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Christine's Worldnew
Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue -- enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Indian Folktale Tests a Marriagenew
The Hindi megastar Shahrukh Khan and the arthouse director Amol Palekar combine forces for this new Bollywood fable.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Amol Palekar, Paheli
Witchy Womannew
Again Nicole Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
'Til Death Do Us Partnew
Pitt and Jolie, reduced to being used as set dressing in their own star vehicle, nevertheless pack a lot of bang for the buck.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sour Grapesnew
This sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry is ambitious but frequently directionless. It's for true connoisseurs only.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
Good Tailoring Mattersnew
For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Zoo Loosenew
Gently amusing stuff, sure, but nothing terribly inspiring in this animated tale of zoo animals heading back to the wild.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Spousal Supportnew
The marriage of two Turks who meet while in a German psychiatric hospital grows from a relationship of convenience into a genuine love affair.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
Fathers and Other Strangersnew
An ad hoc dad turns out to be far better than the real thing in this sentimental Scottish yarn.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dear Frankie, Shona Auerbach
Manhattan Melody in Sharp and Flatnew
Since Woody Allen literally imagines this scenario as both a comedy and a tragedy, we can't understand why at least half the movie isn't the slightest bit amusing.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Melinda and Melinda
Frozen Assetsnew
This refreshingly femme-centric tale advocates on behalf of physics, feminism, and athleticism.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ice Princess, Tim Fywell
The New Palace Guardnew
Uday Hussein's former pleasure palace is now home to an American artillery regiment, whose members we get to know from their poolside antics to their far more sobering responsibilities of patrolling Baghdad.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Autopilotsnew
There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Rough Waternew
Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
About a Mannew
In Good Company is a sincere but serviceable-at-best dramedy from Paul Weitz, one-half of the fraternal team that has already brought us two studies about the development of the human male (for adolescent horndog stage, see American Pie; for Peter Pan syndrome, About a Boy).
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Weitz, In Good Company
