Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...• Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Women Talking • Rian Johnson,..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Women Talking

Sarah Polley finds stunning drama in one simple night of conversations in a barn

"...Directed by: Sarah Polley. Starring: Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Ben..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Assembling a Community of Women Talking

Director Sarah Polley and producer Dede Gardner on faith and building an ensemble

"...the core concern of ensemble drama Women Talking. Writer/director Sarah Polley explained, "The film is about these women moving..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...Slate, Nick Paley (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On); Sarah Polley (Women Talking)..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Five Marquee Movies at Austin Film Festival 2022

Headliners and Oscar contenders at this year's AFF

"...Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Darren Aronofsky to be Honored by Austin Film Festival

Fest features Bob Saget's final film, new Laura Poitras doc

"...WOMEN TALKING D Sarah Polley In attendance: Producer Dede Gardner accepting AFF's Polly..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...2022 lineup, as it already announced that Women Talking, Sarah Polley's adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel about a religious..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: The Weekend Forecast Is Hot. Very, Very Hot.

The 32nd annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is here

"...Circulation & Special Events Manager Dan Hardick, PR maestro Sarah K. Wolf, Art Director Zeke Barbaro, and other staff..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...Women Talking, the new film from director Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell), is part of the lineup..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Dede Gardner and Stephen Merchant

Awards for Moonlight producer, The Office co-creator

"...with this year's Polly Platt Award for Producing by Sarah Polley, director of the upcoming Gardner-produced Women Talking. And..."

Aug. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Vatican Tapes

Pray for us; it's exorcism time again

"...a bland and blond young woman resembling the actress/director Sarah Polley (Dudley). It all starts off so innocuously: At..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Summer Fun: Some Like It Hot Cold & Dreary

Counterprogramming Gidget: 11 icy, downer movies

"...sad hookers, and broken men. The cast is terrific (Sarah Polley, Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Shirley Henderson, Natassja Kinski,..."

May 19, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...in a totally different light. We start talking about Sarah Polley, the former child star of Ramona and Avonlea..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Film Flam

A few more headlines from the week

"...one of its 20 filmmakers to watch. He joins Sarah Polley, Alison Klayman, Sebastián Silva, Na Hong-jin, and more..."

Sept. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Life Before 'Mean Girls' and YOLO

Austin Film Society presents 'Teenage'

"...(which brings to mind a similar technique used by Sarah Polley in her recent film, Stories We Tell). Is..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Stories We Tell

Canadian filmmaker and actress Sarah Polley goes looking for her biological father and comes homes with a wise and poetic documentary about the nature of truth.

"...Directed by: Sarah Polley. Starring: Rebecca Jenkins, Peter Evans and Alex Hatz...."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Good Golly, Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley writes and directs her second film, 'Take This Waltz'

"...This Waltz, the second film written and directed by Sarah Polley, opens today in Austin, playing exclusively at the..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley's sophomore film, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, is an inquiry into commitment and carnal desire, and the hard choices we make when the two don’t align.

"...Directed by: Sarah Polley. Starring: Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Seth Rogen and..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Fun with acronyms: aGLIFF, FF, and AFF programming, plus Computer Chess needs humans

"...every cool Canadian indie actor out there (Molly Parker, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar) and is directed by another Canadian,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

Splice

Splice is a twisted little update of the Frankenstein story, as well as a thriller, love story, and meditation on the possibilities of science.

"...Directed by: Vincenzo Natali. Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley and Delphine Chanéac. "The event on which this..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock Out, Lady Writers

Women writers score big at the Oscars... or at least bigger than usual.

"...(Juno), Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl), and Sarah Polley (Away From Her). Because this is a day..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

There Will Be Film

"...6) Away From Her Sarah Polley's excellent leap from actress to writer/director is all..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

There Will Be Film

"...Old Men (Ethan and Joel Coen), Away From Her (Sarah Polley), The Hoax (William Wheeler)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Away From Her

Based on a short story by Alice Munro and confidently directed by actress-turned-director Sarah Polley, this drama starring the stunning-as-ever Julie Christie is a penetrating story about love's mysteries.

"...Directed by: Sarah Polley. Starring: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Murphy, Olympia..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...Starring: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk and Eva Marie Saint. Cameras are..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Undead

This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.

"...mention Ken Foree, Lori Cardille, and – yikes! – Sarah Polley. Undead succeeds in its CGI effects work (initially..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dawn of the Dead

It's hard to keep a good zombie down

"...Directed by: Zack Snyder. Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell,..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film 04 Awards

The best of the Fest

"...NARRATIVE FEATURE Luck D: Peter Wellington; with Luke Kirby, Sarah Polley, Jed Rees SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR NARRATIVE FEATURE..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

SXSW Film front: Kevin Smith to hang around the Hilton. (No, not that Hilton.)

"...names in it: Adam Goldberg, Tara Reid, John Stamos, Sarah Polley. It's definitely one of the biggest Fests Austin's..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

My Life Without Me

Unusual film about dying young avoids sentimentality.

"...Directed by: Isobel Coixet. Starring: Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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