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Review of The Fight (2020)

By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Jul 2020

The Fight is an endlessly engaging look into the often labyrinthine legal apparatus, and the film seamlessly moves between the cases with such…

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Review of Yes, God, Yes (2020)

By Shalave Cawley (2) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 25 Jul 2020

Dyer’s masturbation scenes feel innocent as opposed to titillating, and she charms with her mix of cautious curiosity and wide-eyed expressions…

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Review of Amulet (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 24 Jul 2020

It's like Garai can never work out whether she wants this to be a modern Gothic fantasy, or a contemporary horror with deeper social meaning,…

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Review of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)

By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Jul 2020

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is as real as it gets, a snapshot stolen from the very year everything turned to sh-t. It’s a masterpiece…

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Review of Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Jul 2020

If von Boehm adds anything to what's known of Newton's life, it's to explore his iconography, about which he was very honest…

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Review of The Rental (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 20 Jul 2020

Take out the masked menace, this is still tense: Add them in, and it's stomach-churning…

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Review of Cut Throat City (2020)

By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 16 Jul 2020

As COVID-19 widens the gap between the rich and the poor in communities across the country, Cut Throat City’s institutional assault feels…

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Review of The Last Tree (2020)

By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 16 Jul 2020

Rich with technical strategies that enhance our view into Femi’s emotions, The Last Tree uses slow-motion, diffused sound, and many Spike…

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Review of First Cow (2020)

By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Jul 2020

The plot isn’t sturdy enough to fill two hours. An honorable mention, but no best in show…

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Review of Palm Springs (2020)

By Selome Hailu (10) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Jul 2020

It upholds deep respect for everything that makes a rom-com great: unabashed joy…

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Review of Homewrecker (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Jul 2020

It's hard to say exactly where all the blame lies, but there's something surprisingly ugly at play in the depiction of middle-aged women as…

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Review of The Beach House (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Jul 2020

The fact that Emily aspires to be an astrobiologist, fascinated by the study of extremophile life forms, is foreshadowing that could seem clumsy…

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Review of Relic (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 Jul 2020

The comparisons to Hereditary, Ari Aster's febrile masterpiece of familial dysfunction, are inevitable, and while James doesn't quite reach…

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Review of Followed (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 03 Jul 2020

This is also one of the few recent horror American horror film that makes smart use of an urban setting, and throws in a few true-crime references…

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Review of Hamilton (2025)

By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 02 Jul 2020

Odom Jr…

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Review of Skyman (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jul 2020

Sporadically, the deliberately organic, semi-improvised tone doesn't quite gel, and there are momentary longueurs that could derail the story…

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Review of John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)

By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jul 2020

Director Porter has done an excellent job assembling archival footage and interviews to tell Lewis’ story; she has the markings of a great…

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Review of The Wages of Fear (1953)

By Kathleen Maher (33) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jul 2020

This film, the inspiration for the less successful Sorcerer, is a textbook case of how to handle suspense…

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Review of The Truth (2020)

By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jul 2020

While the performances are total delights, there remains the nagging feeling that Kore-eda is not working at his peak…

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Review of Irresistible (2020)

By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 29 Jun 2020

It's not just that this is poorly timed: there would never be any good time for this level of monstrous clumsiness and obviousness…

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