Downsizing

Alexander Payne creates a small word with big ambitions

"...and Citizen Ruth. Instead of character-driven stories with biting social commentary, Downsizing is more of a straight-out satire. Matt..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life as a Zucchini

A poignant stop-motion coming-of-age tale

"...feature director Claude Barras looks a bit like the work of a European Tim Burton. But as with Burton’s..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elle

Riveting yet perplexing, this psychological thriller is a stunner

"...to characters and sex. The salaciousness of Verhoeven’s Hollywood work is absent in this new effort, although perhaps not..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I'm Not Ashamed

The story of the first casualty in the Columbine school shooting

"...Not Ashamed: being an out-and-proud Christian teen. You’ll be socially shunned for your beliefs, and if you happen to..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Imagine Universal Income

It's easy if you try

"...basic needs were met, regardless of what kind of work you did – or whether you worked at all?..."

Oct. 13, 2016 News Post by Robyn Ross

The Big Screen on a Small Phone

Making cinema social for smartphones

"...years ago," says O'Neill, "we asked ourselves, 'What doesn't work on mobile?' And we came up with three main..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Things Must Pass

Spirited doc traces the rise and fall of Tower Records

"...personal and meaningful. The stores served as much as social hub as retail outlet. “No music, no life” was..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

De Novo Comes to Texas

Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life

"...award-winning photo­journalist, UT professor, and author of Unsettled/Desasosiego, whose work covers gangs in Central America and Los Angeles...."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Lanier High Wins Federal Grant

Full Service Community Schools grant will provide social services and continuing education

"...by using school campuses as the hub to provide social services, continuing education, and advice on issues like housing..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

10 Minutes With Ry Cooder

Journeyman guitarist yes, ethnomusicologist maybe

"...Ry Cooder’s career has taken him from working with the Rolling Stones to winning awards with Cuban..."

Sept. 17, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Sensory Overload Edition

This weekend's best bets for partying with the queers and QTs

"...parties, dessert, and sleepovers. Since the dawn of five-day work weeks, Friday afternoons have been the gateway to indulgence...."

July 25, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Future of Food Is Now

From drones to cricket flour to apps designed to make food deserts extinct, social justice is at the intersection of food and technology

"...University of Idaho, is to incorporate robotics into the work of farming. Shrestha, along with a panel of agriculture..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Luv Doc: Adults Only Please

A fairly egregious social faux pas

"...Dear Luv Doc, I recently threw a party for..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Break on Through

Paranormal show 'El Otro Lado' investigates an untapped market for Spanish-language scares

"...on the air, he was shocked that no Spanish-language networks had a paranormal-centric show. So he drafted a two-page..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Le Havre

Aki Kaurismäki's distinctive blend of deadpan humor and quotidian melodrama comes through in this new film.

"...character Marcel Marx, a name redolent of cinema and social history. An aging shoeshine man who claims to have..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2010 Mix

One last look back in Geezerville

"...favorite songs from those albums, while a bit more work, is a lot more satisfying...."

Jan. 12, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Sissies, Comedy, Gay Bi Gay Gay, and a Bishop

Your gay guide for the final leg of SXSoLong

"...take the edge off. Well you can't! You've got work to do, queer work - the Lord's work! Let's..."

March 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

SXQ&A: TMS Ruge

Project Diaspora co-founder and SXSW speaker talks African tech

"...Social entrepreneur and Project Diaspora co-founder TMS Ruge is a..."

March 13, 2010 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Music of the Spheres

We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other

"...one anonymous posted comment for not acknowledging all the work the city and concerned citizens have done to support..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Darwin's Nightmare

This delicately horrific yet artful documentary examines the destruction of Lake Victoria by the omnivorous Nile perch, and the dire consequences this causes the Tanzanian people.

"...moving via Sauper’s exhausting interviews with the local populace, workers, factory management, prostitutes, the Western industrialists, and, most tellingly,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shopgirl

Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.

"...whose impoverished rock & roll lifestyle lacks finesse and social grace. Ray Porter (Martin, who also provides the story’s..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prime

With genuine sparks between its two lovestruck leads and a delightfully flinchy performance from Meryl Streep, this comedy is just what its title implies: prime.

"...of romcom screenwriting would have it – the excellent scriptwork here comes from Younger as well – what she’s..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Jobs to Go

The sunny side of the state's assault on social services

"...state of Texas will have simultaneously created its own social-service clients who will themselves be applying for the programs..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...just as easily be subtitled "Essays in American Isolation: Social, Physical, Emotional" (or perhaps "The Contemporary Film Cycle That..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Broken Hearts Club

"...at Sundance last year, follows six guys -- friends, coworkers, and softball teammates -- who work at the Broken..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pay It Forward

"...is, at its core, a very manipulative piece of work, so much so that you may find yourself wanting..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happiness

Solondz uncovers suburbia's dirty secrets.

"...the sister whose success as an author brings her social and professional popularity but exacerbates her self-loathing and sense..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mighty

"...present) those distinctively adolescent agonies of feeling like a social misfit. The story centers on the unlikely friendship between..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Safe Men

A talentless singing duo become even less-talented safecrackers in this inspired comedy.

"...more talentless and inept in their new line of work -- safe cracking. In this wryly hilarious new comedy..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wag the Dog

"...film is a cynic's delight, a trenchant and timely social comedy that frequently recalls the best of Dr. Strangelove...."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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