It

This Stephen King adaptation floats with the best of them

"...lack of sleep, just as the source material did? Stranger Things have happened. It, based on King’s 1986 bestseller..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...Lansdale's East Texas gothics. As ever, truth proves itself stranger than fiction and the human heart (which is stranger..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ask Questions First, Shoot Later

In 1967, Hobart Ison shot and killed Hugh O'Connor, who was filming a documentary on Ison's property. In her documentary Stranger With a Camera (showing at the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday, November 1), Elizabeth Barret examines the context that brought these two men together -- one with a gun and one with a camera.

"...Elizabeth Barret's film Stranger With a Camera revisits a 33-year-old Letcher County, Kentucky,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postcards From America

"...America is a memory play, a remembrance of how things past affect things present. The flashbacks of the protagonist's..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gay Place

Seriously, who doesn't love Halloween?

"...sober space to catch the highly anticipated return of Stranger Things (Friday), plus great music and costumes by Brand..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Is Everyone on TV Gay?

Plus Contrast Film Fest, Frida Fridays, and more queer magic

"...are popping up onscreen. I've recently binge-watched The Society, Stranger Things, and Jessica Jones. From Grizz and Sam on..."

July 19, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...The looming presence of a mysterious shadow figure makes things a little more complicated for the B-day gal and..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Masterminds

Heist comedy stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristin Wiig

"...employee David Ghantt (a then-record $17 million payday!), the stranger-than-fiction premise about a romantically besotted buffoon (Galifianakis) who recklessly..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

"...As viewers summer-binged Netflix's Eighties-riffed series Stranger Things, the sci-fi thriller's soundtrack grew as prominent as..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Review by Neph Basedow

The Dog

Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.

"...exhausted hostages are released to safety. Of course, this stranger-than-fiction account of a bank robbery gone terribly wrong inspired..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Record review

"...Stranger Things (Fantasy)..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

MirrorMask

The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.

"...note that if you’re not already smitten with all things Gaiman, you may well find yourself, like Helena, a..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

"...and a well-told story and, furthermore, proves that sometimes things are stranger than fiction...."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Talk to Strangers

"...Eugene Lipinski and Harry Dean Stanton. Never Talk to Strangers is a Brian DePalma film without the benefit of..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dangerous Woman

"...the citrus orchards of Southern California. Frances is no stranger to pain herself, locked as she is in a..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Lizard

"...to help crack the case. From here on in, things only get stranger, as the androgynous Black Lizard falls..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Backward

"...with their bizarre act. And from here on in, things only get stranger. Rifkin has fashioned a crawly little..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dust Bowl Blues and Dystopian Futures in South by Southwest Musical O’Dessa

Geremy Jaspar on his Sadie Sink post-apocalyptic Americana odyssey

"...of the musical drama – which makes it even stranger that he wrote and directed O’Dessa, an Americana fantasy..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nuts!

Stranger-than-fiction doc about an eccentric doctor

"...film about John Romulus Brinkley, a doctor, amongst other things, a man who succeeded against terrible odds and powerful..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...or poop jokes, Rango does contain references to such things as “fecal matter” and “prostates.” Rango is a lizard..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adventures of Felix

"...– "the little brother," "the grandmother," "the cousin" – strangers who fill some void in Felix's life. His journey..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mumford

"...The Big Chill and Grand Canyon. But Mumford is stranger still, and though it tries like the dickens to..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"...outrageous soul of Eastwood's film. There are many amazing things in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Picture Perfect

"...her the time of day because she's not married. Things take a turn for the better -- and the..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Supper

"...is a less-than-satisfying meal. The problem is not that things don't gel or aren't tasty; the problem resides more..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the West

"...agilely woven into the movie's fabric that there are things that will lure and excite a variety of viewers..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man Without a Face

"...the trailer; adolescent boy needs tutor, mysterious and embittered stranger needs to re-connect with humanity. What a pair --..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Are Your Friends

A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials

"...if you don’t know me,” a character warns a stranger in the vacuous drama We Are Your Friends, a..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...online, entering chat rooms, creating personal pages, listing 25-100 things about yourself, it becomes dangerous if your identity is..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Birthday Girl

"...to the leather and school-tie netherworld of this newfound stranger -- but Kidman's charm (and sexuality) defuses it. Anyway,..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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