Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

Everyone's favorite Christmas misanthrope loses his edge

"...American literature’s favorite green-furred misanthrope has been revived yet again for the screen. Was..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Magic in the Moonlight

Though he's been on a roll with his last few films, Woody Allen breaks his streak with this threadbare offering.

"...illusionist whose grand finale is making an elephant vanish. The year is 1928, and Stanley’s old magician pal Howard..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Invention of Lying

Ricky Gervais lies through his teeth for laughs.

"...Directed by: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Coen brothers head West, but it's a bumpy ride

"...Originally conceived and shot as a six-episode series for the Netflix streaming service, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs –..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Klown' on the Small Screen

Drafthouse distributing deranged Danish sitcom

"...Searing social commentaries. Oscar-nominated dramas. Drafthouse Films has released them all. Now the distribution arm of the Alamo empire..."

July 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Word and the Image

The Pop Films of Peter Whitehead

"...month, as a long-overdue Peter Whitehead retrospective arrives at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. During his short but celebrated career..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Film That Launched a Thousand Faces

"...but not by much. Scads of young actors made their first impression in Dazed and Confused -- Matthew McConaughey,..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Curtis Roush, Tim Kasher, and more local shows to see this week

"...before Christmas, Jackie Venson's TikTok posted a clip of the singer/guitarist in a moment of tranquility onstage, soloing and..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Portrait of the Artist as an Old Crank

Sketches of R. Crumb

"...every scene of Crumb, Terry Zwigoff's absorbing film portrait, the infamous comics artist lets loose with a chuckle or..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Think We're Alone Now

Dinklage and Fanning find dry humor at the end of the world

"...primes us to be so fascinated by “end of the world” narratives? Are we all pining that badly to..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Wilson

A lonely curmudgeon finds out he has a daughter

"...Since the Eighties, artist/writer Daniel Clowes has been mining the mental..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Molière

This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.

"...1644, 22-year-old French playwright/actor Molière up and vanished from the historical record. One minute he was wasting away in..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Moontower Review: Marc Maron

The Cassandra of comedy enjoys the silence

"...autobiography, it should be called Hope Dies First, and the small set of surviving Studs Turkel fans will get..."

April 23, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...you? Mikhail Bulgakov? Never thought to see him around these parts again. And J.B. Priestley, how long has it..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...She climbed out through the bathroom window. What Bernadette doesn’t realize when she flees..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...decline even as bad actors’ salaries climb ever higher, there remain at least three very exemplary reasons – Duvall,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Town

A sweet, old-fashioned kind of picture content to burrow into the quiet spaces, where boring, ordinary adults live and fitfully try to love again. Oh, and occasionally talk to dead people.

"...Wiig and Dana Ivey. Bertram Pincus (Gervais) is a misanthrope. His chosen profession is dentistry – ideal for cramming..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wiener-Dog

Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite

"...Call him a provocateur of the banal, a contrarian to the expected: Todd Solondz may..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Man Called Ove

A grumpy old man finds his heart

"...The cranky curmudgeon in this Swedish import walks around with..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Saving Mr. Banks

Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this story about how Walt Disney convinced the prickly author of Mary Poppins to sell her creation to Hollywood.

"...Saving Mr. Banks, British author P.L. Travers (Thompson) resists the efforts of Walt Disney (Hanks) to sanitize her beloved..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Winners

SXSW announces its 2002 Film Awards winners.

"...The Misanthrope (D: Allen Colombo)..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

Short reviews from the festival's competition and non-competition lineup.

"...There are moments in Downside Up, a few, when it..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Target Markets

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

"...In the Family Way Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Blu-ray)20th Century Fox,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cinescape

Cinescape offers a weekly home to microcinema.

"...Ever since the genesis of that brand of adventurous small-scale film known..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...Women Talking, the new film from director Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell),..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...sneak peek at titles that won't hit screens for another year. So here's a quick rundown of some of..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Recap: Part II

Musicals, sentimental journeys and a romcom farce

"...These next films are on the more comedic and softer..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

We Are Having a Hootenanny

And Stephin Merritt is not the life of the party

"...The question is simple enough, perhaps even inane: "What are..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

DVDanger: Three Holiday Horrors

A trio of chillers, but which do you want in your stocking?

"...Horror and the holidays go together like trees and tinsel, eggs and..."

Dec. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"..."You're in my place." With those opening words, The Double (Magnolia) sums up that moment of pure existential..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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