Couples Retreat

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau prove they are no longer swingers, but since this film is the only new national release this week, it's sure to be "money."

"...who are induced to go on a weeklong couples retreat in support of their pals Jason (Bateman) and Cynthia..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing Hasty About This Retreat

LGBTQ spirituality in the woods? It's only natural.

"...too, and this weekend, they get a two-fer: a retreat where they can celebrate identity in a natural setting..."

April 1, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Learn Farm-to-Table Cooking at This Glamping Retreat

One of many activities at Collective Hill Country in Wimberley

"...the gated entrance of Collective Hill Country, a glamping retreat located on an expansive ranch near Wimberley. I’m set..."

April 16, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

Retreat for HIV+ Women

"...from Central Texas will come together at a secluded retreat center located on 32 acres of naturally wooded land..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Column

The Retreat

Revisionist lesbians-versus-hillbillies horror isn't that big a step forward

"...supporting (i.e. easily dispensable) parts. Not so in The Retreat, a backwoods bloodbath where the hero couple who work..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

HIV Negative Gay & Bisexual Men Weekend Retreat

"...Austin is proud to sponsor the Staying Negative weekend retreat for HIV-negative gay and bisexual men, "Survival through Support",..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

HIV-Negative Gay & Bisexual MenWeekend Retreat

"...Austin is proud to sponsor the Staying Negative weekend retreat for HIV-negative gay and bisexual men, "Survival through Support",..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Column

New Menus, New Bourbon, New Yoga Retreat

And Bahama Bucks (finally) moves into town

"...January 25-27, the folks at experiential travel company Collective Retreats Hill Country are partnering with fitness brand Outdoor Voices..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...in the September 21, 2007 issue: In "The Advance's Retreat: Is This the End for Cinematexas?" (Screens, Sept. 14),..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Work

Doc on a powerful Folsom Prison therapy group

"...from the outside are allowed into a group therapy retreat to attempt to work on their own personal issues..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Safe

Everyone is having a hard time putting a finger on Carol's problem, but nothing seems to cure her discomfort and, steadily, she wastes away. Is her problem medical, societal, or psychological? All of the above?

"...Disease. Eventually, she checks herself into a New Age retreat that is designed to alleviate the symptoms of people..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Road to Wellville

"...via a week-long stay at Kellogg's (Hopkins) turn-of-the-century health retreat. Broderick, it seems, is a sometime alcoholic with a..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beside the Point

Council members head to conference center/day spa for "team building," "agenda setting," and inner council member exploration

"...building" and "agenda setting." Just don't call it a "retreat" – even if that's what it says on the..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Sirens

"...Campion to make a special trip to the mountain retreat of controversial artist Norman Lindsay to try to persuade..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Cure for Wellness

Gothic mystery is hard to swallow

"...to leave his restorative Magic Mountain, a slightly sinister retreat headed by the very sinister Dr. Volmer (Isaacs). Further..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Queen of Earth

Elisabeth Moss stars in Alex Ross Perry's elliptical psychodrama

"...the present day with scenes from the previous summer’s retreat when Catherine was cocky and confident, self-absorbed Virginia the..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Drinking Buddies

Mumblecore pro Joe Swanberg successfully ups his game by using professional actors in this observational drama.

"...The two couples go on a weekend retreat together and rejigger the equation: Jill, the youngest of..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cockneys vs. Zombies

This bloody good zom-com stands out from the crowd of zombies recently invading our screens.

"...hordes as they barricade themselves in their ramshackle pensioners’ retreat...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kings of Summer

This Sundance favorite is a perfect yet offbeat summer movie about teens who ditch their families and try to live like men in a ground-level treehouse in the woods.

"...this independence is the ticket to manhood. The bucolic retreat he shares with his BFF Patrick (Basso) and their..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hope Springs

A sincere, considered, and unembarrassed exploration of mature sexuality that's more drama than comedy.

"...breaking point, she books them a weeklong intensive couples' retreat with a celebrated relationship therapist, Dr. Feld (Carell, playing..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Alison Klayman's doc is as much a rallying cry for freedom of expression as it is a portrait in progress of an artist whose career is ongoing.

"...“Never retreat, retweet.” So says the parting slogan in Ai Weiwei:..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Destination 5

In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.

"...who is on his way to a paper company retreat when he has a vision of the bus ferrying..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tamara Drewe

Stephen Frears directs this romantic romp that combines the bedroom farce and the pastoral and stars Gemma Arterton.

"...enmeshed in village life, which includes a neighboring farm/writers' retreat run by an overpuffed crime novelist, Nicholas Hardiment (Allam),..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Valkyrie

Tom Cruise seems somewhat out of place as a German officer in this thriller about the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life in July 1944.

"...attack to be carried out at the Wolf's Lair retreat, is fitfully dour. There's more honest suspense in waiting..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Interview

Steve Buscemi directs and co-stars in this film with Sienna Miller as the pair play out an emotionally charged pas de deux.

"...as good as she gets, and when the two retreat back to her lavish, airfield-sized loft in Greenwich Village,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

13 (Tzameti)

This first feature by Georgian-born French immigrant, Gela Babluani, marks a memorable debut: It's a taut and stylish thriller despite its brutal psychological duress.

"...down a set path that leaves no room for retreat once the full implications of what he has gotten..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lies

"...What's most interesting about Lies is the director's occasional retreat from his story into reality. In one memorable scene,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holy Man

"...stature. Holy Man needs to be sent on a retreat...."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amistad

"...with the self-renewing power of evil, it can never retreat, never sleep...."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider

"...the shores of California's Venice Beach. A writer on retreat at his sister-in-law's meets a young man named Sebastian..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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