The annual collaboration with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) Brown Santa program helps to serve families in need each holiday season. AUSTIN, TX — The Austin Tejano Music Coalition (ATMC) will hold its 14th annual Toy Drive and dance that benefits the Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) annual Brown Santa program to help families.… Continue reading Community and Music News: Austin Tejano Music Coalition’s14th annual Brown Santa Toy Drive
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ELLA MCCAY Has So Much Going For It, Minus A Solid Script
After delivering such great films as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, and As Good As It Gets, filmmaker James L. Brooks has yet to deliver another great motion picture. His latest entry, Ella McCay, has a tremendous cast, a talented cinematographer (Robert Elswit), and an incredible score composer (Hans Zimmer), but the direction and writing… Continue reading ELLA MCCAY Has So Much Going For It, Minus A Solid Script
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – See Both Volumes as One and More!
I so clearly remember seeing Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) in theaters and loving the films. I was excited when I learned the movie was being released on physical media (remember the DVD format?), which was what I requested on my Christmas list at a gift exchange party I… Continue reading Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – See Both Volumes as One and More!
AFF 2025: JAY KELLY Delivers Stellar Turns By George Clooney And Adam Sandler
This year’s Austin Film Festival had programming stacked with movies that were generating buzz at other festivals. After receiving lots of positive feedback from the Venice International Film Festival and knowing it is a Noah Baumbach film, I knew I must attend the screening at AFF. Jay Kelly does not disappoint. Baumbach’s attention to story… Continue reading AFF 2025: JAY KELLY Delivers Stellar Turns By George Clooney And Adam Sandler
LEFT-HANDED GIRL: A Sean Baker-Style Story Presented Through Chinese Working Class Culture
From writer-director Shih-Ching Tsou and co-writer/producer/editor Sean Baker (Anora, The Florida Project, The Red Rocket) comes a movie that portrays the struggles of a single Chinese woman attempting to provide for her two daughters, on her own terms, while maintaining some semblance of pride and honor to please her parents. However, they have some skeletons… Continue reading LEFT-HANDED GIRL: A Sean Baker-Style Story Presented Through Chinese Working Class Culture
Crítica de cine: Hamnet – Amor, matrimonio, duelo y vida con actuaciones impresionantes
Puede que leas el título de esta película y pienses que es un error tipográfico o algún tipo de equivocación con el título de la obra de Shakespeare, Hamlet. No lo es. Se señala al comienzo de la película que los nombres Hamnet y Hamlet eran intercambiables en Inglaterra. La escritora norirlandesa Maggie O’Farrell escribió… Continue reading Crítica de cine: Hamnet – Amor, matrimonio, duelo y vida con actuaciones impresionantes
AFF 2025 – Hamnet: a haunting and heartfelt act of imagination
Having taught Shakespeare for thirty years, I approached Hamnet with both anticipation and caution. The life of William Shakespeare, as most scholars understand, can almost fit on a postage stamp—an extraordinary creative legacy paired with a frustratingly sparse historical record. So, when Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel premiered, I knew I wasn’t… Continue reading AFF 2025 – Hamnet: a haunting and heartfelt act of imagination
AFF 2025: WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Writer/director Rian Johnson is back with another installment in his Benoit Blanc mystery series. After loving Knives Out and enjoying Glass Onion, I was definitely ready to see what the filmmaker had been cooking for the past 3 years since the last movie. It certainly pleases me that each chapter of this series feels unique… Continue reading AFF 2025: WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
ZOOPTOPIA 2: A Fun Sequel That Is Not Quite As Good As The First One
The first Zootopia is a movie full of extraordinary imagination, beautiful animation, exceptional humor, and rich characters. It is one of those first installments that would be hard to follow; therefore, my expectations for this sequel were definitely tempered. Armed with that attitude, I was mostly pleased that the new film still keeps the jokes… Continue reading ZOOPTOPIA 2: A Fun Sequel That Is Not Quite As Good As The First One
Crítica de cine: Eternity – Descubre qué decisiones se pueden tomar en el más allá, o no
Tomar decisiones en la vida no siempre es fácil. Si has pensado toda tu vida que tomar decisiones terminará finalmente después de que pases, bueno, el guion de Eternity mostrará a la audiencia que no termina. Hay decisiones que se pueden tomar, pero una vez que se toma esa decisión, entonces llega el momento de… Continue reading Crítica de cine: Eternity – Descubre qué decisiones se pueden tomar en el más allá, o no