Cyrano, My Love

The true (possibly) tale behind the writing of the French classic

"...stage and his own career when he happens to wander into one of those dangerous new moving picture endeavors...."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Judy

Renée Zellweger is a star reborn in this Judy Garland biopic

"...impressionable teenaged Frances Gumm (Garland’s birth name) as both wander along the yellow-brick road that would ultimately make her..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Carmine Street Guitars

Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon

"...revered by the steady stream of legendary musicians who wander into his cozily cluttered workshop...."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Starfish

The end of the world becomes a powerful, music-driven metaphor for grief, loss, and healing

"...writer/director A.T. White (of British band Ghostlight), lets Aubrey wander through the erratic shared habits of grief, of looking..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hotel by the River

Semi-improvised South Korean family drama is as much about pauses as what it spoken

"...(Song) to aid in her recovery, and the two wander the grounds in a beautiful black and white snow-laden..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Gifts From the Greenhouse

Cohabiting nurseries double the fun this holiday season

"...to weather the Texas clime. On the edible side, wander through rows upon rows of tried and true fruits..."

Dec. 15, 2018 Chronolog Post by Melanie Laporte

Overlord

How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?

"...ongoing arguments about the ethics of this war. Characters wander off on patrol, and then reappear purely because the..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rapper Mama Duke Queers Up Austin's Hip-Hop Scene

With weekly performances and a new EP, nothing's stopping Kori Duke

"...have a voice.” And maybe, someday, she muses, "They’ll wander in.”..."

Aug. 15, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Lost City of Z

A futile quest for an extraordinary place

"...City of Z never finds itself, doomed to aimlessly wander to an unsatisfying conclusion of a dream that betrays..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Song to Song

Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)

"...that play the main stage at ACL Fest and wander lakeside mansions in pressed slacks (rare breed, that). For..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In a Valley of Violence

Ti West takes a break from horror with this Ethan Hawke Western

"...of them, come to think of it. Let ‘em wander off into the Andalusian sunset, heavy-leaded and sagging sideways..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Werner Herzog goes down the internet rabbit hole

"...German filmmaker Werner Herzog does just that: wonder, and wander through our internet age, shifting his weight between awe..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny

Doc on local filmmaker is a thoughtful portrait

"...movies don’t just play out between the lines, they wander off to explore the margins and then dig deep..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...of the better faith-based films in some time to wander down the road to Galilee. Joseph Fiennes, as Clavius,..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...California. Four decades of international business travel had extinguished wanderlust. Also, he agreed with John Updike: "The true New..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Little Boy

Can the power of faith change the course of history?

"...faced character actors – Wilkinson, Levine, Chaplin – seemingly wander through the film with little purpose, seldom served well..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Freetown

The director of The Saratov Approach is back with another true Mormon epic

"...too preachy or too poorly made, or just plain wander off into the narrative wilderness for what feels like..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Más Negro que la Noche

This remake of a Mexican horror classic is remarkably routine.

"...are spying shadowy figures amid flickering lights as they wander down lengthy hallways...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Only Lovers Left Alive

In this hypnotic love story, Jim Jarmusch gives us vampires who are bohemian outsiders and not blood-sucking freaks.

"...unoriginal stroke) luxuriate in each other’s company as they wander the streets, walking and talking. Long ago, these beings..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...the United States for a group of vagabonds to wander around in. Something about New York always feels like..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

Neil gets sober, but stays hippie

"...isn't so much an autobiography as an opportunity to wander around inside Young's head for 500 pages. And wander..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...Wandered back to the check-in area, met up with Shelley..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Postcards From America'

On an epic road trip, the legendary photo cooperative makes a stop at the Harry Ransom Center

"...project website www.postcards.magnumphotos.com lists the project instructions as follows: Wander in any direction, document everything, network locally, make lists,..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Any Given Wednesday

One man, 10 years, some seriously sublime weirdness

"...Wednesday had the looseness of a club. People would wander in, not like what was playing, and wander out...."

Feb. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hidden Costs of Free

Is free Wi-Fi killing coffeehouse culture?

"...the day. The trouble comes from the ones who wander in specifically to take advantage of Bouldin's free Wi-Fi..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ashes of Time Redux

Dreamlike, confounding, yet possessed of a stunningly complex sensual and narrative poetry, Wong Kar-Wai's Chinese film is absolutely gorgeous.

"...from Sergio Leone.) As the seasons change, various characters wander into and out of Feng's rickety haven, including a..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hamlet 2

The manic comedian Steve Coogan plays a high school drama teacher who pens a scandalous remake of the Bard's classic in an attempt to save his Tucson class from budget cuts.

"...(as Marschz's sleazy wife) and a nearly wordless Arquette wander in and out of frame, but like everyone else..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Brothers

Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.

"...Sandler. But whereas the latter tends too often to wander into the quagmire of oozy sentimentalism, Ferrell apparently has..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"...waddling bird, forsakes his sea-bound herd and begins to wander off in the wrong direction "toward certain doom." Yes,..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Frances McDormand's Miss Pettigrew is an unemployed nanny who bluffs her way into a job as the "social secretary" for the brain-dead, proto-fashionista, Yank-on-holiday starlet Delysia Lafosse, played by Amy Adams.

"...revolving cast of semieligible suitors (Pace, Strong, Hinds) who wander pre- and postcoitally into her widespread and indiscriminate arms..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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