Frailty

"...than the three Texas actors at the heart of Frailty: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, and Powers Boothe? This movie,..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frailty, Thy Name Ain't Woman

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...get behind a camera, of course. Paxton's directorial debut Frailty is hardly a vanity project, though; it's a Texas..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...of humanity’s endgame while simultaneously focusing on the trip-wire frailty of a nuclear family trapped in the hungry, thirsty..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

12 Years a Slave

Brutal yet elegant, Steve McQueen's latest is a beautifully rendered punch to the gut about the most shameful chapter in American history.

"...uncontrollable anger, newcomer Nyong’o exhibits the strength and the frailty of a woman burdened by the horrors of a..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Greatest Game Ever Played

The improbable but true triumph of 19-year-old amateur American golfer Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open is given the David and Goliath treatment.

"...does an abrupt about-face from his violent directing debut, Frailty, to this period piece about the improbable but true..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Saraband

Ingmar Bergman’s final film continues his exploration into mankind’s willful inability to accept the inevitable, whatever that may be.

"...distillation of the great director’s ongoing themes of the frailty of the human psyche and mankind’s willful inability to..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Deep End

"...head above water, Swinton flames these split-second moments of frailty, of rage, of real emotion. A moment is there,..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Simpatico

"...been dreading, but a rueful, clear-eyed understanding of human frailty...."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ethan Frome

"...yet ineptly perform the monotonous, household drudgery that Zeena's “frailty” prevents her from doing. Within a year, an undeniable..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Howards End

"...a sumptuous, humorous, generous roasting of human aspiration and frailty. The characters are woven together with a delicate intricacy,..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hill Country Property

Passion, compromise, and human frailty figure large in this touching and funny Texas novel

"...didn't figure," Henry tells Roger. Passion, compromise, and human frailty figure large in this world, and Sanderson's prose is..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Dear Frailty

Arthur Simone's Dear Frailty uncovers a dark and twitchy side of humanity

"...Dear Frailty..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drafthouse Sets Bill Paxton Memorial Screenings

Beloved everyman actor and Texas native passed away Sunday

"...made his directorial debut with the Southern Gothic horror Frailty, starring as an axe-wielding religious fanatic and single father...."

Feb. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Lady in the Van

Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady

"...film’s end, you see (for the first time) the frailty and softness this peculiar woman has hidden from the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...by killing. And then to recognize our own human frailty and mistakes. 142 wrongfully convicted people have come off..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Dark Matter

A Chinese student studying theoretical cosmology in the U.S. also has a lot of dark matter occupying his head, and not even the assistance of faculty wife Meryl Streep can prevent it from taking over.

"...(featuring a predictably brilliant Streep) says more about the frailty of human identity and the depths of shame than..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Flawless

"...a deeply deluded man, unable to accept his own frailty, the most shameful of which is his body's refusal..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Return With Honor

"...erase any doubt. Many cracked almost instantly. Recognizing human frailty, the P.O.W. code of honor demanded only that one..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Schave's writing displays a gentility and compassion for human frailty that touches us very deep inside. Fortunately for him..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Cousin Bette

"...expression seeking some sign of human warmth or even frailty. By contrast, all the other characters are soft, and..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Losing Chase

"...intriguing Chase, a woman whose strong character and emotional frailty are at odds with one another, alternately enraging and..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...Paxton. He was also a director (his 2001 debut, Frailty, is now regarded as a landmark in Southern Gothic),..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...– fully conscious of her debt, abilities, and the frailty of her aspirations...."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

DVDanger: Don't Knock Twice

Home release horror, plus J-horror streaming news and more

"...his family to be reunited. It's a moment of frailty that shows the depths he tapped in Maggie were..."

July 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Beth Consetta Rubel: Higher Learning: Educational Toys”

Rubel’s solo show is cutting when it comes to Bill Cosby and Rachel Dolezal, but it also explores the complexities of race

"...has been brought low by the pitfalls of human frailty, political greed, and the complexities of race – an..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Hector Carmona Miranda: Concrete, Plastic & Metal"

Sometimes you want more from the artist's 3-D printed busts and photographs of same, and sometimes you get it

"...more rapturous, possibly as a result of her exposed frailty, her beauty so easily threatened...."

March 17, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Funniest Person in Austin 2016: Lashonda Rules!

Lashonda Lester takes the title in the competition's 31st year

"...surprised because Lester showed no sign of illness or frailty in her finals set. Earlier in the day, she..."

May 17, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...weird all the same, by showing you your own frailty, showing you how little control you have over your..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Petty: The Biography

Gator comes clean

"...Author Zanes empathetically captures his subject's intertwined resilience and frailty: a survivor who may never be at peace, but..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

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