My Detachment

It's hard to say if the memoir is rigged with more booby traps than any other genre, but it sure seems that way

"...My Detachment: A Memoir..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Books Review by John Dicker

Mr. Deeds

"...with sappy sentiments, democratic platitudes, and populist impossibilities. Although my Capra meter falls squarely with the latter group, Sandler's..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Band's Visit

A lost band of Egyptian musicians from a police orchestra find refuge with some Israeli townspeople.

"...in cultural differences; he’s concerned with loneliness and human detachment, two issues that transcend borders and language barriers. The..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Asylum

In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.

"...detached is their manner. No one can do clinical detachment (or, I suspect, possesses a better manicure) than Sir..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Gates

With infinite grace but no real suspense, Beyond the Gates bears dramatic witness to the Rwandan ethnic genocide of the last decade.

"...Claire-Hope Ashitey, Nicola Walker and Steve Toussaint. I have my doubts that this grim account of the slaughter of..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"...the unveiling of Mayor Adler's much ballyhooed Omnibus Resolution, my expectations for the City of Austin to create venue-friendly..."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...Japanese life-fixer Kondo's methodology, I will hold each of my week's experiences in my hands and look for an..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Showalter State

Mr. Irony tries sincerity with Hello, My Name Is Doris

"...pioneer ironic Gen X humor. His new film, Hello, My Name Is Doris, is a departure in style. Starring..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

I Defy You, Ira Glass

"...I can choose from depending on which better serves my purposes under any given circumstance. In the words of..."

Oct. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...be nostalgic for a time he wasn’t around for? My soul cries out for a dictionary.), but let’s face..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Everything Went Black: I Was Dead Before Dead Was Cool

Shoot him in the head. He's dead, he's all messed up

"...overtake American pop culture with a mix of snarky detachment and genuine irritation. These days it's mostly curmudgeonly annoyance,..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: A Lot of Work to Do

The Luv Doc still has some kinks to iron out with the whole time travel deal

"...Ennnyhoo, despite my best efforts, little Don Juan "The Con" Trump was..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

"...The Boy) or real-life (Ross Lynch's disturbing portrayal in My Friend Dahmer), and John and the Hole has all..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Murderous Maids

"...recent works are the play and subsequent movie Sister My Sister, psychological essays by theorist Jacques Lacan, and Margaret..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bandits

"...biopic Steal This Movie! and I remember he grabbed my attention there, too. In Bandits, he speaks his lines..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Parquet Court’ing Catastrophe

Brooklyn Indie stalwarts bring divisive, funky new album to Austin

"...can layer on studio hypergloss without troubling anybody’s cooler-than-thou aesthetic-detachment. And indeed, though the band incurred little loss in..."

Nov. 20, 2021 Music Post by Julian Towers

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"..."If my feet could fit a railroad track..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

What the Heart Wants

Healthy eating isn't always happy eating

"...this. It probably was not the sort of thing my family wanted to hear. They were, after all, gathered..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Storyteller

Nobody spins a yarn like Jaston Williams

"...can never do a show that I don't bring my brother [Corky] in at some point, because I've never..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Hell of a Year

Kathy McCarty presses Jon Dee Graham about the good and the bad old and new days

"...that was in the process of breaking up, and my incredibly famous rock band, Glass Eye, had formed about..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...at that time the central tenet of conservativism, the myth of the superior race. Since then, Barzun has produced..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Andrew Bird

Virtuosic violinist gets Handsome at the Paramount tonight

"...of theirs that is a little bit ambiguous and mysterious and awesome. Every time I sing that song I..."

June 16, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington

The writer-director talks about his fifth feature

"...discusses accolades and hatchet jobs with the same casual detachment...."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Lake of Fire

Meat Puppets, Chapter 3: Curt and Cris Kirkwood, reunited, and it feels so good

"...coke since we last talked I should probably reintroduce myself. I'm the guy who will write your obituary."..."

July 20, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...all I know is that transportation choices heavily influenced my selection of a place to live and raise my..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...came with a true scientific testimony were individuals like myself who had actually read the textbooks and referred to..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column

Everybody Has Some

In a round-robin interview, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black open up about their new films

"...of entitlement, "Hell yes, this is the script for my next movie!" This time out, every day I was..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Playback: Empire of Music

Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

"...perch – another reminder that I need to call my grandmother once in a while. My deepest apologies go..."

March 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Water to Wine

One lifetime and 34 seconds is all it took for Nakia to find his Voice

"..."I had just got to a point in my life where nothing really seemed to work," he solemnly..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: A Night in Barcelona

The collision between human truths and political truths results in no truth

"...Toward the end of my screenplay, Barcelona, these three await an attack in which..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

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