Parallel Mothers

Almodóvar and Cruz's latest pairing unearths Spain's history

"...Two expectant mothers about to give birth meet for the first time..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City Theatre's Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show

Two great performances drive this production, but the feminist comedy feels stuck in the Eighties

"...If you're going to the feminist comedy Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show to learn something..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"..."Painting and music are parallel arts; but as geometry teaches us, parallel lines do..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Nim's Island

This girls adventure story that stars Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler bears the reminder that we should all be the heroes of our own life stories.

"...of their own life stories. The film details the parallel adventures of Nim Rusoe (Breslin), a motherless girl who..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up and Down

Director Jan Hrebejk’s stylishly interwoven tales of modern-day Prague add up to a melancholy, comedic riff on what it means to be European these days.

"...of the old Europe. Hrebejk weaves a series of parallel tales into a cohesive fabric that teeters between resigned,..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Perfect Man

Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.

"...is that while it’s professing mad love for single mothers (in the form of Locklear), the film is concomitantly..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The 355

International crime-fighting with Jessica Chastain’s superspies

"...playing a more chill mom in Pedro Almódovar’s upcoming Parallel Mothers.) All four of the leads – and Chinese..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Awards Short Lists

The Power of the Dog leads the pack with nine nominations

"...• Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter • Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers • Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza • Kristen Stewart,..."

Jan. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards

Plus, which local movie gets an AFCA award screening at AFS?

"...Knight 7: Titane 8: The Tragedy of Macbeth 9: Parallel Mothers and The Worst Person in the World (tie)..."

Jan. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Enemies of the State

Ockham's razor cuts this conspiracy documentary to shreds

"...of the whole thing being rigged. It’s a revealing parallel that shatters the documentary’s attempt at mystery, plummeting the..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...A story is built around the lives of entrepreneurs, mothers and artists fighting to be themselves in a society..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...Noah Hutton Canada, 90 min, Texas Premiere In a parallel present, Ray Tincelli struggles to support himself and his..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

HBO Premiered 'Mary and Martha' in Time for World Malaria Day

Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn star

"...couple with an only child, and Martha's the British parallel, albeit less affluent. The boys – Mary's young George..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Your Satori Mind

Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'

"...awakening. As documented by Julian Cope's psych-lopedia Japrocksampler, this parallel universe produced heavy-Zen masters Flower Travellin' Band, Taj Mahal..."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Food-o-File

The Drafthouse draws a big-name chef; plus, V.B.W. is giving you a big gift basket of foodie news for Christmas!

"...Les Blank documentary Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, which will be shown at the Drafthouse Downtown on..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...ORANGE MOTHERS: More than one local musician has wondered aloud why..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...of women, too: gay, straight, old, young, married, unmarried, mothers, or childless. I couldn't quite find a thread except..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...ethos, vintage keyboards, alt-pop loops, and emotive lyrics all parallel. Yet where the latter is pure chaotic joy, Ottosen..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Mourning After

Kelly Daniela Norris on the unexpected paths of grief and love

"...to feel melancholic but to celebrate. It's the same parallel that I witness with personal loss as well: to..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...by the way, that is working primarily with drug-addicted mothers, trying to keep their children with them instead of..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...organizations throughout the country and suggest that they hold parallel demonstrations on that day. We propose a national show..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...never turn back. While they're as prolific as Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., last year's eponymous..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...everything. Heliotropes Director: Michael Langan This short documents the parallel goals of man and nature, through the most primitive..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Temple Stone

Japanese psych warlords Ghost won't be as illusive as their name suggests after Saturday's show at Mohawk

"...Bob Dylan's pop-ularization of protest music found a peculiar parallel in cult folk figures such as Kan Mikami. Yet,..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...having what I like to call one of those parallel universe moments. I've been watching each of you give..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Out of Print and Onto Film

The Austin Film Society Texas Documentary Tour: Mark Moskowitz's 'Stone Reader'

"...in middle age to stop working and take a parallel course to what he did. The subordinate theme is..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to reproductive and family nutrition programs that so many mothers need. Brewster expressed a strong commitment to preserving a..."

May 30, 2003 Column

TV Eye

From Ethel Mertz to Margaret Cho, we examine how the small screen has portrayed big women; also, a look at Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.

"...women are typically relegated to the following roles: older mothers or aunts, the sad or dangerous (i.e. unfeminine) outsider,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Bookshelf

Jonathan Swift: A Portrait

"...in the life that he thinks is a straight-up parallel to Sinatra's world. Sam Kashner's Sinatraland is not without..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature