Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

"...admire the guy. Jason has been his cross to bear and bear it he has done, with dignity, grace..."

Aug. 20, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: An Austin Queersgiving

Iron Bear’s turkey dinner and more events to give queer thanks

"...since the beginning of the pandemic, Austin's much-loved Iron Bear is hosting its equally much-loved Thanksgiving dinner and potluck..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: A Decade of Austin’s Queer History

Plus Iron Bear says farewell to Eighth Street and Joterias returns!

"...and revel in the last Gear Night in Iron Bear's OG space, cuz this bear bar is packing up..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Column by Sarah Marloff

Paddington 2

Everyone's favorite polite bear returns with marmalade sandwiches for all in a thrilling birthday present hunt

"...all civil and immeasurably kind (albeit frequently nonplussed) little bear returns in this sequel to 2014’s perfectly executed origin..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ted 2

Mark Wahlberg and the irrepressible Seth MacFarlane return for a sequel

"...you here. And then there’s Ted, the living teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane), who continues to wake ’n’ bake..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Earth

This nature film is derived from the Planet Earth miniseries and is edited with an eye toward the kid-friendly audience.

"...patterns of a trio of mothers – elephant, polar bear, and humpback whale – and their newborns, as well..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Grizzly Man

This documentary reveals how Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, may have needed the bears more than they needed him.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. "Lions, and tigers, and bears. Oh my!" It’s a lesson that some of us..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Capitol Chronicle

The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.

"...funding is far from over. "We're dancing with a bear," Moncrief said. "And you can't just sit down when..."

May 18, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Tigger Movie

"...is as predictably tame as the fluff in Pooh bear's noodle, and therein lies its charm. Unlike some animated..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Firelight

"...young Elisabeth (Marceau) enters into a secret agreement to bear an heir for wealthy British nobleman Sir Charles (Dillane),..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Edge

"...the fat of his stock dividends. When a plane bearing the two men and Robert's photographic assistant Stephen (Perrineau)..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Career Girls

"...our faces are fresh and unlined; the next, they bear the folds and creases added to them by Time...."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Eight Lineups to See at Levitation This Halloween Weekend

Our picks at the venue-based festival, from Panda Bear to Flying Lotus

"...Alice Phoebe Lou. Coming off his own 2022 Panda Bear collab, "Did It Again," Los Angeles' Teebs has made..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Treat Your Fine Queer Self With This Week's Qmmunity Events

Mask up for Austin Black Pride’s Pose watch party, drag brunch at the Iron Bear, and more

"...points and prizes. Sun., May 2, 12:30-2:30pm. The Iron Bear, 301 W. Sixth. No cover. www.theironbear.com...."

April 30, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Firework Thrown at Local Gay Bar Unsettles Community

Despite rumors, the Iron Bear asks patrons to not panic

"...A firework was thrown onto Iron Bear’s patio early this morning, startling patrons and inciting fear..."

June 28, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Austin FC Celebrates Inaugural Pride Night

Plus, UnBEARable at Iron Bear and Caleb De Casper, drag performers take over Native Hostel

"...UnBEARable Things get a little sandy and a whole lotta..."

July 2, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him

"...found the perfect outlet for their desires: Cunningham to bear witness to the world, Newton to remake it on..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dolittle

Downey has and is fun as the doctor who can talk with the animals

"...friend Chee-Chee (Malek), moderating arguments between Yoshi the polar bear (Cena) and Plimpton the ostrich (Nanjiani), and being chided..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...our pop culture firmament that many of us couldn’t bear to have fall to Earth. I’d put Fred Rogers,..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...of Demetrius Shipp Jr. Not only does this newcomer bear a striking resemblance to Shakur, but his rendering is..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Personal Shopper

A ghost story exploring the ineffable

"...title, this movie requires us to bring intuition to bear in making sense of its proceedings. Many aspects of..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Desierto

A most dangerous game in the desert

"...Clutching a teddy bear he has promised to return to his daughter (she’s..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman goes inside the minds of puppets

"...a lovely, pacifying final shot. Even the filmmakers couldn’t bear to end with the dispiriting, not-so-special Michael...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pawn Sacrifice

Fictionalized tale of famed chess bout between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

"...is Liev Schreiber playing Spassky, big as a Russian bear and as ice-cool as the country’s signature 80-proof spirit...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wolf Totem

The director of The Bear is back for this human-and-wolf-cub story

"...thing, having previously helmed the 1988 ursine crowd-pleaser The Bear and 1997’s Seven Years in Tibet; he’s modern cinema’s..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellion

Austin filmmaker Kat Candler explores the sins of the father in this dark drama starring Aaron Paul.

"...acts of inequity: Fairly or unfairly, the sons shall bear the sins of their fathers. Here, a middle-class family..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bears

Disneynature doc about an Alaskan bear family.

"...press time. This latest Disneynature documentary follows a brown bear family over the course of a year in Alaska..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ernest & Celestine

The team from A Town Called Panic returns with another animated charmer – this time a tale about interspecies friendship and dentistry.

"...Beneath a village of bears, there is a subterranean kingdom of mice who carve..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1

Lars von Trier's latest provocation is more meditation than outright flagellation.

"...him the increasingly seedy stations of her cross to bear. Fixated first on adolescent masturbation and then greedy, self-satisfying..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place

Headliners and elevators, Pootin' not Putin, a bear and a fox. That's all you need to know, gaybirds.

"...NAKIA LIVE ON KUTX Austin's big bear voice (as in, NBC's The Voice) free online (www.kutx.org)..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

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