Cape Fear

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man of the House

Filmed in Austin with Tommy Lee Jones, Man of the House is nothing to write home about.

"...goofy story about a Texas Ranger and the UT cheerleaders he is sworn to protect is what we like..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Real Stephanie Dupont

"...a recent addition to the Village Irregulars. She is described in Spanking Watson (1999) as, "the drop-dead gorgeous blonde..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Little Fockers

Surely we're not the only ones Fockered out as this franchise aims for low-brow smut in its third outing.

"...Directed by: Paul Weitz. Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Jessica..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joker

This joke isn't funny anymore (and wasn't to begin with)

"...Directed by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Shea Whigham and..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Film News

Texas could be like New York

"...House panel, but in this case, Brian O'Leary, vice president of NBC/Universal, was talking film incentives – not Yankee..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

There is plenty of bad and ugly to go along with the good, yet each character in Sergio Leone's American opus seems to live inside a cinematic glass orb in which his virtue and his vice settle like snowflakes around an elegy to himself.

"...D: Sergio Leone; with Robert De Niro, James Woods, Joe Pesci, Elizabeth McGovern, Jennifer..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Screens Review by Alexander Marcus

Angel Heart (1987)

If one were to graph Mickey Rourke's career, one would find the peak way back in the mid-Eighties, back when Rourke was an A-list actor who actually starred in films rather than randomly popped up, as he does these days, as a weathered cameo player swallowing his bit parts whole. Somewhere on the summit of that peak sits Angel Heart.

"...D: Alan Parker; with Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Brownie McGhee, Stocker..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

This high-tech update of the beloved Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon has none of the wit of the original.

"...D: Des McAnuff (2000); with Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Harold Ramis; with Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

"...-- a "Best of" issue should be bursting with ideas and reader suggestions about where to go and what..."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...12 MONKEYSD: Terry Gilliam; with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, Jon Seda...."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Robert..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Nicky

"...Ifans, Blake Clark, Reese Witherspoon, Allen Covert, Jon Lovitz, Robert Smigel, Kevin Nealon, Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr., Quentin Tarantino,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell finds finds another family in distress; Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence kept it consistently fun.

"...by: David O. Russell. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stella Adler and the American Theater

UT's Harry Ransom Center, which acquired the complete archive of Stella Adler, celebrates her impact on American acting in the symposium Stella Adler and the American Theater

"...an actor, the young Marlon Brando was energy and desire set on a tight spring, coiled like no one..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Meet the Fockers

You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000.

"...Directed by: Jay Roach. Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Le Placard (The Closet)

"...Directed by: Francis Veber. Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque and Michel Aumont. Trade in..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

At First Sight

"...been for those male (and female) filmgoers sick to death of the blond, chiseled features of the Hollywood poster..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Great Expectations

"...Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper and Robert De Niro. At the risk of getting drummed out..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Scan Lines

The War Room

"...With ABC's fall season opening and new episodes of Spin City here, lovers of this Michael J...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature

Jayne Loader'sPublic Shelter

"...to the 1982 cult-documentary The Atomic Cafe (which Jayne Loader co-directed),Public Shelter is probably the largest gathering of information..."

July 26, 1996 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...there are only 15 weekends - the weekends that define the summer movie season. To you and me that..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love, Antosha

The fascinating but fleeting life of Anton Yelchin given due reverence

"...It’s interesting how we process the death of a celebrity. Be they a musical legend or..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mad Men Archive Lands at HRC

Matthew Weiner show archive parks its fedora at Harry Ransom Center

"...of advertising men and women of the Sixties, has landed a permanent home in Austin...."

Jan. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle Recommends: Satanic Films

Catch up with the Dark One's cinematic antics

"...and offer movie recommendations. It's Halloween season, so we decided to spotlight our favorite depictions of the Father of..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

You Oughta See the Pictures

Hollywood forever: New film books reviewed

"...and 30s, is the most evocative, with its rich detailing of Studio 54-era New York and a bygone Hollywood,..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Feature

My Brother Is an Only Child

This Italian film is a coming-of-age story about a young man who – like the era he was born into – has no idea how to come of age, except by fits and starts.

"...first meet Accio Benassi (Propizio), he’s a fiery young student at a Catholic preparatory school in small-town Italy. It’s..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

NY (Heart) TFF

A report from the fourth annual Tribeca Film Festival

"...its fourth year, New York's Tribeca Film Festival, which concluded last weekend, has begun to find its sea legs..."

May 13, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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