Rushmore

A modern cult classic.

"...Luke Wilson. There's something about Jason Schwartzman's face in Rushmore that makes you want to punch him or hug..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie Bartlett

If Ferris Bueller and Max Fischer of Rushmore joined together and had a child, their spawn would most certainly turn out something like Charlie Bartlett.

"...(during his “day off”) and Max Fischer (the would-be Rushmore alum) joined together and had a child, their spawn..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...like I do with Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore? I suspect not. The Life Aquatic can't tightrope comedy..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola spins a unique tale about a yearning, indelible love-affair-that-isn’t between characters played by Bill Murray and this season's It Girl Scarlett Johansson.

"...whiskey. Although he doesn’t have the near-suicidal glaze of Rushmore’s Herman Blume, Bob is bored, dissatisfied. Moreover, he’s jet-lagged..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hitman

"...stone-faced expression that's looking more and more like Mt. Rushmore. Whatever the reason, Norris has seen better days. Once..."

Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Academy Leader

"...Wes Anderson seems content justto make small talk about..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

1999 Film Critics Poll

"...Dogma, Rushmore, Election, Cookie's Fortune, Run Lola Run..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul

When movies go looking for Christmas redemption

"...Bill Murray as being composed of two distinct eras: pre-Rushmore and post-Rushmore. Before his award-winning turn in Rushmore, they..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Site Unseen

"America Starts Here" shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible

"...reveals the work's title, From the Making of Mount Rushmore (1986), and provides a clue to the stones' arrangement,..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Scanlines

Night of the Hunter

"...receive the appreciation that it's due. -- Jerry Renshaw Rushmore..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature

Eight of Our Favorite Summertime Fruit Beers in Austin

Core-cooling beer options to counter rising temperatures

"...is worth it because this ale belongs on Mount Rushmore. We're not talking about Jester King Mount Rushmore, or..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Short Cuts

"...of film directors this week. In the case of Rushmore'sWes Anderson, it's more like the director will be rolling..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

7 Chinese Brothers

Jason Schwartzman stars in this comedy from droll Austin auteur Bob Byington

"...watching a loose follow-up to Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore, which also stars Schwartzman appearing in his screen debut..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Reviews

John Taliaferro's biography of a man and a mountain

"...And what the hell is with Mount Rushmore?..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

The Royal Tenenbaums

"...of Bottle Rocket and the much-heralded comic stylings of Rushmore) shows this maverick filmmaker to be expanding his emotional..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Script to Screen

"...RUSHMORE..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Luke Wilson, Tommy Lee Jones to Recieve Texas Film Awards

Hollywood heavyweights, indie icons, and an honorary Texan lauded

"...comedies (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), indie favorites (Rushmore, and of course Idiocracy)) and TV (That 70's Show,..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To the Nines

Previewing the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...the state. This year, director Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed Rushmore is being honored. Written by Anderson and Owen Wilson..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Report

America's Gaping Economic Divide; and The Bizarre Idolization of Reagan

"...now they're pushing to put his mug on Mount Rushmore. I kid you not! One website even offers a..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The top 10 ways to take Bill Murray home with you

Every girl's a sucker for a disheveled goofball who's crying on the inside.

"...3) Rushmore (1998): Supporting, show-stealing Bill in Wes Anderson quirk. Who..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...You Are My Rushmore..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Day Trips: Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, Goliad

The little Loreto Chapel stands tall in history

"...Borglum, who helped his father, Gutzon Borglum, sculpt Mount Rushmore...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

The Canadian musician's legacy re-enforced, not reconsidered

"...“If there was a Mount Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it.”..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mount Rushmore is named for Charles E. Rushmore, a New York..."

May 29, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...looks miserable from the start. The heads on Mount Rushmore have more range of expression than he does here...."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Blue Room

Mathieu Amalric directs and stars in this Hitchcockian story of l'amour four.

"...crumble. It’s like watching a time-lapse montage of Mount Rushmore’s Abraham Lincoln erode over millennia. Amalric is blessed with..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson is back with another delightful movie about beautiful dreamers and full-time schemers.

"...Plan (Bottle Rocket); Max Fischer, the half-cocked Renaissance man-child (Rushmore); broken, fixated Francis, forcing a spiritual quest on his..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Submarine

This British film is a bracingly deadpan coming-of-age story that proudly wears its Wes Anderson influences on its sleeve.

"...wears its influences on its sleeve – Wes Anderson's Rushmore, Harold and Maude, and Mike Nichols' The Graduate spring..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson's delightful animated film has room for both existentialist dread and a grinning joie de vivre.

"...career with two nearly flawless films, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, and he’s been paying for them ever since. As..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...smart on Barrymore’s part was snagging Robert D. Yoeman (Rushmore) for her director of photography and Dylan Tichenor (Magnolia)..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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