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Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems
"...unfamiliar with Gibran’s story, here are the basics: The poet Mustafa (Neeson) has been exiled in the fictional Mediterranean..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Testament of Youth
The luminous Alicia Vikander stars as a woman coming of age amid World War I
"...furry Jon Snow). That Roland wants to be a poet, just like Vera, is just one of the ways..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I'll See You in My Dreams
Blythe Danner is exquisite as a 70-year-old widow entering the dating fray
"...The pool boy is Lloyd (Starr), a thirtysomething failed poet who becomes Carol’s unlikely drinking buddy. The mustache is..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.
"...thought, best thought,” is the maxim a young, aspiring poet by the name of Allen Ginsberg bandies about throughout..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ginger & Rosa
The personal becomes political in Sally Potter's story about a girl who comes of age in England during the early Sixties.
"...the cusp of something big: Ginger is a nascent poet drawn to ban-the-bomb protests, while Rosa experiments with adult..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Sessions
A sex therapist helps a man living in an iron lung experience human intimacy; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt keep things from becoming prurient.
"...Sessions is based on the experiences of journalist and poet Mark O’Brien, a polio survivor who recounted the story..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Searching for Sugar Man
Rodriguez, a Seventies-era singer/songwriter who flopped in America, became a superstar in South Africa, unbeknownst to him. This documentary uncovers the legend.
"...a bust in his native America. A Detroit street poet in cool-cat shades, whose music – sampled generously here..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Benjamin and Byron's Long-Term Affair
An émigré author, a bad-boy poet, and an epic trilogy at its end
"...trilogy based on the sybaritic exploits of the notorious poet who slept with his half-sister and died of a..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges scores in this performance as a fading country & western star who has cashed in most of his chips.
"...as fresh and vital as one final shot at cowboy-poet redemption. It may sound crazy, but it's true. (See..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Boy Returning Water to the Sea'
Poet Andrea Selch saw so much in Kelly Fearing's artwork, she had to write about it
"...for Kelly Fearing features 13 works by North Carolina poet Andrea Selch, each responding to a painting, drawing, or..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When Did You Last See Your Father?
Based on British poet Blake Morrison’s written memoir, this film is a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons.
"...Elaine Cassidy and Claire Skinner. Based on the British poet Blake Morrison’s written memoir, the film When Did You..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When Is Tomorrow
This filmed-in-Austin movie about two former best friends moving in different directions is purposefully disheveled and expertly ramshackle.
"...TV’s My Name Is Earl), a successful New York poet whom Jake hasn’t seen in five years but who..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Animation Show 4
Mike Judge is back with a brand new collection of short animated films, and it's premiering here in Austin.
"...is addressed in Julian Grey's elegiac adaptation of former poet laureate Billy Collins’ “Forgetfulness,” which perfectly marries the mournful..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Invisible
This thriller directed by David S. Goyer serves up teen angst with its supernatural thrills.
"...Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Redux, she accidentally offs the hapless poet-boy, which leads to his spending the rest of the..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2006
See this year's five nominees and some additional animated shorts.
"...the press. Included were the Canadian/Norwegian co-production "The Danish Poet," a charming fable directed by Torill Kove and narrated..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the King's Men
Despite an A-list cast and director, it's astonishing how bad this movie is.
"...best motion picture, which was itself an adaptation of poet laureate Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Loosely based..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trudell
John Trudell, the Native American rights activist and spoken-word artist and musician, is the subject of this reverential biographical portrait that feels more like a press package than a full-fledged biopic.
"...not be coincidental) turned his means of expression toward poetry and, eventually, spoken word and music combinations. A charismatic..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Houston-based, Iranian-born filmmaker Mashayekh relates the story of the pioneering 11th-century mathematician, astronomer, and poet, and reminds Western audiences that there’s more to Iran and the Middle East than suicide bombers and hummus.
"...the story of the pioneering 11th-century mathematician, astronomer, and poet, and thereby remind Western audiences (who tend to be..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zhou Yu's Train
Chinese romance stars beautiful Gong Li as a modern woman with two male lovers.
"...Ching (Leung), a librarian who wants to become a poet. He is inspired to write poems for her and..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Le Divorce
The Merchant Ivory team say "I do" to romantic comedy.
"...for an extended stay with her pregnant sister, a poet named Roxeanne (a bland Naomi Watts). The trouble begins..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blue Car
"...story of 18-year-old Meg (Bruckner), a budding high school poet who suffers from emotional neglect. Meg is a lovely..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bride of the Wind
"...(Perez); Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius (Simon Verhoeven); and playwright, poet, and novelist Franz Werfel (Gregor Seberg). Obviously, Beresford and..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Moulin Rouge
This musical sucks you in with its own brand of willful illogic and breathtaking visuals. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a penniless poet falls madly in love with a nightclub's star performer, a chanteuse-cum-courtesan who has a heart of gold and is an incipient consumptive. The music is a combination of restructured modern pop tunes manhandled into clever new forms.
"...Into the nightly revel comes Christian (McGregor), a penniless poet of the most clichéd “truth, beauty, freedom, love” kind,..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Before Night Falls
"...director/co-writer Julian Schnabel (Basquiat). His film about exiled Cuban poet/novelist Reinaldo Arenas is a biopic only in the loosest,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Orfeu
"...an exotic and beautiful evocation of a play by poet Vinicius de Moraes. Black Orpheus won top honors that..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eternity and a Day
"...for much of the film) a dour, sixtyish Greek poet named Alexander who has an unnamed terminal illness that..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Iron Giant
If the top-notch story weren't enough, the film also boasts some spectacular animation and a great score.
"...and screenwriter Tim McCanlies' gorgeously animated adaptation of British poet laureate Ted Hughes' 1968 children's book The Iron Man,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

10 Things I Hate About You
This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew provides a sharp examination of teen dating rituals.
"...whip-smart, sometimes bitter girl with the soul of a poet who just wants this whole high school clique behind..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down in the Delta
"...Alice and Alfre Woodard. More than once the great poet and activist Maya Angelou has lambasted Hollywood's ghettocentric vision..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Cruise
"...comes across as a hippie-esque naïf, street scholar, and poet. Miller has somehow, inadvertently by his own admission, managed..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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