Josh Rosenblatt
By Josh Rosenblatt:
‘Kingdom of Shadows,’ Where Money, Corruption and Terror Join Forces
Not for the faint of heart, Kingdom of Shadows, which will be screened over three nights this month in Austin, San Antonio and Dallas, is a disheartening trip down the rabbit hole of a failed state, where money and corruption and terror have joined forces to break the hearts of the Mexican people. Read More
‘Deep Web’ Probes Mastermind Behind Online Black Market
"Deep Web," the latest documentary from writer/director/actor Alex Winter, follows Ulbricht’s story down the rabbit hole and through the maze of the dark net, an encrypted hidden network of websites offering safe havens and lines of communication for criminals, journalists, extremists, whistleblowers and others for whom anonymity and secrecy are essential. Read More
In the Austin of Andrew Bujalski’s Results, Aimlessness is a Sin
Independent writer/director Andrew Bujalski's newest film, "Results," follows a modern-day love triangle of three imperfect people grasping not just for romance, but for meaning. That premise is full of possibilities, which is why it’s so disappointing that it never quite coheres. Read More
Robert Duvall’s Unexamined Melodrama, ‘Wild Horses’
Robert Duvall's new Western, Wild Horses, tells the story of a Texas Ranger who uncovers a 15-year-old missing persons case. But instead of becoming a compelling drama, Duvall delivers an uninspired narrative that feels incomplete and unexamined. Read More
Zellner Brothers’ Latest Film Explores Fact as Fiction
In their newest film, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Austin filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner tell the tragic story of a troubled woman who mistakes the story unfolding in a movie for truth, and instead, only finds tragedy in the end. Read More
Austin Filmmaker Bob Byington Has Crafted a Universe of Comic Misanthropy
Filmmaker Bob Byington’s white, male, shaggy-headed hipsters live to provoke. Read More
Mike Judge and the Duplass Bros. Bring Texas to TV
Austin filmmakers who were outsiders 20 years ago are now insiders who have forced the world to adapt to them. Read More
The Entertaining Border Narrative of The Bridge Cut Short Too Soon
The Texas answer to New Mexico’s "Breaking Bad" was old Hollywood all the way. Read More
The Observer Review: Our Secret Life in the Movies
Our Secret Life in the Movies offers dueling fragmentary bursts of short fiction that blur the lines between memoir, fiction and homage, and offer a peek inside the minds of two men raised on movies at the tail end of the Cold War. Read More