C'mon C'mon

Joaquin Phoenix's avuncular turn avoids cloying family clichés

"...his guardianship over Jesse seems to fill him with anxiety and fear over what it actually means to parent..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Belfast

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

"...such tête-à-tête is particularly lovely. In response to Buddy’s anxiety about the prospect of moving to England, where his..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 22-28

"...person who was not only sleep-deprived but dream-deprived. The anxiety he might have purged from his system through sleep..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Titane

Cannes-winning chaotic drama is a new reflection on body horror

"...night, that feeling of vulnerability. It’s a creeping, sinister anxiety that is so hard to replicate, but Ducournau taps..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

True story of police killing comes to visceral, dreadful life

"...in that tiny apartment, tapping a rhythm of increasing anxiety. It’s a modest apartment, filled with a life lived:..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Gaia

The moldering earth has had enough with humanity in this South African ecohorror

"...escalating mood of Blastomycotic body-horror distress (including Pierre-Henri Wicomb’s anxiety-inducing score). Fans of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy and..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Us Kids

Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus

"...risk of re-traumatizing themselves for each new audience. Their anxiety is causing them to physically fall apart, and Snyder..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

New French Shorts 2021

The annual best of Gallic cinema, in small chunks

"...haunting array of images that lays bare (bear?) both anxiety and release...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Carnivores

Austin-made relationship horror takes a bite out of the trauma of love

"...It clings to your psyche, a parasitic creepy-crawl of anxiety that will test the viewer’s own ability to get..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Order

Bleak Mexican drama puts cold social horror into bloody revolution

"...disquieting static frames of its aftermath, adding to the anxiety. New Order sadly makes it clear that the only..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Get Together

Austin party movie is one perfect night in the velvet rut

"...too tightly wound to bear. But tempers his character’s anxiety with a convincing performance of love, even if the..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Shiva Baby

Wry observational comedy puts the fun in funeral

"...when Maria Rusche's cinematography matches it, veering from social anxiety to leering claustrophobia. But at it heart Shiva Baby..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

"...forced my hand. In the quest for stress and anxiety relief via needle and thread, I found not only..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Identifying Features

Mexico's "disappeared" given a voice in this cross-border drama

"...it jolts, anyway. I will always feel a profound anxiety reflecting that 74 million people thought reelecting Trump was..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 18-24

"...fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress, or anything else." I'd love for you to..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Marc Savlov's Top 10 of 2020 in Film

"No cinematography necessary"

"...simultaneously supplementing your filmic diet and subjugating your social anxiety with cinematic comfort food: Hitch, the Marx Brothers, everything..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fighting Stress Through Fighting Sports

A Krav Maga devotee on the curative power of punching a bag

"...about remedying historical catastrophes – they're cures for the anxiety brought on by them. Punch a bag enough times..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Luv Doc: The Devil’s Playthings

Your nation is counting on you!

"...several times a day. It helps to ease my anxiety and, as they say, "Idle hands are the devil's..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: A Good Deadbolt

Parent sex is kind of like death

"...inhibited sex. I think it goes without saying that anxiety is a real boner killer, and these days, what..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

"...flip. Reid teaches interrogators to look for signs of anxiety, even though most people, regardless of guilt, react with..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...wheel of tasks, hobbled together home-school plans, and endless anxiety. I need a break and would love, more than..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Questioning How We Embrace Mortality in She Dies Tomorrow

Director Amy Seimetz new film is death positive

"..."[My] anxiety attacks ... feel like there's a heavy metal concert..."

July 31, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

CBD Stands for Self-Care

Austin's green rush is booming

"...cannabis lines. Co-owner Jeremy Kinder said, "Uncertainty can induce anxiety and CBD has the natural ability to calm that..."

June 5, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Los Coast Goes Country in Covering Gillian Welch’s Ode to Elvis Presley

“This has dramatically upended the lives of musicians”

"...they should be, so I’ve had to deal with anxiety for a big chunk of my life. It’s taken..."

May 6, 2020 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW EDU on a Budget

SXSWedu's free expo caters to a diverse crowd with a variety of activities, interactive exhibits

"...Math Therapy: From Anxiety to Creative Confidence Frustration with math and numeracy can..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Francesca D'Annunzio

Underwater

Neo-creature feature is a soggy mess

"...a lot for a movie to cause me spatial anxiety. While many outlets seem to confuse continuity errors with..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Playing With Fire

There's no spark in this joke-free firefighters-versus-kids flop

"...his macho persona in Trainwreck and played up daddy anxiety in Blockers, he tries way too hard to be..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...cases of malaria and medically necessary evacuations. (The thundering, anxiety-inducing score by Oscar-nominated composer Mica Levi only ups the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Farewell

Awkwafina is the heart of this loving story of families, belonging, and lies

"...her shoulders hunched. Unlike other films that explore the anxiety of homecoming, The Farewell does not pretend like its..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...as men to attempt suicide or to experience depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Twelve million U.S. women are..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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