American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"..."missing, presumed dead" trope has been a fixture of American crime drama: But American Woman is less a whodunit..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin African American Book Festival Comes to Carver Museum

Authors and activists address the state of Black culture

"...The Austin African American Book Festival celebrates its 11th year and, like years..."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Jennifer MacKenzie Murphy

Wonder Woman

The origin story of Diana, princess of the Amazons

"...Gal Gadot as Diana, Princess of Themyscira (aka Wonder Woman, although no one says it aloud), the bullet-deflecting, Lasso..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Watermelon Woman

An African-American lesbian filmmaker struggles entertainingly to find antecedents.

"...to repeat it. If, like Cheryl Dunye, you're an African-American lesbian filmmaker struggling to find antecedents or self-reflections in..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher and author who also co-stars, this unusual film is part revivalist sermon, part narrative drama, and wholly urgent and engaging.

"...Debbi Morgan, Michael Boatman, Clifton Powell and T.D. Jakes. Woman Thou Art Loosed is a very interesting, if not..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Woman in Gold

Helen Mirren plays an aging Jew who wants to win back a painting looted from her family by the Nazis

"...and you have the dull and simplified tale of Woman in Gold...."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Earth and the American Dream

"...the movie's aim is the discovery of the specific American attitudes and belief systems that implicitly foster such wholesale..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity

You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you

"...trust issue. You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you –..."

May 12, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Quiet American

"...of the country’s post-9/11 mood of circumspection, The Quiet American is now finally going into wider release this week,..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...potboiler Ninja III: The Domination and Canadian psycho-surgical creeper American Mary, she has finally started to control her own..."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richards Named Track & Field News Woman of Year

Quartermiler and two other Texas Exes get No.1 rankings

"...Longhorns sprinter Sanya Richards has been named the 2009 Woman of the Year by Track & Field News. The..."

Dec. 29, 2009 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...Austin Asian American Film Festival presents House of Hummingbird Thursday, June 13,..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Case of Austin's Declining African-American Population

UT professor Eric Tang leads discussion on May study

"...in the city, “Outlier: The Case of Austin’s Declining African-American Population,” had just flipped through a sequence of color-coded..."

Nov. 3, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

'Great American Hero' Tim League

Anderson Cooper dubs Alamo Drafthouse boss a "great American hero"

"...left on the venue’s answering machine by a young woman upset at having been evicted from the theatre after..."

June 8, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

House of Hummingbird Opening Austin Asian American Film Festival

Movies from first time filmmakers flourish in headline slots

"...The Austin Asian American Film Festival took a quick hiatus last year, and..."

May 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen on the Rise of the Unruly Woman

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud author comes to BookPeople

"...Too Loud: The Rise & Reign of the Unruly Woman. Chapter by chapter, it examines modern female celebrities by..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Rachel Rascoe

Every Woman Everywhere

UT, ALLGO, and Resistencia honor the life and work of the late Gloria Anzaldúa

"...I love them, even moved by them. As a woman, I'm so proud of you. We are from different..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Man Writes About Woman!

Just about every story in Woodcuts of Women tells of male characters who suffer and sweat through long desert hours for the bitter perfume of sex, David Garza writes. But to label Gilb's effort at writing effectively and seductively about women an exclusively macho affair would be facile, if not plain lazy.

"...author to be a thoroughly provocative voice in contemporary American fiction. At their best, it turns out, the stories..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

African-American Independent Film Festival (Southwestern University)

"...Directed by: Various. The first annual African-American Independent Film Festival honors Jessie Maple Patton, who has..."

April 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Movie

What to see at the sixth annual Cine Las Americas.

"...suicide in a remote canyon. There, he encounters a woman who appears to be not only a dweller but..."

April 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Waterloo Brewing Company & American Grill

"...The Waterloo Brewing Company & American Grill is a neighborhood bar with a brewery at..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature

American Ho

An old friend from work turns up in a very different occupation

"...A woman knows where her breasts are at all times. If..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman

UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April

"...executed since reinstatement of the death penalty, the first woman executed since 2005, and the fifth woman – and..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Bill and Karen: An American Love Story

"...Directed by: Jennifer Fox. American Love Story is a nine-part series of 54-minute episodes..."

Nov. 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Marriage American Catholic Style

American Catholic church celebrates marriage equality

"...special Saturday mass greeting at Southeast Austin's Holy Family American Catholic Church, where he is pastor. "And a new..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Dim Sum Under the Rainbow

"...fills up early, with many Chinese and a few American families seated around the tables, patiently awaiting the treasure-laden..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...And like the majority of modern American music, the genre originated in the African-American community...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Day Trips: African American Museum, Dallas

Jefferson's Monticello exhibit takes straight look at slavery

"...The African American Museum is bringing to Dallas a poignant exhibition on..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Your Guide to the Most Intriguing Films of This Year’s Austin Asian American Film Festival

AAAFF looks cool AF

"...The Austin Asian American Film Festival is back in town, but if you..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

The Luv Doc: The Woman Who Stole My Husband

A raging bonfire of hate

"...Luv Doc, The woman who stole my husband and caused my divorce got..."

March 6, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

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