Insomnia

"...police detective called in to help solve a heinous crime in a small town. The constant sun disturbs his..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trapped in Paradise

"...meaning of Christmas from the inhabitants of the quaint small town whose bank they've robbed is something of a..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Graduation

A man goes to great lengths to secure a better life for his daughter

"...the network of corruption that pervades day-to-day life in small-town Romania. Having returned to his homeland after the fall..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cookie's Fortune

This honeysuckle-flavored comedy scripted by Anne Rapp is as sweet and refreshing as anything Altman's ever done.

"...wryly comments on the dynamics of life in a small town, where everything is everybody's business and a man's..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bernie

Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey star in Richard Linklater's latest film – an East Texas true-crime story with a comic touch.

"...(MacLaine, in another standout performance), the richest skinflint in town, who is a widow much older than Bernie –..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...a few more promised to come. Wright's eagerly awaited crime drama gets its world premiere, while his fellow Englishman..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fatman

Season's beatings with Gibson and Goggins in bloody Santa story

"...from the Nelms' brothers last feature, laconic rural noir Small Town Crime, and much thinner both in narrative and..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blow the Man Down

Slick and smart New England noir shows the women run the show

"...you're going where no one else goes. But fishing town films are a different deal. Everyone goes to the..."

March 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...(Ferreira). She's got a life she likes in her small Pennsylvania town, an OK job as a grocery store..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reservation Road

Crime and Punishment comes to New England in this story about the aftermath of a child's death.

"...Road, George’s adaptation of John Burnham Schwartz’s acclaimed novel, Crime and Punishment comes to New England. And not just..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Terrence Malick Film to Open SXSW

Ryan Gosling pic about the music industry filmed at ACL, Fun Fun Fun

"...You might remember hearing buzz around town about the Malick film, although under the different working..."

Jan. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Undertaker's Daughter by Sara Blaedel

Denmark's Sara Blaedel brings the mystery Stateside with a Danish woman who must deal with both a funeral home she's inherited in Wisconsin and a local murder

"...Nichols Jensen travels from her home in Copenhagen to small-town Wisconsin to tidy up what remains of her estranged..."

July 20, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Stillwater: A Jack McBride Mystery

With this debut, Melissa Lenhardt delivers a punchy page-turner with a real feel for life in small-town Texas

"...with forced execution, it's believable to anyone familiar with small-town Texas. Her characters have varying degrees of interesting backstories,..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Horror Anthology Scare Package Comes Home For Other Worlds

Laughs and screams in Under Worlds center piece film

"...Package, the Austin-made anthology comedy-horror, will get its home town debut next month as part of the Other Worlds..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brooklyn Decker to be Honored at Texas Film Awards

Support the Girls star to take home Rising Star Award

"...(Friday Night Lights, Fargo), and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone, Small Town Crime). More recipients of other awards will be..."

Dec. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...to that mystery may hang the fate of a small, quiet, meticulous man who now lives in South Austin,..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...embraced the practice of recycling. Of course, it's the town's distinctive natural resources -- successful old movies and TV..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...writings of Jesse Max Barber to unearth a forgotten crime against humanity...."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dry

Murder and secrets in the Australian Outback

"...a lot of baggage from his childhood in the small town of Kiewarra. He carries guilt with him: not..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

District Eternity

As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work

"...his own upbringing amidst an extended family in the small town of Birdville, outside Fort Worth. "It really informs..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...detectives dismantled two methamphetamine lab operations – one near Georgetown and one further west, in Liberty Hill; three people..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...the controversial operation has brought revelations about both the town and the agent. And a growing body of evidence..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...On paper, he was an excellent example of a small-town boy made good -- a no-nonsense, successful cop from..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

... And Justice for All?

Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger's Paradise Lost depicted the grossly mishandled trials of three Arkansas teens. With Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, part of the Texas Documentary Tour, they return to the scene of the crime.

"...their careers documenting the soft and rancid underbelly of small-town America. In eight years and three films they have..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Eye of God

"...over Kingfisher, Oklahoma, or is this desolate little oil-busted town as godforsaken as it appears? First-time filmmaker Tim Blake..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Then There's This: Cracking Down on Homelessness

Chief defends police initiative on crime

"...This year, though, a police crackdown on crime Downtown has thrown the seasonal good will off-kilter. Questions..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...story of a mysterious stranger who comes to the small town of Brewster, rents a room in the home..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary by Terry Shames

Police chief Samuel Craddock searches for a missing friend while on a visit to Jarrett Creek, Texas

"...but you will find it in pretty much every small town you visit in the state – maybe even..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...property taxes on the house he'd just bought in Georgetown, where he served as chief information officer for a..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...known as a one-horse (or is that one Force?) town. We all know there are many more movies out..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

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