The Limey

"...Luis Guzman, Amelia Heinle, Nicky Katt and Joe Dallesandro. The film starts out in blackness as a Cockney-accented voice..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Adjustment Bureau

Based on a Philip K. Dick story, this multilayered romantic thriller stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

"...most importantly, didn't Inception make a credible smash at the box office? Indeed it did, and so here is..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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 Year of Being John Malkovich

Top 10 Films of the Year, Decade, and Eternity

"...proclaiming 1999 as a good year for movies, citing the number of excellent films released during the past months..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Terror Behind Terror of Frankenstein

Austin debut of mind-bending horror Director's Commentary

"...over a fantasy. In Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein, the commentary itself is a story, a head-spinning metafiction twisting..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good, the Bad, the English & the Deutsch

"...never seen so many men wasted so badly." -- The Man With No Name..."

June 19, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Singer Not the Song

But the Little Girls Understand

"...There was one brief and somewhat tarnished moment during my..."

June 11, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Ninth Annual Staple! Independent Media Expo

It's waiting for you … not so silently … this weekend

"...As if someone had cabled a hundred Tyrannosauruses together to form an aircraft carrier from which they could..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Haywire

A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.

"...Is Steven Soderbergh still planning on quitting the movies to focus on his painting? If so, this..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elektra

Watching Jennifer Garner as Elektra turn somersaults over her foes in her drop-dead-sexy assassin’s gear isn’t nearly as invigorating as it ought to be.

"...assassin Elektra, I could have sworn, was somewhat dead the last time we saw her. No matter, because this..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ocean's Twelve

Like Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.

"...Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dahmer

"...Artel Kayaru, Bruce Davison and Dion Basco. Not exactly the feel-good movie of the summer, Dahmer's peculiar charms are..."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sexy Beast

"...at first, to tell where Sexy Beast is going. The boulder goes in the pool, with a tremendous splash,..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bitter Harvest

In 1930s Ukraine, young lovers fight Stalin and forced starvation

"...Ukraine has been much in the news of late. Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea and..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Traffic

"...Tomas Milian, Jacob Vargas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. The news, earlier this year,..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You're Looking at It

The heart of rock 'n' roll may be Cleveland, but the "Heart of Film"? You're looking at it.

"...wonderful if television's golden boy Darren Star (Sex and the City, Beverly Hills, 90210, The $treet) mixed and matched..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...a Black Flag fan, with two competing lineups of the classic California hardcore punk band currently working the circuit...."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

sex, lies, and videotape; King of the Hill; Out of Sight

"...Music, I Video, Vulcan Video, and Waterloo Video for their help in providing videos, laser discs, and DVDs.)sex, lies,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

'The Friends of Eddie Coyle'; 'The Hit'

It's all about the snitches in two new Criterion releases

"...The Friends of Eddie CoyleThe Criterion Collection, $29.95 The HitThe..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.

"...Of all the awards shows, the Oscars ceremony is the granddaddy of..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

1999 Film Critics Poll

"...4. The Blair Witch Project (pre-hype)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

The Alamo Drafthouse's Cannibal Film Festival: It's People!

"...for a week in order to fit in Best Theatre to Eat Your Friends At, which, of course, didn't..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

ALSO PLAYING

"...Mysteries of the Unknown Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan follows up The Sixth..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

It's a Wrap

Lessons learned

"...this fucked-up relationship thing -- what makes people stay together and what tears them apart." -- Austin Chick, writer/director..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Men With Guns

Plus swords, arrows, and armies, packing heat on dvd

"...Timing is everything, whether it's getting the makeshift timer on a clump of..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bun Belly

Inconsistency mars Airport Blvd. newcomer

"...It's obvious what Bun Belly, the latest project from Quang Vuong and Kim Thai of..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Commentary

"...My grandmother Mike, Houston Press criminal court reporter from the 1920s..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in the moment you’re seeing it, but there’s an undeniable feeling..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Puerto Rican Inspiration

Simply made delicious food

"...to leave when it comes time to return to the real world. The very bilingual island is home to..."

Sept. 17, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...Following is the complete list of all the films released for theatrical..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

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