Not Easily Broken

In this film based on a novel by pastor and bestselling author T.D. Jakes, a couple hits a rough patch in their marriage but eventually discovers that their vows are "not easily broken."

"...religious theme spoken by the minister at the wedding of Dave (Chestnut) and Clarice (Henson): God, says the clergyman,..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Awake

The phenomenon of "anesthetic awareness," in which the patient is fully conscious yet physically paralyzed during surgery, is grist for this psychological thriller.

"...Mannish performance as the Emperor's new clothing in Revenge of the Sith or watching him here as he undergoes..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Taylor, "Lived a Hundred Centuries of Nighttimes'Dear Editor,..."

March 17, 2006 Column

Transformation Is Its Power

The Spiritual Connection

"...It was Ruth St. Denis, the mother of modern dance in America and also one of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Simon Birch

The sincerity of its players, the level gaze of its camera, and a genuine affection for its story (suggested by John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany) keep this film afloat.

"...Jim Carrey. In everyone's life, there is a memorable mother, a luminous beauty who smells good and smiles brilliantly..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Hell Yeah, I'm Spiritual

The Natural Way to Salvation

"...pants, even on the weekends. She was a member of the Church of Puritan Rebirth, or some such, and..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Suzy Banks

Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...its founder Neal Schon, 62, joined the final lineup of the Santana band as a teenage guitarist. Journey lands..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sharon Jones: Give the People What They Want

Beating cancer, growing hair, and playing the Moody tonight

"...Safe to say 2013 played out unlike any of Sharon Jones’ first 56 on this planet. Staring down..."

Feb. 26, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

August: Osage County

Plates are broken and egos are trampled on in this wonderful ensemble rendition of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

"...and I drink,” says Beverly Weston (Shepard) by way of blunt explanation to the new live-in nursemaid Johnna (Upham)..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Correcting Ventura, Passing Judgment

"...Editor, Michael Ventura writes, "Since humanity is a product of Nature, anything we create or do is a further..."

March 13, 2006 Postmarks

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"...There seems to be a lot of conflict as to the truth of The Texas Chainsaw..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

The Reason Why

"...From the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation (www.thenation.com)..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

Postmarks

"...after last week's cover story, "The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King" [Aug. 2]. It is true that my..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Cloud 9 and Rising

Jesus, space rock from Denton: Lift to Experience

"...intense longhair named Buck steps forward, a Manson-esque forest of matted facial hair protruding out from under the edges..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

One True Thing

"...really is just one true thing, only a multiplicity of truths, a plurality of perspectives at least as numerous..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

10 in Focus

Alma

"...In works of documentary cinema, the proximity between subject and audience falls..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...here parts, we like it Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. Errol Morris' unique documentary essay about the glory..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...Los Angeles housewife who busies herself with the routines of her life. Then, a new couch she purchased is..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...on life in the 'hood. Clockers is the tale of two brothers, Victor (Washington) and Strike (Phifer) and what..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Sitting Down With Your Senator

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era

"...In the midst of a fiery legislative session, the inner bowels of the..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mom's Night Out

The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.

"...May like a 6-year-old who cobbles together a homemade Mother’s Day card with crayons, construction paper, and some glue...."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Better All the Time

Cabaret and musical legend Barbara Cook is still learning

"...the heights musically on Broadway in the Golden Age of Musicals, but the original Cunegonde in Candide, Marian the..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Devil Inside

A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed.

"...The Devil Inside offers proof, if any were needed, that demons run rampant..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ted's Ghost

The death of Ted Westhusing leaves a widening circle of sorrow

"...Greek hero Odysseus visits the Underworld in Book 11 of Homer's The Odyssey, he learns that his mother, Antikleia,..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Tom Palaima

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...The women lined up in front of the monitors at the Continental Club are spellbound. They..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shooting Star

"...The phone is no friend of Curt Kirkwood's.Too often, the tidings it bears are foul...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Wong Foo is a fairy tale in every sense of the word. Kidron's (Used People) latest film outdrags, outdresses,..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Breakthrough

Evangelical tract never raises a pulse

"...The townspeople in the St. Louis suburb of this religiously themed drama say grace at every meal,..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...sequel, Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) has hidden that vision of Wolverine, that conflicted death dealer, within a grimy, gritty..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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