News Ticker: September 12

All the news that's fit to blog

"...he was the inspiration for America's Next Top Model's "gravitas" challenge...."

Sept. 12, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Into the TARDIS: Peter Capaldi is the New Doctor

And there's a lot more to him than just 'The Thick of It'

"...airwaves. But they can probably expect a lot more gravitas in the role than his last three predecessors –..."

Aug. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Zero Charisma' Rolls a Double Six on Distribution

Nerdist and Tribeca team up for Austin role playing comedy

"...the New York distro house adds an art house gravitas. Calling the film "hilarious, touching, beautiful, authentic and an..."

July 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): No Joy

Montreal gals get lost in the fray

"...three-gal quartet has a clear songwriting vision and enough gravitas to pull it off...."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Critiquing the Critique

"...did not give the film the perfect amount of gravitas at a critical moment. Add the manner in which..."

March 25, 2013 Postmarks

Maddowpalooza

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow brings political (un)convention to SXSW

"...Despite this gravitas and despite what sometimes seems like Maddow's one-woman stand..."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Ron Oliveira Out at KEYE

Sinclair Broadcasting declines to renew evening anchor's contract

"...After eight years of lending middle market gravitas to F1 crankiness and town hall spats, Ron Oliveira's..."

Feb. 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Finding the Funny in Serious Music

When Igudesman & Joo play classical, they really play

"...kidding. All that symphonic stuff, thundered out with such gravitas in the concert hall, and the chamber music, so..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pinthouse Pizza's Neighborhood Honeymoon

The craft brews are solid, but the pies are still evolving

"...Italian sausage, ham, bacon, and pepperoni, had plenty of gravitas. The biggest surprise, however, was the macaroni-and-cheese pizza. I..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Food Review by Rachel Feit

The AggreGAYtor: December 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...would also be a great drag persona. Such much gravitas in that name – like an unholy union between..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 27

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...well and good that Morgan Freeman is lending his gravitas to a HRC marriage equality video, but it would..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Pain and the Itch

Capital T's trip to this dysfunctional family home for Thanksgiving is well worth taking

"...by some of Austin's finest. Itch doesn't boast the gravitas of sister play August: Osage County, but thanks to..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

First Aid Kit

"...sound woven into the geography. The Lion's Roar lacks gravitas, but that will come with time and heartbreak. The..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One

It was a game-changing reboot, and boy oh boy does it look dandy on Blu-ray

"...like how Royal Shakespeare Company veteran Stewart brings a gravitas that makes him an undeniable leader. He's an affable..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Review by Richard Whittaker

Patience

This Gilbert & Sullivan Society production has something for every connoisseur of comedy

"...Society of Austin possesses just the antidote for Walkürian gravitas. Theirs is a Patience of a frolicking sort, allegorized..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Riverboat Gamblers

"...beatdown (the bruising "Dead Eyes") lends Wolf a welcome gravitas leavened by the stabbing "Heart Conditions" and almost skipping..."

June 1, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The ABCs of VOD

Bill Hicks, video on demand and the future for indie film finances

"...for the highest grossing indie film on the format. Gravitas Ventures CEO Nolan Gallagher pointed to 5 Star Day,..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Club turnover has come due – embrace it

"...the first baking hot day – you feel that gravitas within. I feel it standing at the corner of..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Hallo, Spaceboy! 'Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission' Returns to Earth

Local doc with stellar ambitions opens at Alamo

"...release but also video on-demand through Warner Brothers Home Video/Gravitas. Which means you can watch it in the luxury..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Whole Love

Reviewing Wilco's new ‘The Whole Love’

"...outpouring after his liberation from the critical and inter-band gravitas of Uncle Tupelo. Summerteeth (1999) introduced a Beatlesque detailing..."

Sept. 27, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Comics Fetish: The Death-Ray

The weed of crimefighting bears bitter fruit

"...the hell down & start radiating a bit of gravitas, to cease acting like, say, a teenage kid who..."

Sept. 8, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where the Beards Are

Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's unlikeliest new stars

"...Thom Beers narrates with the same kind of the-end-is-nigh gravitas he brings to other reality curios such as Lobster..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Swedish Sensationsfilms: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema

An encyclopedic overview of the grimy-great underbelly of Swedish exploitation films

"...in the pages of Mad magazine for their chilly gravitas (à la Ingmar) and their frequently fulfilled promise of..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

From the Watergate Break-in to a Broken News Media

Key players in All the President's Men reflect on what 35 years have wrought

"...on April 9, 1976, arrived cloak-and-daggered in the dark gravitas of recent history with flawless supporting performances from Jack..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Humble Boy

With this comedic riff on Hamlet, the production's strength is in the acting

"...would expect her to do: deliver a perfect diva gravitas in the role of Flora, Felix's mother. And Susan..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Austin Secrets

This improv show respects the sentiment and courage behind the secrets it tells

"...to an obese partner or losing a child, the gravitas comes out in the improv...."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

'Paved Paradise Redux: The Art of Joni Mitchell'

John Kelly brings back his Joni Mitchell tribute before retiring it for good

"...muster a relationship that has personal significance and textural gravitas. I can't skim through any of it. The show..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happy Accidents

That a car crash of a video shoot turned viral is only half the story. What a long strange trip it's been for Winnebago Man.

"...romanticize:those years in news, back when news carried significant gravitas; then a professional drift; and finally monkish isolation on..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Two legendary ladies, Betty White and Lena Horne, made news last week

"...as quickly, perhaps, and not even with as much gravitas as a traditional letter-writing campaign. The ratings for the..."

May 14, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

My Education

"...horn. Band member James Alexander's haunting viola gets its gravitas across with the efficacy of a Les Paul. "City..."

April 30, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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