Fracture

This legal thriller pits two brilliant actors against each other in a sustained battle of wills that has enough sizzle to keep us rapt even when the storyline sags.

"...in the business is to state the obvious. As Fracture’s wife-murdering protagonist, Ted Crawford, Hopkins is a delight to..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Your Health

Is an annual DEXA test enough to assure that I won't ever develop osteoporosis?

"...it is currently the best available test for predicting fracture risk. DEXA measures bone density, which is related to..."

June 10, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Once Upon a Time in Uganda

The true, crazy story of Wakaliwood

"...job as building a Ugandan film industry) becomes a fracture point. Yet it's also a way to understand how..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Violation

Brutal drama turns takes the lurid appeal out of the rape-revenge horror

"...Something clearly has to fracture, and this is before the interspersed moments of Miriam..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Safer at Home

Screen life thriller is just another dull Zoom meeting

"...bails, but they all stick around until disaster. The fracture point comes with a push (or was it a..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wander Darkly

Sierra Miller is a broken wonder with fractured memories of a fractured relationship

"...Wander Darkly slams straight into the fracture point as Adrienne dies in a car crash, and..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...compassion, cruelty, longing, forgiveness, and flashes of joy that fracture into melancholy. Romance is mythical: Sex, transactional. Their inner..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Long Way North

Lovely French-Danish production is an old-fashioned animated movie

"...rollicking rhythm of a ship at sea; the crackling fracture of ice floes banging against the hull; the waterfall..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Follow

Austin's own Owen Egerton directs his first movie

"...Their relationship is headed to some fracture – or may have already fractured, since Quinn is..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Whiplash

A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.

"...kid who’s running in place? The starkly bald and fracture-lined Simmons has a face you might chisel into rock,..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cymbals

"...CymbalsThe Age of Fracture (Tough Love)..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

About Time

Love Actually maestro wants to make you cry with this romantic dramedy.

"...whirling dervish of a sister (Wilson), who shows tiny fracture lines that portend some future breakage. Rachel McAdams plays..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dead

The sun-drenched locales of Ghana and Burkina Faso provide the backdrops for this original zombie apocalypse.

"...a monstrously misaligned right leg and a complementary compound fracture. It's one of the titular revenants, of course, and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Your Health

Is it true that women with osteoporosis should not supplement with more than 6,000 IU daily of vitamin A? What about the vitamin A in food?

"...with decreased bone-mineral density and increased risk for hip fracture. Fortunately few foods, mainly liver and fatty fish, contain..."

May 23, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Costa Brava

"...Inviting on some levels, these tableaus inadvertently seem to fracture the development of Anna and Montserrat's relationship. The film's..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

SXSW Film Review: The Queen of My Dreams

Moving family dramedy jumps between Pakistan and Canada

"...Manji, cast as young Azra, effectively seed the coming fracture with Mariam and Azra’s tilt toward rebelliousness. If the..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Blues Musicians Rally to Save Singer-Guitarist Sarah Barlow’s Finger

Dec. 10 Antone’s benefit show follows serious dog attack injury

"...sustaining a severed left index finger and bone crush fracture in the process. The digit was reattached in emergency..."

Dec. 4, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

D.A. Drops Charges Against One Officer (of 19) in Eighth Street Shootings

Nicholas Gebhart faced trial in Brad Ayala case

"...said at the time he had suffered a skull fracture...."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Full Collapse: Rebecca Hall on Madness and Abuse in Resurrection

The Night House star on her latest horrifying role

"...The Night House you're on a run with very fractured characters, and here the moment of fracture is very..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Break Is a Break

Regardless of what the book burners will tell you, more science is always better than less science.

"...a break. He didn't ask you for a hairline fracture or a slight bend...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...her body, her fears and frustrations reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country. (Texas Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Violation

Feminist horror stabs deep into the Jacobean Revenger

"...Something has to fracture, and this is before the interspersed moments of Miriam..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Blue Surge Pushes Wendy Davis and Mike Siegel Toward D.C.

After losing recent elections, two candidates come out fighting

"...Though both districts are products of past gerrymanders to fracture the Austin vote, they're also both dominated by the..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

aGLIFF Review: Twilight's Kiss

A Hong Kong tales of lives lived long in the closet

"...doesn’t outweigh what might be lost if their families fracture as a result...."

Aug. 17, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

The Case for a Cancellation Agent

Let me clear your calendar professionally

"...As the shifting tectonic plates of a global pandemic fracture the music industry into a scattered, ravaged rubble of..."

June 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Review: Once Upon a Time in Uganda

The true, crazy story of Wakaliwood

"...job as building a Ugandan film industry) becomes a fracture point - but also a way to understand how..."

March 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Study Shows How Scooters Can Hurt

City works with CDC to analyze injuries to riders; Lege weighs in

"...Nearly half (48%) of injured riders sustained a fracture, laceration, or abrasion to the head, with 15% of..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

“Naomi Schlinke: What You See” at Flatbed

The vibrant colors, organic forms, and transparency in the show’s captivating ink on paper works offer exotic archipelagos to explore

"...indigo and turquoise fields that lie below. Likewise, in Fracture, the broken blue columns rising from the base of..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: How Much Money to Break Your Arm?

Because everything, they say, has a price

"...chef: Depends on which arm, where, and type of fracture. Your basic Tonya Harding type job would need to..."

June 5, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II

New chillers and shockers to get you through the season

"...a bold and unsettling depiction of a mind in fracture...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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