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Pin Moneynew
This documentary about Americans' love of bowling traces our fascination through the sport's glory decades and eventual decline to its recent revival.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
When Families Collidenew
This new Bollywood film is a cross-cultural love story set in Mauritius.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, Romesh Sharma
TIFF Notesnew
Here's what a critic took away from the Toronto International Film Festival.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Expect Turbulencenew
Aiming to be a Hitchcockian-type thriller set within the tight quarters of a jetliner, this Jodie Foster vehicle runs aground.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Unforgettablenew
A hitman who's losing his memory to Alzheimer's anchors this absorbing Belgian policier that's tightly wound and expertly unraveled.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Matrimonial Blitznew
New black comedy by Spanish absurdist De la Iglesia involves murder and the plight of a playboy blackmailed into marriage.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
The Way of the Gunnew
Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Niccol, Lord of War
Play It Again, Jacquesnew
A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either a mob enforcer for or a virtuoso pianist, this French adaptation of the American film Fingers adds little to original.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Saying and Doingnew
Based on an eponymous 1996 erotic novel, Lila Says is the story of a French girl and an Arab boy who learns the difference between words and actions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lila Says, Ziad Doueiri
Pure Jabberwockynew
Terry Gilliam is at it again, bringing one more skewed fantasy to the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Raunchy, Raunchier, Raunchiestnew
The Aristocrats is the rare analysis of the workings of comedy that doesn’t destroy the humor in the process of taking it apart.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Pigeon Poopnew
Valiant, an animated adventure about heroic homing pigeons in England during World War II, flies in on a wing and a prayer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gary Chapman, Valiant
Bear Essentialsnew
Did Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, need the bears more than they needed him?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Hoodoo You Think You're Fooling?new
A top-notch cast is mostly wasted in this atmospheric but prosaic hoodoo spooker.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Iain Softley, The Skeleton Key
Wild Seeds and the Flowers of Youthnew
Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
