The Dilemma

Ron Howard's latest is a decidedly honest comedy-melodrama about love and friendship.

"...difficult. Relationships, especially those that have been committed (as the singles say), are tough, lovely work. Marriages are even..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Age of Adaline

Romantic hokum, well done

"...like to think that true love is timeless, but the notion is rarely flipped on its head. If you..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Grey Zone

"...watch, this well-meaning film based on actual events tells the story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando. One of 13 consecutive..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lazarus Effect

Medical students try to bring the dead back to life.

"...For the past two centuries, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has cast a..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Crafting the Autobiography of Another Man

AFS Documentary Tour: The Windmill Movie

"...Brainstorming strategies for resolving the dilemma Alexander Olch faced in making The Windmill Movie..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

News AggreGAYte for the Week of Nov. 1

Catch up on the queer beat with Gay Place

"...had a heavy flow of bad news lately. Plus, there's an election. Go make your own news. In the..."

Nov. 1, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The Joe Rogan Conundrum: For Independent Artists, What's the Cost of Quitting Spotify?

Musicians, managers, publishers weigh in on the boycott

"...In service of brevity, we'll refer to the dilemma facing emergent artists dealing with doubts about the..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"..."On Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Omar & the Howlers know exactly..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

After the Flood

Israel Nash emerges from the Hill Country like a train coming through town

"...Standing on the dirt road in front of his house, located just..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Point Austin: The Cloudy Crystal Ball

If you're wondering what the new Lege will do, look to its predecessors

"...If you needed any additional seasonal foreboding heading into the new year, you might look no further than Harvey..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Tony Visconti Part 2 (The Encores)

"...at 45 minutes, an hour. Anything going longer demands either a recess or a follow-up, or else both parties..."

June 23, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

"...Bexley Road looks like any other street in Circle C, a gentle curve lined with..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...myself saying to people that it is astounding how the school board is held accountable for what happens to..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Panel Recap: Solving the Food Desert Dilemma

McDonald’s hamburgers should not cost $1 in any universe

"...Monday’s “Solving the Food Desert Dilemma” panel discussed a recent study from..."

March 12, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

Taming the Screaming Toddler That Is Social Media

SXSW Online panel seeks to “unravel the social dilemma”

"...Count yourself lucky if you’ve never had the awkward experience of trying to mend fences IRL after..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by Kat McNevins

The Wages of Fear

"...Lulli, Peter Van Eyck and Véra Clouzot. One of the all-time great truck movies, The Wages of Fear was..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night with the ceremony for the B. Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...When World War I-numbed Tom Sherbourne (Fassbender) takes the job of lighthouse keeper on the otherwise unoccupied Janus..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The LEGO Movie

Let's face it: We're putty in these things' hands.

"...Let’s go out on a critical limb, shall we? The Lego Movie is the best thing to come along..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Counterfeiters

Winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, this brisk Austrian film uncovers the moral choices faced by WWII concentration-camp victims selected to work on the Nazi effort to create bogus currency.

"...Zirner, Veit Stübner and Sebastian Urzendowsky. What we call the moral compass often fails to operate under conditions described..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Oh in Ohio

This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.

"...Sometimes it takes a movie to help us remember the sad and painful world in which we live. It's..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Book of Clarence

Uneven attempt to both resurrect and spoof the biblical epic

"...How do you capture the magnitude of Golden Age Hollywood’s sword-and-sandal epic with a..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Knock at the Cabin

M. Night Shayamalan takes on the end of the world

"...M. Night Shyamalan tells a story not his own. The last time he made an adaptation of an existing..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Third Murder

Japanese legal procedural puts the justice system on trial

"...The investigation begins, suitably, with a murder. A man is..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...Everything is Batman in this boisterously entertaining cousin of the awesome The LEGO Movie, which snuck under the radar..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...subtitles onto his books, lending readers a clue about the true character of poor Tess of the d’Urbervilles (“A..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ringer

A Farrelly brothers comedy that purports to have a message about treating the intellectually challenged as regular human beings and stars Johnny "Jackass" Knoxville is about as disingenuous as a comedy that urges us to see past a person’s body size to appreciate the beauty within and stars Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit.

"...by: Barry W. Blaustein. Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Camille Chen, Geoffrey Arend, Bill Chott, Luis Avalos,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dreamers

The NC-17 rating is revived for Bertolucci's fervent ode to cinema and the idealism of youth.

"...Anna Chancellor. Three kids laze about in a bathtub together, stoned and arguing politics with the typically starry-eyed idealism..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Kiss

The Italian film which was adapted for the American remake starring Zach Braff.

"...Sandrelli, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Stefano Accorsi. One character in the Italian hit The Last Kiss announces, "Normality is the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dr. T & the Women

"...Matt Malloy, Andy Richter, Lee Grant and Janine Turner. The mere presence of a new Robert Altman film in..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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