Alias Betty
"...is either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths..."
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Dec. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Incendies
A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.
June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Joy Luck Club
"...and an eternal story about the interlinked boundaries between mothers and daughters. Genes, cultural identity, compensatory behaviors, sins of..."
Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Families Facing Formula Shortage Turn to Local Milk Bank
Austin's milk bank has seen a 700% increase in postpartum mothers wishing to donate milk
"...per customer, and parents have been reaching out to Mothers' Milk Bank in Austin for help in previously unheard-of..."
May 27, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Color Arc Productions' The Mamalogues
In the world premiere of Lisa B. Thompson's play, the lives of single black mothers are seen, and felt
"...space. Sisters in the BBSM – Black Bougie Single Mothers – are here to share, and in this case,..."
Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Queens
Spanish comedy about same-sex marriages and mothers-in-law.
"...2005). The queens of the title refer to the mothers of three male couples tying the knot. As preparations..."
Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Osama
The first feature to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Osama tells the story of a girl who masquerades as a boy.
April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Double Bind
"...short films that all share themes of ambivalence between mothers and daughters. All four films are directed by women..."
Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mars Needs Moms
Based on a children's book by Berkely Breathed, this animated film looks good but lacks emotion.
"...unstated needs for nurturance and mothering. Martians, apparently, need mothers, too, but in the animated Mars Needs Moms, the..."
March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Tupac: Resurrection
More popular dead than alive, the hip-hop Tupac Shakur is remembered in this authorized documentary.
Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bill of the Week: Combating Postpartum Depression
Between 2011 and 2012, nearly 200 Texas mothers died within a year of giving birth
"...prioritize the issue this legislative session. The rate of mothers dying after giving birth doubled within a two-year period..."
April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Seven New Mother’s Day Dining Options
Because nothing’s too good for that maternal unit of yours, right?
"...First we told you about eight, then we added..."
May 7, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Shoplifters
The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored
"...Is blood really thicker than water? "That's just what mothers imagine," Nobuyo Shibata (Sakura) tells the investigating officer after..."
Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Recommended Mother's Day Events in Austin
Celebrate that special maternal figure in your life
"...It's that time of year when we honor the mothers in our lives – whether or not they be..."
May 9, 2018 Events Post by Danielle White
The Innocents
Polish nuns raped by soldiers during WWII trigger wider moral issues
"...Cross intern who agrees to secretly treat the expectant mothers, the medical welfare of these women and their infants..."
Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Bad Moms
Women can be comically raunchy and ill-behaved, too
"...what you think it’s going to do: depict unappreciated mothers losing their shit, behaving badly, and coming out the..."
July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Gimme Shelter
Vanessa Hudgeons stars in this bland exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama.
"...and populated by a Lost Boys crew of unwed mothers. At first, Apple doesn’t fit in here, but then..."
Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black
Language of a Broken Heart
Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions a tale about a romance writer who's unlucky in love, and filmed it largely in Dallas.
March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Other Son
Palestinian and Israeli baby boys are accidentally switched at birth, and that discovery in adulthood creates many repercussions.
"...true of the fathers (Elbé and Natour), although both mothers (Devos and Omari) open their hearts and expand their..."
Dec. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black
Carnage
Roman Polanski directs this chamber piece about the demise of social decorum that's adapted from the play God of Carnage.
"...of the film is about what happens when the mothers and fathers meet to discuss the fight only to..."
Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Dry Land
Home from Iraq, a soldier suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has trouble reintegrating into small-town Texas life in this scorching film.
Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Twelve
The private-school kids on New York's Upper East Side are definitely not all right in Joel Schumacher's sordid tale of young promise gone wrong.
Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Exploding Girl
Zoe Kazan stars in this perfectly paced movie about a 20-year-old home from college for the week.
May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Back-up Plan
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.
"...its crazed, scatological take on "natural birth" and single mothers’ support groups, not to mention the whole ticking-time-bomb-of-estrogen thing,..."
April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola embraces smaller-scale filmmaking with this story about the reunion of estranged brothers in Buenos Aires.
"...Tetro (Gallo) and Bennie (Ehrenreich) are brothers by different mothers, both having been sired by the world-acclaimed conductor and..."
Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Food, Inc.
Documentary lifts the veil on our nation's food industry.
June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Summer Hours
The French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Demonlover) has upped his game with this new work of uncommonly lyrical humanism.
June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Earth
This nature film is derived from the Planet Earth miniseries and is edited with an eye toward the kid-friendly audience.
"...Earth tracks the migration patterns of a trio of mothers – elephant, polar bear, and humpback whale – and..."
April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Hottest State
Ethan Hawke writes and directs this story based on his own novel about a lovesick narcissist in New York City.
"...life when it's in the presence of this duo’s mothers. Sarah’s mom (Braga) and William’s mom (Linney) offer moments..."
Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Go for Zucker!
As two German families collide, the film explores its characters’ shared history to unravel the challenges of political and personal reunification.
March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
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