Sleight

A street magician must save his kidnapped sister

"...a marvelously mismatched outing as that would be. Instead, Sleight, which has the revelatory Latimore as Bo Wolfe, a..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleight of Hand

How filmmaker Yen Tan fell into a gig selling other people's movies

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles

"...The sleight of hand of a luxury hotel is to satisfy..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, McKay is all sleight of hand, using a zippy pace and regular punchlines..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death of a President

More sleight of hand than persuasive drama, this what-if story about the aftermath of a presidential assassination is technically seamless but dramatically hollow.

"...turn this into a terrific movie. It's more a sleight of hand than a persuasive drama. Filmed as a..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sea Inside

Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.

"...not make the cut. But that is indeed the sleight of hand of Spanish filmmaker Amenábar’s The Sea Inside...."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Along Came a Spider

"...of thrills 'n' chills, classed up by some narrative sleight of hand and the rock-solid performance of Morgan Freeman...."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Safe

Everyone is having a hard time putting a finger on Carol's problem, but nothing seems to cure her discomfort and, steadily, she wastes away. Is her problem medical, societal, or psychological? All of the above?

"...also seem laden with all sorts of New Age sleight-of-hand. What Safe does so brilliantly is to plunge us..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kickstart Your Weekend with the Underdogs

'Wolves of Wuhan,' 'Sleight,' and 'A Better Life'

"...Sleight..."

July 12, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Smoking Causes Coughing

Rubber director's sentai spoof is weird, discursive magic

"...and we define magic as a kind of manipulative sleight of hand, then French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux would probably..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...That sleight-of-hand infiltrates the whole movie. Sumptuously dressed in Jonny Greenwood’s..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dealt

The remarkable life of a blind card mechanic

"...would have asked that you never qualify his amazing sleight-of-hand talents by mentioning he’s completely blind, for reasons both..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Now You See Me 2

Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy

"...convincing the world that magicians are cool. The only sleight of hand going on here involves your wallet...."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

When Magic is a Real Darling

This popular Austin magician tells it like it appears to be

"...had gags which I can appreciate, and he’d do sleight-of-hand things and then he’d be like, “Sleight of hand!”..."

May 11, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

About Time

Love Actually maestro wants to make you cry with this romantic dramedy.

"...but put aside the high concept. It’s really just sleight of hand to get us cooking on more earthbound..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Now You See Me

This magicians' caper film has a good cast but very little else hidden up its sleeve.

"...magicians’ tool belt. A clear sense of space and sleight-of-hand is rarely achieved. Although Now You See Me lures..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundance ’13: Day Four

'Computer Chess' and 'Pit Stop' are true originals

"...town. Previously featured in an Austin Chronicle cover story, “Sleight of Hand,” for his work as a film-poster artist,..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam

Kyle Killen back on TV, Yen Tan news, and more

"...read more about Tan in Josh Rosenblatt’s recent profile (“Sleight of Hand,” Feb. 10, 2012) here...."

March 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Illusionist

Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.

"...to cause audiences to wonder if his talents surpass sleight-of-hand and are instead some spooky ability to defy nature...."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...plain bizarre – Brick quite successfully pulls off its sleight of hand, but in the end the pieces don’t..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...1) The term "paid for" is often a budget sleight of hand. Currently, the state is not taking in..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Anything Else

Woody Allen's latest was not screened before press time.

"...– there’s an element of wonder in watching the sleight of hand again, but it no longer dazzles as..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Heist

"...Boston jewelry store amid a dizzying display of criminal sleight-of-hand and near-comical diversionary tactics. Jim and the gang --..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bliss Broyard's My Father, Dancing

"...full of sympathetic characters who brave storm after storm, sleight after sleight, protected by their observational prowess and the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

The Spanish Prisoner

"...the mental game of trying to uncover the magician's sleight of hand is the real endgame and the fluffy..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...All this subterfuge is orchestrated with precise and imperceptible sleight of hand by director Ken Webster, although the contributions..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...All this subterfuge is orchestrated with precise and imperceptible sleight of hand by director Ken Webster, although the contributions..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 10-16

"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini sleight-of-hand artist Apollo Robbins may be the best and most..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe Pass The Beta Test

How the indie filmmakers burned Hollywood down

"...PJ and I are going, "Cool, our magic trick sleight-of-hand is working." And to open a comedy with that..."

Nov. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Goes Digging In The Earth

Of mushrooms, men, and subterranean superintelligences ..

"...then you're in trouble. But it was more a sleight-of-hand. I figured that the audience would go with him,..."

April 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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