Hors d'Oeuvres: Simple, Stylish, Seasonal

"...Hors d'Oeuvres: Simple, Stylish, Seasonalby Gillian Duffy..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Aaron Katz’s Gemini Is a Stylish L.A. Mystery

SXSW alum returns with a new feature

"...like this young filmmaker's most dramatically mature and aesthetically stylish production – like La La Land written by Raymond..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Texas French Bread’s BBQ Epiphany, Little Ola’s Stylish Turkeyday Switch, Getting a l’ILHIGH with Good Work Austin, Falling Into La Condesa, Desert Door at the Driskill, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas French Bread’s BBQ Epiphany, Little Ola’s Stylish Turkeyday Switch, Getting a L’ILHIGH With Good Work Austin, Falling Into La Condesa, Desert Door at the Driskill, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Nov. 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oh, What a Stylish Pussy She Has!

Cats in 'jamas – no kidding.

Aug. 22, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Eye

Your new style columnist, alas, is not the world's most stylish woman

"...new style columnist, alas, is not the world's most stylish woman. That would be Miroslava Duma, or possibly Auntie..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Column by Amy Gentry

The Interview

"...seem incompatible with any highbrow intentions. What gives? Gripping, stylish, unrelentingly original filmmaking, for starters. Referencing the great literary/cinematic..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hilary and Jackie

"...James Frain. For all its knock-'em-dead acting and aggressively stylish direction, Hilary and Jackie is still best described as..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Valimai

Cops versus bikers in this Tamil action flick

"...Not reviewed at press time. Stylish Tamil crime action-drama as a cop (Kumar) hunts down..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale, a stylish neo-noir that does its best to blend vintage Warner..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...sickening home invasions ever filmed – he makes the stylish chaos all too believable...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Filmworker

Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man, forever in the maestro's shadow

"...That’s where the greatest qualms may come in this stylish and sometimes overly reverential portrait: It’s as if Vitali..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Should you have a bad feeling about this stand-alone Star Wars?

"...questionable friends, like Lando Calrissian (Glover, stepping into the stylish shoes and swirling capes of Billy Dee Williams). Except..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...is bleeding out of every pore. In a more stylish, less moral, much cooler world, Joe would be John..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beirut

John Hamm sweats stylishly in gritty, grim spy thriller.

"...martinis through a disheveled linen suit and still look stylish, sends the film's moral compass spinning – exactly as..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Den of Thieves

Bank heist rips off Heat for little gain

"...homage to but less than a remake of the stylish 1995 neo-noir Heat, the film steals selective chunks of..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nocturnal Animals

A dark meditation on regret and revenge

"...this as a sophomore slump. It’s a narratively audacious, ultra-stylish, and at times queasily violent film that’s likely to..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hardcore Henry

Inventive spectacle and pop-culture tease finally arrives onscreen

"...gimmick to become one of the most inventive and stylish action films in recent memory (yes, I’m taking into..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Iris

In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel

"...is wasted on the young. In its portrait of stylish waywardness, Iris is a potent argument against fast fashion,..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Closed Circuit

Paranoia strikes deep in this Brit courtroom suspenser.

"...while – but even he can't save this taut, stylish, but finally meh foray into the shadowy landscape of..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel

In this documentary, the filmmakers have done a fine job corralling many fantastic tales from this style maven's life.

"...– a disappointing counteraction to the absorbing material and stylish presentation that preceded it...."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...In many ways, Animal Kingdom could have become a stylish but routine cops-and-robbers tale. Instead, Michôd shapes this film..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

This new chapter in the series splits the difference between kickstarter Twilight’s stylish camp and follow-up New Moon’s turgid drama, but still does not come up a winner.

"...Days of Night) splits the difference between kickstarter Twilight’s stylish camp and follow-up New Moon’s turgid drama, and, as..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paris

Paris, from the French director of When the Cat's Away, follows a half-dozen-plus Parisians and their interconnectedness.

"...about Klapisch's aesthetic vision – the man has a stylish eye – or the actors' performances. To a one,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Midnight Meat Train

This horror film, based on a Clive Barker short story, details the nightly exploits of a butcher who plies his trade nightly on human subway riders.

"...of the Eighties. It features a decent cast and stylish direction by Japanese import Kitamura, who here tones down..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Mighty Heart

Based on the true events surrounding journalist Danny Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, this drama by Michael Winterbottom and starring Angelina Jolie is more aloof than melodramatic.

"...Winterbottom’s semipornographic 9 Songs the relationship is revealed through stylish flashbacks. The elliptical narrative also recalls Fernando Meirelles’ somewhat..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hills Have Eyes II

This sequel to last year’s remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise’s bad guys.

"...sludge. Whereas last year’s remake by Alexandre Aja was stylish and cunning, despite being unnecessary, this new sequel by..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Think I Love My Wife

Who would have ever guessed that Chris Rock would be the guy to film an American remake of Eric Rohmer's meditation on fidelity, Chloe in the Afternoon?

"...While Rohmer’s film is a subtle, stylish meditation on identity and marriage, Rock’s effort is about..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

13 (Tzameti)

This first feature by Georgian-born French immigrant, Gela Babluani, marks a memorable debut: It's a taut and stylish thriller despite its brutal psychological duress.

"...so many Eastern European works. 13 (Tzameti) is a stylish thriller that is difficult to describe without giving too..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Derailed

The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is this thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages our sympathies.

"...the girl from Friends. Derailed, an appropriately grim and stylish bit of latter-day film noir goes a long way..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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