Back Roads

Dark family drama works, but was better as a book

"...him skew those relationships into bouts of objectification and obsession. Back Roads’ tone would be tricky to balance under..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tyler Perry's Acrimony

Tyler Perry takes on the "woman scorned" trope.

"...the latter that gave me pause, because I thought “obsession” could just as easily have been used but would..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Death Wish

Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.

"...City of Death. Death Wish takes the original’s generalized obsession with urban moral and physical decay and makes the..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Angelica

Jena Malone stars in this Victorian potboiler

"...bit misleading – though her mothering does border on obsession), it’s hard to tell whether or not it’s just..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Another installment of Madea's spooky stories

"...is not Perry’s strong point.) But her sibling Joe’s obsession with pimps and ho’s is tired stuff, and a..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Brigsby Bear

A man searches for truth in nostalgia

"...soft, turning less grizzly and more teddy as James’ obsession with Brigsby takes on therapeutic value and helps him..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...she is walking a fine line between desire and obsession, a line that exists somewhere in the haze...."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Graduation

A man goes to great lengths to secure a better life for his daughter

"...actions are purely motivated by a desire bordering on obsession to see his daughter escape the dismal world to..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Follow

Austin's own Owen Egerton directs his first movie

"...to be set up as a serious meditation on obsession and rejection, foreshadowed by a quote from Anaïs Nin...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Every Few Minutes

Far-fetched, hopelessly sad, and embarrassingly pathetic

"...still recommending you break up with her, because your obsession with her minute-by-minute agenda seems, to be really generous,..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

De Palma

Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career

"...of the Hitchcockian tradition of frights and doppelgängers (Sisters, Obsession, Dressed to Kill, Body Double), has often been denigrated..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chef D'oeuvre

Austin pastry stars recount the dishes that made their careers

"..."I have a not-so-secret obsession with cheesecake. I seek it out everywhere I go...."

May 6, 2016 Food Feature by Amira Jensen

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

This unasked-for sequel goes down like an overdose of baklava

"...comic purpose the original’s Windex gags, etymological jokes, and obsession with everything Greek: You laughed at this once before,..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All in the Family

Director of micro-indie Krisha turns his aunt into a star

"...continually termed in interviews with the press as an "obsession," begot a nine-day shoot with a 14-person cast that..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

DVDanger: Cult Film Corner

Burying the Ex and Patch Town

"...one's radar beyond a select few (like the rare obsession over Five Deadly Venoms)...."

Aug. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gemma Bovery

Flaubert's heroine gets a modern spin, courtesy of Posy Simmonds’ comic strip

"...son share enough knowing looks to signal that his obsession is a family embarrassment. Still, his control of the..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Manglehorn

Al Pacino stars in David Gordon Green's shot-in-Austin drama

"...from a wound that won’t heal.) It’s Manglehorn’s magnificent obsession: writing (first in his mind, then on paper) the..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This indie hit is sweet and funny

"...you can see his brain registering her Hugh Jackman obsession and the heavy wine pour her distraught mom (Shannon)..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Queen and Country

John Boorman's follow-up to Hope and Glory observes the same boy who's now a young man

"...officer made his men eat spicy curry. And Bill’s obsession with an apparition-like beauty (Egerton) he dubs Ophelia falls..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Raising the Bar

Local brand takes chocolate-making SRSLY

"...try making the chocolate from scratch. Thus began an obsession...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Amira Jensen

Big Eyes

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.

"...core of the story here, though, isn’t Burton’s usual obsession with outlier obsessives, but a portrait of a brutal..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: I Am Santa Claus

Director Tommy Avallone finds the men behind the beard

"...Foley's obsession with Christmas is a matter of public record. "It's..."

Dec. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blood Over Texas Gets Fleshy

Eighties horror celebrated at the North Door

"...decade of excess, and technology only added to the obsession. The more gadgets and 'toys' you had the better."..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

22 Jump Street

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill again go undercover in this frequently delightful mess.

"...on homoeroticism, it's that most ignore or disguise this obsession. 22 Jump Street is goddamn delighted by it...."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

DVD Watch: '24 Exposures'

Joe Swanberg on filmmaker obsessions tops this week's releases

"...Wingard seems game to let his obsessions/professionalism run amok. But it's Barrett who brings the most..."

May 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's film is a marvelous spectacle: spry, sly, and rich with microdetailed production design and tickling tributes to cinematic forebearers.

"...harebrained heists in Bottle Rocket, oceanographer Steve Zissou’s jaguar-shark obsession in The Life Aquatic – but rap at the..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...the lead. Candler's three feature films have shared an obsession with teen angst and parent-child relationships. "I don't have..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

ATX Q DJs: Samantha Garrett

Get to know the grrrl behind Cap'n Tits, Samantha Garrett

"...people dance. Before Spotify and Pandora, Garrett remembers her obsession with making playlists and mixed CDs for parties. Her..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Thanatomorphose and Dead Weight

Two indie horrors tackle how the living contend with death

"...man on a quest. At what point does his obsession become monomania? And when he says he'll do anything..."

Jan. 25, 2014 Screens Post

DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?

For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month

"...Zito, the insane killer with a mommy complex, an obsession with mannequins, and a hideous habit of slaying and..."

Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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