Men, Women & Children

We might be able to connect as human beings if we could just disconnect from from our wired lives, says this movie about our modern world.

"...food courts and Friday night football, the title’s interlocking men, women, and children try to connect, but can’t disconnect,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Now Streaming in Austin: Men, Women and Children

Jason Reitman's movie about the Austin most films forget

"...not all there is to us, as Jason Reitman's Men, Women and Children shows...."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

8 1/2 Women

"...for you the details of Peter Greenaway's 8 1/2 Women, I can't make it all add up. Ever the..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Men Want

Because we needed a remake of What Women Want, apparently

"...sexist pig discovers he can read the thoughts of women around him after getting conked on the head...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Women Without Men

Although this film set in 1953 Iran is visually compelling, its story about four different women is slight and emblematic.

"...Mossadegh and installed the shah as the new ruler, Women Without Men offers a glimpse of women’s lives in..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opinion: Incarcerated Women in Texas Need to Be Heard

A writer in her eighth year of solitary confinement laments widespread neglect of the experiences of women in prison

"...when I came to the section about “Burdens on Women,” I was disappointed to find just two paragraphs with..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Kwaneta Harris

Children of Men

Children of Men brims with cinematic gusto, but the plot raises more questions than it answers.

"...2027, the film depicts an anarchic world in which women, for reasons left unexplained, have become infertile. Violence among..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Men on Boats

With a diverse cast of women playing white men exploring the Grand Canyon, this show recasts history to show guys who just don't get it

"...Wesley Powell's patchwork crew of Civil War vets, mountain men, and thrill-seekers to show them what an inhospitable environment..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Panel Recap: The Future of Women in Music 

“This is not a very glamorous and sexy job”

"...Women artists dominate pop music, but behind the scenes, progress..."

March 16, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

What Women Want

"...Midler, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda and Valerie Perrine. What women really want is for their men to act more..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Women’s Balcony

An Orthodox community gets embroiled in gender politics

"...the engine that drives this Israeli comedy. Additionally, The Women’s Balcony sounds an alarm about the insidious creep of..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Worlds Austin Proclaims No Men Beyond This Point

Sci-fi fest adds battle of the sexes mockumentary as centerpiece

"...The festival (running Dec. 3-5) has already scheduled German..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...impose on the general public (in this instance, mostly women) their private notions of sexual and medical morality is..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Mad Men

Senate GOP votes to impose new abortion limits

"...Women dressed in Mad Men-era garb and women’s rights supporters..."

June 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

"Nobody's Women" See the Light

Mexican Women Film Directors Series

"...by this month-long, eye-opening retrospective of films by Mexican women directors (every Thursday night throughout October at the Dobie..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Fantastic Fest 2014: Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

The burka’s on the other sex in this gender-reversal fantasy

"...roots, and his film Jacky in the Kingdom of Women is a satiric fantasy that aims to skewer the..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...she realize most were men. That launched Interference Fest: Women Making Noise in 2019, named after works by Italian..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Real War on Women?

Live Action says 'gendercide' is growing in U.S.

"...the anti-abortion group Live Action, the real war on women is not the constriction of resources for basic women's..."

May 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Yes Men Fix the World

These anti-corporate pranksters strike again.

"...Bonanno. In case you haven't heard of the Yes Men, they are a pair of drolly indefatigable, anti-corporate pranksters..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tricking Straight Women

LifeTime's Gay, Straight, or Taken is icky.

"...you might guess, is that a lovely young straight women goes out on a group date with three young..."

March 5, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Women's World Cup, Euro Qualifying, and More

"...The Women's World Cup kicks off this Monday in China with..."

Sept. 5, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Women's Earnings Dip in 2011

Wages have increased significantly since 1997

"...new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas women employed full-time as wage or salaried workers in 2011..."

Dec. 11, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Real Women Have Curves

"...Brian Sites, Soledad St. Hilaire and Lourdes Perez. Two women, Carmen (Ontiveros) and Anna (Ferrara), are locked in an..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...Women Talking, the new film from director Sarah Polley (Stories..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Women

This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.

"...The moment is meant as an in-joke – The Women is a remake of the 1939 George Cukor film..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

X2: X-Men United

"...for that alone they deserve kudos. The X-Men (and Women) exist in X2: X-Men United as an allegory on..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gaming, SXSW, and Women

No official response yet from SXSW about rescheduling panels

"...“pranks” (see SWATing), and the leaking of private information. Women with opinions on how the community could better serve..."

Oct. 28, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Opinion: Greg Abbott, Slayer of Tampon Tax! Hero to Women Everywhere!

Oh, now he cares about women's health in Texas?

"...month really shows just how much you care about women's health in this great state...."

Sept. 2, 2022 Column by Rosalie Berg

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...her depression meant there was something wrong with her – that she was abnormal. Then it was Ranus and..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...mid-December, before a friendly crowd at the Source for Women, a Houston anti-abortion "pregnancy resource" center, Gov. Rick Perry..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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