SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...totals 1,506. That leaves roughly 500 slots unfilled for the SXSW Music Conference, Mar. 17-22 – just over one..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Announces First Band Cull

Some 10% of total acts showcasing March 11-16

"...as only this town can. Three days removed from the rain and ruin of a two-week Austin City Limits..."

Oct. 16, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

2015 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

Foo Fighters, Drake, the Weeknd, and Deadmau5 top fall fest

"...ACL Fest stole its own thunder when the official website inexplicably posted, then deleted, the 2015 lineup..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ghajini

"...film, which was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento. In the romantic action thriller, a business suffers from amnesia...."

Dec. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rendition

Intelligent and well-meaning, Rendition is nevertheless an oversimplified and uneven attempt to arouse righteous indignation among its viewers.

"...Directed by: Gavin Hood. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Omar Metwally, Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep, Alan..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Agnes Browne

"...Ray Winstone, Marion O'Dwyer and Anjelica Huston. Angela McCourt, the Irish heroine-mum of Frank McCourt's witheringly sentimental novel Angela's..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blue Car

"...familiar yet delicate turf, threatens to careen perilously past the edge of propriety and taboo. And the movie does..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

"...Iranian export -- in addition to its distinction as the only film, to my knowledge, to have ever used..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Virus

"...Augustus, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Marshall Bell, Joanna Pacula, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin and Jamie Lee Curtis. Pity the poor..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Phantom

This submarine thriller stars Ed Harris as the Russian ship's commander and David Duchovny as the head of a rogue KGB group.

"...press time. In this submarine thriller, Ed Harris plays the commander of a Russian sub, who secretly suffers from..."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Ultra

This stoner action rom-com stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart

"...Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and then the whole thing was rewritten as a Jason Bourne..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fluke

"...Directed by: Carlo Carlei. Starring: Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc, Ron Perlman..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Exposure

"...who's working in Rio de Janeiro taking shots of the bustling street life. He suffers from the disease all..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dutch

"...Ed O'Neill, Ethan (Randall) Embrey and Jobeth Williams. If the words “A John Hughes Film” fill you with tingly..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heavy With Tradition, Old Settler's Music Festival Springs Eternal

We talk to Sierra Hull and spotlight favorites for next week’s campout

"...People throw around the word "tradition."..."

April 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Pain and Glory

Almodóvar's latest classic is a self-portrait by a great, aging artist

"...Pedro Almodóvar’s most personal film – at least the most personal film the great Spanish director has made..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everything, Everything

Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers

"...Based on the YA novel by Nicola Yoon, this is an above-average,..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

A delightful return to the world of Harry Potter

"...Directed by: David Yates. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Felt

In this psychological horror story, an artist uses her craft to fight rape culture

"...Amy (Everson) suffers lingering psychological effects from a sexual trauma, which is..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Live Action

Short films come in nice packages.

"...dark comedy, and just plain fascinating offerings that straddle the blurred line between playful and deadly serious. Much like..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Restless

Gus Van Sant hits a rare discordant note with this story about two death-obsessed teens that is twee and precious instead of genuine and candid.

"...Gus Van Sant, whose sensitivity to the inner turmoils of young people has permeated so much..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thor

Marvel Comics' muscle-bound mook with delusions of demi-godhood is well-played by Chris Hemsworth.

"...movie that would have made – this is instead the long-awaited cinematic adaptation of Marvel Comics’ popular take on..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Limitless

As cautionary tales go, this is an entertaining take on finding your muse through chemical means.

"...a writer's movie by a writer, and it explores the dark side of the muse. Well, eventually it travels..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unknown

In this psychological thriller, a man awakens after a car accident to find his wife doesn't recognize him and another man has assumed his identity.

"...Ganz and Frank Langella. An optimist might light on the intrigue packed into the title’s terse tergiversation, and surely..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

To Save a Life

This well-meaning but ineptly made message movie teaches that with the help of Jesus Christ, you, too, can prevent teenage suicides.

"...movie that, with this broad release, hopes to replicate the box-office success of recent Christian niche films such as..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amelia

Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's big-budget biopic.

"...I was a little girl,” says Amelia (Swank) at the beginning of some anecdote cum inspirational story – and..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shutter

Shutter is a shabby American remake of a Thai movie about a couple who sees mysterious images in photographs.

"...Denman, John Hensley, James Kyson Lee and Maya Hazen. The best cinematic ghost stories, the real nail-gnawers, are the..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme accompanies Jimmy Carter during the former president's controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and in the process offers a re-evalution of this world leader.

"...Directed by: Jonathan Demme. The title is as deceptively folksy as the man in..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dirt Road to Psychedelia

This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.

"...wealth of decades-old photographs and Super-8 footage to tell the story of how Austin came to be something worth..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Martin Lawrence is remarkably subdued in this story about a successful professional who returns home to rural Georgia and discovers that his family still makes him feel like a petulant teenager.

"...Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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