The Quiet Man

To Kill a Mockingbird screenwriter and Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Horton Foote reflects on the last 87 years.

"...The voice is gentle, gracious, genuine, with the softened edges..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Wooden Man's Bride

"...were forced to marry a jarful of ashes? That's the surreal predicament faced by the beleaguered heroine of The..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

"...Trying to describe Tetsuo is like trying to describe the aftermath of a plane crash -- one that you've..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death Watch: The Wrong Man?

Rodney Reed execution stayed

"...The state of Texas had planned to execute Rodney Reed..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...Horror movies aren't known for their subtlety. It's a fact I reflect on as I..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...In late September 1962, Floyd Patterson, the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history, boarded a plane..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...If anyone remembers Barry Smitherman from his time as Public Utility Commission member, they'll..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dems for Lite Gov: The D.A., the Organizer, and the Deli Man

In this race, everyone has low name recognition across Texas

"...There are some names that no one expects to see..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This story of a milquetoast with a wild imagination stars Ben Stiller and is as pretty as it is busy. Opens 12/25.

"...A mild-mannered Life magazine photography editor capable of astonishing feats of..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Butterfly

"...Fossey, Freddie Jones, Linda Jablonska and Daniel Margolius. From the award-winning Czech director of The Ear comes this relentlessly..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Man

Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars

"...Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. It's such..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Guilty

Single-location thriller travels deep into a killer mystery

"...Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen and Jakob Ulrik Lohmann...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Score

"...Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer and Paul Soles. The possibilities were frightening. No one knew exactly what to..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wind Will Carry Us

"...Siah Dareh, a village nestled like a honeycomb into the sun-bleached hills of rural Iran, the Engineer (Dourani) shrugs,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Class of 1985

The 69th Legislature, 1985, marked a turning point in the future of Texas politics

"...If you want to know who runs the state of Texas you can consult the constitution, enroll..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Matchmaker

"...Linehan, Paul Hickey, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Saffron Burrows. The wait for Janeane Garofalo to receive top billing in..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...What event could bring together Gary Hart and John Sununu, Jonathan Lethem and Lemony..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Sunny Side to Every Situation

Defending Ethan Hawke and the virtues of John Wayne in a wet shirt

"...even after I admitted I should lose. That is either blind devotion, or you didn’t actually bother to read..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gemini Man

It's Will Smith vs. a younger Will Smith

"...Lee has constructed a body of work tinged with the kind of self-reflection and sadness more often found in..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Merry Gentleman

Michael Keaton directed and stars in this glum story about a suicidal hit man and the woman who may save him or prove to be his undoing.

"...Cannavale, Darlene Hunt and Guy Van Swearingen. This dark, quiet, but mildly stirring movie about a laconic hit man..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man on the Train

"...Patrice Leconte. Starring: Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday. A man gets off a train in a sleepy French village..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollow Man

"...Steve Altes, Joey Slotnick and Mary Jo Randle. It's the loaded question that has titillated libidinal teenage males since..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Apostle

"...Billy Joe Shaver, Billy Bob Thornton and Miranda Richardson. The movies haven't portrayed the evangelical preacher in a very..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The Kid

The tale of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid gets a worthwhile if workmanlike retelling

"...why a new movie about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid can be greeted with anticipation rather than tired..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep in the Heart

The life story of Richard Wallrath, a former alcoholic who now funds scholarships for 4-H and FFA students, is told in this inspirational biopic.

"...The life story of Richard Wallrath, an alcoholic who turned..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is clear and bright, and there is a..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...Willie Garson. Surely enough ink has been spilled over whether a women’s picture can own the weekend box office..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Band's Visit

A lost band of Egyptian musicians from a police orchestra find refuge with some Israeli townspeople.

"...Gavriel, Imad Jabarin, Ahuva Keren and François Khell. With their epaulet-fringed uniforms and expressionless faces, the eight members of..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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