My Old Lady

Israel Horovitz directs Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas in this disappointing film adaptation of his play.

"...to dispense of this nonagenarian obstacle to his deserved happiness in the Ealing Studios tradition of Kind Hearts and..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The One I Love

Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss shine in this rom-com-dram with a twist.

"...in a therapist’s office trying to regain their mojo. Happiness for them has become a hard thing to rediscover,..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Take Me Home: Kelley Mickwee

Trishas singer steps out front

"...AC: What does happiness look like in a perfect moment?..."

July 22, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

This film is a loving valentine to an unsung hero of the entertainment industry who's had an astonishing career.

"...when it bemoans the perceived absence of genuine personal happiness and fulfillment in Gordon’s life, as evidenced by the..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, Capital T Theatre..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

50 to 1

The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.

"...relives that day in May 2009. The man’s genuine happiness and humble joy in the winner’s circle will bring..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Free on the 14th?

Valentine's is still delicious for us single people

"...make fried rice balls, sidle on up to Dumpling Happiness outside of Whisler’s. From scallion pancakes with cheese and..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Food Post by Andrea Kinnison

Branded

In a dystopian society, corporations can see inside people's minds and keep them deluded, but one man fights back.

"...leave us with the illusion of free will and happiness while, in reality, dumbing us six-feet down and turning..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dicks

Reissues

"...drummer Lynn Perko, who later anchored his Sister Double Happiness there. Like its accompanying reissue, These People tacks on..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

A Valentine's Day mix for KOOP

"...twister for the Dicks, also led S.F.'s Sister Double Happiness for a decade starting in the mid Eighties. That..."

Feb. 14, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Jonathan Coulton: “Internet Rock Star”

They Might Be Giant opener has a successful business model

"...So, happiness is a key thing for me and when you’re..."

Feb. 2, 2012 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

What Are You Looking At?

Thanksgiving viewing guide

"...7:30pm: "Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" (Fox). This 2011..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Social action on fire!

"...FOODIES HAPPINESS HOUR Brazilian + Kitty = Happiness. We'll leave that..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Another Year

Mike Leigh directs this brilliantly acted film about the loneliness experienced by those shut out of the family circle.

"...middle-aged woman hovering on the periphery of other people's happiness, it doesn't look good, especially after a social faux..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bloody Beautiful Illusions

Alejandro Jodorowsky, surrealism's topo sangre, on Truth, Beauty, and the Internet

"...you have watched your whole life are worth the happiness of the most beautiful illusion...."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Of Mayhem and Delight

The Keystone films, especially those of Charles Chaplin, reflected the present and heralded the future

"...It dazzles you to see them. You are seeing happiness, and you almost never see that, not really, not..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts stars in this adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's novel about a journey of self-discovery, but the result is undercooked.

"...friends: "Seeing all you happy people…." She is near happiness but not in it, not of it; it is..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...cultural signifying to dig into. Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness: Stories (Knopf) tucks into a different brand of subterranean..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Outrage

The objective of this documentary by Kirby Dick is to out closeted gay and lesbian policymakers, whose hypocrisy harms the GLBT community.

"...and Outrage argue that the closet suffocates decency and happiness, and the film ends with a freeze-frame of the..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Right to Own Guns Runs Deeper Than the Second Amendment

"...ones with final responsibility for our own safety and happiness (as in the pursuit thereof). I don't see how..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Postmarks

I've Loved You So Long

Kristen Scott Thomas is unforgettable in this French film about a woman who has to live with her self-hatred after committing a heinous crime.

"...just as there’s something gratifying in suffering, reaching for happiness comes with pain all its own. For Juliette, getting..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Happy-Go-Lucky

British director Mike Leigh's latest is an uncharacteristic story about an indomitably joyful woman – a lovely state of being, perhaps, but not necessarily of dramatic interest.

"...deeper psychological meaning if you want to, but Poppy’s happiness isn’t a defense mechanism or a coping device or..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Faded Love

Sybil Rosen reveals what it was like to be Living in the Woods in a Tree with Blaze Foley

"...we both had this experience of eight months of happiness."..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

At Home in the World of One's Woes, And It's a Wide, Wide World

The nitty-gritty of what speaks to us and why

"...poetically – our inability to find love, to find happiness, to find fulfillment and some way of reconciling the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Towelhead

Alan Ball's film is guaranteed to discomfit and dismay with its dangerous plunge into an adolescent girl's discovery of sexuality and self-identity.

"...predation recalls the discomfiture provoked by Todd Solondz in Happiness, but Towelhead tells the story from the young girl’s..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“Happiness Is...” (USA, 90 min.) Director: Andrew Shapter Cast: Willie..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Common Law

Citizenship and the Selective Service

"...States, and well disposed toward the good order and happiness of the United States...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Annie Schwartz

TV Eye

The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog

"...Small Bits of Happiness: A dark comedy about a mom-and-pop suicide-prevention business...."

March 14, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

One Missed Call

This American horror remake of Takashi Miike's eponymous Japanese original is a dud.

"...the triple-mindscraping of Audition, Ichi the Killer, and The Happiness of the Katakuris is the stronger for it, although..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Cry for Deliverance

"...Western world have pulled humanity ever higher in enlightened happiness. It is time Louis and all of us embrace..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Postmarks

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