Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 18-24

"...you will soon be the beneficiary of steady, strong waves of inspiration. I also predict that these waves will..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Charli XCX: Alone Together

Pop icon's "making of" doc is a sugar rush of positive fandom

"...since Charli XCX’s succinct COVID-laced documentary Alone Together made waves at Soth by South West’s first virtual festival. The..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Hand of God

Unromantic semi-autobiography about an auteur’s discovery of cinema

"...it’s one with its natural surroundings, washing the crystal waves from the ocean in the glistening light from the..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Needle in a Timestack

Time-travel drama proves the rich can even mess up causality

"...the rest of the world. There are “time phases,” waves of reality shifts that people just take for granted...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Night House

Rebecca Hall falls into a void of despair in this enthralling ghost story

"...it's just a vista of roiling clouds or big waves. It's often the same in film, where a director..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Undine

Love is like drowning in this German fairy tale-inspired romance

"...industrial diver who instantly connects with Undine, the rushing waves of love at first sight overwhelming...."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Luca

Pixar's lull continues with a shallow fish-out-of-water tale

"...some real weird shit – also insanely fun. Gentle, don’t-make-any-waves Luca badly needs some of that real weird shit...."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...and rock & roll records oozing through the radio waves...."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Ammonite

History takes second place in this paleontology biopic as passions are unearthed

"...can wash away her post-miscarriage depression. Like the rough waves splashing against the cliffs, Lee molds Mary and Charlotte’s..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Madre

Spanish drama explore the devastating mysteries of loss

"...to a deserted beach, nothing but the sound of waves. It is a harrowing sequence...."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Alive

Grisly horror where the doctor is in (and out to lunch)

"...Director Rob Grant made waves on the festival circuit last year with his nasty-smart..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Crossroads Meet at Mexic-Arte Museum's "Intersección: Choque & Alivio"

The 25th edition of this showcase for early-career Latinx artists is a space for sharing our shock over this time and our humanity

"...with the top of his head just dipping into waves of water, and the water is yellow with waves..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Trip to Greece

Coogan and Brydon's latest culinary comedy is a dish too far

"...People). Spain ended on a cliffhanger, one this sequel waves away in a sentence. Here, the lads are back..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

All the steps before that last waltz

"...the storied ensemble that drove the rockabilly and folk-rock waves to a new place they largely invented (later called..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Passion inflamed in this study of women repressed and resurgent

"...Marianne arrives by sea. The choppy waves rock the boat and eventually toss her painter’s canvases..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"PrintAustin: The Contemporary Print" at Big Medium

To go or not to go: That's ultimately a stupid question

"...of prints in book form, was "inspired by sound waves generated by the sound of 2B and non-2B graphite..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2019

Parasite takes the top slot in our critics’ year-end review

"...10) Waves..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...class-conscious social commentary in this South Korean satire. 9) Waves..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...love, and the unspoken tragedies that define us. 2) Waves..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Larry Seaman

"...his local entry into music via the Farfisa-flavored Standing Waves, the most definitively New Wave of all the Raul's-era..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life) and Trey Edward Shults (Waves)...."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Ride Your Wave

Surfing romance becomes a smart, lovely story of loss and growth

"...girl who knows how to glide effortlessly on the waves, but is a little more awkward on land. An..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...its 20 songs like Kelly Slater used to ride waves. Tracks range from tender vulnerability ("Don't Lie to Me")..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

In the Aisles

Love – platonic and romantic – among the groceries

"...tiniest of bird trills and the seductive lap of waves. He’s besotted. He’s also shy and uncertain, chin tucked..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

How The Last Black Man in San Francisco Traded Righteous Rage For Gentleness

Director Joe Talbot on the poignant side of gentrification

"...the chance. "[It's] both a place that has welcomed waves and waves of people from across the country through..."

June 13, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nightmare Scenarios for Austin's Possible End

Some of the ways that our beloved town could become no more

"...more susceptible to more frequent and more deadly heat waves. The city's emergency team considers this also to be..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Conspirare's Hope of Loving

This concert of works by Jake Runestad conveyed a sense of love as a force that soothes, enlightens, and heals

"...hopelessness that afflicts us. In Todd Boss' text for "Waves," the narrator confesses, "My sadness is as enormous as..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Review: dat Black Mermaid Man Lady

Let Sharon Bridgforth's performance installation wash over you

"...with the sea and over which light moves like waves, a rotary dial telephone on a pedestal before a..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"...of Warp and Weft" at Davis Gallery

Using wood and cheesecloth, Caprice Pierucci and Charles Heppner's mutation of form and fiber is beautiful even as it is foreboding

"...piece complicates as rings appear along the edges of waves rising from the wall. The sculpture looks at once..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Breath

Australian surfer dudes come of age in this literary adaptation.

"...of excitement the boys feel while riding the gigantic waves that Sando affectionately calls “Old Smoky.” But the narrative..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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