Music Writer Wrong on Atmosphere

"...Did you actually compare Atmosphere to Black Sabbath and that hard rock bullshit to..."

Dec. 9, 2003 Postmarks

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...how they would be taught. The goal was an atmosphere of true democracy, where students would be "capable of..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Last Week in Live Music: Atmosphere, Dashboard Confessional, Gary Clark Jr., and an Aussie Brushfire Benefit

"...Atmosphere at Stubb's on January 31, 2020..."

Feb. 10, 2020 Photo Gallery

Laid-Back Atmosphere Demands Restrictions

"...Music, Sept. 10] has no place in the laid-back atmosphere of Austin. We're cool because we know how to..."

Nov. 8, 2004 Postmarks

ACL Preview: Hermanos Gutiérrez Have Left Earth’s Atmosphere

Brother act reflects on mystical new album Sonido Cósmico

Oct. 4, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Rite

In this supernatural thriller, Anthony Hopkins plays a Vatican-based exorcist who trains a doubting seminary student to drive out the Devil.

"...knockoff that’s possessed of little soul but loads of atmosphere. The film relies more on the creation of a..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hi-Line

"...Festival) is a story that reveals itself slowly, letting atmosphere and curiosity lead our way into the narrative. At..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out of the Furnace

The writer/director of Crazy Heart returns with an all-star cast for his sophomore effort, which takes place amid the rusted-out lives of America's steel belt.

"...leaving a permanent fog of gray soot in the atmosphere that grows ever more bleak as the mills and..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Come to Daddy

Family freakout with Elijah Wood in this slick and twisted thriller

"...rollercoaster of shifty mood swings and its increasingly paranoiac atmosphere of disorienting dread, it’s no wonder Come to Daddy..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Humanity's scarring of Earth mapped out in graphic, terrifying detail

"...become the source of change in the Earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and other environmental systems. Unlike other documentaries that..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...Don’t Leave Home, a film steeped in a moody atmosphere that harks back to the supernaturally charged mysteries of..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Rings

Japanese horror franchise reboot falls flat

"...the series, but while there’s an abundance of spooky atmosphere courtesy of director of photography Sharone Meir, the story,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Invitation

Girlfight director Karyn Kusama helms dinner-party thriller

"...his memories start interfering with the already strained party atmosphere. Add to that the likelihood that David and Eden..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...Steeped in bleak, ominous atmosphere and period-perfect costumes and design, this is one of..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boy

Horrors: A nanny finds that her new charge is a life-sized doll

"...will almost certainly have guessed it 45 minutes in. Atmosphere is key, of course – just ask Guillermo del..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lost River

Ryan Gosling's controversial debut as a writer/director finally arrives

"...The film is richer in atmosphere than story, and Gosling’s directorial influences are easy to..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Más Negro que la Noche

This remake of a Mexican horror classic is remarkably routine.

"...knows the drill when it comes to invoking archetypal atmosphere, assisted in no small part by Marc Bellver’s moody..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Palo Alto

Gia Coppola, the latest voice heard from in that ridiculously talented filmmaking family, makes an auspicious directing debut with this teen drama based on stories from a collection by James Franco.

"...first film, Coppola demonstrates both a keen sense of atmosphere – the film’s northern California backdrop is otherworldly at..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...much more adept at purloining the spirit and the atmosphere, if not the actual narratives, of Poe's work than..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Potiche

Catherine Deneuve stars in this French comedy set in 1977 about a trophy wife.

"...Workers’ strikes and the women’s movement permeate the late-Seventies atmosphere, and when the disgruntled umbrella-makers take their boss hostage,..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House of the Devil

This retro horror film is the freakiest and most unnerving shocker in theatres this season.

"...why wouldn't they? – before amping up the claustrophobic atmosphere and the overall suspense to Chinese-water-torture levels. It's not..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Everlasting Moments

Swedish master Jan Troell's period drama tells the story of a woman who learns new ways to see herself and her life as she discovers the art of photography.

"...enveloping feel. It’s flawlessly steeped in early 20th century atmosphere, costumes, and culture, but a gripping page-turner this family..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl, with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, is an engagingly sordid meditation on protofeminism.

"...Bull Story) take pains to re-create the broody, conniving atmosphere of the court of Henry VIII (there's some impressively..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...got neo-Gothic style to spare and a dense, suffocating atmosphere in which Henry James could gleefully asphyxiate, and, too,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

"...a basic road picture, enhanced by compelling characters and atmosphere but reluctant to really go anywhere. Brody, the newcomer..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dreamland

This ensemble piece set in a rural mobile-home park has a solid emotional center despite some dramatic mood swings.

"...J. Lo and La Lohan) create a shimmering, miragelike atmosphere of Big Sky, convenience stores, and cracked-leatherette shotgun seats..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Old Joy

Old Joy is an accurately observed slice of that moment between postadolescence and parenthood, when friends cling or scatter, and circumstances force buried feelings to the fore.

"...the action deliberately, with a road-trip rhythm, letting the atmosphere soak in. (We could probably do with a little..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Grudge 2

Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.

"...and an extraordinary attention to the tiny details of atmosphere too frequently overlooked by Shimizu's Hollywood counterparts. (Available on..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.

"...Friedman's adaptation of Ellroy's book, De Palma gets the atmosphere right and even some of Ellroy's jazzy, back-and-forth retro-patter...."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Art School Confidential

This follow-up to Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes’ transcendent Ghost World is too scattershot to be truly great, but their smarty-pants campus yarn is on fire with satire.

"...build drama, it attains a similarly remarkable depth of atmosphere enhanced by Zwigoff’s hyper-real, expressionistic style, which is just..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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