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Portraits in Privileged Existentialismnew
A young Frenchwoman moves to Paris from with nothing but the knapsack on her back and the innocent gleam in her eye.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Have It Your Waynew
Absurdist non sequiturs and deadpan pauses emanate from an animated milkshake, a box of french fries, and a ball of ground beef.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Covert Tricksnew
Playing the con artist Clifford Irving, who notoriously forged the autobiography of Howard Hughes, Richard Gere has one of the best roles of his career.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, The Hoax
Forgive Us Our Sinsnew
The Lookout, an odd caper story, marks Scott Frank's directorial debut after years of working as a screenwriter on movies like Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Frank, The Lookout
Hola Afghanistannew
Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
What the Opposite Sex Wantsnew
Writer/director Mars Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last -- and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mars Callahan, What Love Is
Plastic Demonsnew
A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James D. Scurlock, Maxed Out
Closely Watched Germansnew
This recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is the story of the small redemption of one man, who happens to be a hated East German Stasi officer.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Passions of the Mindnew
Unfortunately, what makes British abolitionist William Wilberforce a great man is also what makes him dull: his single-mindeded righteousness.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Amazing Grace, Michael Apted
Whack-a-Molenew
The career of Robert Hanssen, the brilliant real-life FBI spy whose exploits as a double agent caused a great many deaths, should be the mole story to end all mole stories, but it is not.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Noshing on Nazisnew
Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
02-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hannibal Rising, Peter Webber
Stepping Outnew
Although littered with cliches and shopworn manipulations, this film's dance sequences are so captivating that it's almost possible to forget you've seen this movie a hundred times before.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
01-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Stomp The Yard, Sylvain White
Lama Landnew
In this documentary, the director wears his affection for Buddhist philosophy unashamedly on his sleeve, and as a result his movie nearly drowns in solemnity and noble intentions (not to mention chanting).
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Bush, Vajra Sky Over Tibet
A Day Unlike Any Othernew
Bobby looks at the lives of some everyday people who are about to get caught up in the avalanche of history when they become witnesses to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bobby, Emilio Estevez
Backstage at the Back Lotnew
Although it attempts to skewer Hollywood, this new comedy from Christopher Guest and his loyal troupe of improv actors doesn’t have even a drop of affection for its characters.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-22-2006 |
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