AltWeeklies Wire
Shooting Loose, Long or Shortnew
The Duplass Brothers discuss how they found The Puffy Chair and where they're headed now as it hits theaters.
Austin Chronicle |
Spencer Parsons |
06-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Love and Learnnew
In their first feature film, the Duplass brothers have made a near-perfect relationship-trauma comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Hope Springs Eternalnew
Joan Plowright stars in this bittersweet yet predictable story about an aging widow's new friendships.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Gore Version 2.0new
Al Gore's zeal for spreading knowledge about global warming is inspiring and this documentary about his efforts also showcases the new, improved Gore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Valley Boynew
Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
Run Wild, Run Freenew
This French import is not big on plot exposition, instead focusing on its finely wrought action momentum, which moves ever forward with rushing exhilaration.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Rock & Roll Residuenew
With an award-winning performance by Maggie Cheung, Clean is one of the most emotionally honest movies about drug addiction ever made.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
He Said, She Saidnew
Thirtysomething icon Jennifer Aniston grieves a failed relationship in one half of the movie, while thirtysomething icon Vince Vaughn grows up in the other.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Mutant Pile-Upnew
This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors -- racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
The Dalai Lama Remasterednew
More a meditation than a traditional documentary, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy beautifully employs direct cinema techniques to transport the viewer into the world of an exiled culture.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
The Parallels Between Spurt and Splatnew
Former porn auteur Gregory Dark advances to making this rote exercise in slasher-film tedium.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregory Dark, See No Evil
Tibetan Trackersnew
A self-appointed game warden and his ragtag band of volunteers cross some treacherous Chinese landscape in search of poachers of Tibetan antelope.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Code Warriorsnew
This faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller treats the novel as if it were a sacred text, even though it's basically a Hardy Boys mystery dressed up in provocative attire.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Permanent Wavesnew
This documentary shows how real power flows not from the barrel of a gun but rather a can of hairspray.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Just Do Itnew
One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Jarrold, Kinky Boots
