The Fugitive

Flinty Tommy Lee Jones is the best thing about this otherwise standard chase film.

"...Lee Jones, Sela Ward and Joe Pantoliano. One of the first in what appears to be a yearlong spate..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Young One

"...Claudio Brook. In 1961, while still working in Mexico, the great surrealist/moralist/atheist filmmaker Luis Buñuel released his only English..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Arrival

"...Crouse, Teri Polo and Tony T. Johnson. Screenwriter Twohy (The Fugitive, Waterworld, Alien3) takes the directing helm in this..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...logline. Some films are a logline. If you visit the IMDb page for The Parts You Lose, you will..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Guardian

Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher co-star in this action drama about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, which is a surprisingly engaging character-driven picture.

"...have been a typically empty Hollywood action movie about the explosive, adventurous lives of Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, The..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Sentinel

This serviceable action thriller disintegrates into an implausible mess that's barely salvaged by the presence of old pros like Michael Douglas and Kim Basinger

"...Directed by: Clark Johnson. Starring: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria and David Rasche. This serviceable..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Pianist

"...Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard and Thomas Kretschmann. The age-old question redone in Holocaust blacks and crimsons: Art..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The X-Files

"...Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Blythe Danner, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Terry..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Butcher Boy

"...Hart and Milo O'Shea. Deeply tragic yet savagely funny, The Butcher Boy is an audacious account of a troubled..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Now Streaming in Austin: Man of the House

Tommy Lee Jones gets funny in this 2005 cheerleading comedy

"...made titles to watch while self-quarantining. Everyone who saw The Fugitive knew that Tommy Lee Jones was the man...."

May 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...They say the 15th anniversary is the crystal anniversary, and..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fugitive Dreams Rides the Rails to Your Screen

Jason Neulander's American fable is available on VOD now

"...The best trips can take the longest time to make..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Review: Fugitive Dreams

Haunting and unorthodox road trip drifts with its protagonists

"...The unorthodox Fugitive Dreams taps into the wounded psyches of..."

Oct. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Steve Davis

How Fugitive Pieces Became Fugitive Dreams

Jason Neulander takes the trip from stage to screen for his feature debut

"...2002, Jason Neulander was artistic director of Salvage Vanguard Theater, but used the intimate setting of the Hyde Park..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Austin To Canada: The Virtual Film Fest Experience

Local filmmakers on having world premieres at Fantasia

"...If this was a normal year, then Austin filmmakers Richard Jones and Jason Neulander would probably..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Legend of Molly Johnson

Australian period drama explores the frontier's racism and sexism

"...The Legend of Molly Johnson is not an easy watch...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

SXSW Film Review: The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

Period Australian drama shows our modern sins are old

"...The Drover’s Wife is not an easy watch. Adapted from..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Austin Film Festival Adds Nine Days and Welcomes the WWE's Brothers of Destruction

New Winston Duke/Zazie Beets movie as opening night film

"...Austin Film Festival is only a week away, but they've just added nine days - or rather, Nine Days,..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...The team behind Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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 Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...The Peanut Butter Falcon is a movie that wears its..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...Boomers, unite. Amid the fictional superheroes about to swarm into movie theatres this..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Ted Levine, Simon McBurney, Miguel Ferrer and Dean Stockwell. The movie blasts into its starting place on a shrapnel-storm..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Statement

The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator on the run for four decades (Michael Caine) is as listless as the justice system that pursued him.

"...Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Ciarán Hinds and John Neville. The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Until the End of the World

Chopped to ribbons by the American distributor upon its initial release, Wenders’ sprawling Odyssean epic is only now seen in its true form, in a positively Homeric 295 minute version.

"...Moreau. What starts out promisingly enough continues considerably beyond the end of the world and wears out even the..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Party People, Zines, Sharks, and More Events for the Week Ahead

Don't wait for the weekend!

"...All month, Monday-Friday, kids eat free after 4pm with the purchase of one adult meal. Pancakes, grilled cheese, crispy..."

June 7, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

AFF Review: Day of the Fight

Boxing drama hits hardest out of the ring

"...In Day of the Fight, actor Jack Huston’s debut feature as a writer-director,..."

Nov. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

The Chase

"...Kiedis and Flea. Just once I'd like to hear the director of a big, dumb chase film like this..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...This is the story of a family trauma. The loss of a..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

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