Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Dupieux has followed up his 2012 feature Wrong with yet more lo-fi absurdism, but when compared to..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...If you think that Quentin Dupieux's new movie, Wrong, is about a guy who loses his pet, you'd..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wrong Numbers

"...like Chinatown by comparison, the Austin Film Festival prizewinner Wrong Numbers still manages to get a lot said about..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

On Cops and Pot

Botched raid in Missouri ends with death of dog

"...bad raid, this time in Missouri, that ended with cops shooting two dogs in front of a frightened child...."

May 11, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Riding on the Wrong Side

"...bicyclists that when it comes to bicyclist/motorist relations, the cops may be as prejudiced in favor of automobiles as..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...be pretty problematic. At least if they call the cops, and the cops can yell out their back window..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Maryland Mayor Sues Cops Over Botched Drug Raid

Mayor Cheye Calvo says SWAT practices must change

"...P.G. County S.O. last month said they did nothing wrong. The findings of an internal review of the deadly..."

June 30, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Two Wrongs Make a Right

Quentin Dupieux is back with 'Wrong Cops'

"...If you're thinking Wrong Cops is a straight-ahead sequel to Quentin Dupieux's 2012..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rush

Kim Wozencraft's semi-autobiographical novel is the source material for this film about a couple of cops in Beaumont, Texas, who become heavily involved in drug use while working deep undercover.

"...chosen Kim Wozencraft's semiautobiographical novel about a couple of cops in Beaumont, Texas who crossed the line while working..."

Jan. 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Reno 911!: Miami

The gang from the Comedy Central show attend a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break.

"...cable, I had no knowledge of Comedy Central’s unscripted Cops parody beyond its rise from the ashes of Viva..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Public Eye

"...street life, often arriving at crime scenes before the cops themselves. When I was 11 or 12 at my..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

"...who's being picked up by a bevy of space cops, including former Species babe Henstridge and Guy Ritchie favorite..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Right stuff, 'Wrong Numbers': 26-year-old Alex Holdridge's feature debut is not only the little movie that could, but did, and in the process could become very big, indeed.

"...misadventures of Russell and James -- like run-ins with cops, abandonment on Sixth Street, an accidental tent revival --..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Better Tomorrow

Woo's crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.

"...his life was over. A Better Tomorrow proved him wrong, though, and went on to break all existing box..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Under Suspicion

"...using his wife. But one weekend everything goes terribly wrong when he bursts into the room, camera held high..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...debut, Rubber, or the psychic canines of affable shaggy-dog-story Wrong. Yet in Deerskin it's a much more conventional world..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hard

"...killer meet. Unfortunately for Vales, his instincts prove disastrously wrong and he ends up taking maniac Jack home with..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin at Large: Reform Follows Dysfunction

José Garza and Delia Garza didn't get elected by accident. The cops' own lies show us why.

"...but the news breaks, as it does. Those darn cops! What scamps! What mischief have they gotten into this..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Fits to a Tee

Wayne Vincent responds to APA shirt controversy

"...officer-involved shooting, Austin Police public relations can be tricky. Cops have to be on their toes, always aware that..."

Nov. 13, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...launches into the kind of parable only expressed by cops in backcountry thrillers. You see, the marshal recalls, a..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Small Town Crime

John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption

"...he was bounced after a drunken stop goes horribly wrong. But his inner cop comes back when he finds..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tell No One

The many pleasures of this riveting psychological thriller from France derive more from the perplexing questions it raises than the discovery of the answers.

"...love, desperation, and erotic obsession as motivating forces; crooked cops; back-alley gangsters; random violence; not-so-random torture; at least one..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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.

"...With a cast like this it's difficult to go wrong, and, indeed, Lee has created a truly original film..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man

Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy have starred in bigger stinkers, but this wheezing comedy may herald the death knell of the interracial buddy-cop farce.

"...dirty partner kicked off in a weapons deal gone wrong). They meet cute (Levy accidentally intercepts the bag from..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Interview

"...a scene from a special Franz Kafka-produced episode of Cops. A tired, haggard-looking man (Eddie Fleming, played by Hugo..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Deep Cover

"...also looks at the grey netherworld where right and wrong function less as abstract constructs and more as survivalist..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...that was left to investigate were specific allegations that cops were buying, selling, and using drugs, and that some..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lemon

"...non sequitur and absurdist work of Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong Cops). Whatever you choose to make of it, Bravo..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reefer Roundup: 12/9/11

Get your fix of drug war news

"...Family House big cash, feds ban more drugs, Seattle cops get addicts into treatment, lawmakers ask for pot rescheduling,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...certain that something he said must've been taken the wrong way. "I asked ... what happened. At first I..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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