High Life

The tedium of space is nothing compared to the tedium of an unfulfilling story

"...distanced herself from the notion that her science-fiction film High Life is a science-fiction film. It undoubtedly is. It's..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Winwood's Back in the High Life

Live review of the jam band godfather's Sunday set

"...days, including an inspired mashup of “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” and “Empty Pages.”..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The High Life

Too-often regarded as dull compilations of dusty facts, biographies are rarely bestsellers, Amanda Eyre Ward writes. But Amanda Foreman's Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire reads like a racy novel, complete with enough rocky relationships, torrid trysts, and illegitimate childbirths to keep Jerry Springer in business for weeks.

"...two of the richest families in England, and Georgiana's life took place against a backdrop of palaces and ballrooms...."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Life Is Sweet

"...David Thewlis. The title of this movie proclaims that life is sweet. It's meant to be taken with a..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High Crimes

"...Hernández. The generic title provides an immediate clue to High Crimes' pedigree. It's a genre picture, a thriller fit..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful is the drama every comic probably wishes he had made. In this life-affirming Italian "concentration-camp comedy," Benigni uses the Holocaust as a backdrop for telling a heartfelt story about a father who protects his son from the gas chambers by the use of the only weapons at his command: his quick imagination, outlandish buffoonery, and scrappy determination.

"...Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Marisa Paredes and Horst Buchholz. Life Is Beautiful is the drama every comic probably wishes..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doug Benson's Total Scam of a Life

The 411 on the 420 comedian

"...Comedian and Super High Me star Doug Benson should be God to every..."

July 2, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...Sarah Dessen hated high school. So how did she become a bestselling author..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...words ever spoken by Hunter S. Thompson in a life full of brazenness and incisiveness turned out to be..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore? I suspect not. The Life Aquatic can't tightrope comedy and tragedy, hilarity and pathos,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Boys Life 2

"...Directed by: Various. Boys Life 2, an outstanding collection of four short films about..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

High School Thesps Earn More Than Applause

New area musical theatre awards announce first nominations

"...More than 100 high schoolers from across the area packed into the Long..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Life Before Her Eyes

Although Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood deliver strong performances, this film from the director of House of Sand and Fog is a muddled affront.

"...a teenager she experienced a Columbine-style rampage in her high school, and the upcoming 15th anniversary of that massacre..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High Tension

A gripping piece of splatterpunk, despite the fact that there's not much to it and the plot crumbles in the third act.

"...Bean cannibal family, The Hills Have Eyes, and watching High Tension it's easy to see why. He directs from..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Life Less Ordinary

"...feel of the material… but perhaps not much. A Life Less Ordinary fails on so many levels it's nearly..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Risk

"...Chan (pop-singer-cum-actor Jacky Cheung, playing a broad stereotype of real-life superstar Jackie Chan, with a dash of Bruce Lee..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Larger Than Life

"...to be under sea level. Going in, Larger Than Life looked like just more generic “product” from the New..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

The notorious life of Serge Gainsbourg is whimsically re-created onscreen.

"...The life and times of France's other national treasure, Serge Gainsbourg,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...Wallenda – (yes, of those Wallendas) about his daredevil life and about his Stunt Spectacular show at Schlitterbahn…..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Sweet-natured, unpretentious, and full-throttled comic acting make this reunion movie loopy fun.

"...-- at least until word of their upcoming 10-year high school reunion sets them off on a binge of..."

May 2, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...for Austin filmmakers, with releases from three of the highest-profile directors (Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Ric Roman Waugh)..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

"...John Bailey. Starring: Lily Tomlin. There's so much to life. So much uncertainty, so much we can't control. And..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Soderbergh’s Netflix Basketball Film High Flying Bird Shoots, Mostly Scores

But just because you can shoot on a phone doesn’t mean you should

"...High Flying Bird, a talky, high-wire drama about an NBA..."

Feb. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Wild Life

An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe

"...Disney animated features. Indeed, those movies have set a high bar for the genre in general, one that rather..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...the 2013 season, one of many involving thousands of high school football players in Texas...."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...his choice of materials (fiberglass being too lowbrow for high art), his choice of subjects (poor immigrants and Aztecs..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Council Supports High School Program to Aid "Bleeding Emergencies"

The dais endorses life-saving program Stop the Bleed

"...The Austin City Council endorsed bringing the life-saving program Stop the Bleed to all Austin high schools..."

Feb. 13, 2019 News Post by Alex Puente

Crashing Into High Maintenance at the ATX Television Festival

Two comedies take double billing, but nothing beats the socks!

"...Crashing is based on a rough period in his life when he was going through a divorce and literally..."

June 10, 2018 Screens Post by Danielle White

Big Sweet Life

An intimate interrogation of Jon Dee Graham

"...different for a musician who's been interviewed his entire life? Take him down into Blunn Creek and ask personal..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

High Fidelity

"...as Rob's live-in girlfriend (Hjejle) walks out on him, High Fidelity traces the course of Rob's top-five relationships with..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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