The Innocents

Polish nuns raped by soldiers during WWII trigger wider moral issues

"...The Innocents imagines the unimaginable: the rape and impregnation of several Polish nuns by Russian soldiers in a rural..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Screen Door Jesus

Kirk Davis’ slick, locally produced film, adapted from the stories of Christopher Cook, plunges into Texas' small-town religious mores and comes up with some insightful revelations in this character-driven pastiche.

"...a hepcat who believed he had spied the image of Jesus inexplicably burned into a corn tostada. Upon closer..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Why we write: the creative processes of the author as a human being

"...The writer of Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse Five would probably appreciate..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Review: River Silence

Brazilian documentary eulogizes a river and its people

"...like a typical environmental documentary: Slow motion drone shots of breathtaking natural tableaux carried by an ominous, swelling string..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...When I walked into the polished granite lobby of the Renaissance Hotel at the Arboretum, which was bustling..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Believing in Beauty

Fabric, home altars, and the influence of her mother all figure heavily in the art of Connie Arismendi, and writer Mary Jane Garza opens up the heart from which her remarkable images spring.

"...Connie Arismendi remembers as a little girl watching her mother sew all the time. Yards and yards of beautiful..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...Mad gods, spurting space barbarians and a head full of metal...."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

"...What Have Ye Done is the second Herzog film of the season (the first was Bad Lieutenant: Port of..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Berserk Theatre's For Time & Eternity

This original historical drama looks at a crisis of faith in early Mormonism honestly

"...Emma Smith's problems are of biblical proportions. She has helped her husband, Joseph Smith,..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting members of her Rundberg corridor community in early February. Her mind..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Keeping the Faith

Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church

"...Dawnna Dukes' great-grandmother was a French Creole. She came to Austin from..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Theatre Company

A pro-Catholic organization threatens City's staging of a biblical comedy – sort of

"...began receiving postcards and e-mails protesting its upcoming production of Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, a..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Loggerheads

Despite an overreliance on metaphor and symbolism, Loggerheads is an affecting little film about characters who struggle with issues connected with adoption, homophobia, and loss.

"...makes you believe that the entire world is composed of estranged parents and children searching in vain for one..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bubble Boy

"...funny film respects. Born without the ability to stave off germs, Jimmy Livingston has lived in his sanitized, solitary..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Into the "Not Done"

The Dances of Jean Fogel Zee

"...Jean Fogel Zee wants to show you glimpses of God. The Austin artist wants each member of her..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Arts Feature

Gifted

A child prodigy gets caught up in a custody battle

"...Watching the trailer of Gifted, I felt I knew the whole film already,..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...Yellow leaves spun down and ticked softly on the porch. They covered plastic chairs and a..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

Letters at 3AM

The Gospel according to Mel is not as it was

"...Art about Jesus rivals and often overwhelms the Gospels as a source of Christian feeling..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Left Luggage

"...Sagebrecht, Adam Monty, Maximilian Schell and David Bradley. Echoes of the Holocaust resonate through two different Jewish families living..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hercules

"...Clements. I once had a friend -- the father of two teenaged daughters -- who predicted the end of..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...Jana Birchum Loaded down with plastic bags filled with soft drinks, snacks and paperwork, Kathy Skellenger and Frank Schroff,..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Lidia Bastianich Dishes on Her Favorite Way to Make Thanksgiving Turkey

An interview with the PBS star about My American Dream

"...promote her new memoir, My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food, and we had the pleasure..."

Nov. 14, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...stiff winds and heavy rain, and Monday's high temperature of 74 registered just before 12:30am, as the mercury continued..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...your last chance to see the Different Stages production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the most produced play in..."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...the California coast and to visit with the parents of his girlfriend, who is also the mother of his..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Causey Way: Atomic Cafe, Saturday, Mar 18

Wednesday Night

"...Atomic Cafe at 7:45pm and Austin's home for the profoundly pierced was positively vacant, it seemed hard to fathom..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Patty Griffin

"...The Dixie Chicks must be disappointed. They've borrowed often from Patty Griffin's lost disc Silver Bell, which sat..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Liberty and Justice

Michael Morton tells Al Reinert his story of wrongful conviction and 25 years behind bars

"...that Morton was clearly responsible for the bludgeoning death of his wife, Christine, inside the couple's home just north..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Jordan Smith

Actually Living With War

The latest AFS Essential Cinema series focuses on the films of the Middle East and North Africa

"...The climax of Bahman Ghobadi's Turtles Can Fly transpires thusly: A 3-year-old..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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