The Journey of August King

"...a young, white, widowed farmer who lives alone in the mountains of North Carolina in the early decades of..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Journey

Settling peace in Northern Ireland?

"...Americans forget that we’re not the first country to deal with the (widely misplaced) fear..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rich From the Journey

The crazy quilt career of Kimmie Rhodes.

"...In the waning daylight of a winter Sunday afternoon, Kimmie Rhodes..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Interactive: The Journey to Mars

NASA lays out the steps before a trip to the red planet

"...Bad news, other SXSW interactive panels. NASA has (actually) uncovered the secret..."

March 15, 2016 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Film Review: The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

The Man in Black as a rainbow of emotions in this tender documentary

"...There are music legends, and then there's Johnny Cash. An..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019:
Embracing the Journey

Anika Fajardo and Tembi Locke travel far to find what’s near

"...Home is where the heart is, and sometimes that requires a passport. Both..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey

The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.

"...we really need him? Even in his present condition, the former Hercules could emote up a storm compared to..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...known as "Icy Mike," was calling on behalf of another young man, Austin Ayers. Ayers had told Smith that..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Journey of Hope

"...Nur Surer, Emin Sivas, Yaman Okay and Mathias Gnadinger. The biggest upset at this year's Oscarfest occurred when this..."

May 31, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Walk in the Woods

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir

"...writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 book about his experience hiking the Appalachian Trail with his old friend Stephen Katz (a..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Rust never sleeps, and metal never dies in this doc about the band Anvil.

"...dies. This documentary, which played at SXSW '09, recounts the journey that began with two 14-year-old best friends making..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

"...Irfan Khan. With his fifth feature film, Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gimme the Loot

This prize-winning indie debut follows two wannabe graffiti artists on one long night.

"...Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Zoë Lescaze and Meeko. If The Wire and The Odyssey taught us only one thing,..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Monica Riese

The Nature of Existence

This documentary treks the globe posing life’s big questions to one and all.

"...and a puritanical street preacher. Scientists, director Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back), and performer Julia Sweeney (It’s Pat)...."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep in the Heart

The life story of Richard Wallrath, a former alcoholic who now funds scholarships for 4-H and FFA students, is told in this inspirational biopic.

"...The life story of Richard Wallrath, an alcoholic who turned..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The TV Set

David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver star in this dyspeptic drama about the work of creating television shows.

"...Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman and Lucy Davis. The journey of a television show is a depressing tale..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The War

"...Baranski and Gary Basaraba. To paraphrase an old slogan: The War is not healthy for children or other movie-goers...."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...and as he guides his RAV 4 away from the curb, he punches a button on the CD player...."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Felicia's Journey

"...Gerard McSorley, Claire Benedict and Danny Turner. Although Felicia's Journey is not quite the multifaceted gem that Atom Egoyan's..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...Now what? You blew the chance to buy into your neighbor's IPO in favor..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Cyclist Becomes First Openly Gay Man to Bike Around the World

Along the way, he raised money for the Trevor Project

"...bicycling odyssey, spanning 27,461 miles across 37 different countries. The 32-year-old is the first openly gay man to officially..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

The Straight Story

David Lynch takes the long road to a strange story of brotherly love

"...The Straight Story is a piece of American poetry, an..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania. His vision of the shadow-shrouded realm of Dracula was born in the British..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Horse Boy

This locally produced film is an intimate and endlessly inspiring look at one family's struggle to cope with autism.

"...limbs, straining to contort in comical ways, that “it’s the journey, not the destination,” and those wise words might..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Journey Through Hell

Óscar Martínez talks about riding the rails through Mexico to America

"...There are as many stories in Austin as there are..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

The Beautiful Country

A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.

"...country in which this movie is set look beautiful, the film's title is meant to be more than a..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Homesman

Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones point their wagon east while confronting the myths of the Old West.

"...as a director is no conventional Western. Look no further than the direction traveled by the film’s characters –..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems

"...Based on the iconic book of prose poems haunting young romantics’ bookshelves..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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