aGLIFF President Todd Hogan and Spotlighting Filmmaker Fernando Andrés Reflect on Identity

PRISM 37 highlights the poignantly human and relatable

"...we’re all trying to figure out: How does one adult? The answers, perspectives, and end results can frequently lead..."

Aug. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Cy White

Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds

Seussian fairy tale from GKIDS about two sisters who turn into cats

"...childish wonder and always feels like a way for adults to excuse the fact that they’re enjoying something so..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Arcadian

Nicolas Cage is a single dad post-apocalype in Irish thriller

"...Here, he truly feels like their father, and the young actors find their characters’ idiosyncrasies without ever seeming like..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...reading at grade level – in other words, 22,000 young Austinites face a risk of reduced literacy or even..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Rally Road Racers

Animated race movie about a slow loris with speedy dreams

"...Movie was that it didn't demand enough of the young audience, that it was satisfied being bright, colorful, and..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beau Is Afraid

Joaquin Phoenix is the understated fool in this bloated Oedipal epic

"...Nathan Lane and an ill-served Parker Posey as the adult version of Elaine, whom Beau has been mooning over..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

One Fine Morning

An intimate depiction of the weight of dementia on carers

"...living, Georg (Greggory) struggles to articulate himself to his adult daughter Sandra (Seydoux). “It’s a bit difficult at times...”..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

"...movie about the porn industry, it was nothing but young dykes. As I was walking out of the theatre,..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

The Worst Person in the World

Worst person? No. Best performance of the year? Maybe.

"...to the film’s tongue-in-cheek humor), but she is a young person in search of the key that will unlock..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Producers: Yulia Gulyan, Antonina Lee A child prodigy, the youngest Soviet poetess, and by the age of 27 a..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh's stunning if messy look back at his childhood in Northern Ireland

"...what he sees, often perplexed or distressed by the adult conversations he overhears. A loving but fracturing family dominates..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up

Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

"...investigation, in the realm of what are commonly called adult beverages …..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...in your mid-to-late 20s and 30s and you have adult responsibilities and want to go back to a time..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Flag Day

The Penn family gets in the skin of a counterfeiter and his daughter

"...focus on Jennifer’s independent growth, as a lost, confused young girl slowly becomes a headstrong adult, that the film..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

"...There are fascinating portraits of serial killers as young boys, whether fictionalized (as in the constantly overlooked The..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boss Baby: Family Business

Why is a movie about a talking baby this convoluted?

"...choice, given the character’s maturation into a barrel-chested, handsome young man resembling Mr. Incredible (but with a less pronounced..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

12 Mighty Orphans

Historical football drama can't get past first down

"...appears on screen. One could argue this is what young boys would talk like in the 1930s, and truthfully..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Austin Embroiderists Build Community Stitch by Stitch

Local interest in fiber arts is growing rapidly as people find stitching is a way to calm nerves, find friends, and make political statements during the pandemic

"...stitching journey in elementary school and returned as an adult. The assignment – an unfortunate pink bunny with blue..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Our Friend

Jason Segel is the friend you'd want in this true story of facing death

"...metastasizing cancer. Whether playing nanny to the couple’s two young girls (Rice and McGraw), confidant to the struggling spouses,..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Come Away

Maudlin melding of Peter Pan and Alice is a misreading of both

"...As recounted by the adult Alice (Mbatha-Raw, who really plays her as grown-up Wendy..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wendy

J.M. Barrie’s classic flies on new, grimier wings

"...but her. Then one night she sees a strange young boy (Mack) cavorting on top of a carriage pulled..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...ambiguity about the relationship between the Overlook Hotel and young Danny Torrance (played in brief flashbacks by Floyd, but..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Judy

Renée Zellweger is a star reborn in this Judy Garland biopic

"...inserted in the movie to glibly explain the hot-mess adult you meet three decades later. They all announce: See..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shazam!

DC finally gets to the heart of why we love superheroes

"...Bros. has to a house style – where the adult Billy stops to comfort a young girl terrified by..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

The original girl detective makes a modern return

"...to deserving wrongdoers, resulting in frequent groundings by her adult guardians and numerous scuffles with local law enforcement. Back..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The House of Tomorrow

Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.

"...tentatively tooth-and-claw their way out of two very unlikely, adult-imposed worlds. They make for one helluva odd couple. Sebastian,..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...Confused – were standard-bearers for the bright and brash young things of Nineties American indie cinema. With his Before..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Permanent Record Theatre's Dry Land

With this production, this company makes a bold debut and a fierce statement about life for teenage girls

"...The secret lives of teenage girls can be uncomfortably adult, and from the get-go, Dry Land lets the audience..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Wonderstruck

Two lives intertwine across time in the latest from Todd Haynes

"...the first Haynes film that will play well for younger audiences as well as their elders. Two discrete stories,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brad's Status

Ben Stiller shines in this character study

"...himself to be the life of the party, the young man who was most likely to turn into the..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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