The Straight Story

David Lynch takes the long road to a strange story of brotherly love

"...The Straight Story is a piece of American poetry, an..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Walking the Straight Edge

Texas Documentary Tour brings Jem Cohen's documentary on Fugazi, Instrument, to the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...In the early-to-mid-Eighties, Washington, D.C., played a role on the global..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The 'Mack' Story

Latest sequel in the Mack Brown saga promises intrigue, uncertainty

"...As we enter the Longhorn football season of uncertainty – “Clean slate! Clean..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Straight Out of Brooklyn

"...Mark Malone, Reana E. Drummond and Barbara Sanon. First, there's the movie called Straight Out of Brooklyn. It's a..."

June 28, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Joy Luck Club

"...terms. I hate being told when to cry. I'd rather feel surprised than manipulated when I sense the tears..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

"...Davison, Jesse Bradford, Tom Bower, Joel Palmer and Dakotah. The film opens with three young boys dressed as Indians..."

Jan. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Save the Last Dance

"...and Julia Stiles. A surprisingly ambitious teen film, Save the Last Dance uses the marriage of hip-hop and ballet..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It's in the Water

"...Film Festival, young SMU graduate Kelli Herd tells a story that's sure to click with the droves of gay..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Brothers Bloom

Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.

"...films require an imaginative leap, a willingness to overlook the wirework, so to speak, and just believe. His nervy..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

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

Straight Outta Compton

Picture about origins of rap group NWA shows off their snarly cool

"...The fact that I’ve slotted a track by Compton, Calif.’s..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story

Tristram Shandy’s inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom’s chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.

"...elitist, with two adaptations of Thomas Hardy novels (Jude, The Claim) and frequent forays into politics (Welcome to Sarajevo,..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Is Satire Superior to Straight News?

Keli Dailey explores the power of satire

"...to do comedy full time after 15 years of "straight" journalism, most media types would be daunted. But not..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Katie Matlack

God Save the Screen

Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly spent seven years hunting Mohawks for their mad, mammoth compendium, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film

"...small town, graduating high school (if you could be bothered) between '80 and '84, chances are you spent a..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...Fortunes, the old wisdom goes, can be lost in the blink..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...THE NEWTON PLAYERS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

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 Forbidden Kingdom

There are plenty of comic moments and some seriously kickass fight scenes in this film that co-stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

"...and Li Bingbing. If you've shelled out dough for the last half-dozen films by the grinny, battered Chan –..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two for the Read

Off the Bookshelf

"...Soho Press $20 hard While the catchy title had me eager to read this book,..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...a lake and a wildflower center named after her, then you may think her story begins and ends with..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Director Jeff Fowler on the Enduring Success of Sonic the Hedgehog

How the blue hedgehog became more than just a spiky speedster

"...In Jeff Fowler's 2004 Oscar-nominated short "Gopher Broke," the titular protagonist pinwheels in slow motion through the air...."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life amid impossibly..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

I Hope You Bought It for the Article...

All the Nudes That Fit

"...People ask what I do. I say write. They ask what. I say articles. They ask where. I..."

May 12, 1995 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

The Number 23

Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey combine their dubious talents to create an even more dubious movie in which a man becomes obsessed with the number 23.

"...Rhona Mitra, Michelle Arthur and Mark Pellegrino. What is there to say about a movie that teams Schumacher with..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The AggreGAYtor: January 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...up, Sochi stays cold as ice, and lawsuits sweep the courts, as your AggreGAYtor runs off to California to..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Qmmunity Post

Alone in the Dark

There's a certain majesty to German director Boll's style of filmmaking: a freedom from art, talent, skill of any formal kind, and the sheer pigheadedness to keep going at any cost.

"...Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Will Sanderson, Matthew Walker and Frank C. Turner. There's a certain majesty..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...Yelchin died, it was like a shockwave went through the film industry. This wasn't the normal celebrity death, the..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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