AltWeeklies Wire
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
"Crackpot Crackdown"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
10-27-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
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
This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrolnew
As one night with the Texas Minutemen proves, the sinister legions of "The Drug Cartel" have little to fear from this latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us...
Austin Chronicle |
Diana Welch |
10-27-2005 |
Immigration
The Indeliblesnew
Movies to see at the Austin Film Festival include a flick about a mission to Montreal and another about a girl's criminal upbringing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten, Nora Ankrum, Wells Dunbar, Marc Savlov, James Renovitch, Spencer Parsons, Josh Rosenblatt, Joe O'Connell, Mark Fagan and Shawn Badgley |
10-20-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films, & Beers Runaway Severance The Special: The Story of an American Anthem Stomp! Shout! Scream! Walking the Line Azadi Boy-Next-Door The Braggart Holiday That Night, Backseat Bruce & Me Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon Dirt Favela Rising Frozen Her Name Is Carla Life on the Ledge Muskrat Lovely The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat
Hammett Meets Hughesnew
Writer-director Rian Johnson discusses high school noir and the Austin Film Festival highlight Brick.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
To Cite Edward R. Murrow, 'See It Now'new
Director and co-screenwriter George Clooney strikes just the right tone of gripping entertainment and understated cautionary tale in this thoughtful portrait of newsman Edward R. Murrow's confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Forecast Cloudynew
This hazy remake pales in comparison to John Carpenter's original fogbanks from 1980.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Wainwright, The Fog
Seabiscuit Juniornew
This horsey heartwarmer does something surprising in spite of its underdog sports-movie formula and shameless emotional manipulation: It manages to be an enjoyable movie about and for girls.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Game Overnew
Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: doom, Andrejz Bartkowiak
Miner's Daughternew
Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized, rousing, but nevertheless predictable account of the first class-action sexual discrimination suit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
Life, Death, and Everything in Betweennew
With a script by David Benioff (25th Hour) and direction by Marc Forster of Monster's Ball fame, Stay is an ambitious experiment that never quite jells.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Captive Audiencenew
This Venezuelan film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas bursts with stylish technique and gruesome tension.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
