Saturday: Various Lege Doings

While the chubbing continues, let's catch up

"...This is an update on the current state of various bills, many of which are threatened by the chubbing..."

May 23, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Various Possibilities for the Future of I-35

So many options, but only one (or none) can be our new highway

June 21, 2019 News Feature

Queen Margot

This visaully sumptuous story about regal intrigues and passions during the religious wars of the 16th century is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

"...in Austin, Queen Margot has already won recognition and various awards, including the Jury Prize at last year's Cannes..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Atlantis

"...glide nimbly through the water following the motions of various sea creatures, plant life, and ocean undulations. The illuminated..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Young Soul Rebels

"...to look at, the cinematography fluidly canvasses all the various social situations with equal mixtures of choreography and documentation..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bedazzled

"...the hapless young man behaves when thrown into the various studly scenarios he invents for himself. This time out..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

For the Bible Tells Me So

Various men and women of the cloth provide a systematic dismantling of the idea that the Bible condemns homosexuality.

"...by: Daniel G. Karslake. Fred Phelps is wrong, say various men and women of the cloth – a Baptist,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Edmond

William H. Macy stars in this film penned by David Mamet about one man's long night's journey of the soul.

"...suffers the rectification of poetic justice. Along the way, various insights do occur, though the film’s episodic structure prevents..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Man

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive in tow it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clichés.

"...indeed, Lee has created a truly original film from various shopworn genre cliché, chief among them, the New York..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dying Gaul

Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.

"...about smart people confined by their circumstances and the various mind games they inflict on themselves and others. By..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stay Tuned

Satan has developed an ingenious new way to garner souls: He forces them to run a gauntlet through various caustic television shows, and if they survive 24 hours they're free to go.

"...souls: he forces them to run a gauntlet through various caustic television shows, and if they survive 24 hours..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Folks!

"...can no longer take care of the old man. Various disasters and plot contrivances bring the whole family including..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Fashionista

UK-to-ATX transplant Simon Rumley's thriftstore mystery

"...special relationship with clothing (she likes to masturbate in various outfits). She begins to suspect that Eric may be..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Song to Song

Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)

"...love as a powerful producer named Cook (Fassbender) dangles various, mostly unspoken Mephistophelean bargains at them. These three and..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Visual Acoustics

The architectural photographer Julius Shulman is the subject of this documentary, but through his work we learn an awful lot about modernist architecture.

"...serving as the filmmaker’s ambassador to owners of the various homes on display in the film. Bricker, who has..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The First Saturday in May

This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.

"...the 2006 Derby trail, as they compete in the various races that will make them eligible to run at..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

F*ck

Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.

"...Alan Keyes, Kevin Smith, Pat Boone, Ice-T, Alanis Morissette, various linguistics scholars, and many more, weigh in with their..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Everyone complains about the perceived shortcomings of the MPAA, Hollywood's movie-ratings board, but nobody does anything. Nobody, that is, until activist documentarian Kirby Dick.

"...assigns ratings to films according to their suitability for various age groups is an anonymous panel. It was formed..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

United 93

United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal “first responders,” who in an instant were forced to wrap their heads around a new, unfathomable reality.

"...hour is devoted to watching the workings of the various air-traffic control towers and agencies as they struggle to..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Calendar Girls

Middle-aged British women bare all for charity.

"...then cackle with delight as they decide on the various poses. (The photos show them naked while practicing various..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Km. 0

Mistaken identities provide twist in this Spanish romantic comedy.

"...zero), a spot in the heart of Madrid, for various romantic assignations. But Cupid has never been known for..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghosts of the Abyss

"...these few unaltered glimpses humanize the exploration, as do various re-enactments – a normally goofy practice that is made..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Final Destination 2

"...and Eric Bress have concocted to kill off the various teenage cast members of Final Destination 2. The story..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

"...times since it's clearly such a misnomer), and the various terroristic actions and myriad human rights abuses perpetrated by..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crop Circles: Quest for Truth

"...it comes to ley-lines, ancient Celtic peoples, and the various and sundry oddball personages that make up the backbone..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enigma

"...to prove herself in Bletchley's hyper-masculine milieu, while the various code nerds struggle to crack a code that could..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

42 Up

"...it began, intercuts old footage of the participants from various interview stages, to shed light on their present situations..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Synthetic Pleasures

"...Mondo Cane of cyberspace -- a titillating peek at various bizarre phenomena that, despite some viewer reluctance, has everyone..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: A Groving Consensus?

Plus various options for getting carried away

"...a step back to study the current proposal and various proposed amendments – in work sessions, and with the..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest: Local Stars on the Rise

Because nobody knows funny like ATX

"...will flood our city, flexing their funny bones in various venues around Austin...."

April 11, 2016 Chron Events Post by Samantha Johnson

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