Y Kant Tori Spell?

Tori Amos on this week's word.

May 8, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Danke Schön, Homo Arigato!

This month's Homo Arigato! speaks the language of German love and lust

"...Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant...."

Jan. 27, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

The Flower of My Secret

This florid film comes across like Almodóvar riffing on Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Douglas Sirk's (Imitation of Life). The story about a writer who is dissatisfied with her life marks the return of Almodovar's dark, delicious humor.

"...riffing on Fassbinder (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant comes to mind) riffing on Douglas Sirk (Imitation of..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Seton's sabotage, unintentional or not, of the ongoing planning for a hospital district is barely a street sign on the road of potential social deterioration. The problem is that, though it's a tiny step, it's another one in the wrong direction, and those steps have become strides.

"...my son and his friend. We started making Immanuel Kant jokes. Don't ask me how it started, and, no,..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Descartes a Kant

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Descartes a Kant..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Greg Beets

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...the Italian Top 20. – Greg Beets Descartes A Kant..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Irrational Man

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

"...college philosophy professor and author, the character’s discussions of Kant and Kierkegaard make contextual sense, rather than seeming like..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Good Eye: Knees, Please

Man up and take off your pants

"...practicality bullet-point first. Fashion is about aesthetics; and, following Kant, aesthetics are in excess of the useful. Fashions may..."

June 27, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Astro Boy

This American-bred Astro Boy remains true to the heart and soul of the Japanese original but lacks its raw animation and emotions.

"...to Tod Browning's Freaks and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant!) But ultimately, as an old-school Astro Boy fan and..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future of Liberalism

Alan Wolfe turns his discourse on political theory into a work of energy and at times page-turning drama

"...back to a dispute between the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant and one of the first Romantic thinkers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau...."

April 3, 2009 Books Review by Tim Warden

Rockeras

Mexico and Spain 'hablan' behind your back

"...Descartes a Kant..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Long Drive South

Art or anthropology? Volitant Gallery's 'The Long Drive South,' featuring work by New York artists who motored down to Austin, may be a revealing discussion on both

"...icon-laden style suggests is that the 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant wasn't so off when he hypothesized that although the..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

The Butterfly Effect

Ashton Kutcher lays to waste a promising script involving time travel and unforeseeable consequences.

"...film is loaded with enough metaphysical quandaries to boggle Kant, and the story’s fluid movement through both time and..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 23-29

"...took him to view the aftermath of the Great Kant earthquake. Akira wanted to avert his gaze from the..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Qmmunity: Real Roxy Hours

Local queer comic and jill-of-all-trades Roxy Castillo talks her performance style and history ahead of her run on the Moontower Just for Laughs Fest

"...an all-trans lineup: Digger of Dirt, Mange, Petra von Kant, and Good Pollution. Sun., April 16, 3pm. Sahara Lounge,..."

April 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

World Cup Watch: And So It Begins ...

The World Cup kicks off in what organizers promise won't be the Fyre Festival of sporting events

"...good attack force, but with Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kanté both out injured, can the midfield feed them? The..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Who Is Jhojan Valencia, Austin FC’s Latest Big-Money Signing?

And other Qs asked (and answered) about the 25-year-old midfielder

"...standpoint, a good comparison might be Chelsea midfielder N’golo Kanté. How will he fit with Austin FC?..."

Jan. 12, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...starting sheet for the French national team: Mbappé, Pogba, Kanté, Benzema, Hell Yes helles at right back, Industry Pils..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday Return to the Alamo!

Sorry about that exclamation point, citizen, but we’re excited af

"...Mafu Cage and The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant. Sure. Anything that’s, like, characters in one location, kind..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...Texas Premiere "Jack and Jo Don’t Want Die" D. Kantú Lentz, USA, Texas Premiere "Please Hold" D: KD Davila,..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 8-14

"...physics and explain the difference between the philosophies of Kant and Hegel, and yet have less skill in understanding..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW List No. 4

Dan Auerbach’s father and 118 other acts

"...Descartes A Kant (Guadalajara, Mexico)..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Tormentero Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico D: Rubén Imaz Romero Kantún is a retired fisherman, who lives mired in nostalgia,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...philosophers. He said, "I'm making a movie as Immanuel Kant would, where there's an objective reality and a subjective..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Every few years, Austin dykes wake up and smell the lack of lesbian bar, then do something about it

"...HOMO ARIGATO: 'THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT' These kids love their Germans: "A masochistic, claustrophobic, and..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

A Wonder No More

Voters reject plan to save Astrodome

"...joining the Twitterati in bemoaning the vote. Petra Von Kant could have not cried bitterer tears. At least stadium..."

Nov. 6, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2013 Goes Extra-Terrestrial

Elliott, Buttercup, Ma Kent, and Ned. Ned! join roster

"...as Lana Lang in Superman III, then as Martha Kant in the long-running Smallville.) An Emmy nominee for her..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Singled Out

Eight solo performances to watch out for in FronteraFest 2012

"...6) "Fundamental Principles of Immanual Kant's 'A Metaphysic of Morals'" by Hank Schwemmer (SF) Tuesday, Feb...."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

SXSW Friday Showcases

Friday night's SX showcases are bar-the-door-Katy good

"...Krápula. Returning to SX via Guadalajara is Descartes a Kant, whose sweet-and-sour rants are best represented by "My Sweetest..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

The True Value of a Seven-Cent Nickle

"...as you grant them power. (Who said that? Immanuel Kant? Or was it Dean Martin?) And the doorway to..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

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