Ray

Ray Charles, we can't stop loving you, even though this formulaic biopic lacks your original style.

"...can’t be said for Ray, the movie of his life, although the transcendent performance of Jamie Foxx as Ray..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Darkly humorous Scottish/Danish production affirms life in the face of death.

"...of the piece is in its tender affirmation of life in the face, always, of death. No concrete reasons..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Life After Death: A Novel

"...Life After DeathA Novel..."

June 22, 2001 Books Review by Marion Winik

Record Reviews

"...the deftly arranged, emotionally taxing "The Man Who Loved Life." The rest of the album falls somewhere between palatable..."

April 25, 1997 Music Review

To Gillian On Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday

"...Michelle Pfeiffer. How do you hold on to someone after that person has died? And at what point do..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Clemency

The death penalty reconsidered from the eyes and heart of a warden

"...As a prison warden, she oversees the executions of death row inmates, and the weight of that responsibility hangs..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

El Dia De Los Muertos

"...year, wrote that for the people of his country life is as much defined by death as it is..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Review: Stephen Mills’ POE / A Tale of Madness Is Pitch Perfect

Ballet Austin brings the master of the macabre to life (before killing him again)

"...movement conveying a fevered version of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, flashing before his eyes as he struggles in the..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns to the big screen after two pandemic years tomorrow night with El Buen Patrón...."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...Texan's abundant generosity. She's even dabbled in different Texas lifestyles -- starting out inside Houston's "loop," roughing it in..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Texas’ Secret Supplier of Execution Drugs Is Accused of Enabling Drug Dealing

Death penalty critics call it a “pill mill”

"...acquiring pentobarbital – the substance it uses to execute death row inmates – has looked remarkably like a drug..."

July 19, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Blonde

Treatise on fame turns Marilyn Monroe's life into a horror story

"...In both films Dominik tackles obsession, fame, and immortalization after death. With Jesse James, he was able to invert..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

"...Ever blushed when, after revealing your age to someone new, they responded with,..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...murderers of all time. Police arrested the 31-year-old man after a high-speed chase Wednesday morning. He claims to be..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Our Lady of the Assassins

"...(who also wrote the screenplay), has returned to Medellín after a 30-year absence with the stated aim of dying..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anne Frank Remembered

"...face on the unimaginable, impenetrable evil of the Nazi death machinery. Yet, somewhere in the course of becoming a..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paris Without Her: A Memoir

In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death

"...Curtis visited repeatedly with his wife Tracy during her life and one he continued to visit after her death,..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Happy Prince

Tragic Oscar Wilde biopic flies sporadically

"...The final three years of Oscar Wilde’s life, which are dramatized in The Happy Prince, were a..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Season's First Classic 30 for 30: 'Benji'

The inspirational & heartbreaking story of Ben Wilson's life and death

"...After whetting our appetite the past few weeks, ESPN finally..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Postmarks

Death Penalty Violates Constitution

"...informative article on the Board of Pardons and Paroles ["Death Row Dilemma," Vol.18, No.21]. I have long held that..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column

Sundance 2023 Review: Birth/Rebirth

Maternal horror with a clinical twist

"...Two of the great motivators of accidental malice (after "God told me to" in drama are the quest..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "Street Flame"

Death and community explored in this skateboard short

"...made titles to watch while self-quarantining. An accident. A death. Mourning. Skating. All part of Katherine Propper's short film..."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Dust Bowl) Jessica Dupuy (Uchi: The Cookbook) Damien Echols (Life After Death) Kurt Eichenwald (500 Days: Secrets and Lies..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Vampire in a Box

"...The desire for eternal life permeates religion, science, and mythology. Vampire tales embody the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Screens Feature by Charles Nafus

Separating Fact From Fiction in the Texas Rangers’ Bloody History

Traveling exhibit reexamines border killings

"...Two hundred years after the founding of the Texas Rangers, educational nonprofit Refusing..."

Feb. 2, 2023 News Post by Joelle DiPaolo

AFS Doc Days Gets Cool With Miles Davis

Three day celebration of true tales returns for second year

"...will be the opening night picture, trumpeting in true life stories of culture and culture clashes from around the..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...Life cut short for no good reason. The story is..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Lege Lines: A Second Shot at Tackling Maternal Mortality

After years spent gutting women’s health care, are lawmakers doing enough?

"...Rep. Shawn Thierry, D-Houston, almost lost her life in 2012. When in the delivery room about to..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Scrubs

Finding real-life parallels in the hospital sitcom’s mentor-student relationship

"...genius by John C. McGinley. A loudmouthed, arrogant, self-destructive lifesaver with the interpersonal skills of a bulldozer with a..."

June 2, 2017 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...Houston than suffer any more of Austin's "quality of life." She was just past the age of 40 when..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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