City of God

City of God, like the Rio de Janeiro housing project for which it’s named, is often grim and dire, but the film is also imbued with hope and transcendence.

"...chicken run down the road? Because in the City of God – a housing project in one of Rio’s..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hand of God

Unromantic semi-autobiography about an auteur’s discovery of cinema

"...The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino’s sentimental semi-autobiographical picture about an..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Children of the Corn

Dismal Stephen King adaptation should be plowed back under

"...The seeds of Kurt Wimmer's doom are the fruit of his greatest..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Children of the Grave

Black Sabbath sunders the Frank Erwin Center

"...Tony Iommi, the epitome of heavy metal cool, in a leather frock coat, sunglasses,..."

July 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Bobby Lee Carter and the Hand of God

When Miss Lena came home from visiting her sister in Jackson and found out Bobby Lee Carter had hanged a man from her sycamore tree, she left the breakfast dishes unwashed in the sink for the first time in her life.

"...her life. She had just poured a second cup of coffee and was fixing to do the kitchen before..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Schorn

Children of Reverberation

Are Levitation vets Holy Wave Austin's next Black Angels?

"...fellow Holy Wave member Kyle Hager kicked him out of a band when they were teenagers in El Paso...."

May 13, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...say that when he dies penniless at the age of 81, you’re tasked with cleaning out his rented room...."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The God's Heaven Truth

Rev. Gean West & the Relatives add another chapter to Texas funk history

"...decades. Unless you happen to be among the handful of parishioners at God’s Anointed Community COGIC in West Dallas,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Opinion: Governor Abbott, Do Not Tell Our Children the Same Story About AR-15s

A survivor of an AR-15 reflects on the governor’s position on gun violence and the mental health crisis

"...Another AR-15, one of 20 million in the hands of Americans. Gov. Abbott,..."

June 10, 2022 Column by Julia A. Olson

The Edge of 17

At 21 years old, actress Charmian Carr couldn't have known that the character she was portraying -- Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music -- would follow her for the rest of her life. Prior to her appearance at The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long, a benefit for Project Transitions and aGLIFF, Carr opens up about being forever Liesl.

"...From Ponce de Leon to the inventors of Propecia and Oil of Olay, humans have struggled to..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Myth of Che

The Short Life of Revolutionary Che Guevara

"...are a bitch. The best, like Evan Connell's Son of the Morning Star, can easily surpass its fictional equal:..."

July 11, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. V)

Paying tribute to Blanda, and more

"...Before prying into the heart of what's gone wrong in the State of Texas football,..."

Oct. 7, 2010 Sports Post by John Razook

God Gave Rock & Roll to Her

Rebecca Thomas talks about faith and perspective in 'Electrick Children'

"...Last month, Electrick Children had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival...."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history

"...At the tail end of the last gasp of the satanic ritual abuse mania..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: God Bless the Child

A heartfelt, candid ode to the lazy summer days of childhood

"...When their mother abruptly drives off one morning, five children – ranging from age 1..."

March 17, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Stop Having Children?

"...wanted to point out that this statement is very offensive to most women, whether they believe the Bible is..."

June 6, 2008 Postmarks

Sun Children

Iranian childhood poverty drama has a surprising Goonies twist

"...Dedicating it to 152 million children worldwide who are used for illegal labor, with Sun..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention

The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

"...has. The Yale graduate took the minor supporting part of Arthur Fonzarelli on the breezy sitcom Happy Days and..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Adaptation of Judy Blume's classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book

"...Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is not the first page-to-screen adaptation..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

God's Creatures

Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community

"...the admission that it’s considered bad luck to teach children how to swim. The current is so strong, they..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Prince of Egypt

"...are hoping that their new animated feature The Prince of Egypt will be the chosen one that will lead..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein and Chiwetel Ejiofor...."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...perfect poise, Sky Saxon sits cross-legged atop a bed of brown and gold silk sheets in his living room...."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...It was the second day of what would be a six-day trial of Keller and..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...world and there's no way to make rational sense of his understanding of what happened, or is happening. It..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Wrath of Don

Zimmerman's constituents accuse him of online, in-person abuse

"...In late August, David and Anita Brad­ber­ry walked out of their Northwest Aus­tin home and headed to the nearby..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for observers in an adjoining..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...virtual). But that doesn't mean we're done with some of the selections from 2021. Here's our guide to some..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Game of Thrones: Taking Back the Kingdom

Epic playlist for the HBO siege’s fourth season

"...Thank the old gods that HBO’s Game of Thrones returns on Sunday. The..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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