Brett Ratner’s name often draws scoffs among filmgoers, as the director tends to ping-pong between lukewarm comedies (“The Family Man”) and overwrought thrillers (“After the Sunset”),...

The “Harold and Kumar” franchise has long been a reliable source for racially-charged political humor sprinkled in among sharper-than-expected stoner satire. The long wait between sequel “Harold...

The most prevalent trend to emerge from the new fall television season is that, by and large, network sitcoms have made a ratings comeback. Most of the new programs to have been picked up for full, 22-episode...

Roland Emmerich has built his career on disaster film epics such as “Independence Day” and “2012,” but his passion project “Anonymous” is a film of an entirely different...

“Anonymous” director Roland Emmerich played a large part in getting the film made, but a man famous for bringing audiences explosion-happy apocalyptic films such as “Independence Day”...

Physical media may be dying, but it’ll be a tragedy for the collector if it ever does. Sure, one could go to Amazon and download a digital copy of Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused,”...

Jeff Who Lives at Home Jay & Mark Duplass Genre: Comedy Grade: B+ The Duplass brothers started off with 2005’s ultra-mumblecore “The Puffy Chair” and have slowly progressed...

“Searching for Sonny” Andrew Disney Genre: Comedy Grade: B+ The main appeal to “Searching for Sonny” is most certainly its cast, cribbed together with notable supporting...

“Butter” Jim Field Smith Genre: Comedy Grade: A Jim Field Smith’s razor-sharp satire “Butter” was the opening night film at this year’s Austin Film Festival,...

"Austin High" Alan Deutsch Genre: Comedy Grade: B Former UT students Kirk Johnson and Will Elliott wrote the screenplay for “Austin High,” and their love of Austin is...

Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman weren’t exactly the most obvious choice for the next “Paranormal Activity” film, coming off of last year’s debut “Catfish,”...

Yesterday marked the beginning of this year’s Austin Film Festival. The festival will run through Oct. 27 and seeks to balance local flavor with Hollywood flair. Among the many events that The Daily...