SXSW Film Review: 'Impossible Light'

Some of the best parts of this doc blink out like LED lights

"...patronage has certainly has changed over the years, and Impossible Light is a near-perfect distillation of that evolution...."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Jeff Winkler

SXSW Film Review: 'Impossible Light'

March 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Even though Born Into Brothels – winner of the 2004 Oscar for Best Documentary – is a devastating portrait of impoverished Calcutta children who are born into the sex trades, the film is also an inspiring document about human possibilities.

"...about human possibilities and the need to strive despite impossible odds. Filmmaker Briski and her collaborator Kauffman went to..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seeing the Light

Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.

"...After 15 years of flirting with light rail, is Capital Metro finally ready and able to..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"The Impossible Winterbourne: AlphaBots" at Ao5 Gallery

I, for one, welcome our totes adorbs steampunk overlords

"...Ao5 Gallery, where there's now a show by the Impossible Winterbourne adding its skiffy charm to the venue's usual..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Opinion: The Impossible Choice for Parents and Caregivers at the Border

The inhumane treatment of adults and children migrants must stop

"...a few – is once again thrust into the spotlight. The stark reality is that our underserved communities are..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Natalie Fellows

"Robert Jackson Harrington and Hector Hernandez: Impossible to Tell" at grayDUCK Gallery

Plastic hues and triumphant assemblages convey the belligerent optimism of American-style consumerism

"...weekend to see Robert Jackson Harrington and Hector Hernandez's "Impossible to Tell." While we're still nursing the hangover from..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last weekend missed an unmistakably..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Austin At Large: Blinking in the Bright Light

Austinites stagger into the post(?)-pandemic streets, waving at the new neighbors

"...think we need to do that without saying it's impossible to achieve without a new LDC, or that it's..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Blue Lapis Light's Belonging, Part One

The work's dancers, whether on the ground or sailing through the air, were beacons of human hope and empathy

"...Jacques' 2017 work Belonging, Part One, each Blue Lapis Light dancer, whether on the ground or sailing through the..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres

Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright

"...Doc's initially turned out the lights, but that was out of an abundance of caution,..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pilot Light

Previously doomed shows finally air at ATX TV Fest

"...the smartest man on Earth whenever he's bathed in sunlight," and Owen Wilson co-stars as the voice of Jack's..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials

Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment

"...bones are found and in what condition, and proved impossible for some burials...."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Little Light Music

Branagh's a hambone, and he's better at comedy

"...It's impossible to watch the scene without a good guffaw... and..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...this life on film or any medium would be impossible. And, all too easily, it could become overwhelmingly depressing...."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Straight Story

David Lynch takes the long road to a strange story of brotherly love

"...defiant act of raging against the dying of the light. Its simplicity belies an emotional complexity that will linger..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wonderland

"...desolate wanderings of three sisters, each with her own impossible cross to bear. There's Nadia (McKee), a pale, Bjorkian..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...and alumni in competition doc The Great Invisible, Narrative Spotlight Thank You a Lot, Documentary Spotlight Above All Else,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Moving Toward the Edge of Grace

The new and the familiar at Blue Lapis Light's new home

"...of other artists, including choreographers, musicians, and sound and lighting designers, performed the first of a trilogy of dances..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Next Best Thing

"...all -- and manages to keep his tone engagingly light throughout. It's not until the final 30 minutes or..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

1900

"...Now, almost 15 years after its making, it's almost impossible not to wonder what Bertolucci thinks about his beautiful..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Endless

Sibling banter and cosmic terror means observational comedy horror.

"...give the cosmos-mangling insanity a grounded truth and a light hilarity: building on the concepts of Resolution, and even..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Forget it, Jake; it's Sin City.

"...film noir universe in which the future is always impossible, the present rancid, and the past a jangled mass..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Narco Cultura

This documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their relationship to populist narcocorrido music becomes a fascinating study of the cultural cycle of violence.

"...It’s impossible to watch Shaul Schwarz’s grueling documentary about the Mexican..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life of Pi

This time Ang Lee's tiger is not crouching; this animal has its claws out and has only an adolescent boy for companionship – or vice versa.

"...Pi (Suraj Sharma) is graceful and effortless, especially in light of him being the only human being onscreen for..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...the high cost of redemption. It is, of course, impossible to view Nolan's extravagantly dour film through anything but..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Taxi to the Dark Side

Alex Gibney's new documentary focuses on the patterns of abuse committed by American armed forces against enemy combatants in Iraq and elsewhere. Instead of bad apples, he finds bad orders.

"...prison in Iraq; and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba – is impossible to shake off. Director Gibney (who previously helmed the..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tommy Lee Jones has made a modern Western in the culturally askew tradition of Peckinpah, Huston, and Boetticher. Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and slightly surreal scorcher.

"...Leo, Vanessa Bauche and Levon Helm. Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and slightly..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Princess Blade

There's zero fat on the bone in this stunning Japanese action import.

"...katana – samurai swords – glinting in the pale light, engage their hapless quarry, who fall like blades of..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Downtown Bar Scene Rides a Malfunctioning Roller Coaster

Local business owners attempt to navigate an impossible situation

"...harsh realities for all involved had already come to light. COVID Confidential..."

July 3, 2020 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

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