AltWeeklies Wire
'Mr. Brooks': Addicted to Killingnew
Serial killers are a dime a dozen in this often beguiling but essentially ludicrous movie that stars Kevin Costner in an unconventional role.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce A. Evans, Mr. Brooks
'Knocked Up': The Parent Trapnew
Although it's extremely funny in bursts, Judd Apatow's new comedy flirts once too often with schmaltz before toppling into melodrama in its third act.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Judd Apatow, Knocked Up
'Jindabyne': Gone Fishingnew
The Australian director of Lantana returns to similar psychological terrain with this drama based on a Raymond Carver short story and starring the fantastic Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
'Gracie': Soccer Scrumnew
Davis Guggenheim (director of An Inconvenient Truth) tells this more-or-less true story of one New Jersey girl's struggle to play soccer in the male-dominated sports world of the late 70s.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Davis Guggenheim, Gracie
'Beyond the Gates': Machete Madnessnew
With infinite grace but no real suspense, this film bears dramatic witness to the Rwandan ethnic genocide of the last decade.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Adam's Apples': Tart, Sweet, and Deliciousnew
Pitting a skinhead against a priest, this Danish comedy, like most of that country's dramas, is dark, dark, dark.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Zoo': Horse Sensenew
Filmmaker Robinson Devor sadly sabotages his own attempt to bring the practice of bestiality into the light.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Robinson Devor, zoo
'After the Wedding': To Flee or Not to Fleenew
An expat Danish aid worker in Mumbai returns to Copenhagen to meet with a benefactor, only to discover that the world is even smaller than it seems.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Susanne Bier, After the Wedding
'The Page Turner': Payback in Minor Keysnew
In this quiet, French revenge film, a creeping malevolence wreaks havoc on an otherwise normal bourgeois family.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Denis Dercourt, The Page Turner
Teaching Themselvesnew
The filmmakers, cast, and crew of Chalk learned valuable lessons with little in the way of a plan or a budget.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Boots and Suits, Scheming and Dreamingnew
An interview with the Wilson brothers on The Wendell Baker Story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Shaggy Wilson Storynew
The Wilson brothers deliver this shaggy comedy -- which was written and directed by Luke and Andrew and co-stars Luke, Owen, and seasoned pros Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Casssell, and Kris Kristofferson.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
French Farce Lacks Risknew
This flat French farce has a couple of likable characters, one or two decent jokes, and a lot of missed opportunities.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Veber, The Valet
The Ogre Who Wouldn't Be Kingnew
The big, green cash machine has finally run dry, perhaps not of box-office power but most assuredly of the caustic wit that made the first two films so winning.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Miller, Shrek the Third
Strangers in Strange Lands Called Homenew
The fall of the title refers to the fall of Saigon -- which is just the beginning for these Vietnamese characters whose stories of re-education camps, exile, and relocation are movingly portrayed in this drama.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ham Tran, Journey From the Fall
