Muppets Most Wanted

This re-energized franchise has found its second wind: The Muppets' eighth movie proves that eight is not enough.

"...Show 40 some-odd years ago will relish the entire experience. And that is the beauty of a Muppet movie...."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...bad, and potentially dangerous-to-know types and emerges from the experience howling. That he finds camaraderie and love amongst the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks is at his best in this multidimensional thriller that grabs real life by the throat.

"...also draws from Captain Richard Phillips’ recounting of the experience in his book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gravity

Sandra Bullock is lost in space – alone with the beauty, terror, and the laws of gravity.

"...full IMAX 3-D treatment. Anything less would cheapen the experience of Cuarón’s vast and humbling depiction of two souls..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company

An impossible symphony and a manipulated dance challenge our experience of time and memory

"...vignettes seem to be the crystallized, mind-made recollections of experience. Nine dancers, in faded summerwear, were coddled in warm..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Way, Way Back

In this indie comedy, a young teen finds confidence at a local water park after suffering emotional abuse from his insensitive, would-be stepfather.

"...Kid and other Eighties-era movies in which teenaged boys experience transformative summers on their way to adulthood. But the..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lemonade Day Austin is Sunday May 5

Pint-size entrepreneurs at your service

"...On Sunday, May 5, Austin kids will experience the excitement and challenges of entrepreneurship firsthand by designing,..."

May 4, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Starbuck

A sperm donor learns 20 years after the fact that he is the father of 533 children in this mild, French-Canadian comedy.

"...their lives. But, of course, David learns from the experience, and after the trial is over and Valérie delivers..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Le Bistrette Bistro Open at ACC

On-campus restaurant serves lunch one day a week during semester

"...Regional Cuisines class because it provides them with hands-on experience in all aspects of the restaurant business. Hungry diners..."

Feb. 19, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Zero Dark Thirty

The film is suspenseful, dogged, relentless, and determined – amazing considering we already know the ending of this story about the 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden.

"...straight through to stress, to agitation. As a cinematic experience, Zero Dark Thirty can be downright punishing – a..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beauty Is Embarrassing

You may not know his name, but you know Wayne White's artwork from Pee-wee's Playhouse or his MTV award-winning design work.

"...design firm, BRKLY) that enliven and deepen the audience’s experience of the narrative, especially as White recounts a childhood..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Savages

Oliver Stone’s movie is volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and nearly irrestible – at least when the young 'uns aren't onscreen.

"...morals. Stone and cinematographer Daniel Mindel make the entire experience seem hallucinatory with their mixture of film and video..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chernobyl Diaries

When adventuresome tourists visit the town that housed most of the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, they discover they are not alone.

"...take them into the blighted place for a vacation experience they won't soon forget...."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

21 Jump Street

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go back to high school in this new take on the old TV series.

"...that our two boys in blue are supposed to experience during the course of their mission, you might think..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Architects of Air in Austin

Impressions from the touring inflatable structures

"...exhibit, a few of us were lucky enough to experience the touring Architects of Air sculpture that made the..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Events Post by Chrontourage

Paranormal Activity 3

Turns out that the third time is the charm: This one delivers the jolts with subtlety and brio.

"...Dennis (Smith) and mom Julie (Bittner), who begin to experience odd goings-on after youngest daughter Kristi (Brown) starts chatting..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nothing is Wrong is Right

Dawes stops into La Zona Rosa

"...I should like. Still, I was hesitant after my experience with Mumford & Sons...."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

They're on TV. They're on tour. And now they're onscreen in a concert film recorded during their summer tour.

"...No. 11 at the box office – is to experience a sort of contact high from all the screaming..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nora's Will

This Mexican award winner is a melodrama with a darkly comic streak about a Jewish woman who masterminds her family's lives even after her death.

"...cultural dynamics. With a more sure hand and greater experience, this filmmaker should be capable of delivering some great..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Howl

Howl is a must-see for Beat freaks and poetry geeks but might not be an enriching experience for newcomers to the work of Allen Ginsberg.

"...and poetry geeks but might not be an enriching experience for newcomers to Ginsberg...."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lucia Athens Named Chief Sustainability Officer

Will lead Green initiatives

"...continued stewardship of environmental resources," Ott said. "Lucia brings experience in both the public and private sectors that will..."

June 18, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders

With an unflinching camera and candid observation, this documentary follows four medical volunteers, ranging from fresh-faced newbies to battle-scarred veterans of the organization.

"...portrait of these four doctors is limited to the experience itself, with no nod to their homefront lives or..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Prophet

This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.

"...why going to the movies can be a thrilling experience...."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Preacher's Kid

A minister's daughter wants to experience more of life, so she runs away with an actor appearing in a touring gospel play.

"...reviewed at press time. A minister's daughter wants to experience more of life, so she runs away with an..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken Embraces

Penélope Cruz stars in Pedro Almodóvar's latest, which plays like the lost love child of Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock.

"...and the subplots also come into greater play. The experience can be heady and delirium-provoking, but hey, that’s cinema..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Impact Man

Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, and his cooperative family are the subjects of this documentary about their yearlong project in environmental sustainability.

"...agonize with them over the disappointments and compromises they experience along the way. What does one do about all..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Live in Public

The Internet-based social experiments of Josh Harris, the original dot-com visionary kid, are profiled in this cautionary documentary.

"...some vacant NYC cellar/loft space into a communal living experience that was monitored in every conceivable way by a..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Woman in Berlin

This is that rarest of wartime dramas: an intimate, sorrowful glimpse into the heart and loins of the hellish aftermath of war when sex is used as a weapon.

"...nightmarish tales to tell or acts of violence to experience. The mostly nameless Russian victors – exhausted, filthy, prone..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fame

Fame: Some stories live forever. It's more or less the same story as before, just a different generation.

"...laughable train wreck – but it’s not an unpleasurable experience, at least not if you’ve a soft spot for..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...into more theoretical filmmaking with Che and The Girlfriend Experience. Maybe Soderbergh felt as though he already did a..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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