Swimming Pool

Ozon’s film is like Eric Rohmer meets Brian DePalma – questions of identity and perception come to the fore, but slowly.

"...thing to consider, as well. But no, she’s a writer! He hates books, doesn’t he? Merde! See what fun..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margarita Happy Hour

"...of indie films Habit and Wendingo), perhaps had a writer in him once, but that's long been supplanted by..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Faithless

"...supple and engaging performance Lena Endre plays Marianne, a writer happily married to handsome and loving orchestra conductor Markus..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The State of Naomi Shihab Nye

The well-traveled poet talks about loving Texas and being this year’s recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s Texas Writer Award

"...Festival she will be honored with the 2024 Texas Writer Award, to which she said she was “deeply grateful..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Adds First Panels for 2024

The Last of Us and The Simpsons make a date

"...but the first wave of panels announced for the writer-centric gathering looks at screens big and small, with the..."

Aug. 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...This is writer/director Attanasio’s first feature film – she’s better known, for..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waves

A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift

"...just how extraordinary a film it is. Like the writer-director’s previous films Krisha and It Comes at Night, Waves..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Lee Hancock Heads to the Texas Film Hall of Fame

A writer, a director, and a writer/director

"...Writer/director and Texas City native John Lee Hancock has been..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nancy

Andrea Riseborough spellbinds in this drama of self-delusion and second chances.

"...(Riseborough) is dislocated from life, a talented but unskilled writer who never got a break, daughter to a woman..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mustang Island

A deft millennial comedy of manners

"...“Molly,” the Austin-based Pepper Island production company (director and co-writer Craig Elrod; cinematographer and co-writer Nathan Smith; and co-producer..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls' beloved memoir hits the big screen

"...crash-and-burns. (Looking at you, Josh Trank and Justin Kurzel.) Writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton provides a different case study. Following..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Other People

A writer returns home to care for his sick mother

"...are what happen to other people. That’s how comedy writer David (Plemons) processes the world, at least, until his..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Margaret Moser Retires

'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat

"...It's every writer's dream to be something more than a messenger. To..."

May 16, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Language of a Broken Heart

Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions a tale about a romance writer who's unlucky in love, and filmed it largely in Dallas.

"...Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions here an autobiographically informed tale of..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This film adaptation of the bestselling, much-loved YA novel about young social outcasts finding their way is marred by its its sunny optimism.

"...Molestation. Gay-bashing. These are the plot points that first-time writer/director Stephen Chbosky is working with, adapting his bestselling, much-loved..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Words

As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.

"...This is also a film about a struggling writer, Rory Jansen (Cooper), which is almost always a stumbling..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pariah

Pariah tells the specific but universal story of a black teenage girl who is a virginal lesbian, budding writer, and nonconformist.

"...of a black, virginal lesbian, who is a budding writer and still in high school yet is unable to..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Peter Hedges in Real Life

The writer/director returns to his roots with new novel The Heights

"...PH: It's a festival that's about the writer. If you're a novelist or a playwright, the writer..."

March 19, 2010 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action

Judge for yourself among the five films contending for this year's Oscar for live-action short. The five international shorts nominated for Best Live Action Short Film include Patrik Eklund’s “Instead of Abracadabra," Luke Doolan's “Miracle Fish," Juanita Wilson's “The Door,” Gregg Helvey's “Kavi," and Joachim Back’s award-winning “The New Tenants.”

"...bullied Joe (Karl Beattie), isn’t a conduit for yuks. Writer/director Luke Doolan does a nice job building tension in..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Happens

You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.

"...distraction, but then, what isn’t in this directionless picture? Writer/director Camp (of the drip-dry Kevin Costner drama Dragonfly –..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Great Buck Howard

Appearing as the has-been mentalist Buck Howard, John Malkovich delivers another memorably eccentric performance.

"...Troy Gabel (Colin Hanks) drops out to become a writer but takes a paying job as the assistant to..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Strange Wilderness

When a popular wildlife TV show starts slipping in the ratings, the clueless hosts go off to the Andes in search of Bigfoot and big ratings. Big mistake.

"...an accent lifted wholesale from PBS's gone-but-not-forgotten Cajun Chef. Director/co-writer Wolf and co-writer Peter Gaulke both hail from Saturday..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...of zombie movies, Shaun of the Dead: director and co-writer Wright, star and co-writer Pegg, and funnyman Frost. Pegg..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The History Boys

If you like your British movies quick, raunchy, reflective, and bittersweet, then The History Boys, based on the stage play, is for you.

"...a break between theatrical engagements and retains its original writer, director, and cast. Alan Bennett, the writer who previously..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Bobby

Bobby looks at the lives of some everyday people who are about to get caught up in the avalanche of history when they become witnesses to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

"...would make one hell of an epic melodrama. But writer/director Estevez chooses to forgo biopic convention with Bobby, instead..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Trust the Man

With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.

"...As Moore’s husband and father of their two children, writer/director Freundlich keeps it personal with the character of Tom..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

High-concept farce crashes down pretty low: Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist.

"...You'd think that the director behind Ghostbusters and a writer/producer for The Simpsons could get together and make one..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story

This SXSW recipient of the 2004 Audience Award for Best Narrative stars The Daily Show's Rob Corddry as a professional paintball athlete looking to reclaim his former glory.

"...Tap and Best in Show, to name a couple), writer-director Sersen and co-writer Brian Steinberg aren’t the equals of..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Darkly humorous Scottish/Danish production affirms life in the face of death.

"...Wants to Kill Himself’s astonishingly good quartet of leads.) Director/co-writer Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners) and co-writer Anders Thomas..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Gatekeeper

"...his low-budget indie film The Gatekeeper. As the co-producer, writer-director, and star of this fictional Mexican-American border film, Frey’s..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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