My Son the Fanatic

"...Directed by: Udayan Prasad. Starring: Harish Patel, Gopi Desai, Akbar Kurtha, Stellan..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Farewell My Concubine

"...Directed by: Chen Kaige. Starring: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li. Though..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The People Under the Stairs

Wes Craven mixes social injustice into urban horror

"...Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Brandon Adams, Everett Mcgill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Owl and the Pussycat

"...Directed by: Herbert Ross. Starring: Barbara Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein and Allen Garfield...."

May 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kiss Me, Stupid

"...Directed by: Billy Wilder. Starring: Kim Novak, Dean Martin, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond and..."

July 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Women Without Men

Although this film set in 1953 Iran is visually compelling, its story about four different women is slight and emblematic.

"...Directed by: Shirin Neshat. Starring: Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Sjajrzad, Shabnam Tolouei and Orsi..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gate of Flesh and Story of a Prostitute

Two from Seijun Suzuki

"...Gate of Flesh..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Erotique

"...Directed by: Clara Law, Monika Treut and Lizzie Borden. Starring: Tim Lounibos,..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Set Me Free

"...Directed by: Léa Pool. Starring: Karine Vanasse, Nancy Huston, Miki Manojlovic, Pascale..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The American

George Clooney stars in this thoughtful thriller from the director of Control, the biopic about Joy Division's Ian Curtis.

"...Directed by: Anton Corbijn. Starring: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Johan..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shall We Kiss?

Quintessentially French in its preoccupation with the vagaries of l’amour, Shall We Kiss? is painfully dunderheaded about the proclivities of the human heart.

"...Directed by: Emmanuel Mouret. Starring: Emmanuel Mouret, Virginie Ledoyen, Julie Gayet, Michaël..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Baadasssss!

Melvin Van Peebles' son Mario pays tribute to his groundbreaking film Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song, and also settles a few old Oedipal scores along the way.

"...Directed by: Mario Van Peebles. Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, T.K...."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Together

"...Directed by: Chen Kaige. Starring: Tang Yun, Liu Peiqi, Chen Hong, Wang Zhiwen..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Buttering Your Muffin

Never discount the sexual voraciousness of a pimply-faced teenager

"...Dear Luv Doc,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Simon Pegg stars as a shrink trying to heal himself.

"...Directed by: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Artemisia

"...Directed by: Agnès Merlot. Starring: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault and Miki Manojlovic...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Girls

"...Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan. Starring: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Drew Barrymore,..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cradle Will Rock

"...Directed by: Tim Robbins. Starring: Ruben Blades, Angus Macfadyen, Bill Murray, John Turturro, Susan..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Outfest 2010: Fourplay and Release

Kyle Henry at Outfest and on IndiePix

"...When super-friend and UT Film grad Kerthy Fix invited me to join..."

July 16, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Titanic What's a family to do in between all the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2015: Ruined Heart

Another love story between Christopher Doyle and his camera

"...Subtitled “Another love story between a criminal and a whore,” this..."

Sept. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Reel World

Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.

"..."Welcome to The Reel Deal." Inside the studio, the noise stops. The show is..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways –..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Engaging 'Fourplay'

Before departing for Chicago, Kyle Henry makes a cross-platform debut

"...Filmmaker Kyle Henry (Room, University Inc.) thinks of himself as..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Lower City

The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb compared to this positively incendiary sexual firestorm.

"...Directed by: Sérgio Machado. Starring: Alice Braga, Lázaro Ramos and Wagner Moura. Right..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monster

Charlize Theron gives a ferocious performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

"...Directed by: Patty Jenkins. Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Scott..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Holy Land

"...Directed by: Eitan Gorlin. Starring: Oren Rehany, Tchelet Semel, Saul Stein, Arie..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Halfmoon

"...Directed by: Frieder Schlaich and Irene Von Alberti. Starring: Paul Bowles, Samir Guesmi,..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beautiful Country

A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.

"...Directed by: Hans Petter Moland. Starring: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Nick Nolte,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Central Station

"...Directed by: Walter Salles. Starring: Othon Bastos, Marilia Pêra, Vinicius De Oliveira..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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