Luv Doc: Vice Without the Ad

Existentially speaking, it's probably best not to go apeshit with the featherduster

"...vice. I am going to give you the seamy underbelly of human existence as I see it. Sure, we..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Dougherty appears determined to work his way through the underbelly of our most cherished seasonal festivities. Plus, it’s an..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Over Creation: Die Another Dad

Puzzling out the meaning of the theatre's Summer of Dead Dads

"...on his son, to the Austin premiere of Hillcountry Underbelly, with its brood sent wandering after pops plops down..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...DNA – hers and mine. Worship the soft white underbelly.R. U. Ready 2 Rock..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...and GoodFellas, the guy who made the pale white underbelly of the city talk to you in an urban..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

"...of some foul daytime television malarkey, the ruinous black underbelly of the American dream as viewed through the eyes..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Far From Heaven

"...present. At the same time Haynes brings the emotional underbelly to the surface, he also tricks up the visual..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harrison's Flowers

"...him, the shiny, slippery flipside to the war's dark underbelly.) From here on out Harrison's Flowers concerns itself with..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bread and Roses

"...quickly learn that Maya, despite belonging to the invisible underbelly of American society, is not cut out to be..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...although you'd think a background spent examining the foul underbelly of the American dream would serve him in good..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shadow of a Doubt

"...into the heart of Americana and exposes its rotten underbelly...."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Day of the Beast

De la Iglesia builds this original horror film around a priest who belives the Antichrist will be born on Christmas Day. The director's unique visions blend ultra-violence and satiric touches make this a stunning example of his work screening in this four-part Alamo series.

"...chip on his quaking shoulder. Descending into Madrid's seamy underbelly, Angel aligns himself with two other fractured denizens of..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Richer Or Poorer

"...that purports to extol human values and expose the underbelly of materialistic life. Except for a nasty little turn..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...layers a coy romance on top of its weak underbelly and, in the process, creates some kind of briny..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Underneath

"...it been a grittier work with baser instincts, The Underbelly would have been a more appropriate name for it...."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Mystery Behind the Eyes of Parthenope

How Kierkegaard influenced director Paolo Sorrentino's new film

"...Naples, both its eternal beauty and its sordid, corrupted underbelly. “It's a city that I know but I don't..."

Feb. 20, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Visual Arts Review: MASS Gallery Dives Into the Work of a Pioneering Pornographer

A life told through ephemera in “Toxic Masculinity: The Old Reliable World of David Hurles”

"...Hurles considered important in his own fetishization: the deep underbelly of his need for degradation. Each marketing blurb or..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...night, a lysergic visual landscape unfolded on its canvas underbelly as the sonic boom bomb squad – augmented by..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Film Festival: “You’re Invited to Tuscan’s 5th Birthday Party!”

Austin acting powerhouse Lee Eddy makes her directorial debut

"...their trust, it feels easier to show them your underbelly of Uncomfortable Thoughts. They'll go down the twisted path..."

Oct. 28, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Urban Heat Resurrects Synth-Pop With Towering Debut LP

The Tower is a grand-scale monument to the overindulgence of Eighties New Wave

"...tenderness in Jonathan Horstmann’s delivery, Paxel Foley’s bone-throbbing bass underbelly, and Kevin Naquin’s cinematic instrumentation. Not bad for a..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Album Review: Superfónicos’ Renaceré

Colombian funk septet marks a decade with debut long-player

"...Clattering percussion and underbelly bass feeding the deep blue pool of Ospina and..."

July 19, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Book Review: Edendale by Michael Ventura

Former “Letters at 3am” columnist celebrates the early days of Hollywood in new novel

"...location. While there are hints of the town’s dark underbelly that Raymond Chandler would later portray with such a..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...us can't help ourselves. Fortunately, there is a seamy underbelly of politically themed gifts (many of them mugs) that..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Caroline Rose Practices The Art of Forgetting on Fifth LP

Austin pop auteur explores fluctuating relationship to the past

"...When it came to crafting their new record, pop..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Gabrielle Sanchez

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...scenes.” That show was also obsessed with the seedy underbelly of Americana, and the connection is never stronger than..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin , V/H/S/99 , sharks, and more

"...min. A female journalist descends into an Iranian city’s underbelly to investigate a serial killer stalking sex workers to..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: City Theatre's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A perfect measure of schadenfreude on the rocks, with an angst chaser

"...keen awareness of the tender spots of her soft underbelly. Rick Smith is brilliant in this role, as if..."

April 18, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: The Band of Heathens

Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1

"...rapid boil, Ray Wylie Hubbard digs out the bluesy underbelly of "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," and the band..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck Fest Returns in May

And if you love great food, you’ll likely be returning too

"...Arlin Smith, Eventide Oyster Co. (Portland, ME); Chris Shepherd, Underbelly (Houston, TX); Erin Smith, Feges BBQ (Houston, TX); Jordan..."

March 1, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Blakchyl x Hyah!, Empyrrean, Homemade Bangs, the Applicators, and more sounds for your week

"...The starry-eyed underbelly of a lovesick West Campus bedroom-pop scene bestows an..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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