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September 11
Compelling but uneven omnibus film showcases 11 films by 11 international directors.
"...has Penn ever gone the obvious route? As a whole, September 11 never reaches any conclusions or ready insights...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Migrating North
As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.
"...industry goes," says White, "is that we're destroying the whole infrastructure for the business here. If everything is exported..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Justin G. Dyck Would Do Anything for Jackson
Christmas romance movie maker delivers this year's chilliest horror
"...first film," the director laughed, but that's not the whole story...."

Dec. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Color Out of Space
Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror
"...made the leap to being a term for a whole school of literature, and Lovecraft makes that cut. His..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Endgame
The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end
"...they have always been on. From here, there's a whole new universe to explore, but Avengers: Endgame gives us..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti Wants to Save the Internet From Itself
“We have to keep fighting to make a great internet”
"...as for the future of the internet as a whole...."

March 8, 2019 SXSW Post by Austin Sanders

The Kid Who Would Be King
The Arthurian myth retold as an entertaining allegory for the hope of youth
"...bit of action, a bit of humor, and a whole bunch of teachable moments...."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Dog’s Way Home
They're all good doggo adventures, Brent
"...in a positive light.) Some kids may find the whole affair traumatic, particularly when the poor pooch finds herself..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dragon Ball Super: Broly
The unstoppable anime franchise lumbers on for the fans
"...basically don't understand a single thing you've said this whole time."..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ben Is Back
The opioid crisis invades a family Christmas in this timely drama
"...but she’s on him like a parole officer the whole time. It doesn’t take long for Ben’s past and..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Hate U Give
Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America
"...That’s a whole lot of gospel truth to jam into a single..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Not a Witch
Documentary-like drama explores West Africa's witch camps
"...next scene: one of the strongest images in the whole movie, and thankfully one that is not void of..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Third Murder
Japanese legal procedural puts the justice system on trial
"...rather than hyperbolic "You can't handle the truth," "This whole court's out of order" histrionics. Instead, he uses quiet..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blindspotting
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal astound in this perfect state of the union story
"...demanding that we look at them all as a whole. A subtle but pivotal early cameo by Wayne Knight..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan
"...Yet it's really Phoenix that binds the whole piece together. In him, Callahan is self-piteous and sardonic,..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Drac packs some serious SPF sunscreen when the Goth-ish animation goes aquatic
"...to be the actual RMS Titanic. And, naturally, the whole Hotel crew comes along. Drac (Sandler) immediately “zings” (falls..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Seagull
Chekhov's tale of Muscovite misery takes unsteady flight.
"...sincere, but the parts are ultimately better than the whole. Initially, director Mayer appears overwhelmed by the subtextual dialogue..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ramen Heads
What's cooking in the world's greatest ramen shops?
"...soup some men (they’re usually men) have spent their whole lives trying to perfect? Director Koki Shigeno zeros in..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Souvenir
Isabelle Huppert as a musician reconsidering celebrity.
"...has been sitting in front of the TV the whole time. As far as symbolism with objects and colors,..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Death Wish
Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.
"...has just blown in. Best to just let this whole movie blow over and avoid the wait for sequels,..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bomb City
Infamous 1997 Amarillo punk murder exposes social division.
"...live in Bomb City: One stray match and the whole thing will explode...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Proud Mary
Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience
"...after she orphans him via cordite-scented back-spatter and a whole lotta lead. When bloody Mary later encounters the kiddo..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thelma
A college student's burgeoning sexuality brings on psychic powers
"...been raised in a rural community in Norway her whole life, brought up by her deeply religious parents: her..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Wonderstruck
Two lives intertwine across time in the latest from Todd Haynes
"...that the parts don’t quite add up to the whole. Screw math: Sometimes the sum total isn’t the totality...."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Florida Project
Life in the happiest place on Earth
"...loving but neglectful and immature mother, Moonee uses the whole of the garishly purple motel and other businesses on..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friend Request
A curse follows a woman on social media
"...supernatural being who begins to kill Laura’s friends, the whole thing reeks of a spooky Halloween episode of Law..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

American Made
Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal
"...though it may be, American Made is undeniably a whole lot of action-oriented fun...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rebel in the Rye
The early life of J.D. Salinger is explored
"...to be a Salinger scholar to catch them. The whole deal plays right into the famous tight-lipped mystique. And..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Tulip Fever
Intrigue blossoms in 17th century Amsterdam
"...the restrictive ruffs and wimples and corsets, but the whole cast might be shrugging their way through Tulip Fever,..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It
This Stephen King adaptation floats with the best of them
"...captures that same elegiac tone with surprising poignancy. The whole of the Losers’ Club, as well as the older..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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