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

Occupied City

A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation

"...all-encompassing as Claude Lanzmann's 1985 grand history of the Holocaust, Shoah, Occupied City still runs over four hours (four..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama is powerfully distancing

"...minutes of prelusive black screen that open Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest serve to tamp down..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...as she recounts her story of survival during the Holocaust. (Texas Premiere)..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Texas GOP Leaders Won’t Criticize Antisemites, Nazis

What does “tolerate” mean?

"...that is known to espouse anti-Semitism, pro-Nazi sympathies, or Holocaust denial.”..."

Dec. 5, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

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

Special Session Kicks Off With Nazi Accusations and GOP Infighting

Battle of the billionaire-funded Republicans

"...sexual deviants and misfits and folks who associate with Holocaust deniers."..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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 Q. Thompson

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

Beautiful Blue Eyes

Roy Scheider's final role, as a cop seeking revenge for the Holocaust

"...final role, as a cop seeking revenge for the Holocaust, in the 2009 production formerly known as Iron Cross...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review

Five aGLIFF Movies to Stream at Home

Award winners and hometown heroes of queer cinema jump online

"...the Grand Prix at Korea's EBS International Documentary Festival, Holocaust historian Magnus Gertten's latest film explores a love that..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Charlotte

Calmly heartrending animated biography of artist Charlotte Salomon

"...The story of the Holocaust is, in no small part, the story of the..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Visit historic Presidio La Bahia, take a scenic drive, and more

"...intimate look at her life and work to the Holocaust Museum Houston through July 31. Based upon the New..."

March 31, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...deeply personal VR journey into the memories of a Holocaust survivor. It is a story of despair and hope..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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