Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Double Life of Veronique

Kieslowski's movie is told not so much in customary narrative structures, but in glimpses, hints, and intimations. On the same day in 1968, two women are born, one in Poland, the other in France. Though the two share many characteristics, they live worlds apart. Yet each senses the other and has intuitive knowledge of the other's presence.

"...it tells a story that could only exist in the form of a movie (or, perhaps, as a piece..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantasia Review: Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

A life in the grindhouse is not obscured by a tragic death

"...designed to unspool while horny teens made out at the drive-in, or play on the VHS at pizza and..."

Aug. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...and man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn

The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation

"...Like all the best parts of queer history, not everyone knows about..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

The Flesh and the Faith of 'We Are What We Are'

Director Jim Mickle on remakes, religion, and America's dark history

"...vampire tropes with 2010's Stake Land, horror fans lauded the arrival of a radical new talent. So there were..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...a household name; he instead falls some place between the "I know that face from somewhere" camp and the..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...stagger around in search of hot coffee and warm flesh – apparently the undead no longer crave cigarettes –..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves

"...There are plenty of great things to say about director..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Sea

More "Splish" than "Splash," this biopic about the life of pop crooner Bobby Darin is practically a one-man Kevin Spacey show.

"...Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti and William Ullrich. The movie based on the meteoric life of pop singer..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Local Arts Events Using the Human Form as Inspiration

Fascinations of the flesh, from portrait to burlesque

"...Meat puppets, flesh hotels, corpuses delectable: all these frangible and time-fraught bags..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...It’s both illuminating and sublimely comical to learn that the international literary treasure that is Morrison, alongside her older..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Catholic school boys and comics.

"...Jodie Foster, Jena Malone, Vincent D'Onofrio and Tyler Long. The current scandal about sexual misconduct in the clergy may..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Watermelon Woman

An African-American lesbian filmmaker struggles entertainingly to find antecedents.

"...lesbian filmmaker struggling to find antecedents or self-reflections in the history and artifacts of cinema's first century, you'll come..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...If films teach us one thing, it's that the human body is a frail thing, and that the..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Deep in the Heart

Texas' diverse and precious wildlife gets the documentary it deserves

"...One of the most obnoxious elements of Texas culture is the arrogance..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...At the movies, our eyes stay locked on the screen. That's..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Matrix Revolutions

What now, Neo?

"...of all things technologically sentient, he was trapped between the "real" world and the "machine" world, which I suppose..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Word Made Flesh

Ebenezer Baptist Blends the Spiritual and Temporal

"...Rev. Marvin Griffinphotograph by Minh Carrico The Downtown view is impressive, but the scene in the..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Where the Heart is

"...Joan Cusack, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. The writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beauty and the Beast

A live-action remake of the Disney film

"...film musical inspires both imagination and cynicism. Presented under the auspices of introducing a new generation to yet another..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

"...revived at Electric Church, retro punk invades Stubb's, and the Lost Well celebrates five years. What more could you..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...British people are talking loudly in the balcony of the historic Paramount Theatre while I’m trying..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Raising Hell With the Legacy of Molly Ivins at SXSW

Texas’ beloved crusading journalist gets her documentary due

"...There are plenty of great things to say about director..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

The Myth of Che

The Short Life of Revolutionary Che Guevara

"..."I have said that all the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason..."

July 11, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Festival No. 1 – is raring to go, and the proof is in the lineup. As of today, the..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...Back when she was a liberal Democrat and the mayor of Austin, Carole Keeton McClellan (now the conservative..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Juliette Binoche and Trần Anh Hùng Sample The Taste of Things

The ingredients of the lauded French romance about cooking

"...France has given much to the creative world: in art, in literature, in cinema. But..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

The exhibition "Charles Umlauf: A Retrospective, 1933-1992" at the gallery Spazio by Lytle Pressley, is a fresh reminder that Umlauf was an artistic virtuoso in many ways and not simply an artist who lived in Austin, but an artist who was Austin, who embodied something of the character of the city and revealed it in his artwork.

"...The small bronze sculpture offers a modest depiction of a..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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