Yen Tan Sets a Timeless Drama Against the AIDS Crisis at SXSW Film

A different spirit of Christmas in Dallas filmmaker's 1985

"...coming out while simultaneously coming to terms with the AIDS crisis of the Eighties...."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

AIDS Walk Austin 2017

Celebrating and advocating 30 years of progress and beyond

"...would pass before the city would have its own HIV/AIDS service organization. Today, AIDS Services of Austin is the..."

Oct. 24, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

About AIDS

Medicare bill an AIDS nightmare

"...for both Medicaid and Medicare, including 50,000 people with AIDS...."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

Latino AIDS: 'Open Your Eyes' October 15

"...– will be devoted to the second National Latino AIDS Awareness Day...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

Campaign to end AIDS moves to fall

"..."We have what it takes to end AIDS. Now all we need is the heart." That's the..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Heather Mitchell

Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis

Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back

"...Council adopted to address Austin’s housing supply and affordability crisis...."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

About AIDS

Celebrate Father's Day and Benefit Kids with AIDS

"...All proceeds benefit the Uganda Children's Charity Fund, supporting AIDS-orphaned children in Uganda and increasing awareness of the incredible..."

June 16, 2000 Column

About AIDS

"...East Austin Rally for AIDS, Feb. 8..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column by Jennifer Herrera

About AIDS: July 20

The Gay Place resurrects the Chronicle's "About AIDS" column

"...Tears streaming, she asked me: “What about AIDS?” Even my mother, in a small Texas town, was..."

July 20, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...was hunched over his desk at the Austin Rape Crisis Center (ARCC). He was rewriting a grant request for..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

About AIDS

Congress should fully fund meds program

"...are on waiting lists for admission to their states' AIDS drug assistance program. ADAPs, funded by both federal and..."

July 2, 2004 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

Law closing in on serostim abuse

"...What Medicaid or AIDS Drug Assistance Programs consumer would sell his AIDS drugs..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

"...Join in Texas AIDS Network's Capitol Days on Feb. 10-11! Participate with the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Carolyn Parker, Ph.D. Director

About AIDS

"...HIV. Getting caught in the crunch is the Texas AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which provides health-prolonging, life-saving medications for..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

1985

Stunning AIDS drama looks beyond the disease and into grief

"...its refusal to contextualize Adrian’s suffering against the ongoing AIDS epidemic. The film never names the disease, only identifies..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Now Streaming in Austin: 1985

Yen Tan's AIDS drama is about people drama, not a disease

"...locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. For decades, AIDS cast a shadow over the LGBTQ+ community - so..."

June 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miss Kitty Litter ATX: From Campfire to Camp Wannakiki

Austin's queen of camp uses her humorous platform for good

"...his life, America was at the height of the AIDS epidemic, and some self-identified leather men were dancing around..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

Wright House Rebrands to Include Sexual Health Clinic

All's well that ends well at ASHwell

"...holistic approach toward taking care of people living with HIV/AIDS. Its birth – at the height of the AIDS..."

Dec. 12, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Postmarks

Crisis Controversy

"...Thank you for your article about the Austin Rape Crisis Center (Vol. 16, No. 16). As a long-time hot-line..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Column

Qmmunity: Lessons From the Past for the Present

Plus, Gender Unbound and Austin Asian American Film Festival kick off virtual programming

"...latter of whom was the founding board chair of AIDS Services of Austin before serving as executive director –..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Standing Witness

On living through the history of AIDS, and seeing a rising rate of infection

"...AIDS didn't hit Austin until several years after the destruction..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Capitol Chronicle: A Profile in Courage

After 10 years in the Texas House, Glen Maxey retires and reflects. A profile of Austin's New Black Panther PartyA surprisingly small crowd turns out to demand safety guarantees from Longhorn Pipeline.

"...recalls the episode, "It was very early in the AIDS crisis, the disease wasn't very well understood, and the..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice

Clean Up Real Good

"...benefit Faith Home, caregivers to babes and tots with HIV/AIDS. It's only $7, but dress up anyway, just for..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda Will Open aGLIFF 2018

Local director headlines roster of new and returning films

"...marked with a return screening of his SXSW 2018 AIDS crisis drama 1985, but also 2008's Ciao. Plus, on..."

July 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blood Diamond

This action-packed take on the issue of blood diamonds is an example of social critique masquerading as cineplex fodder.

"...very nearly overwhelm the subject matter. (As far as African-crisis movies go, Terry George's Hotel Rwanda is still the..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beirut

Vortex's revival confronts issues of the body – as object, as weapon, and as prison – head on

"...hysterical times that Alan Bowne wrote Beirut, when the AIDS crisis was at its zenith, his play gave frightening..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

SXSW Film Review: Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Canada's transgressive comedy kings reunite

"...acting out gay characters in the middle of the AIDS crisis of the 80s. “We were making fun of..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Sheryl Lawrence

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Nicholson Earle's epic American Run for the End of AIDS, a mammoth run around the entire perimeter of the..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Sugar-sweet West End musical biopic is just saccharine

"...“you’re beautiful” rhetoric. There is lip service to the AIDS crisis in the form of mentor character Hugo Battersby..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by James Scott

AFCA Announces Local Film Short List

Five Austin films in contention for the annual award

"...• 1985 (D: Yen Tan) The AIDS crisis is never explicitly mentioned, but hangs like a..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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