Review: Normal People

Hulu series understands intimacy, but forgets the characters

"...self-protective, unsure of their needs but spirited regardless. Hulu's Normal People is a frustratingly authentic coming-of-age story - although..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

People Like Us

More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.

"...I'm not sure what People Like Us is trying to be, or who "us"..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

People Places Things

Indie relationship comedy starring Jemaine Clement is slight but sweet

"...By Hollywood movie standards, People Places Things is decidedly low-stakes. It’s not like there’s..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Marines Are People, Too

"...Marines, but I saw pictures of them also as people. I saw them presented as people young and healthy,..."

Jan. 15, 2008 Postmarks

"People's Summit" Aims to Refocus State's Attention on Last Year's Freeze Disaster

Winter Storm Uri death toll may be more than 800

"...This week’s People’s Summit, led by state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, and..."

Feb. 17, 2022 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Define 'Normal'

Debra Monroe on the families we're born with and the families we build

"...and substance." Monroe's new book, On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain (Southern Methodist University..."

May 14, 2010 Books Feature by Scott Blackwood

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...workers, mostly the Spanish-speaking community around here – the people with strong family-ties and multi-generational households...."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!

Don't make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y'all in times like these

"...schtick, is to amuse and inspire the reader, but people are dying out there. Or at least getting really..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

People Experiencing Homelessness Brace for More Changes in Support Systems

Where are they supposed to go?

"...into isolation to slow spread of the new coronavirus, people experiencing homelessness are asking: Where are they supposed to..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Different Drugs, Different People, Different Effects

Fusebox Festival's Hank Cathey talks alcohol and its attendant joys

"...So my interest is somewhat larger than just your normal guy-who-goes-to-his-local-bar-and-has-a-drink: I'm a studier, a scholar – of the..."

July 3, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Nonprofits Adapt to Help People Survive Domestic Violence During COVID-19

Seeking shelter when home isn't safe

"...economic stressors continue to bear down hard on unemployed people and financially strained households. White summarized, "[Shelter-in-place] ends up..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...(CORE), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) –..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

For the People

Why Shostakovich, as played by the UT Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kevin Noe, is better than 20 punk rock bands

"...classical music community there tried maintaining a semblance of normal life as the world fell apart around them. In..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Resuming Normal Programming

TV Eye

"...Assuming that the people who put together the Nielsen ratings are reasonably intelligent..."

July 31, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Luv Doc: Late-Night Texts

NORMAL PEOPLE TURN OFF THEIR PHONES WHEN THEY GO TO SLEEP

"...No one else had a problem with it BECAUSE NORMAL PEOPLE TURN OFF THEIR PHONES WHEN THEY GO TO..."

June 3, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...making small, personal movies about the insignificant lives of normal people – no explosions, no car chases, no budget...."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Das Experiment

"...days to see just what would happen to presumably normal people in such conditions), Das Experiment relocates its action..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tie That Binds

"...directorial debut. This is one of those movies where normal people do abnormally stupid things. Take, for example, the..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Austin at Large: It’s Good to Try New Things

We could build more decent housing for all Austinites if we rethink what’s “normal”

"...of what, in the abstract, is police power, allowing "normal" people's lifeways to be favored, and creating restrictions, which..."

July 30, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Luv Doc: The Dating Scene

People are just no damn good

"...my 6'6" hippie friend Motorcycle Michael used to say, "People are just no damn good." I am fairly sure..."

March 18, 2016 Column

Blind Leading the Sighted

Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired

"...Metro contracts with Yellow Cab to provide transportation for people with disabilities. "I kept asking the cab drivers if..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

A chat with Meg Bodi, master of esthetics

"...time - not the river, mind you, but the people on it, and that suits me and my friends..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Fiends With Benefits

The art in 'Monster Show 6' celebrates the horrifying, deliciously so

"...Normal people – and, yes, what does that actually mean?..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Whole

This documentary explores the hidden world of amputee fetishism.

"...burst of light on a situation that, for most people, will prove to be an eye-opening revelation. Apparently, many..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terror Fest Review: Daikaiju, Lightning Bolt

Four-alarm dose of masked mayhem

"...Garage on Saturday night. “It worked. We’re the strongest people here!”..."

June 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...considered a loser. On top of it all, some people have taken to singing the umpteenth chorus of that..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

God's Creatures

Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community

"...ask too many questions of her twentysomething son Brian (Normal People breakout Paul Mescal) – where he disappeared to..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wolfpack

This doc makes us privy to a family that's like none we've ever seen before

"...cereal boxes. To a one, the brothers seem impossibly normal given their bizarre circumstances. They’re rarely seen unsmiling, if..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aftersun

Poignant final holiday sums up a beautifully captured father-daughter relationship

"...feels like an intrusion into the life of Calum (Normal People's Mescal) and his daughter, Sophie (newcomer Corio), as..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

CeraCare Reviews - Scam Reports or Cera Care Blood Sugar Supplement Legit?

Ceracare.us reviews. CeraCare supplement helps with diabetes?

"...CeraCare is a new dietary formula designed for people who are suffering from fluctuating blood sugar. The natural..."

Feb. 8, 2021 Events Post

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