AltWeeklies Wire
Three in Onenew
Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, and Hope Davis star in three discrete but thematically linked short films in this feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John August, The Nines
Working It Outnew
When a Seattle man is transferred to India due to outsourcing, he overcomes his aversion and becomes the eventual poster boy for immersing, life-altering travel.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Jeffcoat, Outsourced
After the Apocalypsenew
Milla Jovovich continues to fight zombies and the apocalypse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
No Exit in the Sex Traffic Lanenew
This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: trade, Marco Kreuzpaintner
Sam Beam Spills Some Iron & Winenew
From the first notes of The Shepherd's Dog's "Boy With a Coin," it's clear that songwriter's songwriter and Texas transplant Sam Beam is no longer content to be classified as just another bedroom recording artist.
Austin Chronicle |
Dan Oko |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Water Girlnew
She's married to the sea, and he belongs to the earth: This Mexican film relies on prehistoric folk myths and a delightful color palette for its impact.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: José Bojorquez, Sea of Dreams
The Early Life of a Saintnew
This is an old-school heroic drama from Bhutan about an 11th century Tibetan saint whose tale begins with greed and vengeance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
The Lady and Her Trampnew
This new French version of the D.H. Lawrence story is tastefully presented but not nearly as scandalous and coarse as the published novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Chatterley, Pascale Ferran
BIble Stories for Modern Timesnew
Paul Haggis and Tommy Lee Jones deliver a scorching film that's part police procedural, part family melodrama, and all about our national failures in Iraq.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
America's Finest Hournew
This documentary is a cheery restorative that recalls hazy memories of America's finest, boldest hour, when we went to the moon, again and again.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Not Even Lukewarmnew
Ethan Hawke writes and directs this story based on his own novel about a lovesick narcissist in New York City.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ethan Hawke, The Hottest State
Empty Laughsnew
Pitched somewhere between Farrelly Brothers-lite and some oddball National Lampoon outing, this comedy is as familiar as it is charming, which isn't to say it's a good film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Luck Chuck, Mark Helfrich
Cronenberg's Body Languagenew
In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relate a corker of a story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Backstabbernew
The Assassination of Jesse James may be the world’s first epic of misguided hero worship.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
'September Dawn': Evil-doing Zealots?new
This movie about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1957, during which local Mormons murdered 120 members of a wagon train heading West, reeks of ulterior motives.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Cain, September Dawn
