About Time

Love Actually maestro wants to make you cry with this romantic dramedy.

"...with handling, is something different – a kind of benevolence. I walked out of the movie wanting to fall..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...Teeming with girl-power spirit, Barrymore’s film exudes an all-encompassing benevolence rather than strident one-upmanship. These girls just want to..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happy Endings

Movie about master manipulators and the people who love them is rife with surprises.

"...that at first glance she appears unlovable. Sometimes his benevolence is too much – the forward thrust gets shot..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eternals

Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome

"...and sardonic presence who saw through the Celestials’ supposed benevolence centuries ago (and, to a lesser degree, Henry, who..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Brainstorm Black

Charlotte Moore's series about changing outcomes in Black Austin

"...in 2018, as well as a coffee table book, Benevolence In Black (buy it here). However, the first seven..."

June 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Back to the Color Line

Texas turns back the clock on racial justice

"...historical gains of civil rights activism into the bland benevolence of white rulers...."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Oliver Twist

Some may doubt the need to once more bring Dickens’ tale to the screen, but Polanski’s deft adaptation proves that there’s still life in that well-worn story of a boy who beats the odds.

"...who runs the pickpocket household with equal measures of benevolence and malevolence. As Fagin, Kingsley (unrecognizable in the role)..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Grizzly Man

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

"...the universe. Is the universe ultimately governed by harmony, benevolence, and respect – or chaos, murder, and self-interest? Herzog’s..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dark Blue World

"...so thinly drawn as a model of free-floating feminine benevolence that the filmmakers have surrounded her with about a..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Celebrating Culture, History, and Hops With Kaiju Cut and Sew

Owner Chris Gomez helps organize AANHPI markets, mahjong, and more

"...include this year’s ABW Lunar New Year seasonal Fierce Benevolence, which featured a snake coiled around the fruit tea-infused..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...sighs in “Nice Guys,” a send-up of faux male benevolence. Last year’s “Pursuit” signals more growth. Abandoning her quirky..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 30 - September 5

"...It may sometimes seem as if you’re getting more benevolence than you deserve, but in my estimation, it’s all..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 12-18

"...efforts. You could be a force for healing and benevolence...."

July 12, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

As Council Works to Improve Affordability With HOME, How Will Displacement Factor In?

Research shows small lots boost affordability though concerns linger

"...brackets, Harper-Madison said. “Housing is not about altruism and benevolence,” Harper-Madison said. “It is a business. Whether or not..."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 11-17

"...to expand your capacity to welcome the care and benevolence and inspiration coming your way from others?..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2021

Which films did you care most about as the pandemic rolled on?

"...and sardonic presence who saw through the Celestials’ supposed benevolence centuries ago (and, to a lesser degree, Henry, who..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 23-29

"...you, uplift you, and empower you to spread transformative benevolence to those whose lives you touch...."

July 23, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 26 - March 4

"...magic secret." 6) "I have no armor; I make benevolence and righteousness my armor."..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...Arts and Fusebox Festival working in partnership, and their benevolence came in the form of a residency program they've..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 26 - July 2

"...hope you'll consider cultivating that approach, dear Gemini: expressing benevolence and love toward money, and pledging to be benevolent..."

June 26, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Trumpet Constant Ephraim Owens Won’t Be Rushed

New Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee substitutes kindness and ubiquity for a back catalog

"...Even with his benevolence, there's selfishness in Owens, where he holds the innermost..."

April 7, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

DVDanger: One Eyed Girl

Director Nick Matthews explores cult life, Australian-style

"...and encouragement as cultlike behavior, and he questions the benevolence of leader Father Jay (Steve Le Marquand)...."

Dec. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Renew the Fight

"...health care. But they’ll never do it out of benevolence. We will always have to fight to defeat that..."

Sept. 15, 2015 Postmarks

Beef Sumo Needs Your Help!

Austin children’s book author Keith Graves re-animates

"...would leap to the next level of artistic evolution. Benevolence and belief will make it so...."

May 1, 2015 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Good Day, Ramón

This Mexican hit tells a heartwarming story about a teen who's forced to rely on the kindness of strangers when he travels to Germany to find work.

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: Poverty, Inc.

Doc uncovers ugly truths in the booming global-poverty aid industry

"...nation functions, and by assuming a sort of omniscient benevolence, the help can prove harmful, suggests the film. Haiti..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Letters at 3AM: To Sit on a Park Bench

The park bench is a fine and honorable place to end up

"...the young – looked upon them with generosity, with benevolence, beholding their beauty, wishing them well, yes, especially the..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Motherfucker With the Hat

"...Objectivists, but ex-addicts are capable of that same solipsistic benevolence – a sort of self-sustaining, self-centered sense of survival..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Roky Erickson

Sun., 7:30pm, Reverberation stage

"...generosity that seems as much a defense as genuine benevolence. Asked about his being considered the father of psychedelic..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

HOME is Where the Heart Is

Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers provides aid.

"...Ms. Susan Antone continuing the course set by her benevolence of the blues, Clifford Antone – has picked up..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Music Post by Anne Harris

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