The Fall

Astonishing and hyperstylized images mark Tarsem's stunning but mournful movie, which is also layered with fairy-tale subtext and thickets of moral and motivational ambiguity.

"...Untaru, Justine Waddell and Julian Bleach. I fear for The Fall's marketing and advertising strategists. Their task – promoting..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Journey From the Fall

The fall of the title refers to the fall of Saigon – which is just the beginning for these Vietnamese characters whose stories of re-education camps, exile, and relocation are movingly portrayed in this drama.

"...Starring: Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen, Diem Lien, Jayvee Mai The Hiep, Khanh Doan, Cat Ly and Nguyen Thai Nguyen...."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...doesn't matter that his career in and out of the ring has stretched across four decades. It doesn't matter..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...It's back to real work, sort of, for the Austin City Council this week, after a curious summer..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Reveling in Heartless Bastards' New Album and the Return of the Fall Arts Season

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"...The fall arts season gets swinging (and COVID throws a..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

A Satisfied Crowd Feasted on the Bounty of the Fall Harvest for a Good Cause

The Green Corn Project Benefit 2008 at Boggy Creek Farm was a rousing success.

"...The annual Green Corn Project benefit on the grounds of..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Fall That Was

"...Sneaking into the last weekend of regular season games, I am looking..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...pretty bad bookslide last night. Nothing as dramatic as the Alexander McCall Smith collapse of '09 – when one..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

Before the Fall

Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and brutal, its tale of two boys training together at an elite school is as intimate and truthful to its characters as it is powerfully topical and politically brave.

"...Devid Striesow and Joachim Bibmeier. AFS@Dobie Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fall of the House of Usher

"...Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey and Harry Ellerbe. By far the best of Roger Corman's Poe-inspired films done for legendary..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Legends of the Fall

"...question about it: Brad Pitt is gorgeous. Legends of the Fall exhibits that in spades. But, somehow, it doesn't..."

Jan. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pornocracy Details the Fall of the Adult Film Industry

Documentary investigates the corporate porn multinationals

"...The porn empire is dead. Long live the porn empire...."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Falling for The Fall Guy and the Joy of Practical Stunts

Powerhouse moviemaking couple David Leitch and Kelly McCormick team up with Ryan Gosling

"...The greatest magic of the movies is making you think..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Fall of the American Empire

Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary

"...The title of veteran French Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s latest..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...Even after his Marilyn Monroe homage at the Oscars, the Barbie star proved he definitely is not..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy

With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

"...Tired of the same old haunted mansions with chain-saw psychos and hockey-masked..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Loren Hosts the Milk Bar, Bar Peached Brings the Fall Harvest, Perry’s Goes Mexican with Verdad, 12 Days of Free Lunch Is on Its Way, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 21, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Paris in the Fall

We’re pretty much all getting tooled by some algorithm or another

"...My brother-in-law is a know-it-all, self-righteous jerk. He never graduated college,..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Waiting for the Fall as Lily Topples the World

Director Jeremy Workman holds his breath with a domino artist

"...“Very, very, very tense,” Jeremy Workman says, referring to the setting of his new SXSW-selected documentary, Lily Topples the..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Damien Chazelle and the Fall of Silent Hollywood in Babylon

The director talks falling stars and the great studio inversion of 1927

"...Video killed the radio star, they say, but the talkies wiped out..."

Dec. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Loren Hosts the Milk Bar, Bar Peached Brings the Fall Harvest, Perry’s Goes Mexican with Verdad, 12 Days of Free Lunch Is on Its Way, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Nov. 24, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Fall Guy

Legendary stuntman Gary Kent to read at BookPeople

"...himself to be a born anecdotalist. His argument that the American independent film was really born with Cassavetes' Shadows..."

July 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...For film fans, fall in Austin is a bottomless buffet: Just as soon..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: The Fall Music We Always Talked About

Music columnist returns to two major venues and a new one

"...The last time I walked up Second Street with my..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Pride Goeth to the Fall

Pride parade postponed

"...When it comes to the Austin gay community, there is Pride and then there..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Election Notes: After the Fall

The fun continues through the Dec. 13 run-off

"...Hold That Decimal Point: The City Clerk's late campaign finance postings briefly suggested a..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

After The Fall

Tank Farms: What Now?

"...Travis County District Judge Joe Hart's courtroom was deserted. The jury had been dismissed. No lawyers, clerks, or judges..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...We asked our readers how they were feeling about starting the fall semester, now six..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

A Friend of the Deceased

"...Korikova and Angelika Nevolina. In Krishtofovich's A Friend of the Deceased, the fall of the Soviet Union and its..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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