Amazing Grace

The lost concert movie of the nights that Aretha Franklin recorded her iconic album

"...Baptist Church in Los Angeles in January of 1972, Amazing Grace records the 29-year-old Aretha at the height of..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: Amazing Grace

Two nights with the incomparable Aretha Franklin

"...this writer won’t be exceeding today. Buy the album Amazing Grace – buy all the albums – and now..."

March 17, 2019 SXSW Post by Michael King

Amazing Grace

Unfortunately, what makes British abolitionist William Wilberforce a great man is also what makes him dull: his single-minded righteousness.

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Saving Grace

"...premise of this movie might be better described as Amazing Grace rather than Saving Grace since the plot of..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grace Potter Lives to Perform

Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop

"...Change is hard. Grace Potter knows now after disbanding the Nocturnals (b. 2002)..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Grace Bonney Leads In the Company of Women Event

Texas Book Festival brings Design*Sponge founder and friends to town

"...Bestselling author Grace Bonney has a long history of promoting collaboration and..."

Oct. 6, 2016 Arts Post by Will McCarthy

ACL Interview: Grace London

The rise and return of the local classicist and prodigy

"...interview with my good friend and 13-year-old rising star Grace London was in 2012 – right after she moved..."

Oct. 1, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Introducing Grace Spaulding

Country music comes to the Proper Nang

"...a guest that’s been making her name in Huntsville: Grace Spaulding. We’re pretty excited because Spaulding’s a country singer..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Drum Dynamo J.J. Johnson’s Saving Grace

Powerhouse Austin drummer strips down to his bare essence

"...his stylishness. Even when he pronounces the avocado toast "amazing," he does so with intensity and intention. He means..."

May 26, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

SXSW Grace Note: Glen Campbell at the Austin Rodeo.

"...18, at Austin Rodeo, though – Glen Campbell: Perfect Grace note...."

April 4, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...you're playing. So, for example, if newly wed bride Grace (Weaving) had been told by her husband, Alex (O'Brien),..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Antone’s Anniversary: Bernard Purdie Drum Clinic

Aretha Franklin bandleader rocks Home of the Blues Saturday

"...I understand you’re heavily featured in the new documentary Amazing Grace...."

June 27, 2019 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Breakthrough

Evangelical tract never raises a pulse

"...Directed by: Roxann Dawson. Starring: Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Marcel Ruiz, Sam Trammell, Dennis Haysbert, Mike..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Luv Doc: Mind Blown!

You can’t know everything. Thinking you do is a very special kind of stupidity.

"...busting out a respectable a capella kick start of "Amazing Grace." As my New Jersey friends would say, "Hoofa..."

July 17, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Rich From the Journey

The crazy quilt career of Kimmie Rhodes.

"...That now makes him a member of the extended Rhodes/Gracey gypsy family circus, which includes the singer's husband, musician/record..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Female Perversions

"...intelligent, entertaining, provocative, absorbing, and, yes, feminist movie to grace our theatres in quite some time. Hardly the salacious..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stoners, Killers, and Kissing Miss Piggy

Topher Grace on assassination comedy American Ultra

"...blame for Austin's ever-swelling population, then stop hunting. Topher Grace admits it was him. He said, "I had such..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fashion Camp

Jen DM & Rick Gradone of Hi Fashion tell all

"...living up to the name of their 2010 single, “Amazing,” quality queer duo Hi Fashion – aka Jen DM..."

June 26, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Jazz on a Summer's Day

The groundbreaking concert movie gains new meaning in this stunning restoration

"...Aretha Franklin didn't see that performance before she made "Amazing Grace" her own 14 years later)...."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

127 Hours

An unrelenting tour de force thanks to Simon Beaufoy's clever script, Danny Boyle's inspired direction, and James Franco's amazing performance, 127 Hours is primarily an unforgettable examination of the human spirit under extreme duress.

"...newbie female hikers (Tamblyn and Mara), falls from nature's grace and lands in an impossible, horrific situation: His arm..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hours

"...scene, but this one virtually glides with an extraordinary grace and elegance. The three ingeniously linked narratives of The..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

One Day in September

Recipient of the 2000 Oscar for Best Documentary, this film unfolds the gripping drama that occurred on September 5, 1972, during the Munich Olympics, when eight armed Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of the Israeli delegation hostage.

"...One Day in September scores its ultimate coup de grace through its interviews. Macdonald has lined up an amazing..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rapid Fire

"...That Brandon Lee pulls this feat off with reasonable grace is, indeed, a testament to his abilities. But if..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...city’s trash collection can provide the foundation for an amazing work of art. Initially, the beauty and grace of..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let's Talk About Sex

"...directing, and starring in Let's Talk About Sex. It's amazing that Beyer ever managed to get her script made,..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Space Odyssey

Planet U2 touches down in Houston

"...Mandela opened the first encore as Bono’s solo acoustic “Amazing Grace” tear-dropped into a rapturous “Where the Streets Have..."

Oct. 15, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: City Slights

In our civic dialogue, grace and respect have all but disappeared

"...I believe in grace and redemption. So much of the time people level..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens

"...those who desperately crave it, but also to dispense grace where it is needed. The book's leitmotif, "Amazing Grace,"..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Books Review by Melanie Haupt

Night Visions

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

"...part, why Alison Maclean hopped along for the ride. Amazing Grace Alison Maclean was first approached by Elizabeth Cuthrell..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

In Person: Jonathan Kozol

"...South Bronx in New York City. His new book, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Books Feature

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