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And the Award Goes to the After-Partiesnew
It's not about the work, the statuette, or the competition: It's about the after-party, of course.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-09-2004 |
Nonfiction
Mail Order Bride … and Her Mother Toonew
A Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Federico Hidalgo, A Silent Love
Sixty Years Later and It's Still Inscrutablenew
Von Trotta tries to put a human face on one of the few public, and moreover, successful citizen protests against the the Nazi regime.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
When Self-Esteem Turns Toward the Dark Sidenew
Cautionary tales about the pitfalls of indie filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than Overnight.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
A Hepcat's Paradisenew
Like Soderbergh’s Ocean's Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Twelve
Indians, Fairies and Pirates in Victorian Londonnew
Johnny Depp delves into the mind of author J.M. Barrie in this adeptly realized celebration of the wonder of the imagination.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Exsanguinators and Other Evildoersnew
Originality is in as short supply as shirt buttons as Wesley Snipes' high-tech vampire slayer meets up with what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp playing Dracula.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Blade: Trinity, David S. Goyer
"Shock and Awe" Is Nothing Without Camerasnew
"News dissector" Danny Schechter examines the media's complicity in promoting the war on terrorism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-03-2004 |
Reviews
Everyone's a Player in the Game of Lovenew
Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Closer
Do Not Operate Heavy Machinerynew
Christian Bale lost 63 pounds in order to play this unsettling title character, a man who maybe has shed his sanity along with his weight.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, The Machinist
The Sounds of Musicnew
Admiring documentary about Robert Moog, the inventor of the music synthesizer, reveals little that hasn't been heard before.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Hans Fjellestad, Moog
Sex and the Married Mannew
Kinsey enshrines the scientist at the expense of a more rigorous and more profound scrutiny.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Holiday Pap and Circumstancenew
Christmas With the Kranks is a film so utterly denuded of genuine holiday charm that it ranks with Santa Claus Conquers the Martians as one of the most jaw-droppingly abysmal seasonal efforts yet released.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-28-2004 |
Reviews
You Can Call Me Alnew
Oliver Stone has achieved the impossible: He's made the life of Alexander the Great seem boring.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander
Old Flame Still a Scorchernew
Part colorful noir, part scatterbrained comedy, Testosterone envisions the severed tether of a presumably functional relationship.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Moreton, Testosterone
