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Romper Stomper
"...these disturbing characters with odd bits of charm and humanity: if not for the wayward drift of their cause,..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Without a Face
"...tutor, mysterious and embittered stranger needs to re-connect with humanity. What a pair -- the two biggest misfits in..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neo-Tokyo
"...amusing if light take on the ever-present question of humanity versus computers, and what to do when the machines..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Night We Never Met
"...like this to succeed it must be full of humanity, overflowing with characters. This one is but they are..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Sniper
"...the Fourth of July), recovers some of his lost humanity through his forced relationship with the younger and unproven..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alive
"...to play down the gore in favor of the humanity involved. Sometimes this results in an almost preachy feeling,..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Echoes From a Somber Empire
"...of the director. There simply is no explanation for humanity's mad excesses. To document them as Herzog does is..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Clearcut
"...and deadpan, Arthur's offhand comments are cold jokes on humanity. Unfortunately, this modern-day folk tale goes for all the..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Vampire Hunter D
"...only the blood from their charges but also their humanity. Into this rather bleak scene rides the enigmatic Vampire..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ruby
"...It's Ruby's story and Aiello gives this shadowy figure humanity, grace and a soul. Unfortunately, the scriptwriters didn't deign..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Herdsmen of the Sun and Les Maitres Fou
"...effect of this confluence is a celebration of beauty, humanity and transcendence and it is over much too soon...."

Jan. 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Cape Fear
"...morality is upheld, the bile has been eviscerated and humanity has been dragged down just one notch further in..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barton Fink
This Coen brothers' comedy has a wicked sense of retribution.
"...of their movies to convey any sign of discernible humanity -- to paraphrase Shakespeare, cut it and it bleeds...."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
"...for human society, but not necessarily a love of humanity. Inexplicably, Miss Amelia falls for the little man and..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Top 10 Arty Ways 2020 Was the Best Year Ever
Barbara Purcell shares art highlights from a year that tested our sanity and humanity
"...highlights from a year that tested our sanity and humanity...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
This moving, transformative show gives its autistic hero a deep and engaging humanity
"...a stereotype. His Christopher has a deep and engaging humanity...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Review by Laura Jones

New French Cinema Week
Austin Film Society series restores a bit of hope for humanity
"...to help set the mood. If your faith in humanity needs a little boost, take it from this Francophile,..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Freud's Last Session
This philosophical debate between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis is richest when it shows their humanity
"...sorrow and gravity we see an affecting depth of humanity to his character. Jarrott's Freud has a like moment;..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Night Alive
Hyde Park Theatre captures five lonely Dubliners in all their broken humanity in Conor McPherson's drama
"...piece, has a habit of finding scripts full of humanity – dark and ugly as it often is –..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

"Ellen Heck: Connections"
The walls at Wally Workman are almost alive with figurative humanity captured with a sublime printerly grace
"...and design and precision and the capturing of figurative humanity (children, in this case) with a sublime printerly grace...."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Thunderstruck and Other Stories
Elizabeth McCracken's stories examine the humanity of the mildly freakish and unspoken freakishness of daily life
"...collection, Thunderstruck, show an author still preoccupied by the humanity of the mildly freakish – a woman with a..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

SXSW Film Review: 'Evaporating Borders'
An island's fractured culture offers microcosmic view
"...Real-life stories fuel essential conversations about humanity in an increasingly globalized world...."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Angie Renfro: Solo Show
Renfro's paintings elegantly evoke a sense of sorrow-tinged wonder about humanity's triumphs of creation
"...evoking a sense of sorrow-tinged wonder that all of humanity's triumphs of creation are, in the end, doomed to..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: It's About Community
Health care a matter of equity and common humanity
"...In the name of our common humanity, and our democratic community: Happy birthday, U.S.A...."

July 6, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Luv Doc: The Mind-Numbing Hell of Child-Oriented Places
For aeons, child rearing was just a begrudging afterthought, and somehow humanity managed to march forward
"...child rearing was just a begrudging afterthought, and somehow humanity managed to march forward. Remus and Romulus were raised..."

April 27, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Street Connections
Reclaiming the humanity of people living on the streets by telling their stories
"...on a stage and awaken an audience to the humanity they share with people on the streets. A Glimpse..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM
When we say, "This is Nature, and this is not," we're just picking and choosing according to our ideologies, desires, and needs – in other words, a power play to make life behave as we wish. That it never does is life's answer to our machinations.
"...unnatural, because they're something Nature itself (as expressed in humanity) is doing. What we do may unpleasantly or even..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Applause! Applause!
Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005
"...Christopher McCollum, Nightswim/A Ride With Bob/Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks Web Extra
Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...of violence, hate, racism, and lack of respect for humanity. I am not justifying the tragic events in New..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra
Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...of violence, hate, racism, and lack of respect for humanity. I am not justifying the tragic events in New..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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