Incarnate

Demon possession thriller

"...unfortunately firing duds. Inception-esque mental chaos ensues, complete with gravity-free demoniacs and gravitas-free filmmaking. Hokey doesn’t begin to cover..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Painters Painting Painters" at Davis Gallery

With 10 artists making portraits of themselves and one another, it’s the variety of styles that provides the show’s strength

"...composition lend the utterly contemporary Offutt the kind of gravity and drama I would expect from a saint in..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin Film Festival Review: Shorts Program 10 – Everything’s Shorter in Texas

Series highlights strong range of local filmmakers

"...lent the Shorts Program 10 more lasting heft and gravity...."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Sean L. Malin

Desierto

A most dangerous game in the desert

"...film gig was penning the breathless outer space epic Gravity for his brother Alfonso, who directed – but here..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

This gangster spectacle based on Hitler's rise feels more than timely in the current election year

"...That earnest resolve may account for the overall gravity of tone here. Brecht has left ample space for..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton directs this film adaptation of the creepy kids' favorite

"...unique peculiarities, among them Emma’s (Purnell) complete disregard for gravity and weather, Enoch’s (MacMillan) resurrectional abilities, and Olive’s (McCrostie)..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jennifer Sherburn's Riverside

With her new site-specific dance Riverside, choreographer Jennifer Sherburn says, "Come on in, the water's fine!"

"...says. "Movement qualities you can perform with force and gravity aren't at all the same in the water. Water..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Star Trek Beyond

The Enterprise crew get trapped on a hostile planet

"...freshest bit, a hand-to-hand combat scene turned hurly-burly when gravity revolts. But the human scale – the tending to..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Genius

Editor Maxwell Perkins and author Thomas Wolfe collaborate in biopic

"...actor who knows his greatest strength is in his gravity, single-handedly hoiks up this middling biopic on the strength..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

The destructive glory of Orange Is the New Black

"...1-1 ratio of historical flashbacks) and the center of gravity (previously undetermined), the show has given us its most..."

June 21, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

How Negin Farsad Sees the World … and How You Should See It Too

Social justice comedian on her new book How To Make White People Laugh

"...which is, comedy feels so ill suited to the gravity of the event. So I think as comedians we..."

June 20, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers

Front lunatic Gibby Haynes escapes the Butthole Surfers' first bio, but nothing else did

"...Gibby Haynes escapes the gravity of a Butthole Surfers bio to remain larger than..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Beer Guide Reveals (Notjusta) Spring/Summer Release Party Beer List

Fifth anniversary shindig promises special taps, hangovers

"...Independence Brewing Liberty Lunch Jester King Brewing Boxer’s Revenge gravity keg Last Stand Brewing wheat ale Last Stand Brewing..."

April 26, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...Alejandro Escovedo, Gravity and Thirteen Years double LPs: Former local's first two..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows

Don Hertzfeldt's “World of Tomorrow” caps this mostly nifty program

"...was a kick for this former Space Camper – gravity’s a bitch, but losing it in a spinning anti-gravity..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...Academy Awards for Cinematography – 2014’s Birdman and 2013’s Gravity – and his contributions to this 2015 Western cannot..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Contemporary Galleries in Austin in 2015

For newcomers to Austin's visual arts scene, here are 10 galleries that upped their game in 2015

"...anyone else at 2832 E. MLK. Increased density, increased gravity...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Other Worlds Austin: Embers

Award-winner examines the terror and liberation of forgetting

"...is newly born every time they blink: Two people (Gravity Falls' Jason Ritter and Iva Gocheva) convinced they must..."

Dec. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Benko

"...Tosca String Quartet violist Ames Asbell injects even more gravity into the climax of "Beside Yourself." Like a quirky..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...out of choreographer Sally Jacques' earlier efforts to defy gravity in a series of works that had committed, courageous..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

After Intimidation, Pro-Palestine Students File Civil Rights Complaint

PSC students have filed a formal complaint with the university

"...am hopeful that UT treats this event with the gravity it deserves," said McGiverin...."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love

Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015

"...motivational speech that day by Andrew W.K., who increased gravity with existential affirmations: "Life is not supposed to be..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

James Taylor Pleases All at ACL Taping

The elder statesman of Americana makes a comeback

"...songs highlighted Taylor’s ability to capture moments with utmost gravity and smooth melodies. The acoustic country of “Today Today..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Freud's Last Session

This philosophical debate between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis is richest when it shows their humanity

"...and the blood, shading him with such sorrow and gravity we see an affecting depth of humanity to his..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Class in Session

A primer on Austin's most drinkable beers

"...The gravity of our profane situation as sweaty Austinites is that..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Moving Toward the Edge of Grace

The new and the familiar at Blue Lapis Light's new home

"...and release in superhuman height and momentary escapes from gravity, as long as they only test, not break, the..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

OUTside In

After a tumultuous year in LGBTQ, it's time for an emotional check-in

"...Collado's writings ("talking shit") have a particular gravity and currency on social media platforms such as Twitter..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Katrina Survivors Reflect 10 Years Later

Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin

"...On the gravity of the situation: "The way the city is made..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Being Evel

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...the original, iconic template for every lunatic act of gravity-defying bravado-cum-stupidity – had an outsized influence on America’s action-oriented..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"...Once pointed out, I can feel Coolquitt's levity, Williams' gravity, and Brauntuch's tempo affecting how I see the work...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

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