Grief

"...Gutteridge and Carlton Wilborn. A most unlikely titled comedy, Grief is something like what Soapdish might have been if..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: The Grief of Others

Wonderful performances buoy this story about a family's grief

"...Patrick Wang’s adaptation of Leah Hager Cohen's novel The Grief of Others takes a more measured approach and is..."

March 18, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Loss and Grief and the 'Widdahood'

Catherine Tidd speaks on life after her spouse’s death

"...Loss and grief: two of the most unwilling partners in life. And..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Books Post by Margaret Moser

Beside Manner: Facing Grief

Using literature to move past tragedy

"...Which is how On Grief and Grieving landed on my makeshift bedside. The book..."

June 21, 2016 Arts Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Bringing Joy to Grief in Apple TV+'s The Sky Is Everywhere

And B. Iden Payne winner Jacques Colimon is the sun

"...Kaufman) as she untangles all the complicated emotions of grief when her twin suddenly drops dead of a heart..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Starfish Clings to Grief

Writer/director AT White on how his own loss shaped his film

"...Austin Chronicle: I've talked with grief counselors who've said that there's not really stages of..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“A Trajectory of Grief” Traverses Tragedy

Monica Martinez-Diaz deals with death through digital collage

"...aching testament to family and home, “A Trajectory of Grief” presents a visual journey through the connective synapses of..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Jared Garrison: 'Very Sorry' for Grief Caused With ASME Shirt

Designer apologizes to friends and family of Esme Barrera

"...on New Year's Day, and in the outpouring of grief local artist Charlie Chauvin created the "For Esme" logo...."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Grief, Anger, Activism Follow AISD’s Move to Close Schools

Lingering questions over unreleased equity report fuel frustration

"...host of districtwide initiatives, community members are reacting with grief, anger, and – above all – a desire to..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tracking Down Grief With The Head Hunter

Filmmaker Jordan Downey on a monster movie with a fractured heart

"...Grief is a monster, and vengeance is its bastard spawn..."

April 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gaza Grief

Oct. 31, 2023 Postmarks

Death, Grief, and Buddhism in Fantastic Fest’s The Long Walk

Laotian cinema pioneer Mattie Do's patiently ponderous tale

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

All of Us Strangers

A ghostly meditation on grief that chooses the darkest path

"...Grief is often said to be the last act of..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Beginners

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor play father and son in this lovely drama about what happens to both after the older man discovers near the end of his life that he's gay.

"...project, an illustrated “history of sadness” inspired by his grief over Hal’s death. It’s that grief that first sparks..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Liza

"...be a Kübler-Ross case study on the stages of grief. But this story (written by Hoffman’s brother Gordy Hoffman,..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moonlight Mile

"...few seconds, but it's singularly the purest form of grief to be found in the well-intentioned but unsuccessful Moonlight..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Orphans

"...self-destruction that uses as its centerpoint the children's own grief for their lost mother (whom we see in flashback..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strand of Oaks and the Cadence of Joy

Overcoming grief and exploring sobriety, Tim Showalter finds himself In Heaven

"...continue to live. Showalter mentions Nick Cave's comments on grief, about allowing temporary insanity into your life. Cave says..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

The Rhythm Section

Blake Lively doesn't live up to her name in this flat spy romp

"...Grief affects us in often peculiar ways. For Stephanie Patrick..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Monsieur Lazhar

In a Montreal classroom, adolescent students and their Algerian substitute teacher help one another cope with grief. The film was an Oscar nominee.

"...This French-Canadian drama and its elegant study of grief, guilt, and recovery goes places that few films dare..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Morvern Callar

"...in a Spanish hotel, that begins with teary, mutual grief then mutates into bouncing-on-the-bed rowdiness and finally a violent,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Terror Fest Record Reviews

Tomb Mold, Come to Grief/Fistula, Chrch, Wayfarer, and Gnaw

"...Come to Grief/Fistula“Take Me in My Sleep” b/w “Contusion” (Patac) During its..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...he was promptly killed. Toller is, throughout the movie, grief-stricken by not only this fact but the resulting demise..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Collateral Beauty

Will Smith mopes around in this preposterous drama

"...(Smith), is an impassive lump, an advertising guru whose grief over the death of his 6-year-old daughter two years..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cake

In a rare dramatic role, Jennifer Aniston plays a woman grappling with chronic pain, painkiller addiction, and personal tragedy.

"...of fellow chronic pain sufferers, pithily dismissing their collective grief over the suicide of former group member Nina (Kendrick)...."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Love Happens

You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.

"...putzy drama about a self-help guru who specializes in grief counseling even though he himself has hardly recovered from..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Son's Room

"...struggling to find the means of coping with their grief in The Son's Room, a haunting film written and..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mothman Prophecies

"...the mystery before it unravels him. Gere wears his grief like a tatty overcoat in this film and it..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...Country music and grief go hand in hand. Hank Williams set the standard,..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

8 1/2 Women

"...new film is a meditation on men and women, grief and loss, earthquakes and pachinko. Maybe. Or maybe, as..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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