Texas Maternal Mortality Rate Soars

Local health department examining deaths: Is the Lege to blame?

"...local health department to examine its own figures on mortality rates...."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Human Condition

Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland on robots, sex, and the collaborative spirit

"...conducting in his fortress of solitude: the creation of human-shaped robots endowed with artificial intelligence. It's to be Caleb's..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Max Rose

Screen legend Jerry Lewis stars in this drama's title role

"...the passage of time is a sobering reminder of human mortality in the drama Max Rose, particularly when considering..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hanging Up

"...boomers' total discombobulation over a situation as old as humanity itself. Rather, it's the contrived, off-pitch tone of the..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Marjorie Prime

"...element to it, but the drama here is as human as it gets, wringing every last bit of talent..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Literature Saved David Shields' Life

The author of 'Reality Hunger' dodges those ol' bullets of anomie

"...his latest book, has a lot to say about human mortality and loneliness and literature...."

Feb. 4, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.

"...Asian-borne emergence of a 72-hour bug that sports a mortality rate of 1 in 4. It arrives in America..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...Furthermore, what's to prevent said A.I. from deciding that humanity faces no greater threat than itself?..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Funny People

With this story about comedians which stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, filmmaker Judd Apatow rewrites his own songbook in the key of James L. Brooks, a tricky mix of humor and heartfelt.

"...in Funny People Apatow brings the serious stuff of mortality and human misery to the forefront. Rogen uses his..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

War for the Planet of the Apes

The capstone of the Apes reboot sticks the landing

"...Mark Bomback make monkeys of the film’s bellicose, desperate human survivors and compassionate, utterly believable “humans” of the ape..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Synecdoche, New York

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first venture as a director is audacious, ambitious, and amazing; it’s also intricate, self-referencing, and all-encompassing: in a word, a masterpiece.

"...prehistoric creatures, or the like (see Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation., and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Final Member

An Icelandic museum of mammalian penises is documented while seeking its final member – a human specimen.

"...the crown of his achievement: a phallus from a human male...."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Splice

Splice is a twisted little update of the Frankenstein story, as well as a thriller, love story, and meditation on the possibilities of science.

"...enzymes may carry the cures for all manner of human ailments … if all goes according to plan. Despite..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Jonathan Demme dreams us back to the golden age of performance films, in which Neil Young unfolds his latest album Prairie Wind in concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

"...societal. In this case, the disruption of Neil Young’s mortality unfolds with all the subtle poignancy of a man..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Beautiful Something Left Behind

The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family

"...admittedly heart-wrenching and on occasion outright exhausting examination of human mortality as viewed through the eyes of the very..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Dust

Two men and a pig become more than porcine comedy in this tender and cunning discussion of death

"...The Book of Ecclesiastes sums up human mortality in earthy terms: From dust we are, and..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hyde Park Theatre's Wakey, Wakey

This production of Will Eno's solo show puts us at ease with our mortality through a captivating talk from a dying man

"...Guy, Eno delivers a cathartic treatise on empathy and human interaction, and a meditative lamentation of a lack thereof...."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

“Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated” at the Dougherty Arts Center

This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals

"...One thing, though: Instead of the icy, imperious human face she has in the animated film, this Evil..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...I won't say that I've never considered my own mortality or when that final curtain might fall, but to..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

They See Dead People, Too

The story of a young blind woman who undergoes a corneal transplant and begins to see visions of the dead, The Eye may sound familiar to fans of The Sixth Sense, but the Pangs' film is a far more creepy affair than M. Night Shyamalan's crowd-pleaser.

"...cultures are somehow more attuned to the idea of human mortality? How does this play into your film?..."

June 27, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Living With 'Monstrosities'

Jen Hirt and Scott Webel and their Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata

"...that's been sliced and folded to resemble something vaguely human and is now framed under glass and hanging on..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Danny Kiranos Finds Moral Ground in the Murder Folk of Amigo the Devil

Visceral songwriter mines darkness in the human condition

"...aka Amigo the Devil, appears completely unfazed. Mur­der and mortality remain foundational muses to the emotionally visceral folksinger...."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Getting Physical

Anna Deavere Smith returns to Austin to investigate the resilience of the human body

"...treating a disease but really interacting with a whole human being. And better medical care is medical care where..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...If films teach us one thing, it's that the human body is a frail thing, and that the greatest..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do Not Miss This Deeply Inspiring Documentary

'Half the Sky' circles the globe to look at women's rights

"...experience and inspiration I gained from reading journalists and human rights activists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book Half..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

With 500,000 People Kicked Off Medicaid, Local Legislators Demand Investigation

Rep. Doggett points to worsening maternal mortality crisis

"...to whistleblowers at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (THHS)...."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

After Defunding Breast Cancer Services, State Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Event participant doesn't support cutting services

"...The Governor’s Commission for Women and Texas Health and Human Service System plan to host an event raising awareness..."

Oct. 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

No Botox at the Death Cafe

Meeting looks past the 'wrinkles' of a taboo subject

"...and their loved ones are fearful of talking about human mortality," says Jensen. "This becomes an obstacle to honest..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Senate prioritizes anti-abortion bills during special session

"...Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, said during Friday’s Health and Human Services Committee debate. Watson stressed that the Downtown Austin..."

July 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Coal's Body Count

"...The analysis for the report, titled Premature Mortality From Proposed New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Texas, was..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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