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Encapsulating a film inside a 24-hour period adds an enormous amount of dramatic weight to minuscule moments. By dialing the stakes up to full blast, the sense of definite realism heightens a feeling of uncontrolled chaos as a never ending check-list of to-do’s build up and the clock ticks.
Read MoreAng Lee’s follow up to the Oscar winning Brokeback Mountain went underlooked, getting polite, yet not overly enthusiastic reviews and received zero Oscar nominations. However, I’d put it forth as one of the great films of 2007 and is more than deserving of the growing appreciation it’s received over the years; an intoxicating masterpiece of espionage and eroticism.
Read MoreThe best way to describe the way I felt leaving Predator: Badlands, a new installment in the Predator franchise, was satisfaction. There is something so pleasurable in watching a movie do exactly what it needs to do, but without pandering or cutting corners.
Read MoreWith a comedic tone and a political message that both felt surface level at best, I was left hoping for a tastier fortune cookie.
Read MoreIn Eternity, a new romantic dramedy from director David Freyne, life, love, and death are all potent ingredients that make for a compelling plot.
Read MoreA look ahead to Austin screenings 11/28-12/04.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 11/21-11/27.
Read MoreWhile other horror franchises churned out slop or went to space to stay top of mind, one franchise understood the long game and continuously evolved.
Read MoreSpite is an unsettling, atmospheric low budget indie film that centers on a 36 year old woman, Johanna (Masha Cima), who returns to her childhood home after the death of her estranged, abusive mother.
Read MoreWhat happens when the Kong franchise bounds outside its California home and we let the Godzilla folks take the reins for a bit? The result is the recent Weird Wednesday showing of King Kong Escapes.
Read MoreNinja Terminator tells the story of three ninjas, led by Ninja Master Harry (Richard Harrison), who pull off a heist against an all-powerful, entirely-evil, oddly-omnipresent crime empire run by ninjas.
Read MoreExit 8 is an admirable experiment: a video game adaptation that doesn’t just replicate its source but reimagines it as a metaphor for daily life, where the routines we take for granted may be leading us deeper into a purgatory of our own making.
Read MoreThe Mastermind is a welcome return to higher stakes storytelling, with surprising splashes of slapstick comedy.
Read MoreEnjoying its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival, The Boy from St. Croix is a heartfelt documentary of Hall-of-Fame professional basketball player Tim Duncan.
Read MoreRebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life (2025) is an enjoyable comic mystery that proves that the therapist is the last person to know what’s going on.
Read MoreUltimately, The Unexpecteds is about people trying their best to navigate a system that is designed to make sure they never win.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 11/14-11/20.
Read MoreJensen reunites with regular actors Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Mads Mikkelsen for a crime tale about two brothers attempting to retrieve heist money in The Last Viking (2025).
Read MoreWhere SISU 2 shines is taking every element from the first movie and ramping it all up tenfold.
Read MoreHot, sweaty, and filled with dread, Sirāt goes there and takes you alongside it whether you wanted that or not.
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