Sean Dorsey Dance Unpacks Masculinity Onstage

Trailblazing choreographer’s latest dance theatre piece hits Austin

"...Trouble is simple: What is the current state of masculinity? The answer, however, is less straightforward...."

Sept. 26, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Flamboyant Musician Dorian Electra Gives Masculinity a "Groovy" Makeover

In their debut tour, genderfluid artist celebrates camp

"...camp figure in pop culture who skewers ideas of masculinity with a loud honk of “Groovy, baby,” in a..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Cast and Crew of The Boys Tackle Toxic Masculinity at SXSW

Preview of new season features dicks, dancing, and superhero dildos

"...be an ideal vehicle for raising awareness about toxic masculinity, which apparently translates to copious instances of male genitalia..."

March 14, 2022 Screens Post by Tom Cheredar

You Puts a New Lens on Toxic Masculinity

Lifetime screens pilot of its newest stalker drama

"...had about playing a character with such textbook “toxic masculinity” – even as Joe sees himself as a protector..."

June 11, 2018 Screens Post by Danielle White

Lege Lines: Toxic Masculinity Drops the Hammer

Standing up to anti-choice rhetoric during a three-bill frenzy at the Capitol

"...in committee, don't expect them – or the toxic masculinity and machismo exhibited by anti-choice lawmakers – to fade..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Black Lacks Masculinity to Accept Criticism

"...ably demonstrated that you lack the maturity and the masculinity to accept criticism when it is due. It is..."

Jan. 30, 2006 Postmarks

"Xavier Schipani: Chasing Desire" at Lora Reynolds Gallery

The artist probes the history and crisis of masculinity by placing beefy men in salacious tangles, exposed and unashamed

"...never have seen another time when the idea of masculinity has been in deeper crisis," Xavier Schipani writes in..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...and made its bloody endgame a disquieting journey into masculinity gone mad for the audience...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Master Gardener

A lesser study in collapsing masculinity from Paul Schrader

"...Auto Focus, as well as recent portraits of fraying masculinity, First Reformed and The Card Counter. Master Gardener apparently..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Wild Men

Absurdist comedy goes into the woods to hunt for masculinity

"...underlying idiocy that reflects a very Nordic crisis of masculinity - one that, unlike most American cinematic examinations of..."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Minding the Gap

Sundance-lauded Hulu skateboarder doc surpasses Thrasher equation

"...shit jobs, shut-offs from the electric company, depression, toxic masculinity, and, most especially, domestic abuse...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

On Chesil Beach

Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.

"...to live up to the ordained model of brusque masculinity, become a finely painted portrait of crumpled lives...."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rider

Powerful docudrama of life on the range.

"...the dilemmas it so poetically articulates. Clearly, cowboys and masculinity ain’t what they used to be. Yet Brady is..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...The incongruously named Ángel is the picture of toxic masculinity: abusive, abrasive, rude, an inconsiderate lover, a disinterested father,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Goat

Alpha-male fraternity bullying sparks revenge in this true story

"...that this system creates a breeding ground for toxic masculinity...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...in September and has always been attracted to extreme masculinity, whether in documentary form (Touching the Void) or via..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...Fury further dispels the ignorant notion that dancing and masculinity don’t mix. Here, the dancer with the spark is..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Final Member

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

"...is also a compelling examination of society’s concept of masculinity and male identity, and an empathetic portrait of three..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Klown

Penis-obsessed, man-child film comedies can crown a new king: the Danish import Klown.

"...devoting themselves to building up these sorry specimens of masculinity rather than deconstructing them to see what makes them..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Watch

This comedy is awfully lightweight although Richard Ayoade lends some spark to the goofy quartet.

"...Vaughn's Bob is a parody of suburban masculinity taken to the extreme; Hill's wannabe cop Franklin is..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mansome

Will Arnett and Jason Bateman are our guides in this Morgan Spurlock documentary that looks at men's relationship with their body hair in contemporary America.

"...it really necessary to explore the concept of contemporary masculinity via the recent explosion of facial hair, metrosexual fastidiousness,..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bullhead

This Oscar nominee and Fantastic Fest winner from Belgium is a startling crime drama about the bovine hormone mafia.

"...A dark, brooding Belgian film about masculinity, the oppressiveness of the past, and the bovine hormone..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

This collegiate coming-of-age comedy is about as exciting as near-beer.

"...modern might-be men, and it's a grim picture of masculinity gone sick and wrong. Gosse's adaptation of twentysomething miscreant..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Next

Nicolas Cage plays a man who can see into the future – a talent the FBI wants to put to use capturing terrorists.

"...director Tamahori, who used to make interesting movies about masculinity (Once Were Warriors, The Edge) but doesn’t seem to..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

“Raul Gonzalez: Doing Work” at grayDUCK Gallery

The show’s images of construction work and fatherhood challenge expectations of masculinity, domesticity, immigrant work, and art

"...outfitted construction workers – at once challenge expectations of masculinity, immigrant workers, domesticity, and contemporary art. “Raul Gonzalez: Doing..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Limbaugh Rant Puts UT MasculinUT Program in Limbo

University program halted until after summer

"...in part toward expanding rigid and patriarchal definitions of masculinity, as well as UT for supposedly treating masculinity "as..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Man UP, Dockers

The clothing company's latest ad campaign makes us vom-vom in our mouths.

"...gynophobia and the stress placed on normative expressions of masculinity. "Girly" men are not only responsible for the death..."

Dec. 10, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Art of Self-Defense

Jesse Eisenberg excels as the mouse that roars in this karate black comedy

"...a lot of complex things to say about toxic masculinity, but one thing’s for sure: He’s not exactly puffing..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Gay Place

Ethan Parker organized the TenderQueer art show out of necessity

"...tonight's emphasis is on sharing stories of Black queer masculinity and starting conversations. "I can only speak to Black..."

July 7, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Looking for a Fight

Ruth Margraff Recasts Texas History as Barroom Brawl

"...their possible causes and effects: the lure of unfiltered masculinity, the power of fragility, and the currency of language...."

March 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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