Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds

Seussian fairy tale from GKIDS about two sisters who turn into cats

"...manage to hopscotch their way into the Kingdom of Winds, a wondrous place that references the three Ms (Moebius,..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Shark,' 'Red Winds,' and the Globe

Three personal projects need your help

"...Red Winds..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Ride the Wonder Winds

Marmalakes strike the right chord

"...Wonder Winds, the new 6-song EP from the Austin trio, has..."

Aug. 2, 2010 Music Post by Aaron Miller

Point Austin: Shifting Winds

An interim election and an AG opinion stir thoughts of Capitol changes

"...a likely moment to wonder if the Texas political winds are indeed beginning to shift in a more progressive..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Bicycle Nomads and the Winds of Change

Backers say winter migration to Mexico creates 'a whole new way of life'

"...under the stars, and float on the great northern winds like migrating birds. "Don't be surprised when we top..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: Prevailing Winds

AISD says it can't afford bond-project benefits, but local workers beg to differ

May 6, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou's Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, winds up something of a limp noodle.

"...Joel and Ethan Coen’s debut film, Blood Simple – winds up, instead, a soggy noodle. A Woman, a Gun..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rambo: Last Blood

Last blood? We can only hope, as Rambo goes full MAGA

"...but also to his niece Gabrielle (Monreal), who convolutedly winds up in Mexico searching for her absent father (de..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Adrift

True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley

"...Raymond, a quickly intensifying and unpredictable storm whose peak winds reached 145 mph. Adrift is also a handy one-word..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...the men on the ground, but the strike also winds up killing 11 Afghan civilians. The incident cuts short..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Liberator

South American revolutionary Simón Bolívar is the subject of this vast epic.

"...A tightly personal tale winds its way through this vast epic about the great..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Field in England

The most enticingly original film to come out of the UK this year is told in crisp, trippy, black and white.

"...ends deep in the titular field, awash in howling winds, treachery, and madness. And it’s yet another marker in..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blancanieves

A period piece about two generations of matadors is fused with the Snow White fairy tale in this black-and-white Spanish charmer.

"...undeniable dance of the matador in action), and battering winds of emotional extremes. By the end of this sumptuous..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bachelorette

This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.

"...filled with flutes of Champagne and lines of cocaine winds up with the bridesmaids accidentally ripping Becky’s wedding gown..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Bought a Zoo

Matt Damon is a widower with two kids who buys a zoo after his wife bought the farm in Cameron Crowe's latest movie.

"...of hip and the other side of sentimental, Crowe winds up with a zoo that’s neither fish nor fowl...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hugo

Martin Scorsese steps outside his comfort zone to create an effects-heavy children’s film set in France – and winds up creating one of his most splendid and personal films.

"...an effects-heavy children’s film set in France – and winds up creating one of the most splendid and personal..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House Full

A man winds up married to three different women in this Bollywood romantic comedy.

"...press time. In this Bollywood romantic comedy, a man winds up married to three different women...."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cry of the Owl

Based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, this mood-heavy film contemplates what happens to a stalker when the object of his obsession returns the favor.

"...the Midlands out of his accent so vigorously he winds up tone-deaf and textureless. British writer/director Thraves' film suffers..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sydney White

Teen popularity traumas are translated here into a loosely updated version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"...hot-girl status, wins the heart of a “prince,” and winds up as the spokeswoman for a group of outcasts...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

12:08 East of Bucharest

Using a conversation about history, three men, and a talk show, this Romanian comedy and Cannes Camera d’Or winner achieves surprising levels of underplayed wit and pathos. AFS@Dobie

"...desperately recruits anyone available for his latest taping and winds up with Manescu and Piscoci. Today’s topic: Did the..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Disturbia

Up-and-comer Shia LaBeouf is a young actor to watch, but he’s had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he’s capable of.

"...In Disturbia, LaBeouf plays Kale, a smart kid who winds up under house arrest for the summer because of..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy

More a meditation than a traditional documentary, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy beautifully employs direct cinema techniques to transport the viewer into the world of an exiled culture.

"...is accompanied only by location sounds: chanting, breathing, mountain winds, bird calls. If it sounds slow, that’s because it..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

March of the Penguins

The nature photography is so intimate, and the story of the penguins' mating is so carefully crafted into a sustained and satisfying narrative, that they become epic heroes: brave, if not fearless, and stalwart fools for love.

"...permanently frozen breeding ground where we huddle against gale-force winds that chill the air to 80 below. The emperor..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Head in the Clouds

Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penelope Cruz co-star in this stilted romantic drama set against the background of Europe between the wars.

"...the big issues of war, passion, and conscience, but winds up with only attractive window dressing and abstractions that..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Intimate Strangers

In this surprisingly romantic tale of confused identity and psychoanalysis, the doctor isn’t in, but the tax attorney is.

"...comes to directions, goes right instead of left and winds up not at the office of Dr. Monnier (Duchaussoy),..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Two Brothers

Two tiger cubs separated during infancy are cast to the winds of fate in French-occupied Indochina.

"...tiger cubs separated during infancy and cast to the winds of fate in French-occupied Indochina. Kids won’t pick up..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Young Adam

A finely observed moral drama from Scottish filmmaker David Mackenzie, one of the rare directors who is equally adept at composition and working with his actors.

"...full slip, out of the river. From there it winds backward and forward in time – between Joe’s past..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

My Wife Is an Actress

"...title duly warns. Part comedy, part drama, the movie winds up accomplishing neither in full, and leaves us feeling..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cup

Filmed in Bhutan with a cast of unknown Tibetan nonprofessionals, The Cup takes its charming premise – pint-sized monks striving against all odds to watch a satellite broadcast of the 1998 World Cup match between Brazil and France – and runs with it.

"...kids, though: As soon as one Coca-Cola soccer match winds down, another begins...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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