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Nothing But a Mannew
Early film from South Korea's enfant terrible Kim Ki-duk is a coarse and distubing drama about obsessive love.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kim Ki-duk, Bad Guy
Taking Bollywood Out of Indianew
Dancing transvestites? Check. Elephants? Gospel choir? Check and check. This movie has a little bit of everything for stateside viewers hesitant to dip a toe into the mighty waters of Bollywood cinema.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bride & Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha
Suds and Slapsticknew
The fitful story of how one black woman gets her groove back.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
New Wave Enigmanew
A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Horn, The Nomi Song
Rough Waternew
Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
The Ties That Bindnew
It’s an only-in-America tale about kids in the Tennessee hamlet of Whitwell and their "paper clip project” – a teaching tool meant to help them comprehend the dimensions of the Holocaust – but it grew into something much, much more.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Perfectly Pleasant Poohnew
It’s not big and bright and busy and boffo, but it's a perfectly marvelous matinee option for young children. It’s a sweet little story, from a kid’s-eye view, about the anguish of being too little to do stuff.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Porn Againnew
This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the film Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Comedy But No Chemistry in Hitchnew
What should be a battle of the sexes is more like a brief skirmish without any of the romantic tension that makes for an interesting – much less great – screen pairing.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Hitch
Between Heaven and Hellnew
Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, Constantine
All the World Is Not a Stagenew
Despite some bright spots in this woefully earnest modern romance, Bigger Than the Sky is awash in the obvious and exhibits a cloying adulation of theatre folk.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Al Corley, Bigger Than the Sky
A Dog Is a Girl's Best Friendnew
There are no big surprises in this family picture, but neither is the admonition against working with children and animals appropriate here.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wayne Wang, Because of Winn-Dixie
Shylock Contextualizednew
Al Pacino stars as Shylock in this film rendition of Shakespeare's thorniest comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-11-2005 |
Reviews
Animé Epic Tells Old Storynew
With its deeply humanistic take on the Pinocchio story filtered through the prism of cyberpunk animé, this film is a heady, dense metaphor for everything from the struggle for self-knowledge and personal growth to the aging process.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: A Tree of Palme, Takashi Nakamura
Move Over, Hong Kongnew
The mass release of this top-notch Thai action film should have American audiences grinning ear to ear and shore to shore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-11-2005 |
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