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Superheroes as Ordinary Folksnew
Watching The Incredibles is like mainlining a snappy, heady mix of comic-book shenanigans and modern parenting.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
Acting the Partnew
Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born in this gender-bending backstage story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Eyre, Stage Beauty
Love and Warnew
Life during wartime is always difficult, but never more so than when you're in love, as this Czech movie demonstrates.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ondrej Trojan, Zelary
Charlie, We Hardly Knew Yenew
Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jim Van Bebber, The Manson Family
The Horror, the Horrornew
Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
'Tarnation' Sensationnew
Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of do-it-yourself moviemaking.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
'Primer' Timenew
Writer/director/co-star Shane Carruth's sci-fi verite, Primer, snagged the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004. His debut film is as densely layered with resonant ideas about the nature of time, friendship, and the process of invention as it is with the minutiae of the engineering field its characters inhabit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Haunted House Rejects Its Newest Occupantsnew
An American version of a Japanese haunted-house film follows the same tack as its predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge
R.I.P. Ramonesnew
The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Men Behaving Badlynew
This family elixir is by turns weepy and hilarious, a little bit of Michael Caine and a whole lotta Christopher Walken.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Around the Bend, Jordan Roberts
Puppet Powernew
Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Engine Troublenew
Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
The Young Man Behind the Iconnew
Young Che Guevara takes a road trip up the length of South America and discovers his humanity in this portrait of the future revolutionary as a young man.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Rev It Upnew
Loud, swooping documentary about the sport of motorcycle racing follows 24 riders on the international circuit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Neale, Faster
