A Fine Mess

Texan Sticks to Guns and Misfires

"...after an opinion ad questioning the existence of the Holocaust caused wrenching controversy and shredded the nerves of everyone..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

The Addiction

"...The perpetual lack of resistance “causes” the bloody, vampiric holocaust of the film's climax. Ferrara's visual style is gritty,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Europa Europa

In this award-winning foreign film, a Jewish boy during World War II adopts various non-Jewish identities in order to save his hide, but his uncircumcised penis becomes a dead giveaway.

"...by birth, Solly is a young teen when the Holocaust breaks apart his family. Leaping naked out a bathroom..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...into law, would require schools to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in disciplinary proceedings for..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...titular DNA test – such as having both a Holocaust survivor and a former Miss Universe contestant in her..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Eugenics Controversy Looms Over Natal Conference at UT’s AT&T Center

Speakers decry low birth rates, while some promote pseudoscience

"...– the belief in genetic superiority that drove the Holocaust. In 2023, conference organizer Kevin Dolan said on a..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...to the UK – his family’s history with the Holocaust informed Leopoldstadt, and he’s called it a “very personal”..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...who never shies from tough topics (bedwetting, racism, the Holocaust). In 2023, she lost both parents, with mom Janice..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Sex Camp

Send him down to Camp Dry Hole and train him up yourself

"...doesn’t want the voice of a petite octo/nonagenarian German Holocaust survivor/wounded-in-action Jewish war hero in their head when preparing..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Kinky Friedman, Outlaw, Author, and One-Time Gubernatorial Candidate, Dies at 79

Cowboy died peacefully at home

"...latter, he counted Nelson Mandela as a fan of Holocaust tribute song "Ride 'Em Jewboy."..."

June 27, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Opinion on Opinion

"...series of mass atrocities. These massacres occurring after the Holocaust constituted tragedy on top of tragedy. The ethnic cleansing..."

Feb. 26, 2024 Postmarks

Last One Down the Mountain: Belated Thoughts on the Sundance Film Festival

Even virtually, the 2024 fest felt revitalized

"...by Eisenberg. The actors play cousins who join a Holocaust tour of Poland in order to honor their grandmother...."

Feb. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

HBO Docuseries God Save Texas Offers a Personal Lens on the Lone Star State in Crisis

Texas filmmakers confront hard truths about home

"...poison that is infamous for its use in the Holocaust. Overall, Sosa is able to thread a line through..."

Jan. 28, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Cover Complaint

"...come to Israel to escape persecution and prevent another Holocaust from happening. Israel is home to nearly half of..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Postmarks

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...that is known to espouse anti-Semitism, pro-Nazi sympathies, or Holocaust denial." Party Chair Matt Rinaldi questioned what it means..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature

Synagogue Arsonist Gets 10-Year Sentence

Congregation Beth Israel finally gets closure

"...which “was almost as abstract to her as the Holocaust – something that happened before, to other people, someplace..."

Nov. 29, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Shusterman (Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust) Jonathan Silverman (Astros and Asterisks: Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained)..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet

Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

"...drawn on his catalog for works such as Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project and his three-part The Glass Project,..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 18-24

"...wrong, and now you're trying to do things right." Holocaust survivor and author Viktor Frankl offered this advice. I..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Here’s Why Travis County D.A. José Garza Seeking Reelection Matters

He’s a leader in the growing progressive prosecutor movement

"...whistle that connects progressive prosecutors to liberal billionaire and Holocaust survivor George Soros, whose foundation funds progressive causes throughout..."

Aug. 8, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...What happens? Something something nuclear holocaust something something. With the equation locked in (Cruise does..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Austin Playhouse's Indecent

Passionate tribute to a landmark lesbian kiss is a warning from history

"...of over 5 million of its speakers during the Holocaust – we see just how expediently culture can be..."

April 24, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

"...pitched a producer on a serious drama about the Holocaust. "After all that, he went, 'Well, we have an..."

March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Questioning AI

Terrible taste is pretty much hardwired into the American aesthetic

"...in America thinks the Earth is flat and the Holocaust never happened, but some people clearly do, and maybe..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 23-29

"...of life and let the question drift away." But Holocaust survivor and philosopher Viktor Frankl had a radically different..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...by InfoWars to praise Adolf Hitler while denying the Holocaust (remember these two kooks were Donald Trump's dinner guests..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...Art Spiegel­man's Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book history of the holocaust, Maus; Cathy G. John­son's graphic novel about a kids..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...dinner with Donald Trump and Fuentes, a white supremacist, Holocaust-denying political commentator..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ruthie Foster, Booker T. Jones, Kate Kortum, Hyd, and more local shows worth braving the chill

"...favorite Kinkyism, how Nelson Mandela listened to his moving Holocaust song "Ride 'Em Jewboy" nightly during his Robben Island..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Texas Book Festival 2022

"...Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust) and Mary Laura Philpott (Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and..."

Nov. 8, 2022 Photo Gallery

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