Tetro

Francis Ford Coppola embraces smaller-scale filmmaking with this story about the reunion of estranged brothers in Buenos Aires.

"...for two hours and conjectures about the Coppola family saga are really extraneous to the experience of Tetro...."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal

Before there was Michael Jackson, there was Diana Ross

"...The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayalby Mark Ribowsky Da..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Badland

Badland is a well-meaning but pointlessly overblown drama about an American vet with post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...saving Celina’s PTSD for the next installment in the saga). Badland is the vision of writer/director/editor Lucente, whose writing..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Water, White Death and Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

"...Water, White DeathMGM, $19.98 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis20th Century Fox, $14.98..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Provoked

What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.

"...The film, which fictionalizes several aspects of this legal saga based on a true incident, tells the story of..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...that way? Why resurrect, recontextualize, and reimagine the Jedi saga as a lot of pseudo-medieval, dragon-happy claptrap? Leave that..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casino Royale

This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry and love of fast cars, vodka martinis, and highest-stakes cardsharpery.

"...made it into this 21st Hollywood chapter of the saga is a testament to the devotion of screenwriters Neal..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Mr. Dante Remus Lazarescu of Bucharest descends into a distinct rung of hell when he calls for an ambulance and is subsequently schlepped through Romania's uncaring medical system.

"...quizzically – just as everyone else in Lazerescu’s sad saga. The first thing each one asks is if he’s..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 2006 Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Schedule: May 24-Sept. 8

"...Aug. 24 7pm, Samurai Saga; 9:20pm, Throne of Blood..."

May 12, 2006 Screens Feature

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...been dealt since 1999, when the Kennedy v. Kennedy saga began...."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sarkar

Bollywood gangster film honors The Godfather.

"...Coppola's masterpiece. Although Sarkar is an original story, its saga of a boss of the people who dispenses justice..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beautiful Country

A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.

"...Beautiful Country is often wordless, conveying much of its saga though accumulated detail. However, Nguyen is not nearly a..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Oscar winner documents the collapse of Enron in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish.

"...bushel and the story of Enron as an American saga – a story not only of rampant hubris and..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Deep Throat

This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the movie Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.

"...of politics when it became part of the Watergate saga as the code name for Woodward and Bernstein's anonymous..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ray

Ray Charles, we can't stop loving you, even though this formulaic biopic lacks your original style.

"...Hackford is no newcomer to the rock & roll saga. Among his previous credits are the rock movie gems..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin @ Large: Money and Power

Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together

"...In many ways, the clean-energy saga resembles the rail-transit saga, as the latter has played..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...effects seen in beloved previous episodes of the Austin saga, like The Watson Wonder Years and The Salamander Strikes..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

The mean month of May

"...The Lance Network The Lance Chronicles: The Real Life Saga of Armstrong's Quest for Six premiered on the Outdoor..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Millennium Actress

This Japanimation import is a sweeping romantic saga full of big, lush ideas.

"...of origin as it is a boldly atypical romantic saga. And while the tentacles ’n’ virginal schoolgirls hentai crowd..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capturing the Friedmans

"...to emerge – a disturbing, creepy, and altogether antithetical saga. David is the eldest of the three sons of..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...The saga of Motown Records, like that of the entire African-American..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Biker Boyz

"...1966 in his Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang – but Blythewood cranks..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Actor, writer, choreographer, and Troupe Texas company member Sarah Ing has passed away at the age of 29.

"...memorable of that decade. Later, Ing appeared in A Saga of Billy the Kid for Tongue & Groove Theatre,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Undisputed

"...the gang warfare of The Warriors; The Long Riders saga that focuses on the Jesse James gang; and the..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...early Eighties Austin, when many players in the SOS saga first arrived in town. This is how most urban..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Will Rule Mueller?

Can the city keep the Mueller redevelopment project on course?

"...The New Mueller saga has not really been as simple and boring as..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Short Cuts

Bob Ray overdrive

"...(we hold particularly fond memories of the Cannes knife-fight saga). Checking my e-mail later that day, I found, oddly..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Score

"...The Muppet Show's Miss Piggy, and the Star Wars saga's all-knowing Yoda. The combination might instantly combust, Method Act..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.

"...Tabernacle, and the Dell Jewish Community Center, the RFRA saga is of more than passing interest here in Austin...."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Diary of Anne Frank

"...for her work in this picture. The Anne Frank saga remains moving, personal, and relavant, no matter how distant..."

July 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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