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Into the Setting Sunnew
Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape to the West.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Despite Unpleasantries, Heart Beats Truenew
Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of nonexistent teen author J.T. Leroy, this film is a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Family Feudnew
Soap melodramatics masquerade as high art in this south-of-the-border drama about a love triangle and marital infidelity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Rhythm Nationnew
Documentary filmmaker Daniel Anker spent five years with the Philadelphia Orchestra as they toured, rehearsed, and waxed poetic about the purpose of music in their lives.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Big Girls Don't Defynew
Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz
Whatever Rocks Your Boatnew
This trite German tale of youthful angst and sexual confusion is fashioned in the form of a torpid, slow-moving softcore fantasy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marco Kreuzpaintner, Summer Storm
In Old Zoo Yorknew
Despite its title, Disney's new animated film, The Wild, is about as pedestrian as you can get.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Spaz Williams, The Wild
Slugs From Outer Spacenew
Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and he's one heck of a writer to boot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gunn, Slither
Escape Artistnew
Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder and more distancing.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kyle Henry, Room
Throws in Everything -- and the Towelnew
This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
DeLillo Strikes Outnew
Novelist Don DeLillo's first foray as a screenwriter uses the legendary sixth game of the 1986 World Series as the central metaphor in this film starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Game 6, Michael Hoffman
War and Peacenew
This scathingly satirical, often horrific mockumentary examines what America might look like if the South had won the Civil War.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Out of the Pastnew
Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op's heyday.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
Hell on Earthnew
Hot new Mexican director Carlos Reygadas is back with his second feature, which pushes his unflinching imagery into provocative realms.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Carlos Reygadas, Battle in Heaven
Perfect Date Movienew
This is an honest, refreshing comedy about love -- gay, straight, or both -- and a date movie for all occasions and persuasions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam & Steve, Craig Chester
