The Basketball Diaries

"...Directed by: Scott Kalvert. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Singles

Love in the Nineties: no drugs and the sex is scary. Actually, Cameron Crowe documents the habits of a generation that adapted.

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Campbell Scott, Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda and Bill Pullman. Love in..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

All the Money in the World

Christopher Plummer mesmerizes as the greediest man alive

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Charlie Plummer,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...gothic to Austin's buzzing eclecticism within the context of Young Adult literature – itself a crazy amalgam of genres..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Horse Race

"...Developer Scott Young holds a rendering of his planned office project...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...announced some of its biggest titles ever, with Ridley Scott's eagerly awaited The Martian, Patrick Stewart in Green Room,..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Boys Are Back

Clive Owen is a widower in Australia who learns to become a hands-on dad to his sons.

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Emma..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Bujalski. You got return trips from SXSW alums Ry Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me), Lynn Shelton (Humpday), and Alex..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hearts in Atlantis

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, David Morse, Hope Davis, Anton..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wild America

"...Dear. Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jamey Sheridan, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow and Frances Fisher. Suggested alternate title: The Women..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Teenage Catgirls in Heat

This Troma film was made right here in Austin and tells the lurid story of cats that metamorphose into nubile women and "rub up against things" and cause havoc.

"...Directed by: Scott Perry. Starring: Esmerelda Huffhines, Dave Cox, Carrie Vanston, Helen..."

Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome to the Rileys

Though the story is preposterous, terrific performances by James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, and Melissa Leo save the day.

"...Directed by: Jake Scott. Starring: James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo. Terrific..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock is funny for exactly five minutes, with the kind of subversive humor that boosted Billy Bob Thornton, but the rest is just a self-pitying, half-hearted retread.

"...by: Craig Gillespie. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler, Ethan Suplee, Melissa Sagemiller and..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...Colvin, while veteran folk fans will chuckle at the young stylistic thief who offhandedly asks for Dave Van Ronk's..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

The Rider

Powerful docudrama of life on the range.

"...Zhao. Starring: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott and Cat Clifford...."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...on Friday. Check in with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Creed’s Scott Stapp at Bat Fest on Saturday. And Sunday’s the..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Directed by: Michael Dougherty. Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sarah's Key

Two parallel stories from different eras intertwine and inform each other in this film based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel.

"...Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Dominique Frot, Frédéric Pierrot,..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Easy Virtue

In this adaptation of an early Noël Coward play, Jessica Biel is the American newcomer whose brash attitudes disrupt the British decorum of her new mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas).

"...Directed by: Stephan Elliott. Starring: Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson,..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...critic Elvis Mitchell and industry legend Elliot Roberts, Neil Young's manager. We are planning on seeing Young's performance that..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Cast a Giant Shadow

Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson

"...committed to public service than Kirk Watson," says Mary Scott Nabers, who as a former member of the state..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

An American Werewolf in Paris

"...Directed by: Anthony Waller. Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Phil Buckman and Vince Vieluf. In horror..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Map of the Human Heart

"...Directed by: Vincent Ward. Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, John Cusack and Jeanne..."

May 14, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Actor and an Übermensch

Tishuan Scott connects the dots between Nietzsche and his award-winning turn in civil war drama 'The Retrieval'

"...in acting from UCLA, that's the happy situation Tishuan Scott now finds himself in, as the face of The..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...for their movie shortly after running into Kimberly and Scott Roberts, a moment which was captured on film and..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.

"...Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Kanye West, Dead Prez, Jill Scott, the Roots, and a reunited Fugees. As great as..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Charlie's Angels

Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks' Angels continuation

"...Directed by: Elizabeth Banks. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Djimon Hounsou and Patrick Stewart...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

A taste of Eighties-style buddy-cop action-comedy hits all the right faces

"...about a grizzled old mob boss and a cocky young cop hunting down a serial killer, handed the script..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Freddie Fox, Charles Dance, Daniel Mays, Callum Turner and..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peace Officer

Award-winning doc about police tactics could not be more timely

"...Directed by: Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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