Got Philosophy?

AFS Documentary Tour presents Examined Life

"...those who've gone a few rounds with capital "P" Philosophy at some point in life or a liberal arts..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Hightower Report: Daddy's Philosophy

Hightower remembers his dad’s thoughts on charity

"...My Daddy didn't even know he had a political philosophy, but he did, and it's the best I've ever..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Trustees Talk Educational Philosophy

AISD board and staff clash over concept of privatizing education

March 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Marxist Philosophy

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Roadside Prophets

"...decidedly older) as a Sixties relic-turned-farmer who spouts roadside philosophy like some mystical desert fountain of knowledge, John Cusack..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...We think our way through matters of politics and philosophy. What else are we to do -- dance our..."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Knives Out

Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit

"...characters is almost giddy. To elaborate on Gordon Gekko’s philosophy: Greed is definitely good when it’s this funny...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fall of the American Empire

Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary

"...film follows Pierre-Paul (Landry) a delivery driver with a philosophy degree who, in the classic right-place-right-time scenario, finds a..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hail Satan?

The Satanic Temple’s idiosyncratic quest to remind America about freedom of religion

"...hilarious look at the temple’s work and particularly their philosophy – not comedy devil worshippers, but quirky outsiders who..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

A look into the world of the farmer and activist

"...will come away with an appreciation of Berry’s rural philosophy and a greater knowledge of the realities faced by..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny

Doc on local filmmaker is a thoughtful portrait

"...of sorts for his entire oeuvre and endlessly curious philosophy. Major League Baseball’s loss has turned out to be..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...which he converses about his career, creative process, social philosophy and politics, and (oh-so-briefly) family life without revealing too..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...Gabriel (Dencik) is a philosophy professor whose dead father has one last secret to..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems

"...for some schmaltz to go along with the transcendentalist philosophy...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Irrational Man

Joaquin Phoenix plots the perfect crime in Woody Allen's new charmer

"...Since the protagonist Abe Lucas (Phoenix) is a college philosophy professor and author, the character’s discussions of Kant and..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jimmy's Hall

Ken Loach film is based on an episode in the life of Jimmy Gralton

"...cagier about putting labels, or even a clearly articulated philosophy, on this historic figure, rendering Jimmy’s call to actions..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trainwreck

Amy Schumer adds an X chromosome to Judd Apatow's usual raunchfest

"...plays a hard-drinking magazine writer named Amy (hmmphh) whose philosophy on romance springs from her father’s example, established in..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Daddy's Philosophy: Everybody does better when everybody does better

"...My Daddy didn't even know he had a political philosophy, but he did, and it's the best I've ever..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?

Audiences shrug back.

"...Party beliefs for Rand's far more ambitious and complex philosophy. This is brought home by having Sean Hannity, Glenn..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Edge of Tomorrow

The sci-fi is a bit fuzzy – and the alien beasties are anything but – in this Tom Cruise action onslaught.

"...of Tomorrow is a sci-fi riff on the Eastern philosophy of enlightenment: If at first you don’t succeed, die,..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kon-Tiki

Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.

"...pathway rather than a barrier. It’s a lovely Zen-like philosophy that befits a lovely movie...."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Big Wedding

In this wedding comedy, a bridegroom’s bitterly divorced parents (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they’re still married to appease his Catholic birth mother.

"...they subscribe to a “let it all hang out” philosophy, which is how Ellie justifies interrupting her unsoiled son’s..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell finds finds another family in distress; Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence kept it consistently fun.

"...exercise and a positive outlook – his “silver linings” philosophy – are all it takes to get his estranged..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shaolin

In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.

"...This rousing Shaolin is notable for the compassionate Buddhist philosophy that underpins what otherwise might have been just another..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remember Me

Robert Pattinson gets to sink his teeth into something more than posturing in this refreshingly rendered love story.

"...Hawkins (Pattinson) have a lot in common: a shared philosophy class, overbearing fathers, dead relatives. Ally's mother was murdered..."

March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Station

This nimble movie about Tolstoy's last days stars Christopher Plummer as the author and Helen Mirren as his high-strung wife, Sofya.

"...appetites, which ran counter to a publicly disseminated personal philosophy that pushed for celibacy, passive resistance, and a renunciation..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brideshead Revisited

It's a film, not a miniseries, but this rendition's attention to the steep divides of class and religion in prewar England remains as sharply etched as ever.

"...Herein, everyone is complicated – by their station, their philosophy, their God – and everyone is complicit...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Saints alive! To each her own biopic.

"...to explain to nonbelievers the originality of Thérèse’s simple philosophy, which she recorded in her diaries. She spoke of..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...Viewers will be able to read into the do-or-die philosophy whatever they choose, and in the meantime simply enjoy..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster

Loud, swooping documentary about the sport of motorcycle racing follows 24 riders on the international circuit.

"...to its ultimate detriment, of examining much of the philosophy and personal struggles involved. Sure, Neale tracks Yank newcomer..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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