Every Day We Get More Illegal by Juan Felipe Herrera

With his latest collection, the former U.S. poet laureate offers a kind of spiritual style guide for our time

"...Elias Canetti," Herrera takes his cues from the classic meditation on mass manipulation Crowds and Power, rhetorically interrogating his..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

The Dark Divide

David Cross searches for sasquatch and heals his soul in this wilderness wonder

"...expect a beautiful, quiet, lyrical, funny wilderness trip, a meditation on loss and picking up the pieces, and the..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 28 - September 3

"...is which is part of maturing." I offer this meditation as your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries. You..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

She Dies Tomorrow

Deathcentric dramedy mistakes gloom for depth

"...least discernible. Not so in Amy Seimetz's gloomy dramedy meditation on how we look at death, She Dies Tomorrow...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 17-23

"...her." I'm confident that this will be a fertile meditation for you in the coming weeks. So what does..."

July 24, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Tommaso

Abel Ferrara’s (self-)portrait of the artist in (self-)martyrdom

"...coincidentally the name of Dafoe's character in Ferrara’s upcoming meditation on death and dreams, Siberia. The middle of a..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Is Who We Are #6: Miró Quartet's Faces of America: The Light

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...take that connection further, to express more soul-searching, more meditation, more jubilation. Miró gave life to these variations with..."

May 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Menus, New Bourbon, New Yoga Retreat

And Bahama Bucks (finally) moves into town

"...their New Year's resolutions. This three day yoga and meditation retreat will be led by yoga and meditation instructor..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Qmmunity

Giving thanks, looking ahead

"...Winter Meditation Tools, tips, and meditation direction to help QPOC folks..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Third Murder

Japanese legal procedural puts the justice system on trial

"...the meandering, melancholic tale of what is ultimately a meditation on crime and punishment as defined within Japanese culture...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

24 Frames

Iranian master filmmaker plays with the almost-moving image.

"...is an inescapably elegiac quality to 24 Frames’ concentrated meditation on image-making. Yet the film is less a final..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Roosevelt

A comedian returns to Austin to care for her sick cat and confront her past

"...who are ruining everything with their special diets and meditation apps and abstract job descriptions – a modern Holden..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Faces Places

Celebrating faces in the crowd

"...and places encountered by the artists and a thoughtful meditation on the past and the future of people and..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mother!

Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness

"...As a meditation of the predations that come with success and its..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Walk With Me

Mindfulness guru takes center stage in profound nonfiction weeper

"...weep. This is not because I don’t agree with meditation as a concept, but because cinema has yet to..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

Follow

Austin's own Owen Egerton directs his first movie

"...there seems to be set up as a serious meditation on obsession and rejection, foreshadowed by a quote from..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...GS: Right. It’s a form of meditation because it causes you to be in the present,..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Holy Hell

A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants

"...Master ostensibly pooh-poohed sex, seeking instead “the orgasm of meditation,” the day-to-day reality of the Buddhafield was unsurprisingly highly..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Like to Watch

On families and finales

"...finales and national schisms, it's been a month for meditation on personal responsibility and autonomy, group dynamics, how we..."

May 13, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Goodnight Mommy

Nine-year-old twins suspect that someone is impersonating their mother

"...than the sum of its parts, being a nightmarish meditation on mutual distrust, which can also be viewed (if..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snowpiercer

This English-language debut from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is a riveting sci-fi action film entirely set on a speeding train.

"...of the Marvel movie cycle for a much grimmer meditation on heroism here. Bong’s confidence in his leading man..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

One of the better offerings from Marvel’s growing multimedia omniverse, this film gives fans plenty to chew on.

"...bid for big-screen dominance, as well as a canny meditation on the perils of overprotective government agencies blithely swapping..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Alyce Kills'/'A Virgin Among the Living Dead'

Women on the edge of a supernatural breakdown

"...to do with the film, which is a surrealist meditation on crippling grief...."

Aug. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...treatment: everything from movement and dance, to prayer and meditation, to acupuncture, yoga, powerful vitamins or "nutraceuticals," and pulsed..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

The Big O? Oh, No.

Female Orgasm panel not exactly inclusive

"...Nicole Daedone, founder of OM (orgasmic meditation), wants to show you the way. That way, of..."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Samsara

The director of Baraka returns with this wordless tone poem filled with stunning images and scant meanings.

"...similar techniques, Samsara functions like global wallpaper for personal meditation. The film could “mean” just about anything, although the..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fraternal Order

The Duplass-a-Thon charts the evolution of a goofily lovable archetype

"...brothers did not set out to aggregate a sustained meditation on what it means to be a man over..."

June 1, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Skin I Live In

Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's maestro of madness and desire, reunites with Antonio Banderas for this dark and frazzled tale of l'amour fou.

"...one. Beyond that, it's a spectacularly sensual entertainment, a meditation on the warped exigencies of obsession and revenge, and,..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice meets a considerably tamed Van Wilder for a mediocre romp in the Hamptons.

"...it) and what you're left with is a mediocre meditation on a sextet of thirtysomethings running head-on into the..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...memorably surreal love story (or two) and an ultra-Italian meditation on the fragility of the human heart – with..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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