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Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Plunkett & Macleane
"...Miller and Robert Carlyle. I always worry when a film's press kit trumpets the director's grand work in the..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Summer of Sam
"...are heading, they're all integral parts of Lee's new film, which, like that long ago summer, is a nerve-wracking,..."
July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Amistad
"...disappointment if the standard for judging Steven Spielberg's new film is the state of mute, stumbling devastation that Schindler's..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions
"...respect and admire the talents of artist, author, and filmmaker Clive Barker. So it is with a very genuine..."
Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Kung Fu Cult Master
"...movie, or you'll find yourself hopelessly lost among the film's many complex story lines; in fact, if you should..."
July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Little Odessa
"...émigré family, returns home to Brooklyn to settle a score and, in the course of things, destroys all that..."
July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Secret of Roan Inish
"...in waves. It is the first image in this film, and from it we can feel that the story..."
June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
"...one better and ends up as that rarest of films, a sequel that actually outperforms the original. Moving the..."
March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
When a Man Loves a Woman
"...and leads off with it on the soundtrack, this film by director Mandoki (Gaby -- A True Story, White..."
May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Boxing Helena
"...of a man who supposedly loves her, and the film did leave me shocked. Shocked that so much energy..."
Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Mr. Baseball
"...how differing cultures can learn from each other, this film about a washed-up New York Yankee traded to a..."
Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Vox Lux
Pop star drama is all off-key
"...and shaped by the blunt force of trauma. The film tells (quite literally, with gloomy narration by Willem Dafoe)..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White
Nostalgia
A life well lived examined in a film uninspiringly made.
"...with after someone passes away. The structure of the film harkens back to the Nineties heyday of episodic narratives,..."
March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
A Dark Song
Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller
"...all filtered through the excruciatingly eerie lens of Irish filmmaker Liam Gavin in this, his taut, unnerving feature film..."
May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Graduation
A man goes to great lengths to secure a better life for his daughter
"...community shrouded by the fog of dead-end dreams, the film centers on an otherwise honorable physician, Romeo Aldea (Titieni),..."
April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Loving
A married couple's love changes the nation
"...Director/screenwriter Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) no doubt calibrates the film so deliberately to convey how this grossly unfair law..."
Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Listen to MondoCon
Your essential guide to this weekend's Mondo vinyl exclusives
"...your wall space? With MondoCon, its annual gathering of film poster and paraphernalia fans, coming up this weekend, the..."
Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
One Peace at a Time
Austin-based writer, actor, and filmmaker Turk Pipkin urges us to work for solutions to world problems in this personal documentary.
"...Directed by: Turk Pipkin. Austin-based writer, actor, and filmmaker Pipkin is the first to admit that the world’s..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Full metal racket.
"...sensory overload and bludgeoning us into weary submission. The film plays to our senses, whether it’s the spectacle of..."
June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Zombie Strippers
The filmmakers score an A+ for the title of this tongue-in-cheek horror film that stars porn star Jenna Jameson and horror fixture Robert Englund, even though its best special effects come courtesy of breast implants.
"...Medina, Shamron Moore, Penny Drake and Jennifer Holland. The filmmakers score an A+ for the title, a pop-culture mash-up..."
April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Plump Jack
The cast of the UT opera theatre production of Plump Jack performs admirably, but the score and direction make the glorious rogue Falstaff just a drunken fat crook
"...similar in structure and approach to the Orson Welles film Chimes at Midnight, drawing from the history plays Henry..."
April 27, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks
Tony Takitani
This adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s eponymous short story is a delicate little curio, lighter than air and gravely philosophical at once.
"...little curio, underlaid by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s exquisite tea-room piano score and filmed in a floating-camera mise-en-scène that surveys its..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Sarkar
Bollywood gangster film honors The Godfather.
"...Supriya Pathak, Katrina Kaif, Tanisha and Zakir Husain. Like filmmakers all over the world, Bollywood's Varma has been influenced..."
Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.
"...Lost Ark , Flash Gordon, and The Rocketeer. Conran’s film encompasses everything that made Forest J Ackerman and Ray..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Cellular
Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.
"...Biel, William H. Macy and Jason Statham. The Asian film industry – particularly those writer/directors toiling in the horror..."
Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
America's Heart & Soul
Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit working in a land where seldom is heard a discouraging word.
"...stage production, replete with fireworks finale. Joel McNeely’s orchestral score alternates between tempestuous crashes and booms (for the moments..."
July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Hard Word
"...cahoots with the corrupt local law enforcement – Roberts’ film is also sophisticated and appealing. Dale (Pearce) is the..."
July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
About a Boy
"...screens nationwide, the Weitzes have made a ridiculously entertaining film featuring both smart and utterly stupid characters doing, thankfully,..."
May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Along Came a Spider
"...detective Dr. Alex Cross, the hero of the previous film (and of both source novels, the eponymous page-turners by..."
