Su-Yee Lin's "An Interlude: Pig River"

Third Place winner in the 2017 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...folks used to say? Something about a pig bringing happiness. Oh yes, "Abundant happiness will arrive with a pig..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Su-Yee Lin

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...15) "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)," Sister Double Happiness..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...Chelsom (Hear My Song, Hector and the Search for Happiness) and screenplay by Allan Loeb (Collateral Beauty, one of..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Edge of Seventeen

Teen dramedy gets the growing pains right

"...burdened by the caretaking of others, might find some happiness together – but frustratingly cuts corners elsewhere. For all..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Manches Frida

A thief becomes a substitute teacher to get his loot

"...navigating all those barriers that are hindrances to our happiness. It's a nifty bit of business, with most of..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: Always Late

F that D

"...I read an article not too long ago that..."

July 29, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

White Lung’s Mish Barber-Way

“You gotta scream to be heard”

"...it. But you know, the way I write about happiness is not the way that someone else would. Everyone..."

July 6, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

The Luv Doc: Uncool!

Yes, you should stop checking his phone

"...at least you won't have sabotaged any chance at happiness by worrying about what hasn't happened...."

July 1, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Yakuza Apocalypse

Japan’s nuttiest filmmaker Takashi Miike strikes again

"...a career out of messing with audiences' heads (The Happiness of the Katakuris, anyone?), thus creating a love him/hate..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: The Woman Who Stole My Husband

A raging bonfire of hate

"...her win. You need to understand that another person’s happiness doesn’t negate your own. More than likely she did..."

March 6, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Mommy

Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan creates a volatile drama about a violently hyperactive teen, his strong-willed mother, and the nice woman who lives across the street.

"...lens.) At a couple points when the characters experience happiness, the screen ration suddenly pops out into widescreen. The..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

23 Blast

Actor Dylan Baker debuts as a director with this inspirational film about a blind, young football player.

"...first feature from actor Dylan Baker (The Good Wife, Happiness) is a generic triumph-over-adversity film whose tonal shifts would..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

John Wick

Keanu Reeves and the filmmakers deliver the goods in this well-constructed revenge picture.

"...admirably spare sequence, establishing Wick’s grief and gradually renewed happiness in simple, effective interactions...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

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

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