Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...Danish writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen came up on the heels of the Dogme 95 movement, whose “vow of..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...Richard Buckley knows a thing or two about the opera Of Mice and Men, and not just because..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Other Worlds Austin Proclaims No Men Beyond This Point

Sci-fi fest adds battle of the sexes mockumentary as centerpiece

"...It's less than a month before the second year of sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Lie

A well-told story about four lost boys and girls of the Sudan in America gets a welcome assist from Hollywood.

"...Falardeau. Starring: Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Sarah Baker, Kuoth Wiel, Femi Oguns, Peterdeng..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Look out – the 'yummies' are coming!

"...Attention, men. Yes, you – you with the Y chromosomes –..."

May 16, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Let the Madness Begin

Where ‘Mad Men’ left off – and where it might go next

"...As the sixth season of Mad Men drew to a close..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Monuments Men

George Clooney's star-studded account of the Allied rescue of the stolen art treasures of WW2 has many great scenes but no center.

"...Good Luck.) as well as a reliably strong actor whether in typical Hollywood star turns (the Ocean’s trilogy) or..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

'Mad Men' Hits the Books

Half Price Books compiles 21 books from the AMC hit

"...Any good Mad Men fan knows the AMC classic about an advertising agency..."

April 4, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Werner Herzog focuses on Siberian fur trappers in his latest documentary.

"...with Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog has made a new documentary film from someone else’s footage, although to be fair,..."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...Root. It seems at first like an odd pairing: the Coen brothers, they of the dark-humored film genre conflations,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.

"...Big John’s Cookie from Whole Foods), cigarettes 3 (plus nicotine-replacement gum). Seen new Bridget Jones movie. Four screenwriters, including..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

X2: X-Men United

"...Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin and Shawn Ashmore. At the rate they’re going, Bryan Singer’s X-Men films – adapted..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...Austin's day laborers, the mostly Hispanic, mostly young men who congregate before 6am..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Going All the Way

"...Warren. A period piece set in 1954, Going All the Way captures the growing pains and the unlikely friendship..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keel: The Real Deal

He's No Andy Griffith

"...Travis County Sheriff Terry Keel recently bragged about the time that two men tried to carjack him on..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Grumpy Old Men

"...Daryl Hannah and Burgess Meredith. I like grumpy old men, as a species. Even though he was young, my..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Death Row Inmate Preaches to Prisoners Daily. Now the State Plans to Kill Him.

Saving body and soul

"...The photo shows four men in clean white clothes standing..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Enys Men

The form of British folk horror conjured to mask a psychological drama

"...The British county of Cornwall is ripe with myth and..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Listen to This: BabiBoi Is Better, Badder in “Boyz 2 Men”

Queer hip-hop artist sets their creative comeback to a badass beat

"...hip-hop artist/entertainer BabiBoi, aka Dorian Delafuente, will take to the Long Center stage to perform pulse-pounding, body-quaking music –..."

June 24, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Two Popes

Hopkins and Pryce are delicately charming in the true story of a modern schism

"...matter what religion you may subscribe to (if any), the machinations of ritual are often utilized as an extension..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: Doing the Legwork for Love

The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn

"...I am gay and I want a BF. What..."

April 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Post

Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers

"...Greenwood, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys and Bradley Whitford...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Only the Brave

Visceral dramatization of the heroic work of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

"...The profession of firefighting is shown for the hard, heroic..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: Of Dogs and Men

Police brutality vs. man's best friend

"...It begins with the murder of General Patton. A one-year-old family pet, the..."

Nov. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Are Texans Too Nice?

Sometimes you have to be the change you seek

"...I like to do my own share of playing the field, and admittedly, I am largely a commitment-phobe and..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

The Big Year

Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson co-star in this comedy about competitive birdwatchers.

"...In some alternate universe, a much better version of The Big Year exists, one that embraces the essential, insular..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Women Without Men

Although this film set in 1953 Iran is visually compelling, its story about four different women is slight and emblematic.

"...Shabnam Tolouei and Orsi Toth. Set in Iran during the tumultuous time of August 1953, when a British- and..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Morales Murder: Misreported worldwide

Blame for sloppy reporting goes to ... APD?

"...internationally – in an unusually wide broadcasting of an otherwise fairly ordinary, local crime story – on Tuesday, June..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Matchstick Men

Neurotic con artist reunites with abandoned daughter in a surprisingly sweet bait-and-switch.

"...Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill and Steve Eastin. On the heels of other fun-loving caper films like Ocean’s 11..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Holy Land

"...Tchelet Semel, Saul Stein, Arie Moskuna and Albert Illuz. The modern Israel portrayed in this movie is anything but..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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