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Opera Bouffenew
This Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Viva Pedro!new
In this series, eight Pedro Almodovar re-releases in two weeks lead up to the release of his new film Volver.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-06-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Viva Pedro
24 Frames per Secondnew
This British series is one of the great achievements of the cinema, one that reveals how an observant camera plus the passage of time can capture reality.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Apted, 49 Up
Nixon's Beatlemanianew
This documentary about Lennon's political activism and time spent in New York basks in the legend's presence but offers little new on the subject.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-28-2006 |
Reviews
A Long Night's Journeynew
William H. Macy stars in this film penned by David Mamet about one man's long night's journey of the soul.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stuart Gordon, Edmond
The Unkindest Cutsnew
Everyone complains about the perceived shortcomings of the MPAA, but nobody did anything -- that is, until activist documentarian Kirby Dick.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
The Emperor Has No Clothesnew
It's astonishing how bad this movie is despite an A-list cast and director.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
Gonzo Gearheadnew
Ron Mann's Tales of the Rat Fink is an ebullient survey of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's life that revs along with the zest a souped-up hot rod.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Mann, Tales of the Rat Fink
Fallout in the Ranksnew
Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-17-2006 |
Reviews
Dead-On Visionnew
Mike Judge's comedy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Idiocracy, Mike Judge
An Ultimate Lack of Viewpointnew
Although Hollywoodland stokes the dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result should be more provocative and scandalous.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Sleight of Hand, Slight Movienew
Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
One Day in Septembernew
Although heavily sentimentalized, Stone finds the common ground Americans can rally around for relief from the devastation: We are, in the final analysis, good people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Searching for Once Upon a Timenew
This is why Monument Valley –- again part of the Netflix/Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer –- is such a magnetic place for me.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-13-2006 |
Movies
Taxing Authoritynew
Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes -- and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
