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Gentlemen Broncos
With this new film, Jared Hess elicits none of the naive charm or flagrant silliness of his earlier movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.
"...Bronco Years purloined by Dr. Ronald Chevalier (Clement of Flight of the Conchords, whose pompous performance is the sole..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Wild Things Are
This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.
"...minor grievances with the film, all technical – Max’s flight from home is underlit to the point of near-obscurity,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Moon
A man (Sam Rockwell) and his computer (voiced pitch-perfectly by Kevin Spacey) – alone on a moon-based work station of the future – plumb the depths of identity and inner space.
"...to anger and Tom Cruise-cool in aviator shades and flight suit – is a startling throwback for original Sam:..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place
Gay Place turns it over to comedienne Kate Clinton for a special Stonewall remembrance
"...On an early morning flight from Orlando, after appearing at the 19th annual Gay..."

June 26, 2009 Column by Ash Bell

My SXSW
What it took for one metal band to make it from Tehran to SXSW
"...to Dubai again, guys to Istanbul. New proper visa, flight to Istanbul. Tickets to New York, then Los Angeles...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Rock and a Hard Place
Exploring the elusiveness of fame and the ethics of the mash-up in 24 Beats per Second
"...Saturday, March 21, 9pm, Austin Convention Center Iron Maiden: Flight 666..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye
Inauguration Day might not count officially as a national holiday, but it certainly feels like a brand-new day
"...Also returning: Flight of the Conchords (HBO), about a folk duo from..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Yes Man
Jim Carrey plays a guy who just can't say no, a predicament which creates more a collection of humorous set-pieces than a satisfying movie.
"...it’s not enough. The New Zealander Darby, from The Flight of the Conchords, whisks the film out from underneath..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

The Lucky Ones
Tim Robbins effectively heads an engaging threesome of Iraq war vets as they travel across America on a road to personal growth.
"...Cheever (Robbins), and T.K. (Peña) are on the same flight from Germany to JFK when they discover that a..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye
Fake reality and real rock on IFC's new semiscripted show, Z Rock
"...night, kiddie band by day." Yawn. And I love Flight of the Conchords (HBO) – would Z Rock turn..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3am
The "Situation" is upon us: China and Southern Asia can support their own growth and have no more use for us
"...nor were the Wright Brothers when they gave us flight, nor was Italy when it produced the cinema of..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Range Life
"...Of all the Range Life artists, White Flight has received the biggest buzz. The eponymous debut of..."

July 8, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Letters @ 3AM
We have become a space-faring species and are discovering that the universe is stunningly gorgeous and implacably dangerous – like us
"...on April 19 – with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and "spaceflight participant" So-yeon Yi, a Korean woman – Whitson had..."

June 6, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

The Clinton Party
The scene there last night.
"...them was M.G. Gallegos, part of a contingent of flight attendants who use their days off (and stand-by privileges)..."

March 5, 2008 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Anything Goes
That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest
"...The hidden lives of flight attendants. And artists. And actors who do children's theatre...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wristcutters: A Love Story
Despite the film's good-natured sense of absurdity about the afterlife, it's not enough to make up for its lack of real humor or meaning.
"...Wristcutters is just the kind of clever, deadpan, half-sentimental/half-ironic flight of comic fancy that was everywhere during the independent-movie..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Perry Plus-One for Bilderberg
Why Rick Perry chose Turkey for his summer vacation and who went with him.
"...for Rick Perry cough up the travel expenses. The flight came courtesy of American Airlines, as an in-kind contribution...."

July 20, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Broken English
Parker Posey gives a lovely, toned-down performance as Nora Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy.
"...of Richard Linklater's much better rom-com Before Sunset, missed flight and all), the film's first half provides a delightful..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye
La Lupe
"...launching that night on HBO is the new comedy Flight of the Conchords. However, viewers are offered a sneak..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Pathfinder
A Viking movie with this many graphic decapitations shouldn't be such a bore.
"...a distinctive Foley effect for the Vikings’ arrows in flight (much is made of their wicked metal arrowheads), the..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Are We Done Yet?
Who could have foreseen that Ice Cube's path Straight Outta Compton would lead to family-friendly movies about the complications of life in the suburbs?
"...of housing contractors, the agonies of remodeling, and the fight-or-flight threats posed by bats and raccoons? Although an unlikely..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My SXSW
Music Fest Diary
"...I arrived in Austin on Wednesday morning. My flight left New York City at 6:50am, so I decided..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Andrew W. K.

... Vs Liger?
New Zealander Taika Waititi doesn't mind if you compare his charmed comedy to Napoleon Dynamite
"...Taking a break as one-half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, Clement plays Jarrod, a video-game-store clerk..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

A/k/a Tommy Chong
Chong cuts a hugely sympathetic figure in the story of his legal troubles after Operation Pipe Dreams, an anti-paraphernalia sweep that specifically targeted his bong business.
"...tale begins on September 11, 2001, when United Airlines Flight 93 hit Somerset County, Pa. – Buchanan's jurisdiction. Schlosser..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Feds Nab 'Prophet'
Warren Jeffs – leader of breakaway Mormon sect the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – caught during a traffic stop just north of Vegas
"...The feds later tacked on a charge of unlawful flight to evade prosecution, followed by two additional felony charges..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Goal!: The Dream Begins
From East L.A. to the soccer fields of England, this rags-to-riches story sticks closely to the sports movie formula.
"...Santi is slipping back into Mexico to catch a flight to London, using pin money saved up by his..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...in Utah have filed a second count of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution against fugitive polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs,..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

My SXSW
"...Friday, March 17 Taxi to O'Hare, 6am flight, belt off, shoes off, "No that's not a laptop."..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Jon Langford

Darwin's Nightmare
This delicately horrific yet artful documentary examines the destruction of Lake Victoria by the omnivorous Nile perch, and the dire consequences this causes the Tanzanian people.
"...the opening sequence, in which a lone Tanzanian airport flight controller virtually ignores directing an inbound jet in favor..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World
Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.
"...the People’s Republic, there’s a passenger jet with costumed flight attendants. But the false, forced brightness of the park..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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