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DVDanger: Wild Boys
The Boy and other examinations of the pre-teen male mind
"...deviousness. Kai is the inner wolf fully unleashed, a primal, snarling, drooling creature of no remorse. Cub presents a..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Babadook
Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures a disturbing spook story about a mother, a son, and an unnerving presence in their house
"...who fear their offspring also strike at a very primal level of mythic storytelling. Vigilance is the only means..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback
Ian McLagan died Wednesday
"...triad of space cadets Spiritualized, last year's canceled headliner Primal Scream, and the Jesus & Mary Chain, performing their..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Levitation Uncorks 2015 Lineup
Former Austin Psych Fest teams with Fun Fun Fun Fest promoter
"...Floor Elevators 50th anniversary reunion. All three headliners – Primal Scream, Spiritualized, and the Jesus & Mary Chain –..."

Dec. 3, 2014 Music Post

Housebound
This New Zealand horror/comedy nimbly jumps through the tropes, and inventively subverts them along the way.
"...Shadows, the Kiwis’ deftness at handling the balance between primal fear and droll comedy indicates some strangely wonderful convergence..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Deliver Us From Evil
A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.
"...jumbo, but it’s a helluva story that expertly manipulates primal fears about the possibility of inexplicable evil. The mutilated,..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Playback: Unlocking Infest
Infest lockout, Austin Psych Fest lineup part two, Aaron Behrens' sweet new deal, and more
"...Psych Fest May 2-4 at Carson Creek Ranch. Headliner Primal Scream has fallen off the bill following news last..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 List
"...trade to quicken our heartbeats and tap into our primal fears...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Family Tradition
The fall and rise of Gaybigaygay
"...and what we make. I feel like on a primal level we gravitate to where the magic is. We..."

March 13, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Rust and Bone
The unlikely relationship between two damaged souls is made deeply palpable by the stunning performances of Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and rising star Matthias Schoenaerts.
"...be at the beck and call of our more primal instincts. Where Rust and Bone’s story about two unlikely..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steven Raichlen Riffing on Ribs
Esteemed barbecue master speaks on the history of grilling
"...numerous grilling and barbecue series on PBS (most recently Primal Grill), and founded Barbecue University. Raichlen definitely has street..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

J. Edgar
The man who played Dirty Harry directs Leonardo DiCaprio as America's top cop, J. Edgar Hoover.
"...son. Yet the character seems rather underwritten for so primal a force...."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Psych Fest 4
"...early psych like John Lee Hooker on a theremin: primal minimalism brocaded with Anglican organ, Spacemen 3's "Set Me..."

May 6, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Soul Surfer
It's the true story of surfing sensation Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark at the age of 13.
"...of Piranha, does a terrific job capturing the lush, primal vitality of the Hawaiian islands, making them seem, intentionally,..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nowhere Boy
This movie about John Lennon's young-adult years showcases the importance of the importance of both his mother and aunt in his life.
"...redundant than revelatory. Furthermore, anyone who has heard Lennon’s primal screams from the initial release of his song “Mother”..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Buried
Buried takes place entirely inside a coffin where a man is buried alive.
"...memorably his faux Thanksgiving trailer from Grindhouse) is near primal. (Take that, Dr. Fredric Wertham.) The ultra-high concept Buried..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Back-up Plan
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.
"...is on this evening's romantic menu (thank goodness some primal bit of Homo sapiens’ reptilian hindbrain still kicks and..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Avatar
James Cameron's opus is thrilling, lovely, sad, and explosive in all the right ways.
"...like nothing you've ever seen before: a lush, sexy, primal world created entirely by Cameron's legions of CGI masters...."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Might Get Loud
Masters of rock guitar – Jimmy Page, the Edge, and Jack White – gather for a summit of the generations, caught by the lens of An Inconvenient Truth's Davis Guggenheim.
"...both White's digs and rusty barbed-wire chords sound positively primal. Guggenheim's sojourns into the Edge's world – among them..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tyson
Mike Tyson tells his life story in his own words in this documentary by longtime friend James Toback.
"...century's greatest bouts and fighters, boxing speaks to the primal, reptilian hindquarters of the human psyche. If you want..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Trek
Star Trek is an immensely satisfying origin story that introduces the characters we know – before we knew them.
"...do with the franchise's bedrock humanism and mankind's itchy, primal drive to discover what lies beyond the beyond. (The..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fired Up
This new teen sex comedy is both sexist and prudish.
"...Fired Up.” OK, I admit it may lack the primal force of a “laugh-out-loud funny!” or the poetry of..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Let the Right One In
This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.
"...not so much act as suck the marrow of primal childhood itself and then cough up the results, delicately..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Storm Surge ... and the Demanding Life of a 'Statesman' Editor
What would we do without TV during a storm?
"...an occasional column "because the instinct to write is primal in the editor species." For the record, a quick..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

This Kitty's Got Claws
Teeth tears into everything from abstinence programs to rape culture. Is Austin grownup enough to handle it?
"...ink on men's castration anxiety and spoke to a primal male fear of the female sex organ. According to..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Savages
Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this smart, funny, thoughtful, and exquisitely realized film is one of the best of the year.
"...bout of familiar comforts and strategic barbs, reacting to primal triggers of sibling discontent that have otherwise been long..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fracture
This legal thriller pits two brilliant actors against each other in a sustained battle of wills that has enough sizzle to keep us rapt even when the storyline sags.
"...directing debut 10 years ago with the legal thriller Primal Fear) directs with seamless style despite the movie’s overstuffed..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Touched by Fire
For half a century, Ishmael Soto has used flame to transform copper, clay, and bronze into works of wonder
"...kind of metamorphosis, and its very presence adds something primal, something mythic, to the act of creation. It puts..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blood and Chocolate
Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.
"...love: Even more than those eternally chic "nosferatim," the primal bristling and crunchy animalistic proclivities inherited by the cinematic..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Aura
A sure winner for arthouse audiences with crossover appeal, Fabián Bielinsky's The Aura spins a purely enjoyable web of intrigue within a meditative, dreamlike setting.
"...Godoy’s imaginative piano score trickles between pastoral harmony and primal discord. And Darín, so engaging as a charming swindler..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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