Now Streaming in Austin: "Street Flame"

Death and community explored in this skateboard short

"...of Katherine Propper's short film about how teens tackle grief and loss, "Street Flame."..."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hezada! I Miss You by Erin Pringle

Erin Pringle's debut novel is a circus of grief

"...– each word (even the hopeful ones) drenched in grief. Sometimes it's the ache of days going by too..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Cat McCarrey

Shrewd Productions' Jump

In Charly Evon Simpson's drama, characters caught in the dark currents of grief and depression seek a way through

"...life. With Chelsea Manasseri's Fay, they swirl around family: grief over the death of her mother from cancer, melancholy..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kermit the Therapy Dog Wants to Talk About Your Funeral

This grief counselor wears a collar

"...the pup, is a natural when it comes to grief and the art of funereal care. Unfred describes how..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Katarina Brown

SXSW Film Review: 'For Those In Peril'

Melancholy seafaring tale shocks in the end

"...psychological ride through the dark and twisted underbelly of grief’s many stages...."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Starfish

The end of the world becomes a powerful, music-driven metaphor for grief, loss, and healing

"...breaks into Grace's now-empty apartment, immersing herself in her grief, and unaware of the eldritch fate that awaits the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Thing Unspoken

"...but have no longer; it is a kind of grief. Inside you, you shape words around the feeling that..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lotto Madness Continues in Court

Judge recommends denying motion for summary judgment in Texas Lottery Commission whistle-blower suit

"...deny a motion for summary judgment filed by Gary Grief, acting director of the Lottery Commission, in the whistle-blower..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

The Shrouds

Cronenberg contemplates grief and decay

"...looks at what is after life – burial, decay, grief...."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mass

Devastating portrait of four parents in the aftermath of a school shooting

"...in a place beyond simple anger, or hatred, or grief. For years, Gail (Plimpton) and Jay (Isaacs) have tried..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sophie Jones

Coming-of-age drama never escapes its influences

"...debut is a coming of age story tangled in grief: How do you enjoy the pleasures of coming of..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

A White, White Day

Icelandic revenge drama is really a perfect study of stifled grief

"...year – they’re a quiet subtext of collapse and grief...."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AG's Office Warned Against Filing 'Punitive' Appeals

Warning stems from pending whistle-blower lawsuit against Gary Grief and the Texas Lottery Commission, for which the AG's office is serving as the defendants' co-counsel

"...The opinion involves a pending whistle-blower lawsuit against Gary Grief and the Texas Lottery Commission, for which the AG's..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Defining the Name of the World

Denis Johnson's new novel is about grief, but told anew, as if we didn't know anything about it.

"...The paralysis of grief does that to a person, but grief through a..."

July 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

I’ll Be Here to Lay Down Beside You

An Austin widower’s take on coping with loss

"...In the weeks after the death, you feel grief, but you don’t have time to grieve, Don says...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Features Feature by Jonah Lemm

Land

Robin Wright heads to the country for her directorial debut

"...time. I begin thinking this film may transcend the “grief-stricken character moves to a remote environment and comes to..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Beautiful Something Left Behind

The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family

"...release a documentary about children ages 5-10 coping with grief, trauma, loss, and death. Then again, with countless kids..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Am I Crying? Spontaneous Tears Help the Brain Release Stress

Your body's trying to tell you something

"...Saffer, director of Children's Services at Austin Center for Grief & Loss, explained, "I wouldn't say all this crying..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rabbit Hole

In the wake of their child's death, a couple tries to claw their way back to "normal" life.

"...no comfort in each other; each one holds the grief close in a protective bubble that serves as a..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...back to normal helps us to get over the grief but doesn't have to mean being isolated or self-centered...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...back to normal helps us to get over the grief but doesn't have to mean being isolated or self-centered...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...back to normal helps us to get over the grief but doesn't have to mean being isolated or self-centered...."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...back to normal helps us to get over the grief but doesn't have to mean being isolated or self-centered...."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...his partner and filmmaker Lynn Shelton. Maron struggles with grief, disillusionment, and a shifting comedy landscape. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Face Your Own Fears in The Fetch

An Irish legend gives grief a face in J.C. Doler’s debut feature

"...non-corporeal, a force that latches itself to those in grief to turn their own emotions against them, and finally..."

Oct. 28, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Downton Abbey' Season Premiere: Part One

The denizens of Downton are back (some of them in black)

"...visits Isobel, who is in the same fog of grief as Mary. “You see, when your only child dies,..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Lotto Madness?

Former Texas Lottery Commission employee sues commission, alleging he lost his job because he alerted the Texas Legislature to security and ethics breaches, as well as to a cover-up in which employees 'are bullied into silence'

"...and promotions. Shelton v. Texas Lottery Commission and Gary Grief is headed for U.S. District Court in Austin in..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...emergency control center was nonfunctional. Interim Executive Director Gary Grief denied Charles was fired over his e-mail and insisted,..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Honor Our Troops by Seeing 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

"...while watching the movie. Outrage, shame, and finally, always, grief and sorrow. Outrage at the unseemly financial gains Bush's..."

June 30, 2004 Postmarks

Virgin Fiction

First-time publication is like a cotillion for writers, Martin Wilson writes as he reviews five new first novels. And debut novelists are the gussied-up belles at the ball, with butterflies in their stomachs, dreaming of the glorious future that awaits them.

"...Gob's Griefby Chris Adrian Broadway Books, 358 pp., $24.95..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

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