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

Director Joe Talbot on the poignant side of gentrification

"...Yet this definitely isn't a wistful yearning for how things used to be. Talbot said that,..."

June 13, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Trouble for Polygamist Prophet Jeffs

Warren just can't catch a break, can he? First its a conviction for rape-as-accomplice, then charges of incest, and now bigamy? Sheesh, being a prophet ain't what it used to be.

"...which arose from the spring raid at the FLDS Yearning for Zion ranch just outside Eldorado. Officials said they..."

Aug. 25, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

More FLDS Woes for CPS

State Child Protective Services took more than 400 children into custody after the FLDS raid last summer; they’ve since dropped 415 of those cases

"...custody cases prompted by their spring raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch, the West Texas compound of Mormon..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mark the Calendar for A John Waters Christmas

The filmmaker and raconteur takes on COVID arguments, sloppy airplane dressing, and how to be rich with class

"...trips out of Maryland. In fact, he admits to yearning for the good old days of airports at the..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows

"...perfectly unsuited for search engine optimization, Exercise serves those yearning for the Aughts' post-punk revival through loose lyrical derisions..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...of their own. A heartwarming documentary that captures the yearning only a child has when looking to the stars...."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fishing for Change

Hightower's latest is a collection of inspirational tales

"...the change has been there all along. ... This yearning for change is pretty broad in the public, and..."

March 14, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Nine Mile Records, Glasshealer, Vincent Neil Emerson, Hayes Carll, Luna Luna, Pink Sweat$, and more

"...and innocence of your early 20s. The songwriter/producer weaves yearning R&B with lighthearted dance tracks on February's full-length Pink..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Column by David Brendan Hall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mélat, Ramsay Midwood, Quinn XCII, Tomás Ramírez, Hotmom, and Dawa's 2 Year Anniversary

"...over the last 18 months expresses love, heartbreak, and yearning as part of a human experience that doesn't stop..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Clara Wang

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

When the summer slows down, the live music starts to heat up.

"...ice, the lonesome road balladeer continues to cast his yearning, scratchy drawl and stinging guitar across numerous projects, most..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend

The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances

"...Where Will We Go, featuring jazz collective Onyx, with yearning full-length Green Twins. His psychedelic R&B induces fractured imagery,..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...no tracks on streaming, the Dallas singer leaves fans yearning after dropping teasers of future soulful Western sounds and..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jane Leo, a Sharon Jones tribute, a Genuine Joe fundraiser, and more recommended shows

"...bloom caps a lineup bursting with melancholy-tinged love and yearning. Sun June's tight trilling ballads glow on 2021's sophomore..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Are Kids These Days Bringing OOB the Laughter for Love’s Sake?

What dire agenda, we wonder, lurks beneath their odd & infectious joy?

"...Maybe a little north of promising? Can’t just be yearning toward the professional side of the industry, no, this..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fun for the Whole Family

Traversing the Texas Book Festival

"...popped in. "Fiction is an art form of human yearning," quoth the Pulitzer Prize winner, and with that, I..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

"...into theatrical productions, poems, and drawings that expressed his yearning for art that liberated our souls like ancient shamanistic..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Submergence

Europe's great sentimentalist explores the mysteries of separation.

"...it should ignite, leaving the viewer with a palpable yearning for something other than a shrug...."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

A hardscrabble, heartbreaking, love-and-death affair is gorgeously captured in David Lowery's Texas feature.

"...sentence. The kicker? Ruth is pregnant, and their mutual yearning for each other leads Bob to attempt a jailbreak,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nurse Betty

"...pigeonhole, but unfortunately, its uneven comedy may leave moviegoers yearning for the confidently choreographed banter and moral sludge that..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

W.E.

Madonna helms this movie about the scandalous marriage of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

"...Wally Winthrop (Cornish) is a socialite/housewife from humble beginnings, yearning for a baby but rebuffed by her bullying psychiatrist..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fairytale: A True Story

"...fakery later surfaced, the incident still poignantly illustrates humanity's yearning for transcendent mysteries and spiritual sustenance richer than the..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Never Leave Nevada

"...the narrative is the tug of war between Sean's yearning for a hearth and home with Betty -- even..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marie Mahoney

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...high fevers, stomach pains, and other physical ailments, sometimes yearning for their native land so intensely they literally pined..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina

"...story of the beautiful born-in-a-barley-flower little person and her yearning for friends her own size. It has all the..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Anne Frank Remembered

"...she hung on her bedroom walls and of her yearning for greatness and immortality -- a desire that led..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Will Ferrell runs comic circles around NASCAR.

"...star (Ferrell) performing well-rehearsed tricks. In spite of my yearning for new comedy ground, I can’t deny that there’s..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

A Man Apart

"...tapping into something, although whether it's some primal cinematic yearning for hulking bald men with whisky-and-cigarette voices or just..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hi-Line

"...home with her parents (Kidder and Margolin), Vera is yearning for something that will shake up her life. What..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amelia

Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's big-budget biopic.

"...Earhart’s cockpit) that become the belabored metaphor for her yearning for freedom, and a damned saintliness that hangs over..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gods and Monsters

The final days of the man behind Hollywood's Frankenstein

"...that concerns an older, heterosexual British man's sudden, inexplicable yearning for a young, American, male pop star. In that..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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