of tenpins immortality-by-proxy, Roy wheedles the naïve Amish man into accompanying him..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fargo

The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.

"...the commercial and (occasionally) critical failure of The Hudsucker Proxy, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen return to their Blood..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dangerous Touch

"...pretend that this is anything more than sex by proxy, then we're all sadly delusional. Where does Lou Diamond..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Overseas

"...she can look up to.) She is her husband's proxy when it comes to dealing with the disgruntled native..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin at Large: Canaries in the Shelter Line

Musicians are a useful proxy for the unmet housing needs in Austin neighborhoods

"...But musicians make a pretty good proxy for the largely unmet housing needs of Austinites in..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Godzilla Minus One

The king of the monsters returns in a mighty period drama

"...survivor's guilt even if he almost unwillingly builds a proxy family with Sumiko, young drifter Noriko (Hamabe), and Akiko..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Don't Tell a Soul

Rainn Wilson proves his darker skills in this drama of inherited sin and trauma

"...his father's bullying ways and acquired none of the proxy parental skills that his new role would require. When..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The King of Staten Island

Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy

"...even awake for the RuPaul episode?). But Scott, his proxy in the semi-autobiographical The King of Staten Island makes..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...space shuttle crew. When she returns to Earth, her proxy father, professor Charles Xavier (McAvoy), is still convinced that..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fork in the Road on Sixth Street

Business owners clash over direction of entertainment district

"...walked in with a block of more than 40 proxy votes "and voted in his own board," League said...."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...He plays a similarly sidelined and beleaguered observer in Proxy (IFC), but if The Sacrament is a battle of..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...once again taking home enormous paychecks. According to Freeport's proxy statement, his salary and other perks amounted to $9.5..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Schlotzsky's on the Block: End Game?

Schlotzsky's to auction, John Wooley says the company's reported losses happened after his watch

"...the company said it would not be releasing a proxy statement before its Dec. 9 shareholder meeting. The proxy..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fort Knox on Poydras

Freeport Shareholders Are Secured

"...meeting room because a shareholder in Austin provided a proxy card, along with a notarized letter authorizing the use..."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Scanlines

If These Walls Could Talk

"...The Hudsucker Proxy..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature

The Legend of Ochi

Storytelling sorcery meets movie magic in this A24 fantasy adventure

"...only girl in this feral pack, second even to proxy brother Petro (Wolfhard, Stranger Things), who is forced into..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Misericordia

Repressed desire and a heinous crime in small-town France

"...boss’ widow (Frot) seems to regard him as a proxy for her late husband, even dressing Jérémie in his..."

April 11, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Penguin Lessons

A teacher learns life lessons from a South American penguin

"...turmoil of the 1970s and ends up as the proxy parent to Juan Salvador...."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Fire Inside

Inspirational biopic of boxer and Olympian Claressa Shields

"...is far more interested in Crutchfield as her coach, proxy father, and advocate. Indeed, it’s only after the Olympics..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Queer

Gorgeous but superficial adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel

"...film version, Burroughs would probably be orgasmic about his proxy, William Lee, being played by macho man Daniel Craig...."

Dec. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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