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Fret-Free Musicnew
This fun documentary celebrates the weirdness but never mocks the participants.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
All Night Longnew
Rodriguez and Tarantino's double feature raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Covert Tricksnew
Playing the con artist Clifford Irving, who notoriously forged the autobiography of Howard Hughes, Richard Gere has one of the best roles of his career.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, The Hoax
Don't Go Into the Woodsnew
Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic backwoods juju thriller.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Hopkins, The Reaping
Safe Crackingnew
Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Scott Frank talks about The Lookout.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
03-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Lookout
Ice Capadesnew
This ice-skating comedy demonstrates that just because Will Ferrell is game for anything that might draw a laugh, it doesn't mean he should follow through with every idea that comes his way.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Collateral Damagenew
Documentary from the filmmakers who made Gunner Palace details the story of Yunis Abbas, an Iraqi journalist falsely detained for nine months at Abu Ghraib.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Oh! Calcutta!new
Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity, traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Forgive Us Our Sinsnew
The Lookout, an odd caper story, marks Scott Frank's directorial debut after years of working as a screenwriter on movies like Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Frank, The Lookout
Call in the National Guardnew
This sequel to last year's remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise's bad guys.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Creature Featurenew
This manic monster party from South Korea cleverly updates the Japanese monster-movie genre while offering a witty and sweet look at what's left of the nuclear family.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
Mock Turtlesnew
Back on the screen for the first time since the early 90s, the Ninja Turtles are now animated via CGI, though their plot and character details got lost in the shuffle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Munroe, TMNT
Hola Afghanistannew
Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
What the Opposite Sex Wantsnew
Writer/director Mars Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last -- and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mars Callahan, What Love Is
Festival Frenzynew
The Austin Chronicle's guide to its coverage of this year's SXSW Film, Interactive, and Music Festivals -- including up-to-the-minute previews, reviews, interviews, blogs, picks, and dish.
Austin Chronicle |
Various Authors |
03-15-2007 |
Movies
Tags: SXSW Film Festival 2007
