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Starting From Somethingnew
After an eight-year break, screenwriter Shane Black is back with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which has taken him in a different direction.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
L.A. Storynew
Shane Black's directorial debut is a suckerpunch-and-a-half, a trippy tribute to L.A. noir and a genre-busting blitzkrieg attack on Hollywood pretentions that’s just as full of them as the pulp it lampoons.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Family Encounters Along the Slippery Park Slopenew
In this expertly acted piece about the coming apart of a family of New York intellectuals, humor is served not with a smirk but with a helpless shrug.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Love for Salenew
Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
Gonads Galaxynew
More collegiate humor released by the folks at the Lampoon that has more hormonal smarts than necessary and about as many sex and toilet gags as you might suspect.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
The Sound of One Man Crackingnew
An unconventional psychological thriller without much plot, Keane is the gripping and uncompromising story of a man's attempt to hang on to his sanity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Keane, Lodge Kerrigan
Ready for Warnew
Though lacking a clear point of view, the film seems to say that war not only dehumanizes soldiers, but also infantilizes them. It’s not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Good Griefnew
This intercultural Houston-made film is an off-the-beaten-path ensemble drama that shows a healthy disregard for Hollywood rules.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Roe, Dancing in Twilight
Just What the Doctor Orderednew
With genuine sparks between its two lovestruck leads and a delightfully flinchy performance from Meryl Streep, this comedy is just what its title implies: prime.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Younger, Prime
Forecast Calls for Clouds and Sunshinenew
In this heartfelt comic drama, a wonderfully controlled Nicolas Cage plays a man who, despite the appearance of success, is despondent over his superficiality.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gore Verbinski, The Weather Man
Novel Gazingnew
While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Crime, Punishment and Heartbreaknew
Julian Fellowes is two for two: The English actor's first big screenwriting credit, Gosford Park, netted him an Oscar, and with this directorial debut, he again demonstrates a mastery of British uppercrust dramas.
Austin Chronicle |
Raoul Hernandez |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Unmaskednew
Whereas the Zorro of yore was a cunning subversive with a libidinous guerrilla panache, this new take with a tyke added is more like Leave It to Zorro.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Three the Horror Waynew
This lush and horrific anthology film from three of the finest craftsmen working today -- Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park, and Takashi Miike -- is an instantly memorable and squirm-inducing assemblage.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Saw Bucksnew
With nary a decent, connective character in sight, this nasty sequel quickly becomes little more than a strenuous battle for survival among the already damned.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw II
