The Year in Rewind
The Chronicle looks back at 2008 at the movies
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Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Lights Out
The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.
"...The movie screens still stand, but the projectors have gone..."
July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Movie Bug
Touching down at the Toronto International Film Festival
"...In its 35th year, the Toronto International Film Festival, known as TIFF, has moved..."
Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Salt of Life
This Italian import by the director of Mid-August Lunch addresses the concerns of aging men who realize they are no longer attractive to young women.
"...Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni, Alfonso Santagata, Valeria Cavalli, Aylin Prandi and Kristina Cepraga...."
April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Life of David Gale
"...Directed by: Alan Parker. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Rhona Mitra, Matt Craven..."
Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Clash of the Titans
William Shatner and Harry Hamlin come to Austin to talk up their indie collaboration, Shoot or Be Shot.
"...L.A. Law-yer Harry Hamlin and Renaissance spaceman William Shatner were in town last week, lunching at the Four..."
Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck
Fantasia Review: Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
A life in the grindhouse is not obscured by a tragic death
"...hack. He was a grindhouse schlock vendor who churned out movies designed to unspool while horny teens made out..."
Aug. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Alamo Drafthouse Goes All Out for Gatsby Opening
Dress up, drink up, and party like it's 1929
"...It's safe to say the creative team at the Alamo Drafthouse is getting into..."
May 7, 2013 Food Post by Gracie Salem
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Before the TV series, there was the movie in which a Nineties Valley Girl discovers her true calling.
"...Candy Clark, David Arquette, Hilary Swank, Paul Reubens, Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer. Yup, Buffy's The Chosen One alright...."
Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Song
When he rockets to sudden fame, a Christian songwriter is tempted by the perks of fame.
"...It turns out that the familiar narrative formula of a musical artist’s..."
Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Thing Called Love
"...Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich. Starring: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Webb Wilder and..."
Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker play a feuding New York City couple who rediscover their love while out West.
"...From its difficult-to-remember title on down, Did You Hear About the Morgans? is a forgettable and lackluster fish-out-of-water rom-com...."
Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Lights Out
Prepare for an onslaught of jump scares
"...Directed by: David F. Sandberg. Starring: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Billy Burke and Alicia Vela-Bailey...."
July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
A Decade Under the Influence
The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought
"...'I'm Sorry I Beat Up the Bathroom'..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
The Write Stuff
Film Fight III begins with a whimper, not a bang
"...Greetings all, and welcome to another Film Fight. If you’re new to the Fight, then..."
Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
The Spiderwick Chronicles
This children's fantasy holds a lot of emotional promise but get waylaid by an overabundance of CGI effects.
"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright,..."
Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Interpreter
Although The Interpreter is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, it's hampered by its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, Jesper Christensen, George Harris..."
April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Corporation
An immensely informative and provactive documentary about the growth of corporate entities within the legal sphere, marketplace, and human imagination.
"...by: Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar and Joel Bakan. To the degree to which this documentary sticks to its initial..."
Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Terminal
Steven Spielberg enters his Capra period with this optimistic melting-pot tale starring pal Tom Hanks, whose underused comic instincts come to the fore.
"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Barry Shabaka..."
June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper comedy dozen't add up.
"...Piper Perabo and Hilary Duff. You might think it’s the new ad campaign for Planned Parenthood, however most advertisements..."
Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Slingshot
"...share of troubles growing up in 1920s Stockholm. His father's a socialist and his mother's a Jew and young..."
Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Escape the Field
Labyrinthine thriller knows to just follow the old map
"...Directed by: Emerson Moore. Starring: Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Shane West, Elena Juatco, Tahirah Sharif and Julian..."
May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
The Informers
Bret Easton Ellis' collection of linked short stories are translated for the screen, but the result is less than zero.
"...Pucci, Rhys Ifans, Austin Nichols and Mel Raido. Here’s what the makers of The Informers never learn about the..."
April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Garfield: The Movie
Garfield Declawed is the result of taking this comic strip to the big screen.
"...Brent. You’d have to be a real asshole to hate this movie, loaded as it is with adorable animals...."
June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus
Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.
"...Chronicle: So if you guys were naming this article, what would the headline be?..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Getting Back Out There
A vaccinated staff gets back to the clubs, movie theatres, restaurants, and performance halls we call our second homes
"...Here is the church..."
May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones
The Film Society That Brought Indie and Arthouse to Austin Returns
AFS hosts a series of the movies that inspired Cinema 40
"...Before Austin Film Society, before CinemaTexas, there was Cinema 40. The film society, created by..."
Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The 15:17 to Paris
Eastwood cast innovative to re-create the Paris train attack.
"...Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer, Ray Corasani, P.J...."
Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis
We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us
Film on the Web, part II: the movies
"...Jean-Luc Godard: [I]n the movies it is different. You can be with other..."
March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
Beyond the Sea
More "Splish" than "Splash," this biopic about the life of pop crooner Bobby Darin is practically a one-man Kevin Spacey show.
"...Directed by: Kevin Spacey. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi,..."
