Education Austin Calls Out AISD Police

Austin Justice Coalition, the NAACP, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, and more insist on “roundtable discussion” to address policing in schools

"...received at the board meeting to the kind of bullying she faced in high school as a trans woman..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Them That Follow

Snake-handling drama quietly eviscerates that whole "thoughts and prayers" deal

"...shapes power structures. When push comes to shove, the bullying, domineering nature of these Pentecostal patriarchs comes all too..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Little

Time goes backward in this riff on Big (or maybe it just feels that way)

"...of her dorky, middle school self (Martin). Suddenly, the bullying executive is forced to relinquish some of her control..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

UPDATED: AISD Reassigns Principal After "MAGA" Controversy

Andrews Elementary principal Gabriela Soto said the school's new PTA looks forward to "making Andrews Great Again!"

"...daily from an onslaught of anti-immigrant bias, racial slurs, bullying, threats, intimidations, and retaliations."..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Capernaum

Lebanese drama of the destitute is tough to watch, but tougher to live

"...a ne'er-do-well family. Since his shiftless father (Youssef) and bullying mother (Al Haddad) are disinterested in anything like parenting,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Liz and the Blue Bird

High school anime is a bittersweet symphony

"...Yamada proved her skill in depicting young adults with bullying mortality tale A Silent Voice, but this time she..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...out of sheer terror of the truth. Likewise, the bullying that Simon experiences once he’s viciously cyber-outed is unquestionably..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Alamo Drafthouse Announces New Code of Conduct

Cinema chain takes new direction after public outcry

"...sexual attention • Unwanted photography or video recording • Bullying or stalking..."

Jan. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD's "Concerned Parents" Rail Against LGBTQ Inclusivity

Religious extremists against comprehensive sex ed and Welcoming Schools program

"...classroom staff support children with diverse families, and decrease bullying of queer and transgender kids in elementary school. AISD..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Past Life

Avi Nesher's film is a thoughtful examination of forgiveness

"...sister Nana (Tagar) about the encounter. The brash and bullying editor of a leftist magazine mixing politics and pornography,..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Things We Won’t Miss About Don Zimmerman

Oh Donny Boy, the gripes, the gripes are calling

"...5) His On-Dais Bullying Please Zim, spare the city staffers...."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Goat

Alpha-male fraternity bullying sparks revenge in this true story

"...someone already triggered to respond poorly to the alpha-male bullying, and that feels like a front-loaded cop-out, even though..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Natalie Portman adapts Amos Oz's acclaimed memoir

"...door and as guideposts to his future manhood. There’s bullying at school, the First Arab-Israeli War (which sees little..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Greater

The saga of a college football underdog

"...of college football (practices, the big game[s], locker room bullying, but then fierce camaraderie). David Hunt’s exhausting film runs..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The BFG

Steven Spielberg tackles Roald Dahl’s 1982 children's book

"...Keeping her safe from his kinfolk, a brutish and bullying clan sniffing the air for “human beans,” fast becomes..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Getting From Here to There

Will the driver-eat-driver "free market" imposed by billionaire corporations rule the day?

"...the day, where the weakest go to the wall. Bullying Tactics..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

10 Minutes with Ali Campbell of UB40

AC by AC to the tune of reggae ubiquity

"...You’ve got school kids hanging themselves because of the bullying they’re experiencing. And it’s not like they can come..."

Oct. 19, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

OUTside In

It's time for an LGBTQ check-in

"...inside and out. Our struggles are public sport: schoolyard bullying, murder of transfolk, deportations of LGBTQ people of color,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

The Gallows

Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound

"...high school, one who vomits a constant stream of bullying sexist commentary to fill the void of silence (or..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Unfriended

Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror

"...to cyberwars, and from the mindless droogisms of online bullying to Edward Snowden’s revelations of global data collection. In..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girlhood

Being an adolescent girl of color in the working-class suburbs of Paris is no easy job

"...come undone and she starts straightening her hair and bullying other girls for their lunch money. Although gang life..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

What if you beat your bullies with a message of love?

"...pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act, the first federal anti-bullying bill...."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...following the inspiring journey of 25-year-old, 58-pound Lizzie from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Russell Brand Movie Kicks off SXSW Film 2015

SXSW Film divulges its first seven titles for 2015

"...following the inspiring journey of 25-year-old, 58-pound Lizzie from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist. Ex Machina (North American Premiere)..."

Jan. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Diverting but rarely riveting, this latest offering from the Marvel Universe kicks the can down the road some more.

"...analogy the first X-Men movies made movingly. (And progressively: Anti-bullying messages and the push for gay marriage were barely..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The German Doctor

This Argentinian film uses the country’s dark history as a haven for escaped Nazi war criminals as fodder for this atmospheric tale.

"...the name-calling is only steps away from the state-sanctioned bullying that took place in Nazi Germany...."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neighbors

Lively performances from Seth Rogen and others brighten an otherwise perfunctory revenge comedy.

"...strengths (Rogen and Byrne) and its weaknesses (the thuggish, bullying frat boys). His staging of a blowout bacchanalia chockablock..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Revenge Is Sweet

‘Game of Thrones’ and the relief of a good riddance (spoilers)

"...both Tyrion’s temperament and the choices afforded him. Joffrey’s bullying here took things to a new level of distastefulness...."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This story of a milquetoast with a wild imagination stars Ben Stiller and is as pretty as it is busy. Opens 12/25.

"...his lady crush (Wiig) or say boo to his bullying new boss (Scott). Still, the three-act structure demands that..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: September 26

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...A new Utah law requiring schools to report bullying to parents may backfire when parents are bullies too...."

Sept. 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post

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