Kon-Tiki

Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.

"...across 4,300 miles of the Pacific on a balsa-wood raft christened Kon-Tiki to support his thesis about the settlement..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It's All True: Based On an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles

"...four Brazilian fishermen who had recently sailed their modest raft across great ocean waters in order to make a..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Red Turtle

Poetic beauty abounds in this animated gem

"...cut from the island’s interior, he builds a large raft and sets sail for an unknown destination, but the..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Unbroken

The heroic story of Louis Zamperini, who endured harrowing hardships during World War II, is the subject of Angelina Jolie's second movie.

"...crash-land, surviving 47 days at sea in a life raft, getting rescued by the Japanese, and spending the rest..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Intimacy

"...in this case London. The film has netted a raft of awards already, not to mention some raised eyebrows..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess and the Warrior

"...constantly aware that the director is tossing off a raft of fine ideas (love, fate, and random chance again..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Heart is

"...birth of daughter Americus. Guided by these and a raft of other helpful small-town souls -- mildly eccentric town..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Magnolia

Sprawling, meaning-laden spectacle from the director of Boogie Nights.

"...revelatory, but Anderson, a director so capable in his craft that he managed to make Mark Wahlberg -- late..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Contact

Carl Sagan's novel about the celestial mysteries is embodied onscreen by Jodie Foster as the astronomer heroine and Matthew McConaughey as her spiritual counterpart from the other side of the fence

"...Carl Sagan's novel a poor fit with the seasonal raft of overblown fantasy spectacle (Batman, The Fifth Element) and..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Voice of the Writer

Readings From the Texas Book Festival

"...as well, with Benito's Dream and the new Lullaby Raft to her credit. After a lyrical performance at the..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Books Feature

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest

Because the best comedy always has a story to it

"...UCB New York alums.Sat., Oct. 1, 8:30pm Joan and Raft..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Column by James Scott

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...beauty of Terlingua, Texas, where he now guided the rafts of Far Flung Adventures down a lazy stretch of..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Summer Fun: 10 Uses for an Inflatable Pool

The kiddie pool makes a comeback

"...6. RAFT..."

July 16, 2015 Chronolog Post by Alexa Harrington

Event Menu

Nov. 1-8

"...this weekend's Grazing America '07 Conference (www.americangrassfed.org) is the RAFT Picnic at the Sheraton Austin Hotel (701 E. 11th)...."

Nov. 2, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

White-water rafting on the Rio Grande in New Mexico is a huge rush and a little scary, too

"...White-water rafting on the Rio Grande in New Mexico combines adrenalin..."

June 29, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Evil Dead Rise Star Alyssa Sutherland Discusses The Mental State

New drama looks at how rural communities are bereft of resources

"...said. ”We're all treading water, looking for a life raft, and we don't know what that life raft is.”..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saw X

Jigsaw returns in a giant flashback event

"...cancer diagnosis and grabs desperately at one last life raft of hope: an experimental therapy...."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Widow

What happened in Budapest no longer stays in Budapest as Marvel learns spycraft

"...are either on the run or imprisoned on the Raft, and Natasha (Johansson) is in that first category, outwitting..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Diamantino

Politics and Pekingese in this strange, sweet, and very Portuguese fantasy

"...crisis is when his yacht almost crashes into a raft of starving people – and when his father, his..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...to Lang. He’s out of super-hyper-max submerged prison the Raft, but he’s under house arrest, he’s trying to get..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace

It's time to find out if a 3-D lightsaber is any more effective than 1999's 2-D model.

"...single laser strike is more dramatic than a whole raft of (stilted) dialogue? It says he ought to spend..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fat Possum Party

"...the slop in two-minute cuts afterward. Following them, Porcelain Raft's dreary dream pop couldn't bring much to the table,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Clash of the Titans

A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.

"...things off with everyone's least favorite of the 24-frames-per-second craftsman's 15-plus forays into "the land beyond beyond." And that,..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capricorn Jesus

Sometimes outlaws walk on water

"...somewhere with Bruton and the band out West, white-water rafting. The water was rough, more aggressive than they were..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Melinda Hasting Wheatley

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Our raft there – you'd swear it was an ordinary mattress..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

More Dem Candidates for Judge

Contenders begin jockeying for the March Democratic primary

"...Bruce Todd, current County Commissioner Karen Huber, and a raft of prominent courthouse denizens, such as attorneys Steve Brittain..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle's crowd-pleasing Slumdog Millionaire may be drenched in the saffron and violet palettes of its Mumbai setting, but it plays like a classic Hollywood rags-to-riches love story.

"...Slumdog Millionaire, which seems to pick up a new raft of critics' awards just about every day (it snagged..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warner Bros. Pictures Tough Guys Collection

The end of an era on six discs

"...icon – streetwise "tough guys" like Cagney, dapper George Raft, pug-ugly Edward G. Robinson, and up-and-comer Humphrey Bogart (invariably..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Waiting ...

This frequently offensive and doggedly disgusting film about working in the restaurant industry is technically inept and wholly crude.

"...or wrongly, they gave Tarantino hell for inspiring a raft of Reservoir Dogs knockoffs, all those mid-Nineties fast-talking, gun-loving..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...had no choice but to flee. Sampson fashioned a raft by nailing the kitchen and bedroom doors together. He..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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