Team America: World Police

Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.

"...or any number of wonderfully inflammatory South Park episodes). Team America continues their tradition of juvenile yet compellingly smart..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

America's Team

Matt Stone and Trey Parker take on terrorism, celebrity, and the perils of puppetry

"...conduct a day of interviews for their as-yet-unfinished film Team America: World Police. They flew in to the Toronto..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...his Hollywood action hero persona to town with the world premiere of The Fall Guy, an eagerly awaited blockbuster..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Strangers With Candy

The high school comedy of co-creators Dinello, Colbert, and Sedaris is completely over the top in its audacity and absurdity.

"...co-creators Dinello, Colbert, and Sedaris rivals The Simpsons and Team America: World Police in its audacity and absurdity. The..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Alamo Drafthouse Gets OK to Screen The Interview

Remember when Kim Jong-un threatened to nuke Austin? He'll be mad now.

"...screening of a studio comedy in Austin. Then the world came to a screeching halt, and The Interview was..."

Dec. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation

A dog in Eden, Maggie Simpson in an Ayn Rand daycare center, and creative guacamole making are some of the ideas conjured in this collection.

"...alert to the ways a dog encounters the natural world – chasing fireflies, spooking at water, and brushing through..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Color and Brightness

Gift guide

"...since Trey Parker and Matt Stone's misunderstood nihilist spectacle, Team America: World Police. What Parker and Stone did for..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Queens, Kings, and More Events to Help You Celebrate This Weekend

Movies, theatre, classes, dancing, and more reasons to get out

"...can’t be made better by puppets. Avenue Q and Team America: World Police prove my point. For some more..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

TCB

Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod show, and Trail of Dead

"...of this would-be anthem from last year's puppet farce Team America: World Police extols baseball alongside other American institutions..."

April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Feeling an Elephant

The Toronto International Film Festival's inexhaustible breadth

"...having released in 2004 Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Sh!t You Not: Sarah Bird's One Hour in Porn

Austin author Sarah Bird tells the story of her one hour in porn

"...than a cowgirl position from a sex scene from Team America: World Police, so keep it in your pants,..."

April 16, 2013 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Emily Hagins' Unsucky Movie Career

Austin's zombie girl taps into vamps for her third feature

"...covered with readily identifiable movie one-sheets – Sin City, Team America: World Police, Land of the Lost, There Will..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...year's hybrid event. The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...as an in-person year, with 75 features (including 64 world premieres), 84 short films, 11 episodics, plus a whole..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...leads the adventure in this big-budget version of the world of monsters, rogues, and gelatinous cubes...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

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

"...125 films. 85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks, and 51..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...invitation to the show from a member of Badu's team, but they lacked the juice to produce tickets or..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...the cult horror-comedy series, whose next feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns to the big screen after two pandemic years..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...totally predict what's now happening in the real, hot world? Oh hell yeah it did.)..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...10-19), joining a packed roster that already includes the world premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010. These films were selected from..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Copping Out

World cinema takes a swing at the police procedural

"...off-the-charts incarceration numbers and our viewership's voracious appetite for police procedurals. But the hankering for cops and robbers is..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...interpreter provided by the Chronicle.) Once, she called the police to report her father's violence against her mother, but..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...just announced its first lineup of films, including the world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new horror from Paramount..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...bothered you!”) and terrifying solutions from 2010’s critically acclaimed Sisterworld...."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

The Next Chapter

Three Austin-based national-security experts offer their views on how America can rebuild its reputation in Iraq and beyond

"...with military strength. Take the surge: "In the sound-bite world of contemporary politics," he said, "the success of the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...his predecessors: more cops, stiffer sentences. But because few police officers and no judges report to the White House,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...parties, I was the guy who would talk the police down when they showed up. I think I had..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Factory with another examination of blue collar life in America: this time, the changing role of women in the..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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