The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...the remote mountain village of Shuang-shipu and help the war-shattered boys living there find a reason to “care whether..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hatchet

The terrifically retro maniac in this horror film recalls the heyday of Eighties gore films with gleeful abandon.

"...catharsis; call it the cinematic shards of a zeitgeist's shattered mirror; call it the Reagan Years Redux; call it..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Resurrecting the Champ

Several morality plays vie for attention in this story about a workmanlike sportswriter who latches on to a tale told by a homeless alcoholic as his ticket out of palookaville.

"...ambition create a maelstrom that pushes the film toward Shattered Glass territory. Now diminished in the eyes of his..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Dreamt? Only that it's flawed perfection. – Melanie Haupt Goner/Shattered Records..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Little Children

A modern Emma Bovary and her should-have-been Mr. Right discover that while their suburban American lives may yet have a second act, it could well end up as a tragedy.

"...acrid and unromantic miasma or like the shards of shattered marriage vows cast helter-skelter into an unknowable future...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...Berlin is quiet. Calm, cool. Collected. "Shattered."..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...two unlikely survivors in the groaning rubble of the shattered monoliths. The painstakingly accurate story of the two trapped..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.

"...long way in the 37 years since he first shattered just about every cinematic taboo with the original Night..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suspect Zero

There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.

"...Pen (Inspector Gadget, Behind Enemy Lines) and Billy Ray (Shattered Glass) is a mélange of things we’ve seen in..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I'm Not Scared

Sun-dappled sadism and sweet innocence merge in this psychological thriller that sees evil from a young Italian boy's point of view.

"...infuses Michele with a wide-eyed innocence that isn’t even shattered by his painful discovery. If anything, Michele becomes more..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Osama

The first feature to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Osama tells the story of a girl who masquerades as a boy.

"...to bring in even any bread to eat. This shattered family, living in a squalor that looks more medieval..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Along Came Polly

Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston date and become more than just friends.

"...a fine, throwaway role) while on their island honeymoon. Shattered, he returns home to New York City alone, and,..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Safety of Objects

"...year; within minutes, however, any illusions of normalcy are shattered. Simply put, these families are fucked in the head...."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Liza

"...also-grieving mother-in-law, Mary Ann (Bates). If Liza’s suicide hadn’t shattered Wilson enough already, whatever her suicide note might reveal..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bloody Sunday

"...can barely hear the microphone through the jumble of shattered glass and feet running through rumble. It must have..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dahmer

"...terrified -- remains a ghastly outsider's mask hiding a shattered Psyche and an evil Eros. Jacobson plays fast and..."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Bad Love

"...his life shockingly sidetracked, and his love for his shattered family and surroundings undimmed by the case after case..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Royal Tenenbaums

"...director's presence is palpable amid the broken dreams and shattered relationships experienced by his story's fictional characters. Although the..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Training Day

"...by street thugs, and has his rookie-boy world-view irrevocably shattered. Acting-wise, Hawke is no slouch here either. His face..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tortilla Soup

In Tortilla Soup (based on Ang Lee's wonderful Chinese film Eat Drink Man Woman), Hector Elizondo plays the family patriarch, a retired master chef and a longtime widower, who lives with his three grown daughters.

"...announcement,? which tends to result in unfinished meals and shattered dishware. Like the daughters in Eat Drink Man Woman,..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Princess and the Warrior

"...one of her charges with shadowy sexual gratification. That shattered taboo aside, Sissi appears as mousy and distant as..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Cried

"...Love is in the air, commingling with ruined dreams, shattered honor, and lest we forget, brutish Nazi thugs, who..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pearl Harbor

"...the freshly donated blood; everything else is gone or shattered and everyone else is horribly burned, dying, or dead...."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rebels With a Cause

Compelling documentary about the Sixties" Students for a Democratic Society includes commentary from such leaders as Tom Hayden and Austin's Alice Embree and Jeff Shero Nightbyrd.

"...describes how his formerly hawkish political outlook was forever shattered by the realization that his university chemistry lab was..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monkeybone

"...contented plateau in life. Stu's peace on earth is shattered, however, when he suffers a blow to the head..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Time Regained

"...than Proust's sprawling masterwork. Ruiz (Genealogies of a Crime, Shattered Image) does a remarkable job here of conveying the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Aimée & Jaguar

"...silhouette, and daytime Berlin is seen as a vast, shattered hulk of smoldering brickwork and death-queued Jews. But the..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...6. A Signal Shattered by Eric Nylund..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Column

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Ravi Shankar, and Ringo Starr.) His butterfly collection is shattered to reveal a hole in the wall -- his..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Double Jeopardy

"...Ashley Judd plays Elizabeth Parsons, whose cozy life is shattered when hubby Nick (Greenwood) fakes his death and frames..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

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