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'Control'
Renowned photographer, graphic designer and music video director Anton Corbijn makes an auspicious film-directing debut with a stunning biopic about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis that is irreproachable.
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Jesse James As Pop Icon
New Zealand director Andrew Dominik tells the story of Jesse James's last days in a patient and unequivocal style that makes us want to turn back history.
I Saw a Film Today, Oh Boynew
Julie Taymor takes the timelessness of the Beatles' music and yanks it earthbound into a minefield of literalism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Across the Universe, Julie Taymor
Boys of a Kindnew
In his first film role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe plays an orphan in Australia who's pals with a bunch of other boys born in December.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: December Boys, Rod Hardy
Fatherhood Scorednew
The Rock plays a quarterback whose life is altered by the daughter he didn't know he had.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Fickman, The Game Plan
Cool Breeze From the Windy Citynew
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie that features contributions from Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt, and other comic performers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
CSI: Riyadhnew
Initially, The Kingdom seems like it might be another of this season's politically charged movies, but it actually plays more like an explosive episode of CSI: Riyadh.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Three in Onenew
Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, and Hope Davis star in three discrete but thematically linked short films in this feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John August, The Nines
Working It Outnew
When a Seattle man is transferred to India due to outsourcing, he overcomes his aversion and becomes the eventual poster boy for immersing, life-altering travel.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Jeffcoat, Outsourced
After the Apocalypsenew
Milla Jovovich continues to fight zombies and the apocalypse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
No Exit in the Sex Traffic Lanenew
This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: trade, Marco Kreuzpaintner
Looks Like Canadanew
Quick. What's your idea of a Canadian movie? This year's rang of Canuck fare -- in both quality and content -- has never been wider than in this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, running to October 12.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-28-2007 |
Movies
'Bamako' Puts World Bank on Trialnew
The film is a devastating and eloquent indictment of the world's careless disregard for an entire continent.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Abderrahmane Sissako, Bamako
'The Banquet' Serves Shakespeare with a Chinese Twistnew
Openly borrowing from two of The Bard's darkest plays, Hamlet and Macbeth, The Banquet gluts itself on vicarious human passions.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Banquet, Xiaogang Feng
The Internet Haunts in 'Tell No One'new
Director Guillaume Canet explores the dark side of the Internet, with its potential for stripping users of their privacy and of transmitting unwanted messages.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
09-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Guillaume Canet, Tell No One
