Around the World in 80 Days

Jackie Chan finally emerges as plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.

"...of damning a movie with faint praise. The new film is a remake of the 1956 Academy Award-winner for..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Melodramatic Entrance

On set with 'Shades of Life,' the multicultural soap-opera access show giving minority actors a shot at exposure

"...college, he became frustrated by the kinds of acting roles available to him...."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Closely Knit

'Nuclear Family'

"...austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-09-19/screens_feature4.html .] Most simply put, Nuclear Family is a film in three parts about Texas-style cheerleading tryouts, high school..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Family Circle

Don Howard's new documentary turns Texas football, cheerleading, and weddings into an anthropological model -- with a little help from Jung.

"...Watching Don Howard's new film, Nuclear Family, and talking to him about it, one..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Acting Out and Causing Trouble

The works in "Difficult Daughters," the final installation in the Blanton Museum of Art's "Projections" series of contemporary films, show women acting out and causing trouble, but they also demonstrate how women of different generations approach feminism.

"...says the title for "Difficult Daughters," a collection of films by emerging and established female artists opening this week,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Whale Rider

This quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment in New Zealand is based on a cornerstone Maori myth.

"...of a whale, this quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment is a pitch-perfect example of how to craft..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

That lean, mean, tanning machine George Hamilton is back on TV, playing a parody of himself on the new reality series The Family.

"...his résumé shows nearly 100 appearances in TV and film roles -- a good portion of them as himself..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Hearing Voices

An institution unto itself, the DVD commentary track can provide insider dish, impressions of mommy, and the startling depths of one movie star's know-how (or lack thereof).

"...again, giving away Conan's ending 10 minutes into the film and repeatedly stating the obvious, as in, "Now we..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...circuit. He accepts the chores involved with selling a film as an inherent part of the job. But more..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kind to Be Cruel

It's all Lovely & Amazing to actress Catherine Keener.

"...the enthusiasm feels genuine. And genuinely surprising, considering her roles so often are alkaline-charged women who seemingly snack on..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Science, With a T.W.I.S.T.

Austinite Alana Cash screens two of her documentaries focusing on female scientists in a benefit screening for T.W.I.S.T. (Tomorrow's Women in Science and Technology Inc.).

"...nonprofit Tomorrow's Women in Science and Technology Inc., the film points toward a problem that T.W.I.S.T. was formed to..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

New In Paperback

"...Continuum, 370 pp., $19.95 (paper) Film scholar Emanuel Levy's Oscar Fever: The History and Politics..."

March 22, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...percussion. Their performances are often accompanied by the super-8 films of Plastic woman Anne Heller. (Ritz Lounge, 8pm) --..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

TV Eye

The Emmy Awards finally come to fruition, local boxer Jesus Chavez hits HBO, and the most delicious diva show on television.

"...took home trophies for their lead and supporting actress roles in the CBS sitcom, but it was HBO's saucy..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Riding in Cars With Boys

"...chunks of the storyline are missing, and that the film's narrative structure, which floats back and forth between the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gowns by Adrian

A tribute to Gowns by Adrian

"...in some form or another in well over 230 films, and through those films, his influence on fashion was..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Knight's Tale

This warped medieval yarn about a peasant who passes himself off as a knight glides by on a funny, friendly, goofy sort of goodness.

"...works. It works in fueling giddy testosterone to the film, and it works in working a guffaw out of..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"..."stomped out of the SoHo Lounge" before the end? Anti-femaleness doesn't disappear, but its popularity goes in cycles, and..."

April 13, 2001 Column

The Dreamer

The Protagonist of Denise Chávez's New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star

"...of his death on April 15. Fan clubs and film festivals occur regularly, and even a casual look on..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Defying Gravity

With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee took one of the most maligned of cinematic genres -- the kung fu film -- and created an epic many critics (this one included) are calling the year's best movie. We spoke with him about the film's grueling shoot, the refinement it makes to the martial arts genre, and more.

"...most maligned of cinematic genres -- the martial arts film -- and created an epic many critics (this one..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Bounce

"...mining some of their own tension while playing their roles. Or not: Despite the growing feelings both Abby and..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie's Angels

"...Angels was a fairy tale? It certainly had the female empowerment angle locked up, and this updated, big-screen version..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

MoM's Kids

A Partial Who's Who at MoMFest 2000

"...be judged by others. Barfield notes, "I've been to film calls and I've seen who the casting directors cast,..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

A tribute to Nancy Marchand, matriarch of The Sopranos, who died of lung cancer on June 18.

"...Her film work includes the remake of Sabrina, playing Harrison Ford's..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Love Thy Neighbor

Christine Fugate's new documentary The Girl Next Door follows Stacy Baker from her childhood in Tulsa to her rise as porn star Stacy Valentine.

"...apple pie but instead amidst Los Angeles' thriving adult film industry. And to top it off, Valentine comes across..."

June 23, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...women orbiting him enthusiastically. Before the actual clothes-removal, the female chorus prepared the stage (ô la the wrestler Gorgeous..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Play it to the Bone

"...level of a disappointingly bad miscalculation. Thoroughly predictable, the film never finds its unique twist on the familiar boxing..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Craig's Wife, Harriet Craig, The Little Foxes

Stephen MacMillan Moser celebrates those glamorous, backstabbing, deliciously bitchy divas: Rosalind Russell in Craig's Wife; Joan Crawford in the remake of that film, Harriet Craig; and Bette Davis in The Little Foxes.

"...big queen, has written one of the all-time great female roles, one that any actress would give her eyeteeth..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Anna and the King

"...Anna and the King might be a perfectly fine film if only it were possible to quiet the nagging..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dangerous Liaisons, Jennifer Eight

"...Everyone recognizes John Malkovich, but no one knows what films he's been in. "I liked you as that jewel..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

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