SXSW Film Review: Rat Film

Doc transforms unwelcome critters into metaphor of human inequality

"...The idea for Rat Film sprouted from a rat trapped in a Baltimore..."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

Rat Race

"...emulation is the dubious goal of this new movie Rat Race, things actually turn out better than one might..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tales of the Rat Fink

Ron Mann's Tales of the Rat Fink is an ebullient survey of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's life that revs along with the zest a souped-up hot rod.

"...Ann-Margret, the Smothers brothers, Austin, Gibbons, Wilson, Groening, and narrator Goodman as the well-chosen voice of Big Daddy, who..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Real Life Rat Tales

Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.

"...No one can take an accurate rat census, but experts often estimate there is one..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Give the Rat Credit

"...pic that was used. Not true. My friend the Rat airbrushed a T-shirt for Bruce every time he came..."

April 30, 2009 Postmarks

Chewing the Rat

With Patton Oswalt

"...Reno 911! – Oswalt steps into the limelight in Ratatouille. As a rat...."

June 29, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Black Rat Swing

"...it. Kearie Lee Berry IV, who calls herself “the rat princess,” lay on the floor in imitation of one...."

Sept. 22, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Year of the Rat Celebration at Chinatown Center

"...Year of the Rat Celebration at Chinatown Center on Feb. 2, 2020..."

Feb. 3, 2020 Photo Gallery

Rat's Not Right

"...Dear Editor, Terriers don't rip rats to pieces [“Fantastic Fest Review: Rats,” Screens, Sept. 25];..."

Oct. 23, 2016 Postmarks

Rat Race: ACL 2012 Musings

What two weekends of ACL next year could solve

"...to find these days. Their cover of Bob Marley’s “Rat Race” was reggae taken to another mesmerizing level. I’m..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Rat Film

Doc transforms unwelcome critters into metaphor of human inequality

March 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...mere hours before his latest documentary, Tales of the Rat Fink, was due to unspool at SXSW 06, and,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Flushed Away

Flushed Away has a wicked, smart, and subtle sense of humor, and unlike so many kids movies these days, its characters are living, breathing parts of a small ecosystem.

"...shot of Tower Bridge. The film’s hero, a domesticated rat named Roddy (Jackman), is the perfect comic embodiment of..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Qmmunity: Road Trippin’ to Texas Queer Bars

Not to mention, Sir Rat's store opening and I'm From Driftwood's Austin show

"...Sir Rat Grand Opening Weekend With the goal of bringing leather..."

May 17, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Weed Watch

Find your friendly local narc on a new Web database

"...Spotted a rat? If so, the folks at the new Web venture,..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ocean's Eleven

"...Scott Caan, Casey Affleck and Shaobo Qin. A clever, ingratiating, and altogether inoffensive update of the 1960 Rat Packer..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Love, Last Rites

"...and Eli Marienthal. Long on mood and short on narrative, First Love, Last Rites does a good job of..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Willard

1970s rat insanity and its sequel, plus Catfight

"...bizarre. After all, how much stranger can you make rat burglary?..."

July 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Articulations

RAT Droppings

"...Well, the RATs are gone from our fair city, but like all..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

It's All Nice on Ice

Sno Cone Inc. traces one man's exit from the rat race

"...questions about the point of it all. "In the rat race, even if you win, you're still a rat,"..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Carmine Street Guitars

Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon

"...Kelly and his protégé Cindy Hulej, who daily apply concentrated and reverential craftsmanship to the creation of utterly unique..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Skate Kitchen

Hybrid narrative/doc gets to the heart of NYC skater life

"...the most part all right. This is director Moselle’s narrative feature debut following her acclaimed debut doc The Wolfpack..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blockers

Butt-chugging gags can't hide Blockers' big heart.

"...The latest from the Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg R-rated comedy machine, Blockers has the heart that their tediously..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Belko Experiment

A gory social experiment gone wrong

"...Corporate cubicle office life demeans the worker and too often..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ice Age: Collision Course

Latest entry of the series is overstuffed and meandering

"...pre-existing title and voilà Leprechaun: In Space. Succinct and accurate, yes, but in the end, an astronomically mediocre addition..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Almost Holy

Doc chronicles one pastor's mission to keep Ukrainian kids off the street

"...poverty, homelessness, and, above all in this film’s documentary narrative, a veritable guerrilla army of orphaned street kids –..."

June 3, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Seth Rogen learns that girls just want to have fun

"...played baby-rearing adults forced to take on the viciously fraternal animal house that moved in next door. Having vanquished..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gemma Bovery

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

"...new romantic intrigues, and her life in a ramshackle, rat-infested house with her ineffectual husband, Charlie (Flemyng). The terrific..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Nut Job

Everyone's a rat, more or less, in this animated film.

"...The Nut Job is a head-scratcher. Kudos, I guess, go to the writers (Lorne Cameron..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dallas Buyers Club

Matthew McConaughey gives a searing performance in this true-life story set in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

"...last two years, however, McConaughey’s choice of roles has demonstrated a renewed vigor and interest in the course of..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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